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U.S. Nationals & Flaming Leaves Festival- Lake Placid
Last week, U.S. ski jumping and Nordic Combined athletes, families, and fans converged on Lake Placid, NY for U.S. Nationals and Lake Placid’s annual Flaming Leaves Festival. Athletes from all over the world attended the competition and training camp. While most of...
2024-’25 Trail to Gold Coaching Grants Awarded
By Nancy Fiddler The National Nordic Foundation, The Olympic Women’s Book Project, the Women’s Ski Coaches Association, and the U.S. Ski Team are excited to announce the 2024-’25 recipients of the Trail to Gold Coaching grants. This season’s recipients represent the...
An Unforgettable Day with Johannes Klæbo in Minneapolis
There was something special in the air at Theodore Wirth Park Trailhead on a beautiful August day, almost exactly six months after Minneapolis had hosted the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country Ski—the first time in nearly 25 years that it had been held on U.S. soil. The...
From Our Athletes
Alaska REG Camp Update – Merridy Littell
Header Image - Alaska REG athletes and coaches (photo credit: Krysten Styvar) The Regional Elite Group (from here on out referenced as “REG”) is a series of week-long camps held in mid-summer across the country’s four regions. For one week, junior skiers from across...
Sammy Smith – Gatorade Idaho Girls Soccer Player of the Year
USST athlete Sammy Smith won the Gatorade high school soccer Player of the Year for Idaho. With this accolade, she can assign a $1,000 grant to a non-profit of her choice, and she has chosen the NNF. It’s a very cool full-circle story, even though she’s only 19....
U18 Nordic Nation’s Cup: Amelia Circosta on Valuable, Race-filled, Experience in Falun, Sweden
Craftsbury Ski Club’s Amelia Circosta recaps the recent U18 Nordic Nation’s Cup that saw talented junior skiers from across the US get their first international racing experience.
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Alaska REG Camp Update – Merridy Littell
Header Image - Alaska REG athletes and coaches (photo credit: Krysten Styvar) The Regional Elite Group (from here on out referenced as “REG”) is a series of week-long camps held in mid-summer across the country’s four regions. For one week, junior skiers from across...
Sammy Smith – Gatorade Idaho Girls Soccer Player of the Year
USST athlete Sammy Smith won the Gatorade high school soccer Player of the Year for Idaho. With this accolade, she can assign a $1,000 grant to a non-profit of her choice, and she has chosen the NNF. It’s a very cool full-circle story, even though she’s only 19....
U18 Nordic Nation’s Cup: Amelia Circosta on Valuable, Race-filled, Experience in Falun, Sweden
Craftsbury Ski Club’s Amelia Circosta recaps the recent U18 Nordic Nation’s Cup that saw talented junior skiers from across the US get their first international racing experience.