SuperTour Finals-Tahoe 2013

04/18/2013

It was a treat to have the Super Tour Finals in Truckee. Besides getting to race alongside the best in the nation, I think it was an excellent show of support from the local community for hosting quality races and supporting elite athletes. Truckee/Tahoe proved that it is a legitimate venue(s) for h...

04/16/2013

Wow. Bird wins 2 out of the 5 races at the SuperTour/Distance Championships and is now off the U.S. Ski Team. (But still going to Sochi? What's with that?)
http://blogs.fasterskier.com/krisfreeman/2013/04/15/bummer/

Today I went for my first ski since I got home from Tahoe. I skinned up the alpine slope in ideal corn snow with perfect sunny skies overhead. I felt lousy though. I have barely slept the last few days as I have been trying to reconcile with a new situation. I will no longer be a member of the US Sk...

04/13/2013

A great SuperTour and Season wrap-up from Sadie Bjornsen.
"Truckee Spring Series turned out to be incredibly fun. After all the worry of racing at 7000 feet, the lack of snow, the hard racing schedule, and the extra warm temperatures- it turned out to be tons of fun! The organizers did an incredible job of putting everything together including lots of social events, lots of extra challenging courses, and of course great weather."
http://www.sadiebjornsen.blogspot.com/2013/04/season-end.html

04/12/2013

04/12/2013

Some footage put together from the Mens 50K classic race on April 11th, 2013 Video By: Skyler Mullings (http://tinyurl.com/cte7gav) Super Tour Finals: http:/...

04/12/2013

That's a wrap: Swix skiers Andy Newell and Kris Freeman celebrate the season's end. (MacBeth photo) More here: http://tinyurl.com/cwws4gj

04/12/2013

An incredibly fun week wraps up with a ridiculously difficult 50 kilometer race. Check out the photos.
http://macbethgraphics.smugmug.com/NORDIC-RACING/Supertour-Tahoe-2013/USSA-2013-DISTANCE-MENS-50K/

The 2013 USSA Distance Championship Men's 50 kilometer Classic Race at Royal Gorge on April 11, 2013. 5 laps of a warm, slushy, spring condition course. Photos are in alphabetical order from various locations on the course, searchable by last name. Enjoy!

04/11/2013

Liz Stephen didn't want to change skis, and completing the first of three laps first, she didn't have to. The 26-year-old U.S. Ski Team member proceeded to call the shots in a slow-and-slushy 30 k classic mass start at U.S. Distance Nationals, skipping both pit stops to win by more than a minute.

04/11/2013

5 down, 1 to go, and the photos from the USSA National Distance Women's Championship 30K are up!
http://macbethgraphics.smugmug.com/NORDIC-RACING/Supertour-Tahoe-2013/USSA-2013-WOMENS-30K/

The 2013 USSA Distance Championship Women's 30 kilometer Classic Race at Royal Gorge on April 10, 2013. 3 laps of a warm, slushy, spring condition course. Photos are in alphabetical order from various locations on the course, searchable by last name. Enjoy!

04/10/2013

After heaving themselves up Mt. Disney at Sugar Bowl Resort, several of top finishers were pretty animated about the 6 k hill climb on the last day of SuperTour Finals. Here are some of the best quotes outside of the men’s and women’s race reports.

04/10/2013

Women’s Classic 15/30k Mass Start National Distance Championship Race will start at 10am tomorrow!

04/10/2013

Watch Erik Bjornsen hold off Kris Freeman on the final climb up Sugar Bowl Resort to win SuperTour Finals on a blustery day on the mountain.