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Things are finally settling down for me a bit now after our first training camp of the season concluded here in Lake Placid last week.  The past three weeks were filled with tons of training, meetings and planning for next season.  It was great to have everyone here and to see how motivated the entire [...]

I have been in Washington State the past 3 weeks. I come out each spring to take advantage of some late season skiing on snow. It snows a lot high in the mountains and it takes all that snow a long time to melt away. During my trip I had 12 days of ...

Today was the first day of demolition on the new house. Andrea, Corrine, Grace, Katrina, Leif, and myself tackled the 70's style architecture with the help of Phyllis' cousin Jim; eight hours later and the house was transformed. The tasks included pu...

Today was the first day of demolition on the new house. Andrea, Corrine, Grace, Katrina, Leif, and myself tackled the 70's style architecture with the help of Phyllis' cousin Jim; eight hours later and the house was transformed. The tasks included pu...

Today was the first day of demolition on the new house. Andrea, Corrine, Grace, Katrina, Leif, and myself tackled the 70's style architecture with the help of Phyllis' cousin Jim; eight hours later and the house was transformed. The tasks included pu...

Today was the first day of demolition on the new house. Andrea, Corrine, Grace, Katrina, Leif, and myself tackled the 70's style architecture with the help of Phyllis' cousin Jim; eight hours later and the house was transformed. The tasks included pu...

The last two weeks in Bend helped me jump-start my volume training for the season. We spent 2-3 hours skiing at Mt. Bachelor in the morning and did a dryland workout in the afternoon. My total volume was more than I had done since last fall. It was ...

The last two weeks in Bend helped me jump-start my volume training for the season. We spent 2-3 hours skiing at Mt. Bachelor in the morning and did a dryland workout in the afternoon. My total volume was more than I had done since last fall. It was ...

The last two weeks in Bend helped me jump-start my volume training for the season. We spent 2-3 hours skiing at Mt. Bachelor in the morning and did a dryland workout in the afternoon. My total volume was more than I had done since last fall. It was ...

The last two weeks in Bend helped me jump-start my volume training for the season. We spent 2-3 hours skiing at Mt. Bachelor in the morning and did a dryland workout in the afternoon. My total volume was more than I had done since last fall. It was ...

We got back to work last week with our first official practice of the summer. Everyone was ready to rock so we wasted no time and got down to business with our baseline test. It was good to see the returning athletes trying to better there previous res...

We got back to work last week with our first official practice of the summer. Everyone was ready to rock so we wasted no time and got down to business with our baseline test. It was good to see the returning athletes trying to better there previous res...

We got back to work last week with our first official practice of the summer. Everyone was ready to rock so we wasted no time and got down to business with our baseline test. It was good to see the returning athletes trying to better there previous res...

We got back to work last week with our first official practice of the summer. Everyone was ready to rock so we wasted no time and got down to business with our baseline test. It was good to see the returning athletes trying to better there previous res...

Not exactly a preview of the 2010 NTG Training Camp... ...but a great clip from a training camp in Østerdalen Norway in the early 1960s.br /br /object width="480" height="385"param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sz30lTaKHDEamp...

ANTALYA, Turkey – The International Ski Federation honored the Maine Winter Sports Center’s “Healthy Hometowns” program with second place in its global FIS SnowKidz Awards. The award was presented at the conclusion of the weeklong FIS Congress in Antalya, Turkey. The program, which earned the USSA’s Russell Wilder Award a year ago for contributions to youth, was among eight finalists worldwide. The top prize went to Norway with its Barnas Skiklubb (kids ski club) program....

Surgery on my right leg went well yesterday. I spent the night in the hospital and came back home today… The doctor did everything he could possibly do, so now its just the healing/waiting game. If it seems like the surgery worked I’ll be going back in and getting my left leg [...]

Surgery on my right leg went well yesterday. I spent the night in the hospital and came back home today… The doctor did everything he could possibly do, so now its just the healing/waiting game. If it seems like the surgery worked I’ll be going back in and getting my left leg [...]