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Job Posting: Montana State Seeks Assistant Coach

Montana State University is currently hiring for an assistant coach for their nordic ski team for next season. The official job posting begins: “Responsible for assisting the head coach of Montana State...

Persistent to the End: Rosie Brennan Quasi-Retires

By Gavin Kentch Rosie Brennan is officially retiring from World Cup ski racing… but is spending this summer training twice a day, and will be taking her rollerskis with her to snowless...

Late May News Dump: Quick Hits from All Over

By Gavin Kentch It is May. I am home with my kids. I don’t have time for a full treatment of various news stories, apparently. Here are some quick-hit news items from...

Fourteenth State of Mind: Catching up with SMS T2

By Peter Minde STRATTON, Vermont — Having met the new kids on the block at Mansfield Pro Nordic not quite a year ago, another spring road trip to visit Vermont-based professional ski...

Kappa Caput: R.I.P. Kappa®, the Official Technical Apparel Partner of U.S. Ski & Snowboard, 2022–2026

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 from reader...

Job Posting: Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks Seeks Head Coach for Junior Program

The following job posting is from the fine folks at Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks. While the rest of their job listing is obviously posted verbatim, I will editorialize only that...

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So Long, and Thanks for All the FIS: Nordic Insights Quasi-Retires

By Gavin Kentch Announcement: I am stepping away from full-time work on Nordic Insights. Ski journalism was never going to be a long-term job for me; it was more just...

Persistent to the End: Rosie Brennan Quasi-Retires

By Gavin Kentch Rosie Brennan is officially retiring from World Cup ski racing… but is spending this summer training twice a day, and will be taking her rollerskis with her...

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...