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After suffering a season-ending ankle injury last winter Graham Ritchie is working hard to be ready to join his friends ...
21/08/2024

After suffering a season-ending ankle injury last winter Graham Ritchie is working hard to be ready to join his friends and teammates racing for Nordiq Canada on the FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup this coming season. Read our newest writer, Kennedy Lange's story on FasterSkier - link in comments.

pc: Nordic Focus Photo Agency and Graham Ritchie

Peak summer training season is here, and for many skiers that means a whole lot of running!While great for the aerobic b...
25/07/2024

Peak summer training season is here, and for many skiers that means a whole lot of running!

While great for the aerobic base essential to skiing, miles on foot mean much more stress on muscles and joints, and a resulting greater risk for injury.

Our resident PT Ned Dowling chimes in with how to run away from running injuries, in our story linked in the comments!

(Photo: Courtesy Image/Sammy Smith)

The story of the Hryhorenkos: from Ukraine to Bend, Oregon, with a whole lot of generosity and humanity from the Mt. Bac...
16/07/2024

The story of the Hryhorenkos: from Ukraine to Bend, Oregon, with a whole lot of generosity and humanity from the Mt. Bachelor nordic community.

Amid war, a family has been able to find some semblance of a home on skis a half a world away, in our story, linked in the comments!

(Photo: Mt. Bachelor/Reitler Hodgert)

"The reason I love these big adventures is it fills up my soul in a different way."Jessie Diggins checks in with FasterS...
30/06/2024

"The reason I love these big adventures is it fills up my soul in a different way."

Jessie Diggins checks in with FasterSkier after her "big stupid" adventure of the summer -the Broken Arrow Skyrace in Lake Tahoe, California, Q and A linked in the comments!

(Photos: Brinkema Brothers)

Part II with Julia Kern, with the World Championship medalist discussing race strategies, the impact of the fluoro ban o...
29/06/2024

Part II with Julia Kern, with the World Championship medalist discussing race strategies, the impact of the fluoro ban on the World Cup, and more summer training strategies, in our story, linked in the comments!

(Photos: Courtesy Image/ Nordic Focus Photo Agency)

High up in the Colorado Rockies, there's a hidden little valley that you can't help but ski in, well into the summer.On ...
24/06/2024

High up in the Colorado Rockies, there's a hidden little valley that you can't help but ski in, well into the summer.

On Irwin, nearby Crested Butte Nordic, and the joys of extending the winter ski season well into the longest days of the year, in our story, linked in the comments!

(Photos: Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum/Ben Theyerl)

Catching up with Julia Kern on a "big learning year" and her adjustments to training as the big blocks of summer start i...
21/06/2024

Catching up with Julia Kern on a "big learning year" and her adjustments to training as the big blocks of summer start in our story, linked in the comments!

(Photos: Nordic Focus Photo Agency/ Courtesy Image)

When it was announced that Lake Placid has a tentative agreement in place to host World Cup Finals in 2026, a number of ...
04/06/2024

When it was announced that Lake Placid has a tentative agreement in place to host World Cup Finals in 2026, a number of questions were raised - How and where will the spectators come in? What about the snow? What's in the works to make it a special enough event to attract the post-Olympics World Cup field?

FasterSkier spoke to the Olympic Regional Development Association (ORDA) at Mt Van Hoevenberg, the group behind the developments at Lake Placid, for answers. Our stories, linked in the comments!

(Photo: ORDA)

Saturday marked a milestone day in the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation - Birkie's project to re-vitalize the legenda...
03/06/2024

Saturday marked a milestone day in the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation - Birkie's project to re-vitalize the legendary Telemark Lodge site in Cable, WI.

Dedicating the new George Hovland Trail and re-making the historic Telemark mountain bike trails, in our story, linked in the comments!

Part II from Bend:At the annual beginning of the year camp in Oregon, US Ski Team Coaches and Athletes all were looking ...
28/05/2024

Part II from Bend:

At the annual beginning of the year camp in Oregon, US Ski Team Coaches and Athletes all were looking down the road at shared goals, and a developing ski culture in the United States. Their thoughts, and more, in our story, linked in the comments!

(Photos: Eli Zatz)

The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team returned to Bend, Oregon last week for its annual beginning of the year on-snow camp at th...
24/05/2024

The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team returned to Bend, Oregon last week for its annual beginning of the year on-snow camp at the Mt. Bachelor nordic center.

Coaches and athletes discuss how the camp helps set the tone for an excellent team culture for the upcoming season, plus plenty of photos, in our story, linked in the comments!

What it Took to Get Another American World Cup: Lake Placid's Bid.FasterSkier spoke with US Ski Team Program Director Ch...
22/05/2024

What it Took to Get Another American World Cup: Lake Placid's Bid.

FasterSkier spoke with US Ski Team Program Director Chris Grover on how the momentum from Minneapolis was leveraged into tentatively securing another American World Cup in 2026, in our story, linked in the comments!

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(Photo: Lake Placid Organizing Committee/Phillip Belena)

The big news out of US Ski and Snowboard Congress this week: Lake Placid, NY has a tentative agreement in place with the...
16/05/2024

The big news out of US Ski and Snowboard Congress this week: Lake Placid, NY has a tentative agreement in place with the FIS to bring the World Cup back to North America in 2026!

Lake Placid, plus notes from a few other key areas covered at Congress, linked in our story in the comments!

(Photo: Phillip Belenda)

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The FIS World Cup schedule for 2024-25 was released last week!What's new? Higher elevations, more skiathlons, and more -...
15/05/2024

The FIS World Cup schedule for 2024-25 was released last week!

What's new? Higher elevations, more skiathlons, and more - we take a deep dive in our story, linked in the comments!

(Photo: Nordic Focus Photo Agency)

A new initiative from US Biathlon (usbiathlon) similar to the National Nordic Foundation's established Trail to Gold gra...
14/05/2024

A new initiative from US Biathlon (usbiathlon) similar to the National Nordic Foundation's established Trail to Gold grant will look to give Women coaches from across biathlon and cross country skiing experience as part of the US Biathlon staff at IBU domestic and international events.

Full program announcement, linked in the comments below!

(Photo: US Biathlon)

“Any one skier’s success is a success for everyone.”Jack Young caught ski fans attention last February when he sprinted ...
13/05/2024

“Any one skier’s success is a success for everyone.”

Jack Young caught ski fans attention last February when he sprinted to the heats in Canmore in his first ever World Cup start. Now, he's earned a nod to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team, and in a list filled with skiers from storied NCAA Division I ski programs, is the lone, and first, member of the the Colby College Ski Team (Colby Nordic Skiing) to ever make the US Ski Team.

That's got Young and long-time Colby Coach Tracey Cote reflecting on his special season, and the slow-building approach to developing an excellent team culture, in our story, linked in the comments!

(Photos: Nordic Focus Photo Agency/Colby College/Lazenby Photo)

“I’m looking forward to being able to enjoy the sport that got me into coaching. That first year I’m going to stay local...
10/05/2024

“I’m looking forward to being able to enjoy the sport that got me into coaching. That first year I’m going to stay local and go for a ski.”

Part 2 of our story reflecting on the long career and legacy of retiring University of New Hampshire Head Coach Cory Schwartz, linked in the comments!

For many high school skiers, May marks an exciting part of the year where they get to finalize their college decisions.F...
09/05/2024

For many high school skiers, May marks an exciting part of the year where they get to finalize their college decisions.

For many others, the apparent lack of skiing opportunities outside the NCAA poses a problem that amounts to retaining athletes in the competitive skiing community.

Enter the USCSA, a historic, and growing, organization dedicated to collegial opportunities to compete and keep skiers skiing past high school, story linked in the comments!

(Photo: John DiGiacomo)

This one is a special one for us as earlier this month, Cory Schwartz announced his retirement after 42 years as Head Co...
09/05/2024

This one is a special one for us as earlier this month, Cory Schwartz announced his retirement after 42 years as Head Coach of the .

Among the longest tenures in American sports history, Schwartz’s time at saw the sport through the development of skate skiing, the World Cup, and more, all while he played a crucial role in the lives of the countless skiers he coached.

Looking back on the legacy of Cory Schwartz, in the first of a two-part series with the coaching legend, linked in bio.

(Photo: Courtesy Image)

Earlier this month, Cory Schwartz announced his retirement after 42 years as Head Coach of the University of New Hampshi...
08/05/2024

Earlier this month, Cory Schwartz announced his retirement after 42 years as Head Coach of the University of New Hampshire Ski Team.

Among the longest tenures in American sports history, Schwartz's time at UNH saw the sport through the development of skate skiing, the World Cup, and more, all while he played a crucial role in the lives of the countless skiers he coached.

Looking back on the legacy of Cory Schwartz, in the first of a two-part series with the coaching legend, linked in the comments!

(Photo: Courtesy Image)

What exactly are skiers working on when summer training starts again?"It's a lot more to it than just simply hopping bac...
08/05/2024

What exactly are skiers working on when summer training starts again?

"It's a lot more to it than just simply hopping back on rollerskis." Strength, speed, glide and more, as we celebrate the complexities of offseason training in our story, linked in the comments!

Skiing is Worth Saving:One longtime ski racer on the experience of taking part in the sport amid one of the mildest wint...
03/05/2024

Skiing is Worth Saving:

One longtime ski racer on the experience of taking part in the sport amid one of the mildest winters ever across the Midwest and New England, and what it says about the realities of the sport in the future. Full article linked in the comments!

(Photo: American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation - Birkie)

How long of a break from training should I take after ski season? Is it too early to rollerski?The College of St. Schola...
02/05/2024

How long of a break from training should I take after ski season? Is it too early to rollerski?

The College of St. Scholastica Saints Coach Jason Kask dives into the offseason questions skiers have as the training year begins! Story linked in the comments!

(Photo: Graeme Longford)

New opportunities have been posted as our job board continues to fill up this spring: Postings from the Utah Ski Team, B...
01/05/2024

New opportunities have been posted as our job board continues to fill up this spring: Postings from the Utah Ski Team, Bridger Ski Foundation, Snow Australia and more, linked in the comments!

(Photo: Bridger Ski Foundation)

Last week, the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team announced its Stifel Season Awards, nominated and voted on by athletes in categ...
30/04/2024

Last week, the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team announced its Stifel Season Awards, nominated and voted on by athletes in categories such as "Athlete of the Year," "Comeback of the Year," and more.

See the full list, and look back on a historic season for US Skiing, in our story, linked in the comments!

(Photo: Nordic Focus Photo Agency)

At the end of April and the beginning of May comes an exciting prospect for skiers: the start of another training year!A...
29/04/2024

At the end of April and the beginning of May comes an exciting prospect for skiers: the start of another training year!

As the spring begins, we re-visit some of the conventions on how skiers train during the offseason to ski well next winter, in our story, linked in the comments!

The US Biathlon Association (usbiathlon) announced its team nominations for the 2024-25 season yesterday, including an e...
24/04/2024

The US Biathlon Association (usbiathlon) announced its team nominations for the 2024-25 season yesterday, including an expanded National Development Team roster.

Full roster, linked in the comments!

Last week, Gus Schumacher won an FIS Cross-Country Skiing fan poll for "Best Distance Performance of the Year" for his h...
23/04/2024

Last week, Gus Schumacher won an FIS Cross-Country Skiing fan poll for "Best Distance Performance of the Year" for his historic win at the The Loppet Foundation Cup in Minneapolis!

It's the first of many awards Schumacher is likely to be up for following his first World Cup win, and it started to give some clarity to just exactly what all went into that something special that happened in Minneapolis.

Our story, linked in the comments!

(Photo: Nordic Focus Photo Agency)

That's right, it's that time of year...time to dig out the rollerskis!Have no fear, FasterSkier is here to dig into the ...
23/04/2024

That's right, it's that time of year...time to dig out the rollerskis!

Have no fear, FasterSkier is here to dig into the obscure but wonderful "A to B Roller Ski," a chronicle of Raimonds Dombrovskis attempt to ski across the North American continent, that is sure to get you ready to roll this summer!

Story linked in the comments!

(Photo: Ken Roth)

Part II with Sophia Laukli!The dual runner/skier dives into the adjustments made to her training over the past year - ad...
21/04/2024

Part II with Sophia Laukli!

The dual runner/skier dives into the adjustments made to her training over the past year - adjustments that helped propel her to A World Cup win on the Alpe Cermis, and a Overall title in the Golden Trail Series - in our story, linked in the comments!

(Photos: Nordic Focus Photo Agency/Golden Trail Series)

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This is Part II of 'An Evening with the SMS T2 Team' where FasterSkier partnered with The Memory Clinic of Bennington, Vermont. The second part features the entirety of a wide-ranging Question & Answer session that involved most of the SMS T2 team, including Julia Kern, Jessie Diggins, and Ben Ogden. It was a treat to be among so many of our skiing heroes, and to hear how they responded to questions from the audience. The full video can be watched at FasterSkier or on our YouTube channel.

FasterSkier recently teamed up with our friends The Memory Clinic in Bennington, Vermont for an evening with Olympic skier and 2023 World Championship medalist Julia Kern and her SMST2 teammates, including Jessie Diggins and Ben Ogden Head over to FasterSkier or our YouTube channel to watch the first part. Link in comments.

FasterSkier's Nat Herz caught up with Jessie Diggins after her inspiring performance at the FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Championships in Planica, Slovenia. Give a listen! Photo: Nordic Focus Photo Agency

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