From the New York Times that I saw linked in Vern Gambetta’s Blog (one of three or four blogs I read on a daily basis…)

One of the things that I always feel like skiers in the US are missing is a certain inherent knowledge of good technical skiing.  We simply don’t see technically proficient skiers enough to be able to construct and deconstruct the motions within our mind.  Without that understanding it becomes difficult to make the necessary changes on snow.

Enter the internet and Norwegian television (NRK rocks!).  Check it: some great classic skiing shots from today’s World Cup 10/15 km race in Finland.  There’s nothing like seeing to appreciate the energy and power that is put into every technique cycle in a World Cup race.

Watch it and mimic:

Men’s Race

Women’s Race

You can also catch a bunch of the races on universalsports.com

Clips from Norwegian television of the men’s and women’s finals:

Women’s Sprint

Men’s Sprint

Norwegian Season Openers (Friday 11/14):

Men’s Sprint

Women’s Sprint

http://functionalpathtraining.typepad.com/functional_path_training/2008/11/thoughts-on-bei.html

This week various skiing websites published the photos we sent in of early season skiing:

Skitrax

FasterSkier

(I wonder who Foxy XC-er is?)

…of the US Ski Team (and friends) for their fall camp in my old hangout of Lake Placid, NY.  The uphill they are doing the hop-V2 on is STEEP.

Video by Andy Newell