November 4, 2009 (Rome, Italy) – Rome wants to host a World Cup cross country skiing race in the famous Circo Massimo from 2011 using artificial snow according to a report by Reuters. “I am … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 4, 2009 (Vancouver, BC) – The third and final phase of ticket sales for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games begins Saturday, November 7 at 10:00 am (Pacific Time). More than 100,000 … 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

November 3, 2009 – It was 1974, a full 50 years after the first Olympic Winter Games. Lake Tahoe resident Anders Haugen was 85, with a lifetime of memories. The Norwegian immigrant loved to tell … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 3, 2009 (Morrisville, VT) – The 1st Annual SkiErg World Sprints Indoor Skiing Competition will debut on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Craftsbury, Vermont, hosted by the Craftsbury Green … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 3, 2009 (Sun Valley, ID) – My name is Colin Rodgers and this winter season my teammates and I will be contributing to the Team Fischer blog here at SkiTrax.com. I have been … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 3, 2009 (Vernon, BC) – The snow is groomed and tracks are set at Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre for it’s earliest opening in five years. With over a foot of … READ MORE → 0 comments

November. 2, 2009 (New York, NY) – The stars shined gold, silver and bronze in New York on Thursday (Oct. 29) as the New York Ski and Snowboard Ball brought … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 2, 2009 – For all those young at heart: make sure to visit the new FIS Facebook fan pages now available for Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and Snowboard – see links below. The other … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 2, 2009 – Once again I got very lucky with the weather. I woke up to a steady drizzle, checked the radar and it looked like the weather might just … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 2, 2009 (Ried im Innkreis, Austria) – The last time that I was in Austria was 1991 and I never thought that I would ever see it again. … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 2, 2009 – The Boulder Nordic Ski Club announces a Thanksgiving Camp at the Crested Butte Nordic Center, November 27-29. There will be pre-clinic waxing assistance, and clinics for beginner, intermediate, masters race ready … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 2, 2009 – Even in Sweden it’s difficult for girls to make the transition from junior skiing to the commitment of training at the level of an elite senior Nordic ski racer. The … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 2, 2009 – Recently, members of the Nordic ski world participated in an international day of environmental action and awareness of global warming, in conjunction with the 350.org movement. This stimulated an interesting discussion … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 1, 2009 – There is an eternal conflict shared by car, bike and ski companies. At what point do you unleash a new design to the public? How … READ MORE → 0 comments

November 1, 2009 – At 18, Heidi is one of the youngest members of the World Cup Academy. She is also perhaps the loudest. The team makes fun of her a lot for her … 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 31, 2009 (Victoria, BC) – Anti-Olympic activists forced the 2010 Olympic torch relay to divert from its planned route on Friday night, the first day of the 106-day journey reports the Toronto Star. Several … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 31, 2009 – The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games is already embroiled in their first doping scandal according to a New York Times article. Greek hurdler Hani Falkia, who is currently serving a doping ban … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 31, 2009 – Swix Sport USA Director of Racing, Kevin Sweeney will be in the Midwest for a week of exceptional waxing clinics. Kevin returns to the Midwest to share with you the … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 31, 2009 (Victoria, BC) – The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay is officially underway with medal-winning Olympians Simon Whitfield and Catriona Le May Doan revealed as the … 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 30, 2009 – FIS Race Director Cross-Country Jürg Capol and executive board member Vegard Ulvang, the brains behind the popular Tour de Ski, have a new idea to make cross-country ski racing even more … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 30, 2009 (Vuokatti, Finland) – Each year the Ontario Ski Team makes a point of doing a training camp that will somehow allow the athletes to … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 30, 2009 (Waitsfield, VT) – The Catamount Trail Association is hosting a Bring On The Snow Celebration, on Saturday, November 14th, from 4-6pm, at the Big Picture Theater and Café, in Waitsfield, Vermont. Following … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 30, 2009 Sean Crooks, a Thunder Bay, Ontario native, has gained invaluable World Cup and Olympic experience over the last two three years that he will take with him on the … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 30, 2009 (Lake Placid, NY) – During the recent U.S. … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 30, 2009 (Calgary, AB) – George Grey can rest easy as the scan of his left foot that’s been ailing him indicates there’s no new broken bone reports CTVOlympics.ca. While it does show … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 29, 2009 (Madison, WI) – CXC Team Vertical Limit athletes and coaches will assist area skiers with fitting equipment this coming weekend with “Super Fit Program” at Fontana Sports (west side), Madison, WI starting … 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 29, 2009 (Lake Placid, NY) – The US XC Ski Team held their annual fall camp in Lake Placid, NY and top sprinter and videographer Andy Newell took some great footage of their … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 29, 2009 (Lake Placid, NY) – The US XC Ski Team held their annual fall camp in Lake Placid, NY and top sprinter and videographer Andy Newell took some great footage of their sprint … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 29, 2009 (McLean, VA) – Winter Trails celebrates its 15th year on January 9, 2010 at locations throughout the United States. Winter Trails offers children and adults, new to snow sports, a … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 29, 2009 (Colorado Springs, CO) – Training is evolving and the general principles of athletic performance continue to be honed. There are numerous strategies that result in positive athletic gains. It’s important that … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 28, 2009 – The Canadian XC Ski Team’s George Grey likely won’t be heading to Europe with his teammates for the start of the 2009-2010 World Cup season, not with a broken bone … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 28, 2009 (Canmore, Alberta) – This winter, Fast and Female, presented by Best Buy, will host a record number of seven events in seven Canadian provinces/territories, empowering in excess of six hundred young female … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 28, 2009 – Rossignol welcomes three new Midwest Athletes to the race program for 2009-10. New members of the team include National Champion Caitlin Compton, of Minneapolis; Nikolai Anikin of Duluth, MN; and Matt … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 28, 2009 – Dario Cologna, the 23-year-old sensation who distinguished himself as the first Swiss national to win the 2009 Veissmann XC World Cup, has resumed his on-snow training on the ski tracks … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 27, 2009 (Lake Placid, NY) – As the head coach of the U.S. Ski Team since 2006, Pete Vordenberg has overseen some of the biggest successes of the program in the last 20 … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 27, 2009 (Val di Fiemme, Italy) – The third “FIS inspection” for the 2013 FIS Nordic Ski World Championship, a new important test for the Fiemme 2013 organizing committee, took … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 27, 2009 – Over the summer as part of their Olympic coverage, CTV and FAN590 radio have interviewed several National Team skiers about their goals, their inspiration, and their introduction to the sport. … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 27, 2009 (Vancouver, BC) – Steffany Hanlen, the first-ever female contracted NHL skating coach and performance coach for the 2006 Canadian Olympic Figure Skating Ice Dance Team, is staging a unique weekend seminar called … 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 26, 2009 (Stratton, VT) – Sverre Caldwell has been the long time Head Coach of Cross Country skiing at Vermont’s Stratton Mountain School. He’s seen it all from Juniors thru to the US … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 26, 2009 – This 3-DVD set is a cross country ski-specific presentation from experts in the field. You’re going to hear from Sweden’s cross country physiologist H.C. Holmberg, USST’s sport psychologist Dr. Jon … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 26, 2009 (Soldier Hollow, UT) – On 24 October, people in 181 countries came together for the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history. At over 5,200 events around the … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 26, 2009 (Calgary, AB) – WinSport Canada, formerly the Calgary Olympic Development Association created after the 1988 Winter Olympics, which manages Calgary’s legacy facilities has suffered from the financial market meltdown seriously affecting their … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 26, 2009 (Edmonton, AB) – A record 775 guests at Wednesday’s Gold Medal Plates Gala in Edmonton held at the Shaw Conference Centre raised about $285,000 and “The dust hasn’t settled,” said veteran organizer … READ MORE → 0 comments

October 25, 2009 (Park City, UT) – The International Competition Committee of the US Biathlon Association is pleased to announce that Kevin Patzoldt of Grand Rapids, MN has been named as the 5th man … READ MORE → 0 comments