News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer
Brutal winter in store for 2011-2012
AccuWeather reports a brutal 2011-2012 weather for the midwest and Great Lakes region. Says AccuWeather Meteorologist Heather Buchman, "La Niña will tend to drive storms through the Midwest and Great Lakes."
By Mike Muha
Oct 6, 2011
Preseason discount trail passes available for Yellowstone Ski Festival
Prepaid trail passes are now available for the Yellowstone Ski Festival. Passes are valid from November 1-30. Order by October 31, 2011 for the best rate.
By Dan Cantrell
Oct 6, 2011
Broken wheels, broken poles: Grand Marais Rollerski Marathon
A few skiers came with very fast wheels, allowing them to breeze along with little perceived effort. Composite fabrication wizard Yvonne Dufour showed up with custom carbon fiber skis with ultra fast wheels.
By Randy Bladel
Oct 5, 2011
Level 3 rollerski skate intervals
Training challenge #2: Toughen up and get down on some L3 skate intervals with the US Ski Team.
By US Ski Team
Oct 5, 2011
2011-2012 Michigan Cup Schedule
UPDATED: The Michigan Cup Cross Country Ski Racing Series features 24 races this year, including the first race of the season in the entire USA.
By Mike Muha
Oct 4, 2011
Two-hour doublepole distance workout
A two hour doublepole rollerski with Andy Newell and Skyler Davis.
By US Ski Team
Oct 4, 2011
Funding raising dinner for NNF
Fundraising Dinner with Olympians Andy Newell and Liz Stephen plus NNF Director Dave Knoop in support of the National Nordic Foundation, Oct 30, 2011 4 P.M.
By Andrew Gerlach
Oct 3, 2011
Ann Haag: Training with the Americans
Last June, Liz Stephen and Kikkan Randall of the US Ski Team went to Sweden and connected with Olympic and World Championship medalist Anna Haag for some intense Scandinavian dry land training.
By Atomic
Oct 3, 2011
Level 4 bounding intervals 7x4 minutes
Level 4 ski bounding intervals (7x4 minutes) with Andy Newell and Skyler Davis
By US Ski Team
Oct 3, 2011
Rossignol announces new Nordic Division Manager
The Rossignol Group announced it has hired Ryan Green as its Nordic Division Manager for the US market.
By Tait Wardlaw
Oct 2, 2011
Baic and Hardin win inaugural Grand Marais Rollerski Marathon.
VASA Ski Club's Milan Biac narrowly beat Jeff Koch by a mere 3 seconds at the inaugural Grand Marais Rollerski Marathon in Gran Marais, Michigan, this morning.
By Mike Muha
Oct 1, 2011
CANCELLED: Eli Brown skating clinic, Oct 2 in Southeast Michigan
We did not have enough people sign up and it appears its not worth waiting until 5:00pm to make the call. RECOMMENDATON: Eli will be holding a rollerski clinic in Traverse City on Sunday October 23.
By Mike Muha
Sep 30, 2011
