FasterSkier

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A collection of live feeds from cross-country ski blogs around the web.

  • Fast and Female Urban Style Downtown Canmore Feb 6, 2010

    It’s been an amazing and busy week in Canmore. With tons of press conferences, interviews and team meetings followed by tremendous racing action and Sara Renner’s fabulous bronze medal in the classic sprint here at the best stop on the world cup circuit: Canmore. The town celebration included putting snow on two blocks of main street for the whole weekend and so so many good times were had on that snow by many people and it looked really magical.

    Fast and Female jumped at the chance to ski in town and we had 100 girls out for a very unique and fun event. Our sponsor COLD-FX sponsored the live performance by international group “Drum Cafe” was really cool and we boogied hard with our local Zumba instructor, Maria, leading the way. A great warm up! Check out our zany instructors in the photos below.

    Brooke Gosling, Sara Renner, Rhonda Jewett, Sarah Daitch, Madeleine Williams, Mallory Deyne, Sekwan Trottier, and Sarah Murphy were rock star BBFF’s (Best Buy Fast Females) and our great friends Kikkan Randall and Liz Stephen, American Olympians who are spreading the F&F love across North America brought their amazing energy. The BBFF’s are what make the events so memorable and the girls get to meet some incredible role models.

    Special thanks to the BBFF’s, volunteers, Best Buy, COLD-FX, The Lambert Bros, The Jocabecca Foundation, Lululemon, Buff, The Canmore Rotary Club and everyone who made this event possible. Dan Roycroft’s time and images are much appreciated – check them out below.

    I haven’t had that much fun since… the last Fast and Female event!

    Friday I’m off to the Opening Ceremonies and my first race will be Wednesday, February 17th in the classic sprint.

    Spread the Love, Dominate the World!







  • Fast and Female Urban Style Downtown Canmore Feb 6, 2010

    It’s been an amazing and busy week in Canmore. With tons of press conferences, interviews and team meetings followed by tremendous racing action and Sara Renner’s fabulous bronze medal in the classic sprint here at the best stop on the world cup circuit: Canmore. The town celebration included putting snow on two blocks of main street for the whole weekend and so so many good times were had on that snow by many people and it looked really magical.

    Fast and Female jumped at the chance to ski in town and we had 100 girls out for a very unique and fun event. Our sponsor COLD-FX sponsored the live performance by international group “Drum Cafe” was really cool and we boogied hard with our local Zumba instructor, Maria, leading the way. A great warm up! Check out our zany instructors in the photos below.

    Brooke Gosling, Sara Renner, Rhonda Jewett, Sarah Daitch, Madeleine Williams, Mallory Deyne, Sekwan Trottier, and Sarah Murphy were rock star BBFF’s (Best Buy Fast Females) and our great friends Kikkan Randall and Liz Stephen, American Olympians who are spreading the F&F love across North America brought their amazing energy. The BBFF’s are what make the events so memorable and the girls get to meet some incredible role models.

    Special thanks to the BBFF’s, volunteers, Best Buy, COLD-FX, The Lambert Bros, The Jocabecca Foundation, Lululemon, Buff, The Canmore Rotary Club and everyone who made this event possible. Dan Roycroft’s time and images are much appreciated – check them out below.

    I haven’t had that much fun since… the last Fast and Female event!

    Friday I’m off to the Opening Ceremonies and my first race will be Wednesday, February 17th in the classic sprint.

    Spread the Love, Dominate the World!







  • Fast and Female Urban Style Downtown Canmore Feb 6, 2010

    It’s been an amazing and busy week in Canmore. With tons of press conferences, interviews and team meetings followed by tremendous racing action and Sara Renner’s fabulous bronze medal in the classic sprint here at the best stop on the world cup circuit: Canmore. The town celebration included putting snow on two blocks of main street for the whole weekend and so so many good times were had on that snow by many people and it looked really magical.

    Fast and Female jumped at the chance to ski in town and we had 100 girls out for a very unique and fun event. Our sponsor COLD-FX sponsored the live performance by international group “Drum Cafe” was really cool and we boogied hard with our local Zumba instructor, Maria, leading the way. A great warm up! Check out our zany instructors in the photos below.

    Brooke Gosling, Sara Renner, Rhonda Jewett, Sarah Daitch, Madeleine Williams, Mallory Deyne, Sekwan Trottier, and Sarah Murphy were rock star BBFF’s (Best Buy Fast Females) and our great friends Kikkan Randall and Liz Stephen, American Olympians who are spreading the F&F love across North America brought their amazing energy. The BBFF’s are what make the events so memorable and the girls get to meet some incredible role models.

    Special thanks to the BBFF’s, volunteers, Best Buy, COLD-FX, The Lambert Bros, The Jocabecca Foundation, Lululemon, Buff, The Canmore Rotary Club and everyone who made this event possible. Dan Roycroft’s time and images are much appreciated – check them out below.

    I haven’t had that much fun since… the last Fast and Female event!

    Friday I’m off to the Opening Ceremonies and my first race will be Wednesday, February 17th in the classic sprint.

    Spread the Love, Dominate the World!







  • Fast and Female Urban Style Downtown Canmore Feb 6, 2010

    It’s been an amazing and busy week in Canmore. With tons of press conferences, interviews and team meetings followed by tremendous racing action and Sara Renner’s fabulous bronze medal in the classic sprint here at the best stop on the world cup circuit: Canmore. The town celebration included putting snow on two blocks of main street for the whole weekend and so so many good times were had on that snow by many people and it looked really magical.

    Fast and Female jumped at the chance to ski in town and we had 100 girls out for a very unique and fun event. Our sponsor COLD-FX sponsored the live performance by international group “Drum Cafe” was really cool and we boogied hard with our local Zumba instructor, Maria, leading the way. A great warm up! Check out our zany instructors in the photos below.

    Brooke Gosling, Sara Renner, Rhonda Jewett, Sarah Daitch, Madeleine Williams, Mallory Deyne, Sekwan Trottier, and Sarah Murphy were rock star BBFF’s (Best Buy Fast Females) and our great friends Kikkan Randall and Liz Stephen, American Olympians who are spreading the F&F love across North America brought their amazing energy. The BBFF’s are what make the events so memorable and the girls get to meet some incredible role models.

    Special thanks to the BBFF’s, volunteers, Best Buy, COLD-FX, The Lambert Bros, The Jocabecca Foundation, Lululemon, Buff, The Canmore Rotary Club and everyone who made this event possible. Dan Roycroft’s time and images are much appreciated – check them out below.

    I haven’t had that much fun since… the last Fast and Female event!

    Friday I’m off to the Opening Ceremonies and my first race will be Wednesday, February 17th in the classic sprint.

    Spread the Love, Dominate the World!







  • New. York. City.  (via Gawker)

    img src=”http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxlu5aKehM1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pNew. York. City.  (via Gawker)/p

  • “Too bad you hot girls broke my heart and didn’t give me a flippin’ Carni Crush. I…”

    “Too bad you hot girls broke my heart and didn’t give me a flippin’ Carni Crush. I watched in disbelief as Pepper the rat boy got one.”br/br/ – em(via Hunter Karnedy’s blog from 2009.  Get the carni crushes ready for this weekend.)/em

  • World Cup impression and thoughts

  • Toko US Nordic Blog 2010-02-09 18:56:00

  • Toko US Nordic Blog 2010-02-09 18:56:00

  • They’re coming!

    a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S3JBb23_ytI/AAAAAAAAA0U/ZP_rY8c0Xj0/s1600-h/HonkforHaley.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S3JBb23_ytI/AAAAAAAAA0U/ZP_rY8c0Xj0/s400/HonkforHaley.jpg” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436479647032265426″ //abr /br /My brother and sister, Lars and Kara, will begin their journey to Vancouver tomorrow. They are driving up from Steamboat, CO and will meet up with a whole slew of friends and family who will join me next week in Whistler. Because my siblings are way more photogenic and tech savvy they will be updating our website daily during their stay at the Games –

  • Two for Tuesday

    a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3Kx6pLZDfI/AAAAAAAACUo/Ixl8g7c3FhY/s1600-h/IMG_2761.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3Kx6pLZDfI/AAAAAAAACUo/Ixl8g7c3FhY/s400/IMG_2761.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436603321233772018″ //aWe had a beautiful OD ski on the Sun Bowl trails this morning. There are a couple of thin sections, but the skiing is awesome and it was a “bluebird” day.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3KvQTSBX6I/AAAAAAAACUg/Me7OSWGU-CU/s1600-h/IMG_2768.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3KvQTSBX6I/AAAAAAAACUg/Me7OSWGU-CU/s400/IMG_2768.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436600394778238882″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3KsaZnzcRI/AAAAAAAACUY/L8yvRuM-lwQ/s1600-h/IMG_2769.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3KsaZnzcRI/AAAAAAAACUY/L8yvRuM-lwQ/s400/IMG_2769.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436597269744021778″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3IQsqKX6ZI/AAAAAAAACUQ/jdQLrpDZSR0/s1600-h/IMG_2775.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3IQsqKX6ZI/AAAAAAAACUQ/jdQLrpDZSR0/s400/IMG_2775.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436426059607697810″ //aAfter classees, the team hit the gym for a tough strength workout. br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3IQkSrOjGI/AAAAAAAACUI/Oxi1Dr7Tlts/s1600-h/IMG_2789.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3IQkSrOjGI/AAAAAAAACUI/Oxi1Dr7Tlts/s400/IMG_2789.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436425915864091746″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3IQaug8t0I/AAAAAAAACUA/75S0Vq5YzO8/s1600-h/IMG_2783.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3IQaug8t0I/AAAAAAAACUA/75S0Vq5YzO8/s400/IMG_2783.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436425751538480962″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3IQNBDkgqI/AAAAAAAACT4/l3LRoxSoV1Y/s1600-h/IMG_2787.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S3IQNBDkgqI/AAAAAAAACT4/l3LRoxSoV1Y/s400/IMG_2787.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436425515997364898″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-3185762797991172137?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

  • Do we have to leave Canmore?

    It has been an awesome few days of training here – full sunshine, good food, famous World Cup skiers zipping by on the trail. nbsp;I’m excited for the next step but to get there, it entails leaving the little slice of heaven that we’ve created here in Cammore.br /br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”

  • Next stop. . .

    Vancouver!  My bags are packed and I’m ready to fly with the team to Vancouver tomorrow morning.  We’ve got a full day of credentialing, briefing, processing (ie. picking up the new Team USA garb), press conferences, and the like.  Besides that, I really am not sure what the next couple of days will have in store.  All I can say is that I am psyched.

    It’s going to be busy, but I’ll try to keep the website posts coming, even if I can’t get to many emails.  There are all kinds of rules about what can and cannot be posted on a personal website (as athletes don’t have media credentials), so you’ll definitely be seeing some changes here on the website and you may not get that inside peek you may have been hoping for.  I’ll know a lot more after tomorrow and will keep you up to date as much as I can.  Stay tuned for an exciting couple of weeks!

  • still no computer… sorry about the lack of updates

    here is the last few weeks in a nutshell. My legs have been giving me problems again. I am in pain while I ski, and now even when I am at rest my legs bother me. I’ve been to a handfull of different appointments last week to try and figure out what is going on (and I still have a few more coming up this week). All the doctors and medical professionals agree that something is most definately wrong with the circulation in my legs… And they have some theories as to why. More than one person thinks its because my hips are too tight and out of whack, which is pinching off the blood vessles supplying blood to my legs.
    For now I’m working on getting those hips back to where they should be, and I’m doing my best to stay positive. This is incredibly frusterating for me, and its not always easy to stay positive…
    :^)

  • Epic Weekend of Results

    (Chad and Marty holding Jason up after the Loppet)

  • Epic Weekend of Results

    (Chad and Marty holding Jason up after the Loppet)

  • Epic Weekend of Results

    (Chad and Marty holding Jason up after the Loppet)

  • Epic Weekend of Results

    (Chad and Marty holding Jason up after the Loppet)

  • Arthur Häggblad winning the Vassaloppet. 1933.

    img src=”http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxjtkbrR1i1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pArthur Häggblad winning the Vassaloppet. 1933./p

  • “Ski by yourself asshole and you will feel how it feels!”

    “Ski by yourself asshole and you will feel how it feels!”br/br/ – emA reply from Arthur Häggblad, after the Swedish championships in Falun in the 1930’s to the governor who had asked him how his race felt.  Arthur was on the swedish national team and got a bronze medal at the relay in the olymics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He also won Vasaloppet 4 times.br/br//em