Spain
Alberto Alda
Alberto has always loved outdoor sports and dogs. For him it's a lifestyle."The canicross gave me the opportunity to mix my two passions&q...
Norway
André Boysen Hillestad
He started doing dog sports because both of his parents were doing it. He also loves to be around the dogs, the fresh air, the action and to be abl...
Norway
Anette Dahl
Anette got into hunting because of her father."He took me hunting since I was a child. I have always been fascinated by wild game. Hunting mak...
France
Anne Fulleringer
Anne got into the sport, because she wanted to do physical activity with her dog, and she loved mountain bike. She discovered bikejoring on the int...
Latvia
Artūrs Jakobsons
Artūrs was introduced to the sport by his girlfriend, who was already in the sport. He then fell in love with the sport. For him, it's a lifest...
United Kingdom
Ben Robinson
Ben started Canicross as a way to combine his love for running, particularly trail running, with his passion for dogs. Now, he wants to challenge h...
Lithuania
Bogdan Karpovič
Bogdan was dragged into the sport by his wife, Miglė. Canicross gives Bogdan the pleasure (and pain) of going full speed with his crazy friend, Inv...
Sweden
Cajsa Grape
When Cajsa was 13 years old she tried out skijoring together with a friend. After that she could not quit- she loved it. In the beginning she was g...
Netherlands
Carlien Harms
Carlien has always loved dogs. When she was a child the family did not have dogs, so she started walking dogs for other people."During my top ...
United Kingdom
Duncan Robinson
Duncan has been canicrossing since he was 10 years old. He got his first dog, Rocket, when he was 13. "I love running and I love my dog. So b...
Norway
Eli Beate Sæther
Eli Beate started with dog agility in 2008, when she was 12 years old. Her mum had signed up for a dog agility seminar in her hometown, Trysil. She...
Spain
Enrique Vilchez Madrid
Enrique loves sports and dogs, and scooter is the perfect combination for him and his dog. For the future he wants to win an Ifss World Championshi...
France
Faustine Cadenat
Faustine discovered canicross in 2015, thanks to a friend who is also a musher. This sport means passion, friendship and great teamwork for for Fau...
Norway
Hege Ingebrigtsen
Hege is called "Narvik ekspressen" and she is the musher who holds most of Nordic Championship gold medals regardless of class or a style...
Finland
Henna Lappi
Henna's friend made her try canicross with a kooikerhondje. After a couple of competitions in the junior class she started to dream about getti...
Norway
Ida Sollie
Ida grew up with dogs and hunting. She did not know about hunting trials until she got her first german wirehaired pointer. <strong>
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Australia
Jackson Larret
Jackson was introduced to the sport through a friend. He gave it a go, and after the first few trainings Jackson loved the relationship between him...
Norway
Jeanette & Jan Robert Sveen
They have been hunting with their family since they were kids."It means everything to us to have athletic dogs, so we spend a lot of time outd...
Sweden
Jessica Häggqvist
Jessica came into dog sports through her club:"My club planted the idea and yeah hey I can try it out".If you look at her achievements, y...
Norway
Jørgen & Kristin Courtborne
Jørgen and Kristin are both raised with dogs and activities around dogs. Kristin and Jørgen were one of the four people who s...
Poland
Julita Łubianka
Julita has always been in love with dogs. She is a good runner - as a junior she trained track and field."Canicross combines two of my passion...
Slovakia
Katarína & Marcel Vigodová/ Dučák
As a kid Marcel wanted a dog, and his parents bought him a husky when he was 15. While a friend of Katarína rescued a dog who would not stop pullin...
Norway
Lena Boysen Hillestad
For Christmas in 1975 Lena got a Vorsteh from the Santa Claus. Her father was racing with pulka, and Lena followed his footsteps. Lena is one of th...
Finland
Maija Nivala
Maija started to ski with dogs 20 years ago. At first she was racing cross country skiing. Then a friend asked her to try to ski with her dog. The ...
Germany
Marc & Jule Prins
<p>In 2015, the German couple started Canicross with their Vizslas, Kalle and Cleo, who still join them at small races just for fun. During t...
Spain
Marina von Podolsky
Marina used to do sports with horses and loved to jump and run with them. She adopted a dog named Rock. Together they started to do agility. To imp...
Estonia
Marta Miil
Marta has always lived with dogs. When she was 10 years old, her family got a German shepherd puppy called Amore. Marta has always loved dogs and b...
Brazil
Matheus Oliveira
Matheus has always been involved with dogs and sports because of his family. He grew up with a family showing him how to handle the dogs. In 2017 M...
Czech Republic
Michaela Srchová
\"I had a hungarian viszla, Angee, at home and my friend (Vašek Vančura) told me about that sport. I have always loved dogs and running so it ...
Czech Republic
Michal Tobiasek
Michal got into the sport because he had a very lively dog that needed to get out the energy. Today it is a lifestyle for him. For the future he wa...
Spain
Moisés Valero Ruiz
Moises loves sports and he loves dogs, and this sport make him put together his two passions."My dogs and sport are my life and a way of life&...
United States
Nick Weis
Nick got into this sport because he and his wife got a malamute and they needed a way to burn energy for him, so they took up canicross. A fun fact...
Germany
Niklas Mohr
Niklas was mountain biking in the past, and found the way into bikejoring through friends. At that time he was borrowing hounds and greysters from ...
Spain
Rodrigo Alonso Sedano
Rodrigo started with canicross when they got a dog from an animal shelter. Together they started running. And from that moment, canicross have been...
Norway
Rune Fossum og Lise Garberg
Rune bought his first German wirehaired pointer in 1990. They were hunting a lot together, and Rune taught him how to retrieve. Numerous great resu...
Sweden
Sanna Näslund
Sanna tried skijoring for the first time in middle School because two of her classmates were into the sport. Since that day the sport caught her he...
Finland
Sanna & Antti Kokko
Sanna and Antti were racing with greyhounds and doing sled dog sports. 10 years ago they decided to have German shorthaired pointer. At that time, ...
Slovenia
Silvia Trkman
It all started with a childhood dream from the moment Silvia first learned about the sport in 1989."The sport means a lot of fun with my dogs,...
Norway
Team Leegard
<p>The three Leegaard girls; Maren, Ylva and Ronja started with sled dog sports because of their grandfather, Roger Leegaard. Leegard is a we...
Norway
Tessa Philippaerts
<p>Tessa has always loved dogs. After their first dog died her parents did not want another dog. Tessa was having trouble finishing her track...
Czech Republic
Tomáš Jaša
Tomáš started with Canicross because he needed a way to stay active and motivated to run."The sport means everything to me, its my addiction. ...
Czech Republic
Veronika & Václav Navrátilová/ Vančura
Veronika started with the sport in 2007, when she needed to tire a hyperactive dog, and Václav started in 2013 with his first greyster Čert."I...
Finland
Vesa-Pekka Lehtomäki
Vesa-Pekka got his first sled dog over 40 years ago. He was only 11 years old when he was a part of a sled dog race with his dog. After this race h...
Spain
Victor Carrasco
Victor started with dog sports through his parents. Every year Victor's parents took him to see the PIRENA, in which Victor participated in 201...
Norway
Viktor Sinding-Larsen
Viktor is a great athlete! He has achieved many good results, and has become a world champion in many different categories.For Viktor and his famil...
Australia
Zahra Goldsmith
Zahra bought a Siberian Husky puppy when she was a teenager.Somewhere during her adolescence, she googled \"is there mushing in Australia?\&qu...
Poland
Zuzanna Sztonder
When Zuzanna was 13 years old she met long distance musher Bartek Piaseczny. He has a Alaskan Husky kennel.\"He taught me everything about sle...