News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer

Bauer and Kuitunen win Otepää 15 km Classic

Lukas Bauer was attacking from the beginning and pushing all the 15 km very hard. Kuitunen started very strong and had the best time at the first intermediate point at 0.9 km. ,

By FIS
Feb 10, 2008

Tim Burke 9th in World Championships Sprint

Ostersund, Sweden, February 9. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) finished ninth in the 10K Sprint at the Biathlon World Championships today, the third best result of his career.,

By US Biathlon Association
Feb 10, 2008

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UPDATED: Weier and Powell win Vasa 50K Freestyle

Matt Weier and Amy Powell won the 50K Vasa today; David MacLean and Debbie Westphal took first in the 27K freestyle.,

By Mike Muha
Feb 10, 2008

GLD JOQ results from Marquette

Results from the GLD Junior Olympic Qualifer races on February 2-3, 2008 in Marquette.,

By Nick Baic
Feb 9, 2008

REVISED & UPDATED: Swix Grand Travers Wax Recomendation

SWIX has just revised and updated their recommendation as on Saturday morning for Sunday's Grand Travers.,

By Mike Muha
Feb 9, 2008

Caitlin Compton to Start in Sprint at Biathlon World Championships

Caitlin Compton (Minneapolis, MN) is one of the two “rookies” on the US Biathlon Team who will start in the Sprint competitions at the Biathlon World Championships here on Saturday.,

By US Biathlon Association
Feb 8, 2008

Otepaa

The course over there has been expanded to a full five K (last year’s was 3.75) with the addition of a single large downhill followed by a single large uphill. It has made the course much harder.,

By Zach Caldwell
Feb 8, 2008

What’s happened under the World Cup level?

The FIS Continental Cup series, which includes the SuperTour (USA), the OPA Cup (Middle Europe), and the Scandinavian Cup, prepares younger athletes for the World Cup.,

By FIS
Feb 8, 2008

SuperTour Titles to Kuzzy, Camenisch

Overall leader Garrott Kuzzy and Swiss skier Karin Camenisch have won this year SuperTour championship.,

By US Ski Team
Feb 8, 2008

UPDATED: Weekend wax recommendations

Swix, Toko and Fast Wax wax recommendations for this weekend's races. ,

By Mike Muha
Feb 8, 2008

Eight Top-15s at J1 Scandinavian Champs

U.S. cross country skiers produced eight top-15 performances over three days at the J1 Scandinavian Championships. The two U.S. women's relay teams finished in the top six.,

By US Ski Team
Feb 8, 2008