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Head Lamp Seasonbr /br /This week a windswept, cold rain brought down most of the foliage. Today a wild autumn wind blew down the rest. Tonight the clocks get set back. Tomorrow it will be dark early. For us working stiffs that means the beginning ...

Mr. Remsen, a ski coach at Rutland High School wrote this article at NENSA about green skiers. Here’s the link. Below is my response to his letter: Dear Mr. Remsen: A provocative letter you posted at NENSA.  One certainly can’t argue with you that the average high school ski racer might be the ‘greenest’ racer out there.  Yes, [...]

Mr. Remsen, a ski coach at Rutland High School wrote this article at NENSA about green skiers. Here’s the link. Below is my response to his letter: Dear Mr. Remsen: A provocative letter you posted at NENSA.  One certainly can’t argue with you that the average high school ski racer might be the ‘greenest’ racer out there.  Yes, [...]

The Taste of Training fundraiser went wonderfully last night! A huge thank you to everyone who made this event possible, and to everyone who showed up and had a good time! It was definately a ton of work to get ready for this event! The last week has been absolutely crazy… My life has [...]

This 3-DVD set is a cross country ski-specific presentation from experts in the field. You’re going to hear from Sweden’s cross country physiologist H.C. Holmberg, USST’s sport psychologist Dr. Jon Hammermeister, Pete Vordenberg – USST Head Coach, and Justin Wadsworth – USST coach as well as ex-coach of Olympic Medalist Beckie Scott. Stratton Mountain School Coach Sverre Caldwell speaks on developing young skiers and the U.S Development System. Other topics include Ski Service by USST’s...

Nichole and I have now completed our move to Red Wing, and the first benifit of said move was that while the twin cities got no accumulating snow last friday afternoon, Red Wing (40 miles to the south) got 4 inches of snow. This allowed me to get my first day of on snow skiing in on Saturday morning. I drove over to the middle school and skied around the soccer fields and dirt track. The snow was melting fast so I only got an hour in, but it was a fantastic ski (40 degrees and sunny at the start, and 50 degrees by the end), and harries were kicking great. I could tell that my arms are used to the nice easy gliding of rollerskis - they were sore after double poling through the mush for only that hour.br /br /This week has been rainy. Last night's rollerski with Vakava was a classic workout on the big river trail with 30 minutes of "on" interval time. It was also our last week on rollerskis (it gets dark too early, especially with daylight savings ending this weekend). Fortunately we were able to avoid most of the heavy rain, but it was still very wet. Some how I managed to lose a rear fender off the back of my marwes during a ski last week, and I sure missed it yesterday. Without the fender on the wheels seemed to take the water on the road and just dump it down the back of the cuff of my classic boots. I was sloshing in standing water in my boot after just a few minutes. It did motivate me to double pole more and DP kick less - double poleing kept my feet in place and the water was able to warm up around them better.br /br /Here's hoping for snow soon so that we will have fewer weeks of dryland at como park... :)div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1572647974447867713-5791842755987518220?l=vakavaraceteam.blogspot.com' alt='' //div

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The groomers are working hard packing down the incredible snow fall we received Sunday/Monday. We received 48 cms of snow in in 24 hours! We have the large snow cats working on the Nordic trails now preparing for an amazing opening this Saturday, October 31st. But that’s not all. Our summit base sits at 71 cm and Environment Canada is calling for as much as 40 cm over the next three days. The number one goal...

Swix Technical Clinics

Swix Sport USA Director of Racing, Kevin Sweeney will be in the Midwest for a week of exceptional waxing clinics. Kevin returns to the Midwest to share with you the most recent knowledge and product updates from Swix. Having just spent 4 days in Lillehammer with Swix Racing Service, Swix Wax chemists and product managers , Kevin has some exciting and revolutionary ideas to share with you. Come join Swix Sport for an exceptional evening....