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Kikkan Randall and Holly Brooks Inspire 200 Girls at the 2011 Fast and Female X-Country SkiFest

Ski CenterJanuary 31, 2011

Canmore, Alberta / Chugiak, Alaska – Three months ago, Alaska’s cross-country skiing superstar and Fast and Female ambassador – Kikkan Randall – put a pink star on her calendar for the day of Saturday January 29, 2011. No, that day didn’t stand for a special training session or a key race on the World Cup circuit. Instead, that day marked the hosting of the third annual Fast and Female X-Country SkiFest in Alaska, led by Randall...

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Field Tops U.S. in WJC Nordic Combined

Ski CenterJanuary 27, 2011

OTEPAA, Estonia (Jan. 27) – American Cliff Field (Steamboat Springs, CO) took 19th in Thursday’s HS100/10k nordic combined competition at the FIS Junior World Nordic Ski Championships in Otepaa, Estonia. Johannes Rydzek of Germany won the event in 26:37.7 followed by Slovenia’s Marjan Jelenko and Estonia’s hometown hero Kaarel Nurmsalu in second and third. Field’s time of 29:36.6 was good enough to earn him top-20 honors. Other American finishers included Nick Hendrickson (Park City, UT)...

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St. Lawrence Carnival Preview

Ski CenterJanuary 13, 2011

Lake Placid, NY: EISA coaches and athletes return from racing and training around the country to compete in Lake Placid at the St. Lawrence Carnival. For a second year in a row EISA racing starts with the St. Lawrence Carnival. All of the races this weekend are NCAA Qualifiers. Alpine races at Whiteface Mountain include a Friday Giant Slalom and a Saturday Slalom. The Giant Slalom will he held on Thruway/Drapers Drop and the...

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NENSA Funds Athletes for World Junior, U23, and J1 Competitions

Ski CenterJanuary 12, 2011

New Gloucester, ME – The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) today announced recipients of funding for this year’s US Ski Team J1 trip, World Junior Championships, and World U23 Games. This new funding was made possible by the recent generosity of NENSA members through its annual fund drive and online fundraising auction as well as the generosity of NENSA’s major sponsors TD Bank, L.L. Bean, and Trapp Family Lodge. NENSA’s Competitive Programs Director is...

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Fast and Female at Gould Academy is a Success

webadmin@brainspiral.comJanuary 11, 2011

Calgary, Alberta/Bethel, Maine – Fast and Female’s third annual US X-Country Ski Festival held on Sunday, January 9 in Bethel, Maine will go down in history as a tremendous success. Hosted by Gould Academy, the event saw 140 girls from Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire between the ages of 9 to 19 years old take part in a day of inspiration with female Olympic ambassadors and US Cross-Country Ski Team athletes Caitlin Compton, Morgan Arritola...

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Aukland, Hansson and Team Exspirit in the Ski Classics Lead

Ski CenterJanuary 11, 2011

After a long and intense battle between Oskar Svärd, Team Exspirit, and Anders Aukland, Team Xtra Personell, the later turned out victorious in the Ski Classics event Jizerska Padesatka held this weekend in Bedrichov, Czech Republic. The two broke away after the first 10k climb and stayed together until the Smedava climb at kilometer 30. In the climb Anders Aukland went all in and showed great climbing skills. Third came Stanislav Rezac, Team Patria Direct,...

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NCCSEF and USSA JO Divisions Announce J1 Scando Cup Team

Ski CenterJanuary 7, 2011

Women Club Men Club Annie Liotta AWS Forrest Mahlen APUNSC Marion Woods AWS Logan Hanneman FAST Cambria McDermott STRATTON Patrick Caldwell STRATTON Stella Holt Glacier Nordic Dylan McGarthwaite MSC Sharmila Ahmed GO Training Peter Namrol AWS Hannah Boyer FXC-NCSF John Hegman MANSFIELD Heather Mooney -will race JWC instead STRATTON This “Scando Cup” trip is one of the premier steps of the elite junior athlete and coach development pipeline in the U.S. The Scando Cup is...

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Fast and Female X-Country Ski Festival in Chugiak, Alaska

Ski CenterDecember 23, 2010

Canmore, Alberta – Fresh from her two medals won in sprint events on the World Cup Circuit already this season, Alaska-born Cross-Country skier and Fast and Female Ambassador – Kikkan Randall – now has her sight on spreading the love the Fast and Female way! Indeed, on Saturday January 29, 2011, Randall and her teammate Holly Brooks will be hosting 250 young female skiers between the ages of 9 to 19 years old at the Chugiak High...

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Canadian Racing Kicks Off With Alberta Cup Series

Ski CenterDecember 8, 2010

Drew Goldsack leads Graeme Killick December 07, 2010 (Canmore, AB) – The Alberta Cup Series kicked off this past weekend with a 1km freestyle sprint competition on Dec. 4 and 9km classic race on Dec. 5. Saturday’s freestyle sprint race saw an Alberta World Cup Academy sweep of the Open Men’s podium, with Drew Goldsack claiming the victory, followed by Jess Cockney finishing second and Graham Nishikawa in third. Goldsack was the fastest qualifier of...

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Fast and Female to Launch New and Trendy Buff Headwear

Ski CenterNovember 19, 2010

Canmore, AB – Green Extreme Outdoors Ltd. (Buff Canada), the exclusive Canadian distributors of Buff, is entering its sixth season as a valued sponsor of Fast and Female. As part of the in-kind partnership, Buff Canada will be supplying two exclusive multifunctional headwear styles to be distributed at Fast and Female events in 2011. As a Fast and Female supporter since 2006, Buff Canada remains one of the longest standing sponsors of the organization and continues...

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