RUKA, Finland (Nov. 25, 2016) - The snow-covered nordic center at Ruka is ready to go for this weekend's FIS Nordic Combined World Cup opener. The USA will have a field of three for the two days of competition, including Bryan and Taylor Fletcher, plus Ben Berend (all Steamboat Springs, CO).

As the season opens, German Eric Frenzel is looking for an unprecedented fifth straight title.But he will be challenged by a young Norwegian who surprised with his strength in the summer Grand Prix, Jarl Magnus Riiber.

PARK CITY, UT (Aug. 28) –The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) today announced the appointment of Olympian Tiger Shaw as chief operating officer, effective October 1. Shaw, a native of Stowe, VT and former U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete, will transition in the spring of 2014 to become president and chief executive officer of the USSA. He will succeed Bill Marolt, who previously announced his intention to retire after leading the USSA for 18 years.

During the first World Cup of the 2014-15 season, 27-year-old Noah Hoffman broke his leg. Normally, this is a terrible thing for a U.S. Cross Country Ski Team member, but the ever-positive Hoffman took it as a gift. That positivity paid off, as not only was it not a season-ending injury—he made it back to race the 2015 World Champs—but it gave him time to focus on a new project: Noah Hoffman’s Fantasy Cross Country.