A small but highly engaged group of TV experts gathered in Zurich (SUI) this Tuesday and Wednesday to review the draft TV Broadcasters' Manual for Cross-Country Skiing.
A small observer group from the Tour de Ski team visited the official Giro d'Italia presentation in Venice (ITA) in order to gain new impulses for the upcoming edition of the Tour de Ski.
Nordic combined skiers Todd Lodwick and Billy Demong received the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's highest athlete honors at an awards ceremony Friday in Park City.
The USST is encouraging top athletes graduating from high school to follow the USST post-graduate pathway. This pathway involves committing one to two years to full time ski training with either the USST or partner program directly after high school.
The following is the USSA’s preliminary list of nominations for the 2010 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. The nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria.
Clubs across the nation work year round to groom athletes for success in the competitive skiing. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is recognizing two Nordic clubs for superior dedication to the progression of the sport in 2009.
Coaches are recognized annually by the USSA in each of its specific sport programs. The 2009 awardees will be honored at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's awards dinner May 15 in Park City during USSA Congress 2009.
World Championship gold medalists Lindsey Vonn, Todd Lodwick and Lindsey Van will be honored for athletic excellence as recipients of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's Athlete of the Year Awards.
WADA's Executive Committee and Foundation Board, of which FIS President Gian Franco Kasper is member, will meet on 9th-10th May in Montreal (CAN) for the first time this year.
Four freestyle competitions on May 23-24 marked the official end of the 2008-2009 ski season.
The world-class training and education facility, the Center of Excellence, opened its doors to the nation's top ski and snowboarding athletes in May, signaling a new era for the century-old sports organization.
Alex Harvey, winner of two 2009 World Cup bronze medals, has been demoted to the Canadian Development Team for the summer because he plans to skip the national team traing camps.