Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!
F40 Carbon waxes will replace F40 Top Race; F15 Green replaces F15 Blue. New: F40 Special Orange and a budget Fluor.
Footage of the qualifying time trial and heats from the Men's Classic Sprint in Kussamo, Finland.
Footage of the qualifying time trial and heats from the Women's Classic Sprint in Kussamo, Finland.
“You know I started early today, but I was lucky to have guys like Lukas Bauer and Angerer just in front of me. I had a great second lap and moved way up."
Olympian Bryan Fletcher skied to a career best 18th Saturday in the second FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Kuusamo.
The U.S. Ski Team's Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) moved up 13 places in cross country but it did little to brighten a tough opener for the USA in the FIS World Cup in Kuusamo.
UPDATED: Andy Newell qualified eight and finished sixth in cross country sprint opener in Kuusamo. Finland. “I like this course a lot, it’s a tough one with two big hills for the men."
APU did exceptional well in the sprints, taking 11 of the 20 top five positions across the two back-to-back events.
The World Cup circuit will kick off next Wednesday in Östersund, right now just a few teams are using the training possibilities at the Swedish venue.
Four Americans will be on the starting line Friday for the first of two weekend nordic combined events. Also on tap will be the 2nd FIS Cross Country World Cup of the season (featuring the Ruka Triple, a 3-day mini-tour) plus the opener for ski jumping.
The FIS Nordic Opening will take place for the ninth time in Kuusamo (FIN) on 26th-28th November, the first and only time the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships that all three Nordic disciplines will compete at the same venue in the same period of time.
The SuperTour Sprint Showdown in West Yellowston has been postponed to Thursday at 11am due to weather. And ABR Trails in the Upper Peninsula will be open for skiing today.