Competitive Edge: The Teen Years and Beyond (January 2009) By J.D. Dowling — The final column in a three-part series about the competitive development process, starting with youth skiers.

Technique & Training (January 2009) By Steve Hindman — Flow is the feeling, flow is the beauty and flow is the key to a graceful and efficient diagonal stride. Here are a few ideas, concepts and drills to help you keep the flow, baby!

Technique and Training (November 2008) By Steve Hindman — Kids figure out how to stay upright and go faster by falling down a thousand times and chasing others kids. A childlike sense of curiosity and lots of time to play on skis can do the same for adults.

Fresh Snow (November 2008) By Ron Bergin — The funding of ski trails, and all non-motorized trails for that matter, is a subject of some concern to me. I write this column in hopes of stimulating some discussion, generating ideas and sharing success stories.

Technique and Training (October 2008) By Steve Hindman — Kids learn how to do what other kids are doing. They begin the process by watching and then trying it themselves. This works for adults, too, but not everyone has a gang of ski friends to go play with or the time to mess around until they figure it out.

By Steve Hindman — The fundamentals of going with gravity are pretty simple: move with both skis as they slide down that slippery slope.

By Jimmy Vanden Brook — Anyone who drools, as my old Latin professor would say, has heard of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, energy consumption and global warming.

By Jimmy Vanden Brook — The omnivore's real dilemma: eat to ski or ski to eat? Middle of the pack, middle American boomers like me remember a childhood when food was primarily fuel.

By Stacie Lynn Grossfeld, M.D. — When I first start my workout the heel of my left foot hurts. It is a sharp stabbing pain that tends to get less painful as I warm up. Readers may be able to relate to this classic case of plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of the soft tissue that attaches to the heel bone.

By J.D. Dowling — One of the many wonderful things about cross country ski competition is how removed our sport has remained from so many of the world’s problems.

By Steve Hindman — As gas approaches $4 per gallon, I’m going farther with less by paying attention to how and when I push on the gas. Once I get to the trailhead, I’ve discovered I can also go farther (or faster) with less effort on skis if I push less and glide more.

By J.D. Downing — A recap of last year's international cross country ski competition: redemption for Finland's Virpi Kuitunen and transition time for Canada's women's team.

By Stacie Grossfeld — Knee pain afflicts a skier while hill bounding and classic skiing, yet there has been no trauma. What is the source of the pain? Our new columnist, practicing orthopaedist Stacie Grossfeld, provides some clues.