Source: Norwegian SkiSport Magazine
 are giving the participants a good mix of rollerskiing, running with and without poles, intervals, distance, strength, speed and technique training.</p>
<p>Bente was one of the coaches at last year’s Scandinavian summer ski school camp and that represented the 19th time in a row she had been at this camp either as participant or coach.</p>
<p>She went to the very first camp in 1986, before most of today’s participants were born!<br />
A lot was different back then, but she can still remember how it was to be a participant.</p>
<p>– I can still remember doing running interval training with Bjorn Daehlie and rollerskiing with Tor Hakon Holte. We were a pretty fit group and were looking forward to the workouts, says Bente Skari.</p>
<p>She was a participant for five straight years.</p>
<p>– The social aspect was important. To train with skiers from other parts of the country. It was always a little challenging to train with the boys and try to hang on. You are a little wound up and full of energy. In the evening too, it often got (very) late…</p>
<p>Skari finds it exciting to be a coach instead of participant and be able to teach her knowledge.</p>
<p>– You think differently, and you can see that the participants like to have us as coaches. The more we give the more motivation it gives us.</p>
<p>What do you get out of teaching?</p>
<p>-You are teaching something you have been taught. You have to think differently. It’s exciting. We are also taking about everything else, but skiing. I enjoy that.</p>
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World’s Most Experienced Summer Ski School Participant
FasterSkierJune 3, 2005
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