News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer
Preview of Stage 3: Prague
Prague will host a FIS Cross-Country World Cup event for the first time. The Tour de Ski Sprint race will take place in the old town, set against the beautiful backdrop of the famous castle. Course map and web cam.,
By Tour de Ski
Dec 29, 2007
Tour de Ski: Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovakia, Ukraine
Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovakia, Ukraine. Okay, not quite in alpabetical order but that's the rest of the nations entered in the Tour, in part 4 of this series.,
By Tour de Ski
Dec 29, 2007
Junior/Youth Trials Open Today in Minnesota
Coleraine, MN. Junior and Youth biathletes from across the US converged at Mt. Itasca today where the Junior and Youth World Championship Trials open today.,
By US Biathlon Association
Dec 28, 2007
Go Faster lets ski stay flat, longer
I noticed the flexible boot cuff allows the foot to ride flatter longer. Without a stiff cuff, when I tip my ankle the foot and the ski stays flat for a bit before beginning to tip onto the edge. A flat ski is a fast ski.,
By Kevin Brooker
Dec 27, 2007
Preview of Stages 1 and 2: Nove Mesto
About the town, the skiing, the race, course maps and web cam. Only scheduled for two stages, Nove Mesto picked up a couple more at the last minute when the German Ski Association decided did not host the two Stages of the Tour planned for Oberstdorf.,
By Tour de Ski
Dec 27, 2007
Holiday Classic might move, become freestyle
The Classic Clinic at the Boyne Valley Lodge is on. Saturday's Holiday Classic race could move to Boyne Mountain and could change to a freestyle race if Boyne Valley Lodge does not get more snow.,
By Nick Baic
Dec 27, 2007
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
