Nordic Nation

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2019-11-28

  Nordic Nation: World Cup Preview with Devon Kershaw

  Devon Kershaw, for many years, was a go-to on the World Cup for Canada. He won a gold medal at the 2011 World Championship in the team sprint with Alex Harvey and finished second in the World Cup overall in 2012. He is accomplished. He is also a stud... 		  FasterSkier.com author
2019-11-22

  Nordic Nation: The New Coach Episode with Sweden’s Ida Ingemarsdotter

In this episode, we speak with now-retired Swedish skier Ida Ingemarsdotter. The thirty-four-year-old Ingemarsdotter became the head coach for the Swedish national development team this fall. She’ll be leading a crew of U23 and U20 skiers as they hope ... 		  FasterSkier.com author
2019-11-15

  Nordic Nation: The Hard Work Pays off Episode with Rosie Brennan

Back in 2015, prior to her first go at a World Championships, Rosie Brennan was asked this: What’s your biggest motivation while racing?.  “I am most motivated by wanting to show that my hard work was worth it, that I did everything I could to go as fa... 		  FasterSkier.com author
2019-11-08

  Nordic Nation Audio Short: Max Cobb and the Extraordinary IBU Congress

In this episode, we connect with Max Cobb, the CEO of U.S. Biathlon. He also sits on the International Biathlon Union’s (IBU) Executive Board. When we spoke, he had just returned from the IBU’s “historic” Extraordinary Congress which took place from Oc... 		  FasterSkier.com author
2019-11-01

  Nordic Nation: Vegard Ulvang and the Will to Lead

Vegard Ulvang at fifty six years old remains an icon in Norway. With Olympic and Championship medals, a World Cup Overall title in 1990, he’s in the lineage of Norwegian skiing royalty. Away from the tracks, Ulvang began and then sold a profitable clot... 		  FasterSkier.com author
2019-08-06

  Nordic Nation: Troy Taylor and the Science of Sport at US Ski & Snowboard

As the Northern Hemisphere slowly tilts towards shorter days and colder temps … and hopefully snow… we spoke with Troy Taylor at U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Taylor’s official title is that of High Performace Director. What that means is he helps coordina... 		  FasterSkier.com author
2019-06-26

  Nordic Nation: Finding Balance with Maddie Phaneuf

  On May 26, Maddie Phaneuf wrote a crisp and revealing blog post about her struggle with mental health issues after the 2018 Olympics. The blog post was titled Invisible Battles, and like many who suffer from a mental health crisis, her struggle was r... 		  FasterSkier.com author
2019-05-29

  Nordic Nation: Real Life with Kelsey Phinney

Kelsey Phinney brings to the sport of cross-country skiing a big-world view as she has rolled with challenges and fine-tuned her athletic performances. First things first: Phinney has become a voice for Parkinson’s Disease advocacy and education. She p... 		  FasterSkier.com author
2019-05-14

  Nordic Nation: The Steady State Episode with Kevin Bolger

“Everyday has been a new adventure,” were the words from the U.S. Ski Team’s (USST) Kevin Bolger as he summarized his first full-time season on the World Cup. At twenty-six-years-old, Bolger is a relatively new face on the team’s evolving crop of sprin... 		  FasterSkier.com author
2019-04-19

  Nordic Nation: The Proudly Alaskan Episode with Reese Hanneman

He is proudly Alaskan and has resisted the temptation over the years to migrate elsewhere. We are talking about twenty-nine-year-old Reese Hanneman who has in fact migrated from his hometown of Fairbanks to the more southern maritime climate of Anchora... 		  FasterSkier.com author