July 16, 2008 – The CCC has published a draft of the 2009 Canadian FIS calendar. The competitive season kicks off on November 28-29 with the Quebec City NorAm. The draft includes Canadian FIS Sanctioned … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 16, 2008 (New Gloucester, ME) – The 2008 Summer Biathlon National Championships and World Championships Team Trials open this Friday at the Whitetail preserve in Luzerne County near Bloomsburg, PA. Competitions begin with the … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 16, 2008 (Oregon) – While Kristin Armstrong Savola (Cervelo-Lifeforce) killed the field recently at the Cascade Cycling Classic in Oregon that finished on Sunday, July 13, and Levi Leipheimer (Astana) ran away with … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 15, 2008 (Hayward, WI) – Central Cross Country Ski Association recently concluded a week of testing, training, and technique work at Cresthill Resort in Hayward, WI. Participants … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 14, 2008 (New Gloucester, ME) – US Biathlon Executive Director Max Cobb today announced that Patrick Coffey (St. Alban’s, VT) has been hired as a full-time Assistant Coach for the US Biathlon Team, … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 13, 2008 – Many Nordic ski teams will make the approximate 20km run/hike into the Haig Glacier this summer for training. Currently, occupying the facility is the Cross Country BC ski team … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 13, 2008 – Despite the best effort of current staff, athletes and alumni Colorado’s Western State College has lost it’s ski program. Officially removed from funding in 2004 by college officials the program … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 13, 2008 – While the masses are enjoying their summer holidays, cross-country skiers remain hard at work to be in top shape for the upcoming season which will include three highlights: … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 13, 2008 – The next International Ski History Congress is scheduled to take place at Mammoth Lakes (USA) from March 29 to April 3, 2009. The 2009 Congress has been entitled “From Skiing … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 12, 2008 (Canmore, AB) – After a day filled with cold and wet conditions in Canmore, which left snow capped peaks across the Bow Valley, the NST tested their … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 12, 2008 – Following his retirement from the Canadian Alpine team after the 2006/07 season, becoming a new dad, and taking over as President of Alberta Alpine Ski Association, it appeared that Thomas … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 10, 2008 (Callaghan Valley, BC) – Amy is up on the Haig glacier with the three CVTC athletes who are native British Columbians. That leaves Gunnar and me in … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 10, 2008 (Callaghan Valley, BC) – Amy is up on the Haig glacier with the three CVTC athletes who are native British Columbians. That leaves Gunnar and me in charge of the rest of … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 10, 2008 – PacificSport Victoria and LifeSport Coaching are proud to welcome and present World Renowned Sport Psychologist Dr. Terry Orlick to Victoria, BC. Dr. Orlick has been leading the field of focus training … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 10, 2008 (Park City, Utah) – Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) has accomplished a great deal in his career as a nordic combined athlete. With six World Cup podium finishes, including one win, and third … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 9, 2008 – With 231 days remaining until the start of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec (CZE), the organizing committee last week joined forces with the Czech Prime Minister … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 9, 2008 – In late March John Farra, ex-Olympian, ex-U.S. Ski Team member and ex-Vice President of the Maine Winter Sports Center was named as the USSA’s Nordic Director, replacing Luke Bodensteiner, who … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 8, 2008 – Petter Northug was born in January 6, 1986 in Mosvik in Nord-Trondelag, Norway. His home cross-country ski club is Strindheim IL, based in Trondheim. Northug has won six gold medals at … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 8, 2008 (Canmore, Alta.) – Nearly 100 of the nation’s top junior level cross-country skiers, training at four targeted clubs across Canada, will benefit from increased coaching capacity and athlete development as their clubs … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 8, 2008 – We hope the Summer finds you having fun and staying active. We’ve passed the first registration cut-off and 2,134 skiers have registered for the 2009 race. Register and help us reach … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 8, 2008 (Seward, AK) – University of Anchorage-Alaska’s head ski coach Trond Flagstaff stepped away from his coaching role for a day to put on a competitors bib. It has become a … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 7, 2008 – Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has put forth a proposal to relocate several of the 2014 Sochi Olympic venues to sooth environmental concerns. Despite the increase in construction costs related to … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 6, 2008 – I have recently returned from nine days on the road – two days of travel, and seven days picking skis in the Fischer factory race-room. This was my first trip … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 5, 2008 (Hayward, WI) – The CXC Regional Elite Group (REG) camp kicked off last weekend at Cresthill Resort in Hayward, WI. Over 50 of the Midwest’s best junior skiers are … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 4, 2008 – (Anchorage, AK) – Just a short two and a half weeks after their first glacier camp of the season, Alaska Pacific University’s (APU) … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 4, 2008 (Vancouver, BC) – The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and Canada Post today announced that Canada Post has been named an Official Supplier for the … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 3, 2008 – This year will mark the 21st year of the Silver Star Cross Country Ski Camps. The 2008 Cross Country Camps have a new menu with a new flavor! You will find … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 3, 2008 (Lyme, NH) – On Saturday, June 28 over 200 friends and … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 2, 2008 – Cross Country Canada has joined with the rest of Canada’s amateur sport community to support the Canadian Olympic Committee’s CRTC applications for English (Canadian Amateur Sports Network – CASN) and French … READ MORE → 0 comments

July 1, 2008 (Hayward, WI) – Central Cross Country Ski Association with the support of the American Birkebeiner is pleased to announce the 2008 Regional Technique Development Camp for Regional Development Group, State Development … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 30, 2008 (Hayward, WI) – Central Cross Country Ski Association is pleased to announce the CXC Academy, on-demand coaching support that is now available to provide on line support and advice to skiers, coaches … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 30, 2008 (Ottawa, ON) – The Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the 2008-2009 Coaching Internship Program. Through the program, which is funded in part … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 29, 2008 – The National Cross-Country Ski Development Society recently approved a substantive contribution of close to $250,000 aimed at sharpening the high performance delivery of several clubs and club coaches in western Canada … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 28, 2008 – Earlier this month at the 2008 Cross Country Canada AGM held in Whistler, BC, the following individuals were recognized for their outstanding contribution to promoting and supporting … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 27, 2008 (Middleton, Wisc.) – In an effort to help define their sport for the future, the women’s U.S. Ski Jumping Team, in conjunction with Wisconsin’s Black Hawk Ski Club, recently spent five days … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 27, 2008 (Kamas, Utah) – From Tour de France to the streets of Kamas, UT, bike racing season is in full swing. After taking second place in the High Uinta’s Classic, the U.S. Nordic … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 27, 2008 – Para-Nordic Senior World Cup team member Shauna Maria Whyte of Hinton, Alberta has been nominated to the Canadian Cycling Association’s Paralympic cycling squad headed to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 27, 2008 – January 5, 2008 was a sad day for cross country skiing in Canada. Heinz Niederhauser passed away while taking a short ski between events and coaching his skiers at the … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 27, 2008 (Ottawa, ON) – The Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the 2008-2009 Coaching Internship Program. Through the program, which is funded in part … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 26, 2008 – There’s some exciting news from the National Parks about great plans for improved XC skiing at Lake Louise. Parks Canada is circulating a public questionnaire that everyone is urged to … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 26, 2008 – Based on long-term, structured anti-doping efforts, including the FIS Blood Profiling Program that was introduced as of the 2001/2002 season, FIS is increasingly in a position to conduct targeted testing. In … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 26, 2008 – After three successful seasons as one of the most dominate cross-country ski teams in Canada, it is with regret that the INDi2010 Racing Team announces that it will dissolve for … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 26, 2008 – The dry-land training and Roller Skiing season started in earnest around Europe with the arrival of the summer. While some national races already took place, the FIS Roller Skiing World Cup … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 26, 2008 (Park City, UT) – The excitement radiated from Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) as she set foot for the first time on the site of the soon to be completed Center of … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 25, 2008 – Retirement for US Nordic Combined star, Todd Lodwick, has been short lived. The Steamboat Springs, CO native retired at the end of the 2006 but now has his eye … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 24, 2008 (Anchorage, AK) – In 2009 the US Short Distance XC Nationals will return to Anchorage, Alaska for the first time in 15 years. On June 9, the Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 23, 2008 – The Mt. Mansfield Winter Academy is pleased to announce that it has established a Nordic program for the 2008-2009 academic year to compliment the existing alpine and snowboard programs. It is … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 22, 2008 (Mora, Sweden) – At the Worldloppet Annual General Meeting in Mora (SWE) on June 13, Angelo Corradini was re-elected as Secretary General of Worldloppet for another four years. The re-election was ratified … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 21, 2008 (Middlebury, VT) – Middlebury College is looking for a cross-country ski Assistant Coach/Rikert Touring Center Staff who will be responsible for managing all aspects of the NENSA (non-carnival) cross-country ski team (driving, … READ MORE → 0 comments

June 21, 2007 – Following the success of previous works, including the FIS book “Skisport in den bildenden Kunst” that received the Ullr Award from the International Skiing History Association (ISHA), FIS has launched preparations … READ MORE → 0 comments