News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer

Year: 2008 ×

World Master Report - Day 2

One great thing about the World Masters is not worrying about your start lanes. The start has 20 diagonal lanes and your exact starting position is marked with a tag, i.e. row 1 and lane 5.,

By Ken Dawson
Mar 4, 2008

Video of the Lahti men's sprint final

Great video of the entire sprint final. Andy Newell is in blue. Watch as Andy tries to sneak by Bjorn Lind on a left hand corner...,

By Mike Muha
Mar 3, 2008

Lowell Bailey Jumps to 11th in Pursuit

Pyeong Chang, Korea. Lowell Bailey (after finishing 29th in the Sprint on Wednesday jumped to a World Cup personal best 11th place finish over the weekend.,

By US Biathlon Association
Mar 3, 2008

Kates and Flynn take Hanson Hills Classic

Adam Kates of the Soo Finnish Ski Club drove down from Sault St Marie, ON to put the hurt on local Michigan skiers winning by more than three minutes. And last year's MI Cup champion Emily Flynn (NordicSkiRacer) was back on the podium with a first.,

By Mike Muha
Mar 3, 2008

Freeman 51st in Lahti 15K classic

Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic won the men's 15K classic individual race in a cross country World Cup on Sunday in Lahti. Kris Freeman led two other U.S. skiers in the race in 51st.,

By US Ski Team
Mar 2, 2008

Kuitunen and Bauer win Lahti classic, lead World Cup

Virpi Kuitunen from Finland and the Tour de Ski Winner Lukas Bauer won the Interval start race over 10 km (ladies) and 15 km (men) in the classical technique in Lahti.,

By FIS
Mar 2, 2008

Paull and Hardin win on home course at Black Mountain Classic

Paull’s winning time of 1:47:26 was a new course record. Hardin’s time of 2:10:10 was good enough for 14th overall and 1st in her division.,

By Tom Cadwalader
Mar 2, 2008

CXC introduces sponsoring memberships

The ski community can now support the tremendous success of CXC Team athletes and help CXC sustain momentum in all regional programs.,

By CXC Skiing
Mar 1, 2008

Newell Second in World Cup Sprint

The U.S. Ski Team's Andy Newell captured the second podium of his career Saturday, finishing second as both he and Kikkan Randallmade finals in a cross country World Cup in Lahti. Randall finished fifth in the 1.2K sprint. ,

By US Ski Team
Mar 1, 2008

Video interveiw with Andy Newell

Interview with the top three in the Lahti men's sprint, including second place finisher, Andy Newell.,

By Hannu Lehman
Mar 1, 2008

Crawford and Gloersen top in Lahti

The Olympic Champion Chandra Crawford (CAN) and the 21-year-old Anders Gloersen won the exciting free technique sprint competitions at the Lahti Ski Games. Andy Newell was second.,

By FIS
Mar 1, 2008

Interview with Chandra Crawford

Winners interview from the cross country ladies sprint in Lahti.,

By Hannu Lehman
Mar 1, 2008