The Viessmann FIS World Cup Cross-Country 2008/2009 features a compact calendar with 35 races per gender including the third edition of the Tour de Ski, the 2009 Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec (CZE), and the 2nd edition of the World Cup Final.,
Several new FIS rules and adaptations of the regulations are prepared to make the World Cup cross country ski racing more attractive, fair and more easily understandable.,
The Italians beat Sweden, Poland, Finland, and Germany for the right to hold the Championships.,
Growing the sport worldwide was one of the key topics at the International Ski Federation's biennial FIS Congress which ended May 30 in Cape Town.,
Alas, Chris Weingartz won our cross country ski racing competition last season: his overall cumulative race time was 1:31 faster than me.
In this SkiTrax interview with Nordic skiing legend Bjorn Daehlie at the recent Las Vegas ski show (for ski shops), Daehlie talks about his line of clothing, racing, his kids and his career.,
During the USSA Spring Congress in Park City, UT, Scott Wilson, Hayward WI, was awarded the Al Merrill Nordic Award for an exceptional level of commitment, leadership, and devotion to excellence in a Nordic sport.,
The Board of Directors of CXC announces the Regional Elite Group and State Development Groups. Several athletes from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan made the Michgan State Development Group, including a couple members of Team NordicSkiRacer.,
Kikkan Randall and Bill Demong are the recipients of the 2008 USSA Cross Country and 2008 Nordic Combined Athlete of the Year award.,
The Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center was recognized as the USSA Cross Country Club of the Year.,
Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center's Erik Flora (Anchorage), who has been influential in the careers of many cross country skiers including Kikkan Randall (Anchorage), is being named USSA Domestic Coach of the Year.,
The sound of ski poles clinking together will replace the ring of wedding bells as the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team's Kikkan Randall marries Canadian skier Jeff Ellis on Friday.,