There are a couple different tests out there to test fitness. The first is the Medals Test. A second is a variation used by Cross Country Canada. This test is something you can do as well. You just need a friend and an access to a gym or par course.

By Mike Muha
Aug 10, 2012

Rossignol’s objective with this new role is to increase retail sales of race product by driving athletes to Rossignol Racing Centers.

By Rossignal
Aug 8, 2012

Thibaut Pinot wore a pair when he won stage 8 of the Tour de France and Team Great Britain Men's 8 rowed to Bronze in the Olympics a few days ago donning Salice sunglasses. Salice Italian sunglasses are now imported into the US by Chi-Town Sports.

By Mike Muha
Aug 7, 2012

Michigan Tech athletic director Suzanne Sanregret announced Friday (Aug. 3) that former Michigan Tech student-athlete Andrew Joda has been hired as the assistant coach for cross country, Nordic skiing and track and field.

By MTU Athletics Department
Aug 6, 2012

.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team veteran Todd Lodwick locked up his career 20th U.S. Championship title as he came from behind to take the win under blistering heat at the 2013 U.S. Nordic Combined Championships in Park City, UT.

By USSA
Aug 5, 2012

The 3rd annual National J2 Talent Camp is set to kick off Saturday, August 4 in Vermont at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. The camp will provide a great opportunity for many of the nation’s top 14-15 year old nordic racers.

By Andrew Gerlach
Aug 3, 2012

Under the new 2XU sponsorship, U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing athletes will wear 2XU Compression to train and recover.

By USSA
Aug 2, 2012

U.S. titles are expected to be hotly contested with a strong and deep field for this weekend’s U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships in Utah.

By USSA
Aug 2, 2012

"Lady Gaga is a person I would really like to meet. Her music is the perfect pump-up anthem for my training and she seems like a really unique and interesting individual. Maybe someday we'll cross paths."

By FIS
Jul 31, 2012

This is a friendly reminder that the early registration fees for both the February 2013 Birkie ski events and the September 2012 Birkie Trail Run & Trek Events will increase on Tuesday, July 31 at midnight.

By American Birkebiener
Jul 31, 2012

Roller Skiing, vintage sports footage from Holland and Germany in the 1950s. Taken from the two British Pathe newsreels.

By Mike Mha
Jul 30, 2012

Much like the peloton when it rolls past at 60kph, 16 athletes, coaches, VIP’s and support staff of the US Nordic Combined Team could have been easily mistaken for a Tour de France (TDF) team as we ascended and descended some of the famous TDF climbs.

By Andrew Gerlach
Jul 30, 2012