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Year: 2006 ×

First World Cup victory for Randall and Gloersen

Kikkan Randall claim victory in the today's sprint race in the free technique and won with that the first ever victory for the US Team in the women Cross-Country World Cup.,

By FIS
Dec 17, 2006

Hakkinen 32nd in Hochfilzen Biathlon Sprint.

Hakkinen, nagged by a viral infection for the past couple of weeks today showed that he is well on the road to full recovery.,

By US Biathlon Team
Dec 17, 2006

Northern Michigan University

Watch out again for the Wildcats, virtually disguised as the U.S. women’s Nordic ski team. In this first of a 12 part series profiling schools in the Central Collegiate Ski Association, we profile skiing superpower NMU.,

By Matias Saari, CCSA
Dec 17, 2006

Four US Biathletes Already Qualified for World Champs

Three men, Burke, Lowell Bailey, and Jeremy Teela as well as one woman, Lanny Barnes has qualified for the 2007 Biathlon World Championships, scheduled for early February.,

By US Biathlon Team
Dec 16, 2006

SIA Works to Reduce Tariffs on Cross Country Ski Footwear

SnowSports Industries America has had another success in its efforts to reduce tariffs on imports of manufactured snow sports products.,

By SAI
Dec 15, 2006

Kip Brady Clinic at XCHQ Postponed

The snow is not good enough and we have to postpone the Kip Brady Clinic, possibly to over the Christmas - New Years Break. ,

By Bob Frye
Dec 15, 2006

Just Say NO! to Wax Remover

Using wax remover on your skis is generally not the optimal method for cleaning your skis. It's not that waxing solvents are necessarily bad for the base material, it really has to do with how it impacts your ski's performance.,

By Mike Muha
Dec 14, 2006

Roenning, Kuitunen Win Italian CL Races

Men's World Cup leader Eldar Roenning of Norway padded his points lead Wednesday by winning a 15K classic technique race while Finn Virpi Kuitunen took the women's World Cup lead by winning a 10K CL race.,

By US Ski Team
Dec 14, 2006

Christmas Classic Race Cancelled

No snow, so we are canceling the Dec 16-17, 2006 races and refunding all entries. But we will have a new race on the 23rd so you can try out the US Nationals course!,

By Joe Haggenmiller
Dec 14, 2006

XCHQ Kip Brady Clinic Still On

The decision to proceed with or postpone the Kip Brady Classic and Skate Clinic scheduled for this Saturday will be made Friday morning. We still have a good amount of man made snow in the practice field.,

By Bob Frye
Dec 14, 2006

SuperTour Heads to Soldier Hollow

High-level competitions within the nordic ski world converge on Utah as the USSA Cross Country SuperTour and the nordic combined World Cup-B open at the 2002 Olympic cross country trails and ski jumps this week.,

By US Ski Team
Dec 13, 2006

Christmas Classic Race has Registration Woes

Our university had the unfortunate timing of an unplanned upgrade in our computer systems, which meant our online registration system has been affected.,

By Joe Haggenmiller
Dec 13, 2006