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Job Posting: Auburn Ski Club Seeks Head Coach for Nordic Competition Program

Auburn Ski Club, located on Donner Summit outside of Truckee, California, is hiring a head coach for its nordic competition program. The job posting begins: “The Head Coach of the Nordic Competition...

New Hires at the USST: Development Coach, World Cup Coach, and Service Staff

By Gavin Kentch U.S. Ski & Snowboard recently announced that they had hired four new coaches for the national team: Ville Oksanen as a new World Cup Coach, Esben Tøllefsen and Simen...

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...

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Matt Whitcomb to Leave U.S. Ski Team After This Season

By Gavin Kentch Welcome to Nordic Insights 2.0. We’re still working out what weekly coverage will look like this season, but I can tell you now that we are sending...

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...