Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!
Free Nordic Walking Classes featured at Cadillac's Annual Senior Expo
6/11/2010 - By Pete Edwards
Free Nordic Walking Clinics and Free Nordic Walking Pole Demos will be offered at the Wexford Arena and Senior Expo in Cadillac, Michigan from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2010.
Nordic Walking Classes in Suttons Bay, June 15
6/10/2010 - By Pete Edwards
Nordic walking classes and Nordic walking pole demos will again be offered during the Annual Older American Expo in Suttons Bay, Michigan on Tuesday, June 15. The Expo will be held at the Suttons Bay High School from 10am – 2pm.
National Training Group camp starts today
6/10/2010 - By USSA
The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team coaching staff will host the 2010 National Training Group (NTG) camp in Park City June 10-20 where the NTG will make use of USSA’s new Center of Excellence training.
Randall: I guess I am just lucky to be in decent shape right now
6/9/2010 - By FIS with Kikkan Randall
FIS Cross-Country had a unique chance to talk to U.S. top athlete, representative in the athletes commission Kikkan Randall. She was preasent at the FIS Congress in Turkey and then flew to Norway for a Rollerski opener in Askim, which she won.
Falun selected for 2015 FIS Nordic Worlds - by a vote
6/9/2010 - By FIS
The Swedish town, which is well-known among the Cross-Country fans as an excellent host over the years for many Cross-Country World Cups, won in a tight vote over three ballots against its competitors Lahti (FIN), Zakopane (POL) and Oberstdorf (GER)
New FIS rules for 2010/2011 World Cup
6/9/2010 - By FIS
Changes in bonus seconds, intermediate sprint bonuses, and skiers are now allowed to make 3-4 ski exchanges during long races.
Bend Camp Update
6/8/2010 - By Andy Newell & Simi Hamilton
Andy Newell and new US Ski Team member Simi Hamilton give an update from Bend Oregon where the US and Canadian National teams have been training.
New multi-stage FIS World Championships
6/8/2010 - By FIS
The multi-stage events we have implemented during the season like the Tour de Ski and the World Cup Final showed us that the fans love them and the interest strongly increased year by year.
Birkie winner provides training log
6/8/2010 - By CXC Academy
This season Matt Liebsch (the winner of the 2009 American Birkebeiner and Top 30 World Cup finisher) will provide a duplicate of his training log, comments, and notes that corresponds with one week of each training period.
Rollerskiing bill before Michigan legislature
6/7/2010 - By Randy Bladel
A friend tipped me off about this bill before the state legislature. I find it mostly common sense, but I object to the daylight only and helmet rules.
Strong like Bull: Specific Strength Training
6/7/2010 - By Andrew Gerlach
Elite, recreational and novice skiers alike can increase their enjoyment and performance this winter by working on ski specific upper-body strength and strength endurance.
FIS sanctions Russian Ski Association and Kornelia Marek
6/7/2010 - By FIS
The FIS Council has decided to sanction the Russian Ski Association as a response to the high number of doping cases and lack of adherence to the FIS Anti-Doping Rules. And Kornelia Marek (POL) has received a 2 year suspension.
