straightchuter — I recently saw that Outside Magazine had voted the HotWire carabiner as one of the most influential pieces of gear of all time, which was a delayed honor as I designed the HotWire 18 years ago when I was working at Black Diamond Equipment. I first started working at BD...
fasterskier — Randall and Stephen training with the Mora Ski Club last summer. They'll be back to Sweden this August, this time with the rest of the USST women. Courtesy photo.In the months following its first camp of the year in Bend, Oregon, the U.S. Ski Team (USST) has several new training...
fasterskier — Lars Flora stands behind a drying rack of sheepish, a popular springtime fish in Northwest Alaska, while Elvina, an Selawik eighth-grade skier in his NANANordic program, looks on. (Photo by Charlie Renfro)While most of his cross-country skiing brethren kicked up the last bits of snow at Spring Series in Craftsbury,...
fasterskier — Bryan Fletcher racing in the large hill team competition at the 2011 World Championships, Oslo, Norway.The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) has released its preliminary list of athletes on the 2012 U.S. Ski Team. The nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria. The USSA...
fasterskier — Mike Cavaliere, Alberta World Cup Academy founder and racing director, looks on during the NorAm opening weekend on Dec. 10, 2011, at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre in Vernon, British Columbia. Cavaliere recently announced he would took on the new position of men's coach. (Photo by Dan Roycroft/AWCA)Looking out at...
fasterskier — Today’s the day. After two days of searching through the war-scarred mountains south of Sarajevo, I am finally going to locate the cross country ski venue from the 1984 Olympics. This theoretically simple quest has not been simple at all, requiring about a bronze medal effort in the detective work...
straightchuter — If tradition holds, Ski Utah will be releasing its 2011-12 Utah Annual Skier Day Visits any day now. This event is the skiing equivalent of Enron releasing their quarterly earnings statement and is always eagerly anticipated. I don’t think Arthur Anderson audits the final number, nor does S&P/Moody’s rate it,...
fasterskier — Kris Freeman on his way to winning the 50 k freestyle mass start at the 2012 U.S. Distance Nationals on March 31 in Craftsbury, Vt.Tell Kris Freeman something he doesn’t know about racing with diabetes. Better yet, give him hope that he can ski faster.That’s exactly how Dr. Jim Stray-Gundersen...
powdermag — Jaded tested, husky approved: the Salomon 977 Driver Equipe. Photo: Hans Ludwig Words: The Jaded Local I bought these for $60 and a sixer ten-odd years ago. When I acquired a pair of the rare and much-coveted Nordica W105′s soon after, the old 977′s seemed like the perfect match for the big...
fasterskier — The women's EISA field starts a race at Mount Van Hoevenberg in 2010. Leading are Ida Sargent (USST/Craftsbury) and Rosie Brennan (APU), then racing for Dartmouth College; Lake Placid is an important venue for developing racers.On June 21, 2011, the Lake Placid, NY’s Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) inaugurated its...
powdermag — Words: Heather Hansman CoreUPT Skis filed for bankruptcy this week after losing an investor. “They’re officially in bankruptcy protection in France,” says Jay Taylor, owner of the Soze group, which distributes CoreUPT in North America. “They have until the middle of July to find a new investor.” Taylor says they had lined...
fasterskier — One week after announcing Pete Vordenberg’s resignation as the U.S. Ski Team (USST) men’s coach, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) revealed Jason Cork as the newest member of the its coaching staff on Tuesday. Cork recently wrapped up a dominant domestic season as the head coach of the...
powdermag — SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (May 1, 2012) – POWDER, The Skier’s Magazine, coming off its commemorative 40th anniversary volume, is pleased to announce the additions of John Clary Davies and Heather Hansman to the editorial staff. A former POWDER intern and longtime Senior Correspondent, Davies will assume the role of Associate...
fasterskier — Jay Hakkinen, Sara Studebaker, Annelies Cook, and Tim Burke pose after their sixth-place mixed relay result in Kontiolahti, Finland this season. All four athletes will return for 2012-2013. Photo: NordicFocus/USBA.The U.S. Biathlon Association has announced its 2012-13 national team, which consists of 12 returning members and a single new nomination.The...
straightchuter — The skiing in Alaska is always good, but this year was exceptional. Not only did the weather hold out for almost the entire three week trip, but the snow was so stable it was almost scary. I kept having to remind myself to be careful of overconfidence, as all of...
fasterskier — Pete Vordenberg. Photo: USSA.The U.S. Ski Team announced on Wednesday that Pete Vordenberg — a leader on the team for the past 10 years and the man who literally wrote the book on modern American skiing — would be leaving his post as the men’s head coach. He became a...
skiing.about — I'm getting inquiries from skiers who are done for the season wanting to know how to store their skis so they will be in the same top shape six or seven months from now....Read Full Post
straightchuter — As much as I enjoyed being in Alaska (details and photos forthcoming) for the past three weeks, I couldn’t help but have a Wasatch flashback while we were flying over the spine of the mighty Chugach Mountains. Cruising at something like 125mph, it took us about an hour to cross...
fasterskier — Pete Vordenberg (right) resigned from his coaching position with the USST on Wednesday. Photo: Kikkan Randall.After ten years as a coach with the U.S. Ski Team, Pete Vordenberg announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his post as the men’s cross-country coach.“The foremost reason I am leaving my coaching...
fasterskier — Kikkan Randall will lead the 2012-13 U.S. Ski Team after meeting the objective criteria for nomination.While U.S. Ski Team (USST) coaches have nominated athletes for the 2012-2013 team, the names have not been approved by higher-ups in the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA). Until they are, athletes and coaches...
powdermag — Adam Delorme's new edit. Words: Mike Rogge Adam Delorme is elusive. Aside from popping up in the annual Level 1 flick, he’s rarely seen on the Internet, which makes this edit feel so special. From taps, nollies, and gaper dodges, I scribbled down thoughts while watching it for the first time....
fasterskier — Glenn Randall competing in the Boston Marathon last Monday. Courtesy photo.Even if you’re not a running fan, chances are you heard that former Dartmouth College standout Glenn Randall led the opening 10 k of the Boston Marathon last Monday. Actually, ‘led’ doesn’t quite describe it — he gapped the elite...