The last week has been a much-needed break and mini-vacation! Kikkan, her Mom and I stayed in a condo at Squaw Valley and Salomon and the US Ski Team HOOKED US UP with Alpine gear for a couple days of fun skiing in the sun! I am a horrible downhill…

Hello, California! I’m in Squaw Valley right now, and Kikkan is taking me “real alpine skiing” for the first time! It’s been a crazy few days; after World Cup finals ended in Falun, the US girls stayed for the Fast and Female event, which was great. Then we spent the…

Yesterday was our last World Cup race of the year! It feels so good to be done, but there’s still Spring Series and National Champs races back home, so I guess this is kind of a “practice feeling like you’re done” moment. The best part about the race for me…

Wow! A lot has gone down since I last posted. I promise to explain how all the athletes ended up on the evening news and made FIS finally listen to us, but first I’d better wrap up the last two races.  Racing the 30km at Holmenkollen was a ton of fun….