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USSA National Ranking List

The USSA National Ranking List is used to rank all eligible USSA athletes in scored races based on the FIS point calculation. Here are the calulations and your points!,

By USSA
Apr 22, 2008

Double-push skating on cross country skis

The double-push eliminates the glide phase by replacing if with an "underpush" on the outside edge. The recovery skate is placed on the outside edge and pushed underneath the body in the same direction as the other foot.,

By Mike Muha
Apr 21, 2008

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An inteview with Jürg Capol

The FIS Newsflash had a chance to ask Jürg Capol, FIS Race Director for Cross-Country Skiing to share some of his observations from 2007/2008 Viessmann FIS World Cup Cross-Country season.,

By FIS
Apr 18, 2008

Reset

Sometimes, when an entire season seems to be spiraling out of control and you no longer know what to expect next, or how you’ll respond to a given stimulus, you just wish you could hit the "reset" button. Well, you can.,

By Zach Caldwell
Apr 18, 2008

At full speed ahead in Liberec 2009

While certain issues are still being tackled, like accommodation for the international TV crews and other media, planning for snow production, work on finalizing the infrastructure is clearly making great strides for the next World Championships.,

By FIS
Apr 17, 2008

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CXC announces openings for athletes

Central Cross Country Skiing (CXC) announces openings for athletes in the successful CXC Elite Team, the newly created CXC Post Graduate Program, and the updated Junior Development Programs.,

By CXC Skiing
Apr 16, 2008

TART Trail volunteers needed

We’re hosting trail work bees in four locations on the TART, Boardman Lake and Leelanau and Three Mile Trails. Celebrate spring by volunteering on Saturday, April 19, 2008, from 9:00 am – noon, to clean and beautify the trails.,

By Missy Luyk
Apr 15, 2008

Technical look at the Go Faster system

The Go Faster boot and binding system is sufficiently different from traditional systems that I thought you might be interested in a technical overview.,

By Mike Muha
Apr 15, 2008

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The season that wasn’t - a recap

After Kris’s very promising 5th place finish in Kuusamo the race season simply unraveled. At this point we’ve got a clear idea of the what adjustments need to be made for next year.,

By Zach Caldwell
Apr 14, 2008

Ski champ Kikkan Randall faces a genetic threat

The mysterious blood clot that two weeks ago threatened the life of World Cup champion skier Kikkan Randall of Anchorage may be hereditary, doctors reported.,

By George Bryson
Apr 14, 2008

Boyne racers outclimb World Cup Euros

In January, I viewed the Final Climb, the final race of the Tour de Ski, a total climb of 425 meters. I thought this must be the hardest race in all of skiing - until I saw how high we climbed in March's Boyne Highlands Classic.,

By Mike Balduf
Apr 11, 2008

World Winter Masters Games to launch in Bled, Slovenia in 2010

FIS President Gian Franco Kasper attended the meeting of the Board of the International Masters Games Association (IMGA) in Bled, Slovenia last weekend of which he is a member.,

By FIS
Apr 10, 2008

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