January 9, 2010 (Val di Fiemme, Italy) – Petra Majdic (SLO) is mighty happy to have taken over the TdS leader’s bib winning the Stage 7 women’s 10km classic mass start event by … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 9, 2010 (Val di Fiemme, Italy) – Petra Majdic (SLO) is mighty happy to have taken over the TdS leader’s bib winning the Stage 7 women’s 10km classic mass start event by … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 9, 2010 (Val de Fiemme, Italy) – The 2010 Tour de Ski is now in Val de Fiemme, Italy where skiers enjoyed their second rest day on Friday before the final two … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 9, 2010 (Anchorage, AK) – Here’s a great video of the women’s 20km US XC Ski 2010 Nationals held on Jan, 6 by Gunnar Knapp where Kikkan Randall (USST) won her 13th … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 7, 2010 (Toblach, ITA) – Sara Renner (Can) broke the top 20 finishing 19th as Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) took control of Stage 6 at the Tour de Ski to win the 5km … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 7, 2010 (Prague, CZE) – Canada’s Alex Harvey had a great race claiming 9th at the 10 km classic individual race in Toblach while Daniel Rickardsson of Sweden scored the best performance … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 6, 2010 (Cortina/Toblach, Italy) – Local favourite Arianna Follis (Ita) has taken over the Tour de Ski lead with an impressive win at the women’s 16km Stage 5 Handicap Start Pursuit. Follis … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 6, 2010 (Cortina/Toblach, Italy) – Canada’s Ivan Babikov edged out Tom Reichelt (Ger) in a photo finish to place 9th in the men’s 36km Stage 5 Handicap Start Pursuit freestyle race as Norway’s … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 5, 2010 (Prague, CZE) – A good ski course challenges every aspect of a skier’s abilities. A homologated course tries to do that with the 1/3 uphill, 1/3 downhill, and 1/3 flat rule. … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 4, 2010 – Before Xmas the theme of the World Cup was change and uncertainty. There were lots of new faces popping up at the top of the results list … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 2, 2010 (Oberhof, Germany) – Norway’s Petter Northug looked like he may falter, but once again executed his trademark final push to hold on to the TdS leader’s jersey by a slim … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 2, 2010 (Oberhof, Germany) – Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) made up 16 seconds on Petra Majdic (SLO) to win the second stage of the Tour de Ski, the women’s 10km classic handicap start event, … READ MORE → 0 comments
January 1, 2010 (Oberhof, Germany) – Following the respective victories at the opening round of the 2010 Tour de Ski in Oberhof on Jan. 1, by Petra Majdic (SLO) winner of the women’s … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 31, 2009 (Oberhof, Germany) – The 4th edition of the Tour de Ski kicks off on Thursday, Jan. 1 amidst doping controversy and many last minute changes as countries shuffle the deck … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 31, 2009 (Oberhof, GER) – U.S. XC Ski Team coach, Chris Grover, and top US sprinter, Andy Newell, spent the holiday break in Europe. For Newell participating in the first part of the … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 28, 2009 – This summer Sweden’s Vasaloppet, the world’s largest loppet with more than 60,000 participants during Vasaloppet week, signed a 5-year agreement with One Way to be the official … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 21, 2009 – Here are some post-race press conference videos with the top three skiers on the poidum of the women’s 15km Classic and men’s 30k Classic competitions from this past weekend’s … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 20, 2009 (Rogla, SLO) – Justyna Kowalczyk (Pol) won the women’s 15km classic on Sunday with a time of 45:01.9 over Norway’s Marit Bjoergen who edged out Sweden’s Anna Haag in … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 17, 2009 – Here are a couple of fun videos BoredInSwitzerland courtesy of US XC Ski Team members Andy, Mo, and Liz up to their usual Euro antics, and an inside look at … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 17, 2009 (Canmore, AB) – The Haywood NorAm/Teck Sprints in Canmore, AB this weekend, Dec. 19-20 and Dec. 22, promise three days of intense competition. What the course maps and profiles can’t show … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 14, 2009 (Davos, Switzerland) – Another weekend of XC World Cup racing from Davos, Switzerland is in the can as fabulous snow conditions greeted elite xc ski racers from around the … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 13, 2009 (Davos, Switzerland) – On Sunday we will have 101 men and 78 women at the start for the Davos Sprints. Among the participants are some athletes from exotic nations hoping … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 12, 2009 (Davos, Switzerland) – Following Saturday’s Viessmann FIS Cross-Country World Cup Women’s 10km and Men’s 15km Free races in Davos, Switzerland here’s a selection of press conference videos with the winners, Irina … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 11, 2009 (Davos, Sui) – The Veissemann World Cup XC continues in Davos, Switzerland for the fourth round of competitions beginning on Saturday with the women’s 10km Free Individual followed by the men’s … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 10, 2009 – Check out these vids of FIS XC Ski Race Director Jurg Capol and Vegard Ulvang, chairman of the FIS cross-country committee, looking dapper and hamming it up in the … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 7, 2009 (Dusseldorf, GER) – Here’s a look at a few great videos on You Tube by Skierpost from the FIS XC World Cup sprint races in Dusseldorf this past weekend featuring the … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 6, 2009 (Östersund, SWE) – Team USA claimed 7th on Sunday in the men’s 4×7.5km Team Relay putting together a solid effort with Lowell Bailey starting off followed by Jay Hakkinen, then Tim … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 5, 2009 (Lillehammer, NOR) – U.S. ski jumper, Nick Alexander from Lebanon, NH (Outing Club and Project X), was the lone North American to qualify at the World Cup event on the large … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 5, 2009 (Östersund, SWE) – It’s been an extraordinary start to the season for the USA’s Tim Burke, who finished atop the podium again on Saturday at the Biathlon World Cup 10km sprint … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 5, 2009 (Düsseldorf, Germany) – The legendary Norwegian cross-country skier, Tor Arne Hetland, previewed the Dusseldorf sprint races on this weekend in the video below. Peter Graves interviewed Hetland this summer following the … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 5, 2009 – On Thursday US Biathlon’s Tim Burke scored silver at the 2009 Biathlon World Cup in Östersund, Sweden in the Men’s Individual 20km – a breakthrough, historic performance for the rising … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 4, 2009 (Düsseldorf, Germany) – There are no Canadian men racing at Dusseldorf for the sprints this weekend as the remainder of the team regroups and continues to train in Italy in preparation … READ MORE → 0 comments
December 1, 2009 (Winthrop, WA) – We know that sometimes the urge to get on snow and ski until you drop is contagious and can make some people a bit crazy. Here’s a cool … READ MORE → 0 comments
November 25, 2009 (Beitostolen, Norway) – The season’s build-up continues, this time showcasing the U.S. Women’s XC Ski Team on the trails of Beitostolen, Norway. The footage highlights Kikkan Randall, Liz Stephen and … READ MORE → 0 comments
November 23, 2009 (Trondheim, Norway) – Following our posting yesterday of a great video on You Tube featuring Canadian xc ski star Alex Harvey scoring the bronze in the men’s 50km classic at the … READ MORE → 0 comments
November 22, 2009 (Beitostolen, Norway) – Here’s a look at the conditions, the snow, and some footage of the US XC Ski Team in action at Beitostolen, Norway at round #1 of the Veissemann … READ MORE → 0 comments
November 22, 2009 (Trondheim, Norway) – Here’s a fabulous video on You Tube of top Canadian xc ski star Alex Harvey from his stellar third place finish in the men’s 50km classic at Trondheim, … READ MORE → 0 comments
November 22, 2009 (Beitostoelen, Norway) – Sweden (Anna Olsson, Sara Lindborg, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalle) won the women’s 4x5km relay on Sunday in 58:37.1 over Norway 1 (Vibeke W. Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin … READ MORE → 0 comments
November 21, 2009 (Beitostoelen, Norway) – With a crushing display of her renewed cross-country skiing prowess Norwgeian star Marit Bjoergen fired the first salvo of the season winning the first world cup … READ MORE → 0 comments
November 3, 2009 (Canmore, AB) – The 2010 Alberta World Cup “Cross Country and Beyond” video has spectacular shots of snow, ski tracks, and the Canadian Rockie Mountains, interspersed with … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 31, 2009 (Victoria, BC) – Cycling BC Provincial Team riders were well represented again today as the Olympic Torch Relay continued through the Victoria region. On Friday … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 30, 2009 (New Gloucester, ME) – US Biathletes are among the athletes featured in a new video produced by TIME Magazine as part of its ramp-up coverage of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 29, 2009 Here’s a 5-part series of great videos on rollerskiing technique by the US Ski Team’s Torin Koos from their recent camp at Whistler Olympic Park. Each video features USST members … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 29, 2009 – Every Winter Olympic hopeful should consider practicing their national anthem for their special medal moment at the Games. Canada’s Chandra Crawford, seen in this video on the podium at the … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 26, 2009 (Silver Star, BC) – An early winter storm has prompted Silver Star Mountain Resort to open its Nordic trails a week earlier than expected. “This is great news,” said Glenn Bond, … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 19, 2009 (Lake Placid, NY) – While the U.S. National XC Ski Team may have headed home and the scene out at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 17, 2009 (Canmore, AB) – Olympic and World Cup medallists, Sara Renner and Thomas Grandi, are encouraging Canadians young and old to join them in a one-day journey to stem the climate crisis, … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 15, 2009 – The Pierre Harvey Training Center (CNEPH) based out of Quebec City and includes Canadian star Alex Harvey (Pierre’s son), has produced a video of their fall trip to the Dachstein … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 13, 2009 (Lake Placid, NY) – Check out these three fab vids from top USST Skier Torin Koos from the team’s recent Lake Placid Training Camp with commentary by US coaches Justin Wadsworth, … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 11, 2009 (Mammoth, CA) – Our final dryland camp of the year is under way in Mammoth Lakes, California. Mammoth is a grueling 3-week camp spent living and training … READ MORE → 0 comments
October 10, 2009 (Canmore, AB) – Unseasonably low temperatures allowed snowmaking to get underway at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday. This early October date sets a new benchmark for early season snowmaking and … READ MORE → 0 comments