Rollerskiing, a longtime dryland training mechanism for competitive cross country skiers, is seeing increased growth among juniors on the U.S. East Coast. Spearheaded by the New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA), new race opportunities, skills… Read More »Celebrities, Skills and Sprints: NENSA Rolls out a New Summer Competition Series
The publishers of Cross Country Skier Magazine recently acquired Gunnison, Colorado-based Mountain Flyer, The Mountain Bike Journal. If you love Cross Country Skier and also ride, Mountain Flyer is your quarterly journal of record for… Read More »Cross Country Skier welcomes Mountain Flyer, The Mountain Bike Journal
As part of an upcoming print feature, Cross Country Skier magazine caught up with several members of Craftsbury’s Green Racing Project, including U.S. biathlete Susan Dunklee. Read, in her own words, about her path from collegiate… Read More »Susan Dunklee: A Green Team Racer Chasing Gold
Dear XCS Community, Now that Height of Land has Cross Country Skier Magazine, I’ve finally got a great reason to go to the Olympics. This opportunity has come together very late in the game and… Read More »Help Cross Country Skier Reach an Olympic Gold Medal (Ceremony)
This season FIS changed the World Cup schedule by eliminating 5km races for women, eliminating all relays and reducing the number of skiathlons and team sprints to one each. For the most part, these changes… Read More »Diggins Reacts to World Cup Schedule Changes
By November 24th, the best cross-country skiers in the world will make their annual pilgrimage to northern Finland to kick off the opening races of the World Cup season. This year, however, their schedule looks a bit different. The 2017-2018 World Cup Calendar decreases the variation in race distances and formats, a change that aims to build interest in the sport but has created frustration among some of its athletes. The current World Cup schedule features primarily 10kms (15km for men) and sprint races, includes a single skiathlon, a single team sprint and a single 30/50km. It also eliminates all 5/10kms and team relay events. The World Cup schedule has historically boasted a wide range of race formats from the 2.5km prologue to 20km mass starts. The more uniform schedule simplifies the sport, but at what cost?