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Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!

Agility training for cross country skiers

7/18/2011 - By Matt Whitcomb

The US Ski Team uses rollerski agility speed test to push the athlete outside their comfort zone so that zone can grow that much larger. When that ice patch surprises you in on skis, you're ready for it.

Start Wax & Poles enages Endurance Enterprises and Q-Outdoor

7/15/2011 - By Andrew Gerlach

Startex Oy, owner of the Start wax and pole brands, is launching a two-pronged U.S. marketing, sales and fulfillment program.

Swix moves to larger US digs

7/14/2011 - By Swix

The 65-year-old Swix brand has outgrown its current location in Wilmington, MA and is moving into an updated warehouse facility in Haverhill.

50k Rollerski race proposed for Oct 1, 2011

7/13/2011 - By Denny Paull

The town of Grand Marais, Michigan is contemplating hosting a 50 km freestyle roller ski race on Saturday October 1, 2011.

9 minutes to test your XC ski strength

7/11/2011 - By Mike Muha

This is a fast and easy strength test that takes only nine minutes. Compare yourself to Junior and Senior Standards. Just how strong ARE you? (Video)

87 hours to pick skis

7/7/2011 - By Rick Halling

US distributors of the top ski companies have made it a point to bring over their engineers and race directors from Europe to visit American retailers. The visitors have consistently been blown away by the attention to detail and the obsession with fit.

2018 Winter Olympics awarded to PyeongChang, Republic of Korea

7/6/2011 - By IOC

PyeongChang won in the first round of voting with 63 votes, against Munich (25 votes) and Annecy (7 votes).

New XC ski rules for World Cup

7/6/2011 - By FIS

Several new World Cup cross country ski rules were defined and approved by the FIS Council at the recent FIS Calendar Conference in Portoroz, Italy. Here's a summary.

NMU's Banerud gets NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

7/5/2011 - By Calvin Larson

Former Northern Michigan University Nordic skier Martin Stuge Banerud has been awarded a $7,500 scholarship from the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee.

www.northboundoutfittersmi.com/xc-ski.html

Six Athletes sign NLI's with Michigan Tech

7/1/2011 - By Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech head coach Joe Haggenmiller announced that six athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the cross country, Nordic skiing and track and field teams.

Farra to leave USSA Nordic Director Post

7/1/2011 - By US Ski Team

USSA Nordic Program Director, John Farra, is leaving his post in order to accept the position of Director, U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing High Performance with the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Bounding Intervals

6/29/2011 - By Bryan Fish

Cross country ski bounding intervals from dryland camp in Salt Lake City.