News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer
Tour de Ski: We have snow
Nove Mesto has snow, 4.5 km with wide courses and reports minus 5 degrees Celsius. Conditions can't be better.,
By Vegard Ulvang
Dec 27, 2007
Holiday Classic Update!
The Holiday Classic will run as originally planned: A classic race at the Boyne Valley Lodge in Walloon Lake. Directions and wax tips.,
By Nick Baic
Dec 27, 2007
L as in leader bib
To make it easy for the viewers and spectators to identify the current leaders – the overall and sprint ranking leader - of the Tour de Ski, FIS spent considerable effort to re-design the Tour leader bibs.,
By Tour de Ski
Dec 26, 2007
The Whitest of Christmases and Other Christmases Past
Based on the Detroit records, the Santa award for the "whitest" (most snow on the ground) and also the second snowiest Christmas (snow falling on Christmas) goes to the Christmas of 1951!,
By William R Deedler
Dec 25, 2007
Glide Waxing for Man-Made Snow
Artificial or man-made snow is a combination of snow, dirt and oil. Man-made snow is a hard particle of ice, not a hollow flake of snow. For this reason, wax recommendations will change slightly from those for natural snow.
By Dan Meyer
Dec 24, 2007
Four questions to Astrid Jacobsen
The 20-year old Astrid Jacobsen from Norway has been the surprise of the Cross-Country season so far. The Sprint World Champion from Sapporo 2007 has made her mark in the distance races as well and is the current leader of the overall World Cup.,
By FIS
Dec 23, 2007
Back home - fighting a cold
Kris got home early this week, and arrived with a cold. There’s a good reason to try to avoid international travel when you’re run-down. In this case there was no option...,
By Zach Caldwell
Dec 23, 2007
Hayden Table Tennis sponsors Vasa
We are very pleased to announce our newest sponsor for 2008...the Hayden Table Tennis Training Center. They are located a few minutes from the Vasa trailhead at 5549 S. Bates Road in Williamsburg.,
By Pete LaPLaca
Dec 22, 2007
Four US Skiers in Red Group
Andy Newell, Kikkan Randal, Kris Freeman, and Torin Koos are all in World Cup Red Groups.,
By Pete Vordenberg, TeamToday.org
Dec 22, 2007
Alaska Pacific Leads Through Soldier Hollow
The Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Team leads the SuperTour Team Classification after four races. The ranking is based on the cumulative total of all points scored by the team members. ,
By USSA
Dec 22, 2007
Ernie Brumbaugh recovering from heart attack
Ernie was released from Spectrum Butterworth Meijer Heart Center about 7:00 PM last night. He still has the pneumonia from aspirating before/during his heart attack. ,
By Carole Mueller-Brumbaugh
Dec 22, 2007
