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One sunny day in New Zealand we put on lots of sunblock, grabbed our skate skis and headed for the hills. We headed for the farthest-out point on the Snowfarm trail system, paralleling the groomed trail to stay out where the perfectly-smooth crust hadn’t been defaced by the groomer.  Soon we were out in the [...]

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Buoyed By Trust Fund, Callaghan Valley Readies for Future

This article is the third in a series looking at the use of cross-country ski venues left behind by the Winter Olympics. The first two were on New York’s Lake Placid. After a Winter Olympics where nordic skiing took center stage, Whistler Olympic Park (WOP), 77 miles north of Vancouver, British Columbia, faces the future with optimism, but with plans that are still murky. Cleaning up the detritus of the 2010 Games, including grandstands, transformers,...

Jackson, NH – Two of the world’s leading ski companies are working with Gorham Bike and Ski Shop at the JacksonSki Touring Center to create “concept shops” where skiers can experience for themselves the latest skiing innovations, from skis to ski wax to tuning techniques. Swix, a Norwegian manufacturer of ski wax, poles and ski wear and Fischer, an Austrian ski company, will create an educational retail environment where skiers can view and compare an extensive range of companies’ product lines....

new online design center. Customers can now choose a base xc suit design of their choice, customize the colors, add text, upload logos and share their creation with others via several social media outlets or email. “Many of our Nordic clients are very busy and don’t necessarily have extra time to sit down and create a custom Nordic suit from scratch”, said Chris Jackson, company owner. “The new design center makes it incredibly fast and...

Utah

FasterSkierSeptember 27, 2010

I arrived in Utah Saturday night for our annual fall training camp.  We will be out here for the next three weeks taking advantage of the great venue and warm fall weather.  Actually, it feels a lot more like summer out here now with temps reaching 90 today.  This is definitely a big contrast to [...]

FALUN, Sweden (Sept. 26) – Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) scored two podium finishes over the weekend in Falun, Sweden in the women’s Continental Cup normal hill, HS98, event. Van was second on Saturday and third on Sunday, finishing ahead of Jessica Jerome (Park City, UT) in third and fourth. Daniela Irashko of Austria grabbed both wins, posting the longest jump on Saturday, 97 meters, and the longest jump on Sunday, 102 meters. Van jumped...

But we’ve been busy. This fall we’ve had a trio training full-time for skiing, most folks running XC and a pair zipping through the pool (an exciting first for the program!).  It makes for small groups at training sessions most of the time which allows for lots of one-on-one time to work on technique and discuss [...]

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I just got back to Craftsbury after spending about a month and a half in New Zealand.  Its going to be hard to summarize it all in one blog post without it turning into an epic, but I’m going to try, and then I might give more in-depth accounts in future posts.  So with no [...]

The New York Ski Educational Foundation and the Olympic Regional Development Authority announce the 4th annual NYSEF Whiteface Climb to the Castle Rollerski Race on Friday, October 8, 2010 at 8:30 am. The course starts at the Whiteface Toll Booth, climbing for 5 miles with an average 8% grade up the Whiteface Memorial Highway to the castle on the summit of Whiteface Mountain, New York’s 5th highest peak with an elevation of 4,867 ft. The...

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