Early Times
Canada
The Finnish Contribution-1920-1939
“THOSE TIRELESS FINNISH RACERS ON THEIR FLYING SLATS” Finnish-Canadians As Forerunners of Cross-country Ski Racing in Northern Ontario 1920 – 1939.ByKarl Kinanen Introduction Early developments of ski racingThe first ski […]
Milestones in Canadian Nordic Skiing
Milestones in Canada’s skiing history – 1879 to the present Settlers from Scandinavian countries were responsible for skiing’s early development in Canada. They skied in groups, built small jumps, and […]
Cross Country Skiing in British Columbia: A History
A History of Cross Country Skiing in British Columbia Landmark events and where to go to learn more! 1887 The first recorded cross country skiing in BC was at Revelstoke […]
FIS Skiing History Timeline
This list of historical events was compiled in 2005/7 by a working group of ski historians from several countries, under the direction of Elisabeth Hussey. From https://skiinghistory.org
Clubs
Overseas
Fram Ski Club
SK Fram (Oslo) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Skiklubben Fram was a Norwegian skiing club, based in Oslo but with its sporting facilities in Vestre Aker—and from 1902 to […]
Lillehammar Ski Club
Lillehammer SK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Logo. Lillehammer Skiklub is a Norwegian skiing (Nordic and alpine) club from Lillehammer, Norway. It was founded in 1883. It is best known for arranging Birkebeinerrennet together […]
Ull Ski Club
SK Ull From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Skiers from Ull in 1908. Skiklubben Ull was a Norwegian Nordic skiing club based in Oslo. Founded in 1883, Skiklubben Ull attracted […]
Ski Techniques
General Ski Techniques: An Evolution
Over the years cross country ski techniques have changed in response to better tracks and equipment. Competition has also added changes as athletes become stronger, more efficient and faster. Some […]
Old Ski Techniques
Cross country ski techniques have evolved over the years from a shuffle-like motion to a hard kick-like motion. The body position has gone from a bent over to a more […]
Ski Sport Organizations
Canadian Amateur Ski Association: CASA
Canadian Amateur Ski Association – How the West Was Won
Retyped for ease of reading: The jurisdiction of the Canadian Amateur Ski Association over ski-ing in Canada was definitely asserted this week in the announcement made by W. B. Thompson, […]
Nordiq Canada (formerly Cross Country Canada)
A Short History of Cross Country Canada
Cross Country Canada: A Short History The Organization: The first sport governing body for all competitive skiing in Canada was the Canadian Amateur Ski Association (CASA) which was incorporated in […]
Competition
Types of Competitons
PURSUIT WITH A BREAK: THE GUNDERSEN START By: FIS: Bengt-Erik Bengtsson This starting format was named after Gunder Gundersen, former medalist in Nordic Combined in the mid – fifties and […]
Technique
Race Technique: Evolution
Race technique has evolved as a result of better tracks, equipment, stronger athletes and rule changes. Presented below are pictures showing the evolution of race techniques.
Rules
The Skating Dilemma
World Champs in Seefeld 1985 February 10, 2010Article by: Bengt Erik Bengtsson A questionnaire that was sent out after Davos (click here for the article) did not show any united […]
Para Nordic
Paralympic History
PARALYMPIC CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a summer sports competition involving World War II veterans with a spinal cord injury in Stoke Mandeville, England. Winter disability […]
Ski Jumping
Ski Jumping History
Early Ski Jumping in Alberta
SKI FLYERS Early 1900s Posted on February 21, 2017 by Amy Hancock “If you get the right angle to float on top of the pressure of the wind you get more distance.”(Clarence Servold, […]
The Most Famous Jump Hill: Evolution
The most famous jump hill is the Holmenkollenbakken hill in Oslo, Norway and the series of pictures below depict the evolution of the hill over more than one hundred years.