Team NordicSkiRacer's Zibgy Zlobicki, Tony Percha, Doug Cornell, and Cyril Grum at Island Lake Recreation Area, testing the new pavement. Conclusion? The section to Kent Lake is a 5; the rest of the repaving is only a 3.
Universal Sports correspondent Nick Gismondi gets put through the ringer by cross-country skier Kikkan Randall.
Maybe scary fast! US Ski team member Andy Newell gives us a tour of the downhill sections of the Lillehammer World Cup courses in December 2013 in this FIS Cross Country video.
The International Skiing History Association (ISHA) recently launched a newly redesigned website, www.skiinghistory.org. On the new site you can read articles, conduct research, watch videos, view vintage ski art and obtain or renew membership in ISHA.
The clinic will begin at 10am on Sunday with lunch break and end by 3:00pm. The day will involve half on classic ski technique and half on skating technique. Wax classic skis are highly encouraged.
The Agawa Canyon Snow Train used by hundreds of skiers each spring to get to the start of the Wabos Loppet is no more. Effective immediately, the snow train has been cancelled.
John and Leslie Taylor have challenged CXC with a matching grant to develop and promote Nordic skiing for all ages and abilities. This is a 2:1 matching grant, so we need to raise $40,000 to leverage the $20,000 from our generous benefactors.
U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team’s Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, CO) posted the fastest time in his cross country anchor leg and moved up the pack to give the USA seventh in the 4x5k team event at the nordic combined World Cup season opener.
World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) fought hard to earn a fifth-place finish during Sunday’s 10k freestyle pursuit, the finale of the Ruka Triple mini-tour and cross country World Cup season opening weekend.
Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, WA) skied to a career-best seventh place in the women’s 5k classic Saturday, the second stage of the Ruka Triple mini-tour.
For the past 25 years, Fjeldheim has volunteered his time to the DNR while coaching at NMU. He's played an instrumental role in the development of Nordic ski trails across the region.
Here's the start to finish video of Justyna Kowalczyk (POL), Kikkan Randall (USA), and Denise Herrmann (Ger) finishing 1-2-3 in the Kuusamo World Cup Women's Classic Sprint final.
World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) skied into second place in the cross country sprint World Cup opener Friday, earning the best classic World Cup sprint result of her career.
Team NordicSkiRacer rollerski or foot workout
Kensington Metropark or Maybury State Park
Yellowstone Ski Festival, Nov 26-30
West Yellowstone, MT
XC Ski HQ Thanksgiving Weekend Sale, Friday, Nov 29th - Monday, Dec 2nd
Cross Country Ski Headquarters, 9435 N Cut Rd, Roscommon, MI 48653. 800-832-2663, [email protected], CrossCountrySki.com
Team NordicSkiRacer rollerski or foot workout
Kensington Metropark or Maybury State Park
Team NordicSkiRacer rollerski or foot workout
Kensington Metropark or Maybury State Park
Stone Turtle Cafe Opens & Free Beginner Ski Lesson*
Cross Country Ski Headquarters, 9435 N Cut Rd, Roscommon, MI 48653. 800-832-2663, [email protected], CrossCountrySki.com
XC Ski HQ Ski Team Kick-Off Dinner!
Cross Country Ski Headquarters, 9435 N Cut Rd, Roscommon, MI 48653. 800-832-2663, [email protected], CrossCountrySki.com
Oregon Fall Camp, Dec 8-14
Mt Bachelor/Bend, Oregon