News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer
Foot-body alignment, orthotics, and exercises
During the push-off phase of skate technique, I have a tendency to roll my knee right knee down and toward the centerline, creating an angle that strains the inside of the knee. Would a custom footbed with a reinforced arch help with knee tracking?
By Brian Gregg
Jan 24, 2011
Petra Majdic wins classic sprint
The Slovenian top skier Majdic was superior in today’s sprint classic over 1.2km in Otepää. Majdic qualified in the fourth best time, in the final heat she was in the lead almost all 1200 m and secured her third victory this season.
By FIS
Jan 24, 2011
Eirik Brandsda doublepoles to sprint victory
Men’s final was packed with World’s sprint stars. All six athletes used no wax skis and were double poling the whole 1400 lap.
By FIS
Jan 24, 2011
Lots of snow for White Pine Stampede
We have received several feet of snow but it has been all lake effect. Fortunately both the private and resort sections of the trail have been rolled and groomed regularly. We are ready to go!
By Jack McKaig
Jan 24, 2011
Fischer skis lost at Cote Dame Marie. Are they in your ski bag?
My skis may have been mistakenly included in someone's ski bag after the Cote Dame Marie race at Hanson Hills on Saturday. Could you please double check your quiver, just to make sure?
By Susan Vigland
Jan 24, 2011
Video clips from the Cote Dame Marie
Bitter cold day for a ski race. Conditions were slow but all survived. Hanson Hills. Grayling, MI. And here's the video to prove it.
By Dave Durbin
Jan 24, 2011
GLD Junior Olympic 6km Classic photos
Photos from the Great Lakes Division 6km Classic Junior Olympic Qualifer at Boyne Valley Lodge on Sunday, January 16, 2011.
By Peter Bruning
Jan 23, 2011
Brutal conditions for Cote Dame Marie
Milan Biac held off Jeff Koch to take first in the 30k men's race. Amy Powell took first in the 15k women's race, beating out Susan Vigland. It was cold and slow...
By Mike Muha
Jan 23, 2011
Alaska leads Mayor’s Challenge SuperTour stop in Minneapolis
Alaska’s Ray Sabo and Raphaela Sieber took the conference’s top spots in the men’s 10K and women’s 5K races at the Mayor’s Challenge SuperTour. But perhaps the biggest story was the resurgence of traditional CCSA powerhouse Northern Michigan University.
By Tom Myrick
Jan 23, 2011
Marit Bjoergen gets 43rd victory in Otepää
Marit Bjoergen from Norway claimed victory in the classical 10 km Individual start competition in Otepää and is now second in the ranking of the most World Cup win’s.
By FIS
Jan 22, 2011
Norways' Roenning wins 15k classic
For Roenning it was the 6th World Cup victory and the first podium in the season whilst Daniel Rickardsson finished for the third time this year among the top three in a World Cup race.
By FIS
Jan 22, 2011
Kalla and Cologna to miss World Cup race in Otepää
Swedish skier Charlotte Kalla feels tired after the Tour de Ski and Swiss skier Dario Cologna is still recovering from post-Tour de Ski illness.
By FIS
Jan 21, 2011
