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Gus Schumacher

Bend Camp!

I always look forward to this one. Such a nice location and such low stress. It’s really nice to spend time with the whole team when racing is pretty far from our minds. It’s much lower stress! ...

Multiple sports to get better at one! (for Skipost)

I wrote this for Skipost ! They’ve got lots of articles from lots of people on lots of topics. ...

Right on schedule

Are you kidding me I always write these all the time! Right now I’ve been home for almost a month, just chilling and doing school like a normal person! The school aspect has been a big part of the no blogs. This spring my classes are a bit harder than ...

Period 1 is OVER

Starting with the photo dump, with little captions to hopefully make a story. Some insights into early racing at the end if you so desire. ...

My Season Plan and Goals!

I wanted to share my (ideal) travel and race plan this year, just to preview some cool places and events, and realized that I’d need to discuss my goals alongside that to really make everything make sense. I realized this would be the first time I was ...

My Digital Kappa Runway

Got a bunch of cool new Kappa gear at camp and I thought I’d share it! Kappa is an Italian clothing brand that signed a 12-year deal with the whole US Ski Team so I’m pretty stoked that the stuff is cool! ...

Editors Picks

Exclusive: Who’s On the 2026/2027 U.S. Cross-Country Ski Team?

By Gavin Kentch This is a reader-funded website. Virtually all of my income (for perspective: I took home less than $5,000 from Nordic Insights last year after paying staff) comes...

Jessie Diggins and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Walk Into a Theater: Movie review, ‘Threshold’ and ‘Klæbo’

This is a reader-funded website. Virtually all of my income — for perspective: I took home less than $5,000 from Nordic Insights last year after paying staff — comes...

Greatest Snow Guns on Earth? Soldier Hollow Salvages 2026 NCAA Championships in a Warming World

This is a reader-funded website. Virtually all of my income — for perspective: I took home less than $5,000 from Nordic Insights last year after paying staff — comes...