When the boys of NMU met Steamboat Springs, CO... A fun video taken at the 2010 NCAA Nordic Championships in Steamboat Springs.
The IOC Executive Board announced that it is looking favorably at the inclusion of the Biathlon Mixed Relay into the program of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
USSA will score certain FIS & Continental Cup events in Europe to the National Ranking List (NRL), as well as them being scored to the FIS points list. This is a dramatic increase in the number of weekends (from 2 to 10) that will be scored.
My goal has always been to be an all-around skier, it just happened that my sprint results got good first. Every season my distance racing gets a little better and I hope to one day be able to win a distance world cup race as well as sprints.
Bergkönig Trail Run proceeds to support the race directors, Maria Stuber and Bryan Cook, who are both currently competing for the CXC Elite Team
UpNorthLive.com (TV 7/4) has a nice video interview with Eli Brown and of skiers testing the course before the race.
While at home, U.S. Cross Country Ski Team member and Olympian Liz Stephen (East Montpellier, VT) is enjoying what New England has to offer before heading to Europe for the opening World Cup in mid November.
Ross Williams, training year-around for cross country ski racing, put in the fastest time trial at 27 seconds; Milan Baic was a couple seconds behind. In pursuit-style showdown, Williams and Baic started at opposite sides of the course and raced to catch
Lots of photos taken by Eli Brown at the Brick Wheels October 23, 2010 On-Snow cross country ski race.
Top ski reps have spent the off season on Europe’s glaciers and ski tunnels. New designs, new constructions and new technologies have been tested and carefully vetted. However, it will be on November 20 that the new products are truly “combat tested.”
The snow was actually shaved ice from our Howe Arena, but looked and skied like typical spring skiing on man made snow. There were thrills and spills.
Butch’s story is one that touches many of us in the Cross Country Ski community. I am one of many people that have been deeply inspired by Butch’s leadership and motivation.