Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!
The USSA Cross Country Ski Race Calendar, reformatted a bit to make it easier to read.
CXC is pleased to announce the webcast of the American Birkebeiner for the second year in a row. The webcast is available to participants, spectators and Nordic fans at no charge.
Team NordicSkiRacer gathered at Island Lake Rec Area for a team mountain bike ride and picnic.
After nearly one metre of fresh snow at Falls Creek this week the snow groomers did an amazing job to get the 21km course packed and ready for the event.
A talk by Kikkan Randall (US Ski Team) on what it takes to succeed as an international athlete. She gave this talk on August 13, 2010 at Hardwood Ski and Bike, as the keynote speaker at the 2010 Ontario High Performance XC Ski Training Camp.
The 30km (women) and 50km (men) "Sk8 the Ring" Austrian Rollerski Championships will be held on an auto racing track this Sunday, with sprint bonus and an award for the fastest lap.
After a slow start to the ski season in July, good snowfalls over the last two weeks have ensured excellent snow conditions for the event.
Korn has worked in the ski industry for the last four years. He served as the Midwest Regional Tech Representative for Swix Sport USA starting in 2006 and the National Tech representative for Salomon USA since 2008.
With the help of regional coaches attending the camps, the U.S. Ski Team coaching staff selects the top athletes from all four Regional Elite Group (REG) camps (East, Central, West and Alaska) and names these athletes to the National Elite Group (NEG).
There can be a reluctance to want to add the extra travel required to bring athletes from all over the country for a single camp. But any reluctance I might have had was erased at this camp after just three short days here at MTU in Houghton, MI.
Under Cobb’s leadership the US Biathlon Team emerged as one of the top programs in the world this winter when American Tim Burke wore the yellow bib as the world’s top ranked biathlete.
The hard work is clearly etched everyone’s face at the halfway point. At the mid-point, every athlete has to stop for at least 10 seconds, switch rollerskis in order to use up the wheels evenly and drink. Afterwards, the mental battle continues.