Pavel Sotskov is a recent Dartmouth College graduate who is training and working in New Zealand for the summer at the Snowfarm. He has been in New Zealand since mid June and will be returning to Presque Isle, ME to race for MWSC this coming winter. He has sent several updates on his experiences. Since I’ve been raving about the New Zealand weather in my previous posts, I feel obligated to start by reporting on the noteworthy meteorological...
Knight to Manage Wax Brands, Develop Ski*Go Wax, Glove and Clothing Lines. Roger Knight has joined Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) as the Director of Team and Eastern Operations. He brings the US distribution of Ski*Go Wax, Tools, Gloves, Rollerskis and Skiwear to BNS and will focus on developing the Ski*Go and Holmenkol brands in the US. Knight contributes extensive experience in the cross-country ski industry after working as Nordic Product Manager at Swix USA for...
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I am currently in Alaska, enjoying the "Great North" summer. Twelve hours after stepping off the plane, I found myself in one of the most beautiful landscapes ever!...on Kesugi Ridge. I surprised my sister for her 30th Birthday and flew up to Alaskaa...
Although my life at times may seem glamorous, the above cities (excluding one) mentioned were just thrown in to get your attention. As random as that sounds and the reality is that I've only ever stepped foot in two of them.
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Sign up while you still can! Speakers include H.C. Holmberg, Dan Jansen, Erik Flora, Dr. Jon Finnoff and more! Minneapolis, Minnesota: Sept 25, 26, 27. Contact Matt Whitcomb for more info and to register: mwhitcomb@ussa.org
Sign up while you still can! Speakers include H.C. Holmberg, Dan Jansen, Erik Flora, Dr. Jon Finnoff and more! Minneapolis, Minnesota: Sept 25, 26, 27. Contact Matt Whitcomb for more info and to register: mwhitcomb@ussa.org
Sign up while you still can! Speakers include H.C. Holmberg, Dan Jansen, Erik Flora, Dr. Jon Finnoff and more! Minneapolis, Minnesota: Sept 25, 26, 27. Contact Matt Whitcomb for more info and to register: mwhitcomb@ussa.org
By Maria Stuber After James and Kelly’s wedding in Colorado, I had a pretty bad ankle role and couldn’t train for a couple days. Bryan Cook and I spent some time in Boulder where our good friends Shane Mundt and Tami Kochen took excellent care of us. Shane made us tons of good food. There was [...]
VANCOUVER, BC – In six months, U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding athletes will be among the nation’s best competitors as they march together, united under the American flag, into Vancouver’s BC Place for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. But, though they have to wait half a year for the Olympic torch to be lit in downtown Vancouver, the spirit of Olympic competition already burns bright in the hearts of athletes...
div style="text-align: center;"I am going back in time a bit with this post, but certain experiences need to be shared sometimes. On my way to Vermont from New Zealand a group of very close friends picked me up at the SLC airport and we began to driv...
Vancouver – The appeal of the 14 elite women ski jumpers proceeding against the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee for a declaration to be allowed to participate in the 2010 Olympic Games will be heard Nov. 12 and 13 in the BC Court of Appeal. According to the plaintiffs’ lawyer Ross Clark, Q.C., the argument he plans to put forward is simple and straightforward, focusing on the discrimination and the fact of VANOC being a government...
Most road surfaces in Oregon are “chip-seal” pavement. A chip seal is an application of a binder (hot liquid asphalt) in the form of an emulsion or hot spray and an application of an aggregate (small stones) as close to single size as possible. Chi...
There are times in the season where you have to buckle down and really focus – train hard, eat your vegetables, visualize fast skiing and targets falling, etc. This week was not – but I’ll get to that later. Last week was one of those weeks. I had a decent volume mini-block at the front [...]
When the smoke from a whole slew of wildfires in Interior Alaska rolled in and stayed last week, we had to alter our training plan for the first time this summer. We canceled a Devo session, cancelled a comp session, moved some intervals inside to the ergs (rowing machines) at the UAF SRC, and then [...]