News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer

Lukas Bauer took his second Tour victory

Czech Lukas Bauer became the first man to win two Tour de Ski titles with an impressive climbing performance in Val di Fiemme.

By FIS
Jan 11, 2010

Milan and Wichern win Langlauf

Milan Baic took his first Michigan Cup race win of the season in Sunday's Langlauf 15K Freestyle at Hanson Hills Recreation Area in Grayling, Michigan. In the women's 15K, Amy Wichern easily out raced the field for first.

By Mike Muha
Jan 11, 2010

Swix wax recommendation for Vasa Tuesday Sprints

Here's the Swix wax recommendation for this week's Tuesday night Vasa Club sprints.

By Pete Edwards
Jan 11, 2010

USA Batttles, but Gottwald Wins

The U.S. Ski Team's three world champions played a key role in a back-and-forth battle Saturday in the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Predazzo. But in the end, it was Austria's Felix Gottwald taking the win with Johnny Spillane fourth.

By US Ski Team
Jan 10, 2010

Burke 19th; Teela races to season best 18th

Although being three hundred kilometers apart, today's Sprint races in Oberhof and Altenberg both took place amid strong winds, dense fog and snow making the competition especially challenging for the U.S. biathletes.

By Linda Jager
Jan 10, 2010

Feature image for Burke 19th; Teela races to season best 18th

Petra Majdic leads the Tour de Ski

The Slovenian Petra Majdic won todays 10km classical Mass start race in a tight finish and took all 45 possible bonus seconds from the intermediate sprints and the finish.

By FIS
Jan 10, 2010

Bauer took the stage victory – Northug still in Tour lead

Lukas Bauer (CZE) was the strongest in men`s challenging 20km mass start race leaving Petter Northug (NOR) 31,5 seconds behind.

By FIS
Jan 10, 2010

100 World Cups races organized in Val di Fiemme

The long tradition in the Nordic discipline sports events organization is going to reach an enviable goaltoday. 100 World Cups races organized in Val di Fiemme.

By FIS
Jan 9, 2010

Randall sweeps US Cross Country Championships

Kikkan Randal took her fourth win in as many events at the 2010 U.S. Cross Country Championships. Randall took her 14th overall title winning the classic sprint while Tyler Kornfield won his first championship on the men’s side as top American,

By US Ski Team
Jan 9, 2010

Alaska’s Norris, Sieber set pace at U.S. Nationals classic races

The CCSA got its competitive season off to an impressive start at the Chisholm Ski Club on Wednesday, as the association’s skiers landed a podium spot, four top-10, and six top-20 finishes in the classic races at U.S. Nationals in Rumford, Maine.

By Tom Myrick
Jan 8, 2010

US qualifies seven in Canmore

Torin Koos led six of his U.S. teammates into sprint finals Saturday in Canmore, qualifying second and finishing 11th during the season's final World Cup competition prior to the 2010 Olympics. Kikkan Randall finished 10th.

By US Ski Team
Jan 8, 2010

Weekend race wax recommentations

UPDATED 3. Wax recommendations from Fast Wax, Solda, Swix, and Toko for this weekend's Michigan Cup races. Check back for updates.

By Mike Muha
Jan 8, 2010