News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer
Canadian Ivan Babikov 12th in Falun World Cup
The team was determined to show that Canada belonged at the top of the men's standings and set out at the begining to move up the rankings.
By Mike Muha
Mar 22, 2010
Mass start, narrow bridge, pile up
Collision in the 20km pursuit at the 2010 World Cup in Falun, Sweden. Andy Newell makes it around (barely) while Brian Gregg gets taken down hard.
By Mike Muha
Mar 22, 2010
Marit Bjoergen wins 10K Freestyle in heavy snowfall
Marit Bjoergen finished the 10 km handicap start race in a time of 31.58 min, 51.9 seconds ahead of Justyna Kowalcyzk from Poland.
By FIS
Mar 22, 2010
The Headquarters makes in four years in a row
Congratulations to the Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team for winning the 2010 Michigan Cup, the forth time in a row, and the fifth time since 2004! The Headquaters also took the Brumbaugh Cup, but the Baic Cup went to the Vasa Ski Club.
By Mike Muha
Mar 22, 2010
Randall 14th in Falun Pursuit
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) took it a step up Saturday in the final weekend of the FIS Cross Country World Cup, which features a multi-stage mini-tour at the traditional Swedish Ski Games, finishing 14th during the 10K pursuit in Falun.
By US Ski Team
Mar 21, 2010
Norway's Petter Northug wins final Pursuit
Norway's Petter Northug took the victory in the World Cup Finals Pursuit over 10 km + 10km in 1:00:03h, just 1.7 seconds ahead of Tobias Angerer from Germany.
By FIS
Mar 21, 2010
Where's the snow? Dallas!
My brother gets 3 inches of snow in Dallas today, and 8 inches fall north of Dallas. DFW had a daily record.
By Mike Muha
Mar 21, 2010
Petter Northug wins his first multi-stage race
...and he also takes home the overall World Cup.
By FIS
Mar 21, 2010
Burke Moves Up 20 Places in Pursuit
Starting today’s Pursuit in 44th place, Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) showed his strength as he moved up twenty places to 24th despite three penalties overall.
By US Biathlon Team
Mar 21, 2010
Cleaning and Storage Wax
Cleaning and storage wax is in order for the skis that will sleep until next year. This end of season layer of storage wax protects the ski base from dust, dirt, the extremes of summertime temps.
By Bert Hinkley, WebSkis.com
Mar 20, 2010
Randall leads U.S. in Falun
The final weekend of the FIS Cross Country World Cup will feature a multi-stage mini-tour at the traditional Swedish Ski Games in Falun. In Friday's opening prologue, Kikkan Randall kicked it off finishing 36th to lead the U.S.
By US Ski Team
Mar 20, 2010
U.S. SuperTour Finals and U.S. 30km/50km Championships Set to Go
While the snowpack is well below normal for this time of year, all courses have a minimum depth of 8” of packed snow right now.
By Pat Cole
Mar 19, 2010
