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Over 20 J3-OJ skiers from North Central Washington joined MV Nordic Team coaches Laura McCabe and Leslie Hall for a Classic Technique camp in Mazama on December 29. World Cup racer Torin Koos made a guest appearance to help everyone with empowering the...

Axel Teichmann (GER) won the 15km Individual Start Classic Race in Nove Mesto.  The tall German edged out Norweigan Martin Johnsrud Sundby by 5 seconds on the five lap, three kilometer course.  Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) took third, his first-ever World Cup podium result. Teichmann skied hi typical race, starting slowly and accelerating as the kilometers passed.  At the first checkpoint at 3.4km, he was back in 27th.  By the halfway mark he was 12th, and...

R&R Woodworkers Donate Timing Trailer to Jackson XC

Jackson, N.H. – The Jackson Ski Touring Foundation is the recipient of a timing trailer to use in conjunction with XC center’s newly FIS homologated (internationally certified) race course. Robin Kosstrin and Bob Yanuck contributed their travel trailer to complement the Foundation’s renovated and expanded race arena by providing an indoor timing facility. “This 31’ trailer is perfect for our timing crew’s needs. It’s roomy enough to house electronic timing crew and an announcer. It’s...

Great Glen Trails Organized By Great Glen Trails 300 minutes of bumper to bumper Nordic racing! Complete as many laps as possible on the rolling 5 kilometer course. Ski it solo. Ski it as a team. Skate or classic. For teams, both racers must use the same technique, and each can only use one pair of skis. New for 2009: Teams of four. 10:00am start time. Registration: $40 – Solo / $50 – Duo /...

Today's 15km individual start classic race start was uncharted waters for me in this Tour-De-Ski competition. The previous two seasons I seemed to always hit the wall on the rest day - getting sick and having to abandon the whole deal. It's not so this year baby! The biggest plus of today's race was that I actually was able to start the competition and finish the race!!

Organized By Mt. Mansfield Winter Academy A fun, family run of 5 or 2 miles and BBQ to benefit Mt. Mansfield Winter Academy’s Woody Knight Scholarship Fund. Registration is 8:30 am – 10:30 am at the Mansfield Touring Center, Mountain Road, Stowe with BBQ immediately following at the Mt. Mansfield Winter Academy. Race takes place in the Mansfield State Forest. Prizes awarded to top 3 competitors in each age category.

What should have been a booming day at the height of Eldora Mountain Resort’s ski season turned tragic Tuesday when an employee clad in black and armed with a semi-automatic handgun arrived at a morning staff meeting and opened fire on his supervisor. Eldora General Manager Brian Mahon died after being twice shot by the gunman, who himself was killed following a vicious fire fight with a sheriff’s deputy along a secluded stretch of mountain...

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The New England Nordic Ski Association enthusiastically welcomes the country’s premiere cross-country ski racing circuit – the USSA Super Tour – to New England in February as part of the TD Banknorth NENSA Super Week that kicks off Saturday, January 31st with the TD Banknorth Craftsbury Marathon, and includes NENSA Women’s Day in Bethel, Maine on February 1st; a Super Tour Sprint in Rumford, Maine on February 4th; and distance races at Trapp Family Lodge...