December 2008
37 posts
The Circuit.
Were you to come on the scene after the fact, the remnants would be the same: hazy clouds of flouros, holes in the snow where stadiums and snow fence lived, used wax tins and stale beers from coaches socials, a startlist blowing around. The circuit is wherever ski racing is. It’s the loudspeaker feedback, the sea of wax tables, trailers, irons and supplies loaded, unloaded, heat guns plugged...
Kristina Owen's Blog Post →
Bend Bulliten Article →
“So - I’m starting to get a little pissed that the posts aren’t...”
– - Zach Caldwell in an email.
Got something good for Johnny Klister? Email it to Johnnyklister@gmail.com
“The finals were a chaotic blaze of action. Grover said there were several big...”
– USST press release on the best finish ever by an American team.
Season Opening: 10 Rules for hosting a Coaches...
1. Serve food and / or drinks.
2. Have an agenda ahead of time. Follow it.
3. Don’t repeat yourself. Seriously, don’t repeat yourself.
4. Thank your staff. (Once.) Thank your sponsors. (Once.)
5. Answer every question regardless of how obvious.
6. Print out copies of start lists, weather reports and course maps ahead of time.
7. If you need a microphone, use it.
8....
“I don’t think I’m that special. There’s plenty of talent out...”
– Bill Koch in a Ski magazine interview. 1994.
“Oh..man. They did everything right. I was inside. It’s exactly what...”
– Wax guru, Zach Caldwell, with a touch of envy on the Swedish Ski Team Truck by Scania.
Sweden's Truck. →
“But damn — Start Terva waxes are
nice. They work well in fresh snow,...”
– Random Anonymous Coach Musings, Volume I, Quote I, Midwest Edition
Soulful.
In 1980, for the only time in nordic skiing’s history, the Olympic races at Lake Placid were timed to the hundredth of a second and a race came down to that fraction of time. There were two racers that bested the other competitors on course by over 30 seconds, Sweden’s Thomas Wassburg and the giant from Finland, Juha Mieto. In the end, Wassburg prevailed. The hundredth of a second...
Whistler's Other?
Word on the street is the big Whistler races that were the follow-up to the cancelled races in Soldier Hollow and Bozeman are going to be postponed or cancelled joining the ever growing list of high ranking cancelled or adjusted North American races:
La Foret FIS Races
West Yellowstone Races (changed due to lack of snow)
Soldier Hollow Super Tour
Bozeman Super Tour
Whistler Norams.
Sweet.
Fasterskier Blog Stats
Total Count: 25 Team Blogs: 6 Individuals: 19 Biathletes: 4 Freeman Brothers: 2 Most Frequent Poster: Patrick Stinson
“I was recovering from the stomach flu, and used the classic race as a tune up...”
– Tad Elliot- on his recovery from 47th to 5th place at the West Yellowstone Races.
The best film made about cross country skiing in... →
“I definitely used the frustration of yesterday’s disaster as a positive...”
– Devon Kershaw on his 5th place finish in Kuusamo.
