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Tony Percha, Cyril Grum, and Zbigy Zlobicki know that ski racers are made in summer! Training starts in May, particularly if you're Zbigy and plan to attend the 2027 Masters World Cup in Tomso, Norway!

Gällivare Relay

11/25/2008 - By Pete Vordenberg

Lots of pics of the men's and women's relay.

How to prep Salomon Zero Classic skis

11/25/2008 - By Andrew Gerlach

Zero skis have a rubber inlay in the wax pocket zone that needs to be prepared before skiing. Rubbing the base of the ski makes the hairs, which lie in the base material, stand up. These standing hairs provide the grip needed for wet/zero snow conditions.

Burke Interview with Swedish TV

11/25/2008 - By US Biathlon Association

Ostersund, Sweden. Biathlete Tim Burke drew a big audience when he got on the treadmill at a lab in Ostersund Sweden earlier this week.

Nordic Opening in Ruka/Kuusamo

11/25/2008 - By FIS

Around 320 athletes from approx. 26 nations will compete in the total of eight World Cup events at Ruka, a popular winter sport resort named after the local mountain (492m) located 25 km north of Kuusamo.

SuperTour races moved to Plateau

11/24/2008 - By Sara Hoovler

Due to unusually, low snow levels on the Rendezvous Trail System we have been forced to limit our race schedule, and move our SuperTour location to the South Plateau.

Solid Start

11/24/2008 - By Zach Caldwell

Kris was 20th today in the World Cup opener in Gallivare. It is (by his calculation) his best-ever points race in a 15K individual start skate.

Gällivare Skate Race

11/24/2008 - By Pete Vordenberg

Kris had a great start to the season skiing with the winner for the middle 10 km of the race. It generally takes a while to really get into the flow over here. 45seconds back is a good race for the second week in Europe.

Norway Sweeps World Cup Relays

11/24/2008 - By US Ski Team

Norway came away with the men's and women's victories Sunday as the first World Cup of the season wrapped up in Gaellivare, Sweden with men's 4x10K and women's 4x5K relay races.

WSTC hosts free Nordic Walking clinic on Dec 2

11/24/2008 - By Pete Edwards

The Washtenaw Ski Touring Club will host an introduction to Nordic Walking and FREE Nordic Walking Clinics on Tuesday, December 2nd at Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown Concert House starting at 7:30 pm.

Freeman 20th in World Cup Opener

11/23/2008 - By US Ski Team

"I thought the day was a good start. I felt like I skied strong and technically very smooth, but I didn't have that last five percent to put me up into the really good numbers.

P (for Plateau)

11/23/2008 - By Sara Hoovler

We are excited to announce that we have close to a foot of snow on the South Plateau near West Yellowstone, MT. Twenty kilometers of trails were groomed yesterday morning.

First night ski

11/23/2008 - By Pete Edwards

Keefer and I got in a great xc ski after work last week after the first big snow! The snow was perfect and the skis weren't sticking.