News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer

Vigland and Baic top Traverse City Sprints this week

Todd Vigland and Brendan Baic had the fast times at Traverse City Freestyle Sprints this week at Timber Ridge.

By Mark Esper
Feb 27, 2009

Michigan Cup standings: Juniors on top

Patterson and Baic look to have wrapped up the junior standings. But could the Strait Striders take the top two senior places this year?

By Mike Muha
Feb 27, 2009

Hey, It's No Huge Surprise

Reporters slather on the superlatives, use words such as unbelievable, amazing, or it's a miracle. The more enlightened types among us simply sit back with a wry smile and absorb it all with a kind of zen-like attitude.

By Peter Graves
Feb 26, 2009

USA Second in Medals

A gold from Norway in the men's team classic sprint dropped the USA into second position in the medals count at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships. Both Norway and the USA now have three gold, with the Norwegians taking the edge on total medals, 7-5.

By US Ski Team
Feb 26, 2009

US Men Just Miss Finals

Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) and Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) narrowly missed qualifying in their semi-final head in the two-man team classic sprint at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Liberec.

By US Ski Team
Feb 26, 2009

Silver for Kikkan!

Kikkan Randall skied to an historic 2nd place finish today at the World Championship Sprint. Quick Report by Nathan Schultz.

By Nathan Schultz
Feb 26, 2009

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How we did it - Swix at the Birkie

Swix Sport Racing Service was extremely confident in this glide wax recommendation. Beginning on Tuesday morning, Swix Racing Service staff in conjunction with the Saab Salomon Factory Team’s wax technician, Fabien Blondeau, began testing waxes.

By Pete Edwards
Feb 26, 2009

We're back!

Kris’s preparation for the Championships has been defined by a very low level of training. While this has been the plan all-along - he compartment syndrome diagnosis made us even more cautious.

By Zach Caldwell
Feb 26, 2009

Favorites Finland and Norway with team sprint gold

Finland with Aino Kaisa Saarinen and Virpi Kuitunen and Norway with Johan Kjoelstad and Ola Vigen Hattestad won the team sprint in Liberec and took the World Championship titles.

By FIS
Feb 26, 2009

Wax recommendations for the weekend racing scene

Wax recommendations from Fast Wax, Solda, Swix and Toko for the weekend's Michigan Cup (and other) races. Check back for updates!

By Mike Muha
Feb 26, 2009

Randall Takes Silver in Sprint

Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) put her mark on an already historic Nordic Ski World Championships for the USA, taking silver Tuesday in the cross country sprint to garner the highest medal for a U.S. cross country skier at Worlds in history.

By US Ski Team
Feb 25, 2009

Black Mountain Nordic Classic update

The race starts at 10:00 on Saturday, Feb. 28 with the 10 k tour starting at 9:30. An added feature of the tour this year will be an option for tour skiers to take an alternate route back to the finish thus avoiding the hilly sections of the race course n

By Denny Paull
Feb 25, 2009