News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer

Maplus named official rollerski provider for US Ski Team

The U.S. Ski Team has named Italian company Maplus as an official supplier of roller skis. Maplus will provide roller skis and related components to the cross country and nordic combined teams.

By US Ski Team
Sep 24, 2008

CXC Team finishes two week training camp

CXC Team members Bryan Cook and Alastair Duncan report on the recently completed September training camp.

By CXC Skiing
Sep 24, 2008

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USSA announces coaches education certification system

Effective October 2008, the USSA will launch the first level of a multi-level cross country-specific Coaches Education Certification System. The curriculum is based on up-to-date practices used by the U.S. Ski Team in the quest for Olympic medals.

By US Ski Team
Sep 24, 2008

Oberhof Germany new stop in Tour de Ski

Today, we would like to introduce the newcomer Tour de Ski host city Oberhof in Germany. The popular winter sports city Oberhof is situated in the middle of the Thuringian Forest (800 m over sea level) in Germany.

By FIS
Sep 23, 2008

Germany’s first ski tunnel in Oberhof

The tunnel will have a width of 8 m and be 4 m high. In total, a track of 1.9km length is planned and the profile will adapted to the terrain of the Thuringian woods, which means that challenging up- and downhills

By FIS
Sep 23, 2008

Fall Clinic offers Dartfish video analysis

Skiers will get instant visual feedback though state-of-the-art Dartfish software video analysis at the fall cross country ski technique clinic at Kensington Metropark near Milford, Michigan on October 10-12.

By Yuriy Gusev
Sep 23, 2008

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Summer Biathlon World Championships opens today

Competitions begin Wednesday at the 13th Annual IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships in this high-altitude location, nestled in Alps of southeastern France, on Italian Border.

By US Biathlon Association
Sep 23, 2008

Minor rule changes for Tour de Ski

For the third edition, the FIS Cross-Country Committee led by Chairman Vegard Ulvang reviewed the rules and made some small adaptations at the FIS Congress in Cape Town this spring.

By FIS
Sep 22, 2008

GLD 2009 Junior Olympic qualifying schedule

Following is the 2008/9 GLD JO Qualifying Schedule. I will follow up with the slight rules tweak we have for the qualifying procedure (essentially a hange in points level for OJ class).

By Nick Baic
Sep 22, 2008

Gathering Steam

Kris did his first OD session since August today, and felt excellent. 2.5 hours downriver (well, downroad on rolling terrain, alongside the river), and then 2.5 hours back

By Zach Caldwell
Sep 22, 2008

100 Days to Tour de Ski

100 days now remain until the start of the 2008/09 FIS Tour de Ski on December 27th, 2008.

By FIS
Sep 21, 2008

A Changing of the Seasons

Now it is decidedly fall here in Alaska, the midnight sun no longer graces us with its presence. I wake up to darkness at 6:30 AM, and there’s a nip in the morning air when I begin training.

By Tazlina Mannix for TeamToday
Sep 19, 2008

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