The 3 finalists, all from Norwegian ancestry with blond hair, blue eyes and skiing in their blood, said they decided to enter the competition because of their love for xc skiing and the positive influence the Birkebeiner race has had on their lives.,

By Leslie Hamp
Nov 6, 2007

On May 1st Kris did his first sustained intensity session of the training season. He just did his 16th (including time trials) and last of the training season. Now it’s race season.,

By Zach Caldwell
Nov 5, 2007

The Yellowstone Ski Festival is more than just skiing and attending clinics...,

By Jamie Greene
Nov 5, 2007

The World Cup team is done with fall testing, and the Continental Cup team starts today...,

By Pete Vordenberg, TeamToday.org
Nov 5, 2007

The NTN is assisting the Friends of Valley Spur in signing a 10 year special use permit with the US Forest Service to manage the Valley Spur trail corridor. The Valley Spur trails were in danger of losing their funding through their Federal funding.,

By Noquemanon Trail Network
Nov 2, 2007

Roller skiers are gearing up for the fourth annual JENEX LIMESTONE LOPPET, an 8K off-road roller-skiing time trial on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the McKee Marsh Trail at Blackwell Forest Preserve in DuPage County.,

By Bob Richards, Northern Illinois Nordic
Nov 2, 2007

The enlargement of the West Hill will result in higher elevation and it will change the south face to an east face where the winter sun will not be as direct.,

By Bob Frye
Nov 1, 2007

The Bicycle Doctor Nordic Ski Shop in Dousman, Wisconsin will be an official Demo Center for the new cutting edge Go Faster ski skating boot and binding system for the southern Wisconsin region this winter.,

By Joseph Gollinger
Nov 1, 2007

There was a balance between group workouts and individual team sessions. Our goal was to train on steeper and longer ascents in some of our threshold and higher intensity sessions, so many of these efforts were done on our own.,

By Bryan Fish
Nov 1, 2007

Kris is on his way back home from Utah right now. Earlier today he did his VO2max test and the numbers look very interesting.,

By Zach Caldwell
Nov 1, 2007

The new season is about to start! Here is a summary of some changes in the family lives of the World Cup athletes since last season as provided by the different National Ski Associations. (Must be something in the snow...),

By FIS
Oct 31, 2007

An athlete may only be entered once for all Tour de Ski Stages. If she or he abandons the race in the middle of a Stage, he/she will be excluded from the rest of the Tour de Ski.,

By Tour de Ski
Oct 31, 2007