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Yesterday was a great day on the trails. It seems that after a summer of heavy aerobic training I can acclimate quite a bit quicker than in the past. I got out the door early because it looked a bit stormy, and headed up Paradise Trail to find a steep ...

Yesterday was a great day on the trails. It seems that after a summer of heavy aerobic training I can acclimate quite a bit quicker than in the past. I got out the door early because it looked a bit stormy, and headed up Paradise Trail to find a steep ...

It's been a quiet week here in Waitsfield and we are getting rested and prepared for our big fall trip to West Yellowstone and Bozeman.  Today we are headed to Rutland to run our final 3k of the fall with the Rutland XC Team and have a team dinner...

I said my goodbyes to Muonio and traveled to  Norway yesterday.  While it was great to be able to do a big block of training on snow before the season started, after three weeks in Muonio, the darkness was setting in, and I was ready for a change of scenery. The first World Cups of the season are [...]

Toko Wax Videos

TokoVideos.com –  Toko has developed 35 ski preparation and tuning online videos for cross country skis, alpine skis, and snowboards.  They can be accessed at  Now’s The Time to Get your Skis Ready!  If your anything like me you’ve been planing to prep your skis for the season for some time now, and maybe like me you’ve gotten less done than you hoped.  A quick glance at the calender should help all of the Royal We realize...

The Finnish Nordic Sports brand ONE WAY is one of the leading brand in the cross country and biathlon World Cup supplying hard goods like poles and glasses, but is as well the exclusive supply of clothing for National teams like France, Canada, Slovenia and others. Starting from the coming season with the first FIS cross country World Cup event at the Nordic Opening in Ruka/Finland ONE WAY will present a new service and promotion...

Ugh. Altitude gets to me on the second day. After a solid 4 hours of training yesterday I woke up this morning with the groggy head, dry throat and sore muscles which always compliment a trip to higher elevations. I opted to classic ski this morning an...

Ugh. Altitude gets to me on the second day. After a solid 4 hours of training yesterday I woke up this morning with the groggy head, dry throat and sore muscles which always compliment a trip to higher elevations. I opted to classic ski this morning an...

DURHAM, N.H. – University of New Hampshire ski program coordinator/Nordic head coach Cory Schwartz (’82) recently announced the establishment of the UNH Nordic Ski Team Scholarship Fund by Peter Chudy, II (’87) and paid tribute to Nelson Bennett (’40) for his contributions to the ski program and to his country during World War II. The announcements were made during a gathering of ski team members, alumni, the Friends of UNH Skiing and Ski New Hampshire at the Whittemore Center Skybox Lounge on...

Temps at -2C, grip with Rode Violet MultigradeLots of people have been asking if we're skiing here yet.    The answer is YES!Although there have been some groomed tracks for several days, I finally got out today for some laps on the classic t...

Temps at -2C, grip with Rode Violet MultigradeLots of people have been asking if we're skiing here yet.    The answer is YES!Although there have been some groomed tracks for several days, I finally got out today for some laps on the classic t...

Today is a very big day for us as we assemble all American cross country ski enthusiasts to stand up together to support our developing skiers.  Please join us by making a contribution to the National Nordic Foundation.   Why?  Today is about building our base of XC fans in the U.S. and showing our collective support by funding opportunities so our developing athletes can learn to race in Europe against the best in the...

For those of you who can’t read Cyrillic and don’t know Bulgarian, that means “dinner with the Bulgarians” (well, according to Google Translate, anyway). We’d been looking forward to dinner with the Bulgarian ski team ever since they had extended the invitation to us last week via Pepa.  And I think it exceeded all of our [...]

For those of you who can’t read Cyrillic and don’t know Bulgarian, that means “dinner with the Bulgarians” (well, according to Google Translate, anyway). We’d been looking forward to dinner with the Bulgarian ski team ever since they had extended the invitation to us last week via Pepa.  And I think it exceeded all of our [...]

For those of you who can’t read Cyrillic and don’t know Bulgarian, that means “dinner with the Bulgarians” (well, according to Google Translate, anyway). We’d been looking forward to dinner with the Bulgarian ski team ever since they had extended the invitation to us last week via Pepa.  And I think it exceeded all of our [...]

For those of you who can’t read Cyrillic and don’t know Bulgarian, that means “dinner with the Bulgarians” (well, according to Google Translate, anyway). We’d been looking forward to dinner with the Bulgarian ski team ever since they had extended the invitation to us last week via Pepa.  And I think it exceeded all of our [...]