Cross Country Ski Racing News
Wax recommendation for tonight's sprints
12/30/2009 - By Pete Edwards
Wax recommendation for tonight's sprints in Traverse city.
Part one...
12/29/2009 - By Pete Vordenberg
Canmore, Canada. Final stop for period one on the domestic circuit for the US racers.
SkiTrax Fantasy FIS Tour de Ski 2010 Contest
12/28/2009 - By SkiTrax
We pleased to announce that the second international SkiTrax FIS Fantasy Tour de Ski 2010 Contest is now live for team registration for contestants around the world.
FIS Tour de Ski starts in a few days
12/28/2009 - By FIS
Beside many traditional Cross-Country nations such as all the Nordic and Central European countries, the United States with Andrew Newell will be at the start for the first time.
Jessie Smith and Maria Frick win Holiday Classic
12/27/2009 - By Mike Muha
Treacherous corners is how one classic skier described the Holiday Classic course. The previous day's freezing rain left the tracks hard and fast. A light dusting of snow caused waxes to ice as racers stepped out of the tracks to negotiate fast corners.
Peru to compete at 2010 Winter Olympics
12/26/2009 - By FIS
Peruvian Roberto Carcelen is set to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in a sport many of his countrymen have probably never heard of.
Two Russian skiers banned for doping
12/26/2009 - By FIS
The FIS Doping Panel found that Russian Cross-Country skiers Natalia Matveeva (RUS) and Julija Tchepalova (RUS) have committed an anti-doping rule violation contrary to article 2.1 of the FIS Anti-Doping Rules.
Weekend race wax recommendations
12/25/2009 - By Mike Muha
Race wax recommendations for this weekend's Holiday Classic and Holiday Sprints
Spillane wins Olympic Trials in Steamboat
12/25/2009 - By US Ski Team
He said it could have been anyone's day. But Wednesday belonged to hometown hero Johnny Spillane who, in front of family, friends and fans, solidified a nomination to the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team for nordic combined at Olympic Trials.
NCCSEF Calendars for sale
12/25/2009 - By Pete Vordenberg
The new NCCSEF calendar is back after a one-year hiatus and it is available at the NCCSEF.org web site. Just donate $20 to the NCCSEF, the backbone for the development of world-class skiers in the United States.
Current World's Best Biathlete: Tim Burke
12/24/2009 - By Viktoria Franke
The historic result will yet take a couple of more days to sink in, as it showed in this talk with Tim Burke, High Performance Director Bernd Eisenbichler, Head Coach Per Nilsson and USBA Executive Director Max Cobb.
Davos
12/24/2009 - By Pete Vordenberg
The first week we were in Davos it was Davos Ski Week. There were supposed to be around 5000 skiers in town just to ski, take lessons and drink coffee at the Coffee Klatsch downtown. It seemed like there were more than 5000.
