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Former Michigan Cup racer and current member of the Bridger Ski Foundation Pro Team Reid Goble has had a great couple weeks. First, he won the Minneapolis SuperTour race. Then he won a gold medal serving as a guide in the Paralympics. Finally, he's been chosen to race in the Men's 10km interval start classic race (3/20) at the FIS World Cup Finals in Lake Placid NY. Way to go Reid!

Tour de Ski: We have snow

12/27/2007 - By Vegard Ulvang

Nove Mesto has snow, 4.5 km with wide courses and reports minus 5 degrees Celsius. Conditions can't be better.,

Holiday Classic might move, become freestyle

12/27/2007 - By Nick Baic

The Classic Clinic at the Boyne Valley Lodge is on. Saturday's Holiday Classic race could move to Boyne Mountain and could change to a freestyle race if Boyne Valley Lodge does not get more snow.,

Preview of Stages 1 and 2: Nove Mesto

12/27/2007 - By Tour de Ski

About the town, the skiing, the race, course maps and web cam. Only scheduled for two stages, Nove Mesto picked up a couple more at the last minute when the German Ski Association decided did not host the two Stages of the Tour planned for Oberstdorf.,

Go Faster lets ski stay flat, longer

12/27/2007 - By Kevin Brooker

I noticed the flexible boot cuff allows the foot to ride flatter longer. Without a stiff cuff, when I tip my ankle the foot and the ski stays flat for a bit before beginning to tip onto the edge. A flat ski is a fast ski.,

Stocking Stuffers

12/26/2007 - By Pete Vordenberg, TeamToday.org

Pics from along the path...,

L as in leader bib

12/26/2007 - By Tour de Ski

To make it easy for the viewers and spectators to identify the current leaders – the overall and sprint ranking leader - of the Tour de Ski, FIS spent considerable effort to re-design the Tour leader bibs.,

The Whitest of Christmases and Other Christmases Past

12/25/2007 - By William R Deedler

Based on the Detroit records, the Santa award for the "whitest" (most snow on the ground) and also the second snowiest Christmas (snow falling on Christmas) goes to the Christmas of 1951!,

Glide Waxing for Man-Made Snow

12/24/2007 - By Dan Meyer

Artificial or man-made snow is a combination of snow, dirt and oil. Man-made snow is a hard particle of ice, not a hollow flake of snow. For this reason, wax recommendations will change slightly from those for natural snow.

Back home - fighting a cold

12/23/2007 - By Zach Caldwell

Kris got home early this week, and arrived with a cold. There’s a good reason to try to avoid international travel when you’re run-down. In this case there was no option...,

Four questions to Astrid Jacobsen

12/23/2007 - By FIS

The 20-year old Astrid Jacobsen from Norway has been the surprise of the Cross-Country season so far. The Sprint World Champion from Sapporo 2007 has made her mark in the distance races as well and is the current leader of the overall World Cup.,

Ernie Brumbaugh recovering from heart attack

12/22/2007 - By Carole Mueller-Brumbaugh

Ernie was released from Spectrum Butterworth Meijer Heart Center about 7:00 PM last night. He still has the pneumonia from aspirating before/during his heart attack. ,

Alaska Pacific Leads Through Soldier Hollow

12/22/2007 - By USSA

The Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Team leads the SuperTour Team Classification after four races. The ranking is based on the cumulative total of all points scored by the team members. ,