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2025-’26 Trail to Gold Coaching Grant Recipients Announced
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 2025-’26 recipients of the Trail to Gold Coaching grants. This season’s recipients represent the fourth edition of...
Eastern REG Camp Athlete Update
The Eastern REG Camp recently concluded at Stratton Mountain School. Despite the warn temperatures, the athletes had great and diverse training. As Ben Theyrel, NENSA Comp Director said, “REG continues to be a bedrock for Eastern skiing. We pride ourselves on...
NTG Recap! Cal and Necia
Hello Nordic Community, this is Necia Nicholas and Cal Waters from the Bridger Ski Foundation in Bozeman, Montana. We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to attend both the National Training Group and Regional Elite Group camps this year. Cal Waters: As I...
From Our Athletes
U16 Camp Long Run & DP Update
We had a beautiful 4hr run/hike today with wildflowers in full bloom (Indian Paintbrush, Lupine, columbine,etc). The weather has been excellent, training has been skill rich and well supported by the coaches. This has been a very motivational camp and we should be...
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....
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Norway Camp Update from Neve Gerard
This is Neve Gerard, checking in from Sjusjoen, Norway where myself and 8 other US athletes have spent the last week at International Junior Camp. We flew into Oslo, Norway and spent a week training there to get adjusted to the time change before taking the train two...
NC U16 Camp in Slovenia and Austria
A cohort of U16-U20 Nordic Combined athletes have just returned from a two-week training camp in Central Europe. Athletes from RMD, IMD, Central, and East divisions were invited on this trip, with the goals in mind of exposing them to new cultures and experiences,...
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...