A benefit from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Country Inn and Suites in Hastings will help raise funds to send Hastings’ champion skier to the 2010 Olympics. By: Bonnie St. James, The Hastings Star-Gazette http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/event/article/id/20953/ Lindsay Williams is a great cook. The meal she served at the interview was roasted vegetables – [...]
October 24th is the International Climate Day of Action, organized by Read Middlebury Ski Coach Andrew Gardner’s exhortation to participate in this day. There are many actions being organized all over the world, including a number of cross-country ski specific ones in North America, including the detailed instructions on how to to do this on the 350.org website, including organizing guides and promotional material. But you don’t have to go big – you can also...
The members of the IOC Coordination Commission for the first Winter Youth Olympic Games Innsbruck 2012 were very pleased with the progress of the preparations presented to them this week. Gian Franco Kasper, President of the Coordination Commission, is convinced: “The athletes will find the best conditions in 2012 in Innsbruck and Seefeld.” He added: “Tyrol has both the required sports expertise and the necessary commitment to secure and sustain its young talents in snow...
Caribou, ME – The Maine Winter Sports Center is excited to announce that Mapleton native Mike Smith will be joining their staff as a Community Development Coach. Smith comes to the MWSC staff with a range of outdoor and leadership experiences, and having grown up in the County, he already has a strong connection with the communities of Northern Maine. “We are thrilled to have someone with Mike’s extensive outdoor skills and experiences join our...
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I had lived less than 20 minutes away from New Berlin, WI, for the majority of my life, and I never once roller skied there. Last Sunday, my brother Thomas took Bryan and me to meet a group of his ski friends for their usual 3+ hour Sunday ski in New Berlin, WI, which is [...]
Here’s the disclaimer: I’ve spent a lot of time working with athletes on this cause and I’m biased. But I also feel strongly about skiing. There’s a passionate connection for these things that I’m barring right here so keep that in mind. Ok. Forget your political inclinations be they liberal or conservative. Stop thinking that this is a divisive, non-resolvable issue. If you are reading this you are a skier, plain and simple. You likely...
Nordic UltraTune received their new stone grinding machine form Italy….
Two Alaskans stop by the Waiorau Snow Farm in New Zealand for some spring skiing.
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We had our last roller ski time trial of the season today. I had not been looking forward to it. I'd been a bit worn out with all sorts of things since coming back from our camp in Hayward a couple weeks earlier. So I hadn't been training very hard or sleeping nearly enough and was not feeling at all chipper. But I hadn't done the previous time trial and wanted to get the last one in, so I decided to go and not worry about the outcome. I needed a good workout at any rate since I hadn't been doing much. So after a fairly stressful and busy day I fought the traffic down to Afton and got there a bit late. I ended up starting the skate time trial by myself and it felt about how I had expected, dreary, like the weather. But I was able to get myself into my classic gear in short order and caught up with the others for the warm up for the next round. We started the classic time trial as a pack and I wasn't sure I was up to being pushed that hard and demoralized and that perhaps a private pity party would be better, but I jumped in anyway. What the heck, I was there, may as well, whatever. I felt surprisingly good and skied in a nice pack with Kevin, Dave, and Kathleen. We skied the whole thing together and it was so much fun!!! I felt good and the pack dynamics were great. We all finished strong together and it was so invigorating! All my cares melted away. I felt like a new woman. Since starting up racing again after my long hiatus, I've been trying to figure out why I'm doing this. I don't have the high goals and purpose that I had before, so why am I working so hard and putting in the tremendous effort it takes to ski at this level with all of my other responsibilities? I know that the regular exercise and friendships are really important to me, but I can still have that and just ski recreationally, so why push myself so hard? Tonight really reminded me why I do it, because I love it so much. So thanks guys for the pick me up! I needed it.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1572647974447867713-4423052746353916931?l=vakavaraceteam.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
PARK CITY, UT – On Saturday, October 24th, Steinbock Racing will host the 350.org/Steinbock Invitational, a rollerski race at Soldier Hollow, in Midway, UT. While the 350.org/Steinbock Invitational will provide a great racing opportunity for rollerskiers of all abilities, it’s also one of over 3500 actions taking place in over 160 countries around the globe as a part of the 350.org International Day of Climate Action. Founded by author and environmentalist Bill McKibben,
World Championship gold medalist Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) has undoubtedly left his mark on the world of nordic combined skiing. But, on the brink of an Olympic season, he is looking to make an even bigger splash. Any fun summer adventures? My fun getaway is bike racing and I definitely did a few of those, not as many as I did last year but if I focus my training in other directions for periods I...
As many in the ski world already know this Saturday, October 24th, is 350 day!br /br / This international day of action is a chance for us as a school, team and community to show that we are concerned about the effects our society is causing the world....
I’m out in Utah right now at our last dry-land training camp of the year. Training has been going really well but I have also been super busy. Olympic years are always a little different in that we have a lot more responsibilities to the media and the Olympic Committee. This is actually just a [...]
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Willie’s 5k Run for the Environment was held on a perfect clear crisp Saturday morning, Oct 17th. Organized in honor of Willie Neal, of Jackson Hole, WY, who lived in Sun Valley in 2008-09, training and racing as a Post Grad with SVSEF. Tragically, Willie was killed in June 2009 when hit by a car while roller skiing in Maine. In his memory, SVSEF Comp Team member Daniel Sundali organized this run as a school project. The...
Out in utah right now… The land of sun and scrub brush. It’s been a decent training camp so far. I got sick just before I came out here so I had to lay low for a couple of days in the hotel room. I was able to train on Wednesday and do some intervals [...]
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North Haven Island, ME–The third annual Lobster Roll saw nearly 75 competitors cruise around this scenic island last Saturday. The event, organized by the Maine Winter Sports Center, serves as Maine’s collegiate rollerski championship. Teams from Colby, Bowdoin, UMO, UMPI, MWSC and individuals from Gould Academy and the Maine Coast Nordic Team took on this year’s 16km freestyle race. Lucy Garrec, of Colby College, charged to the finish first in a tight women’s battle. Despite...