Stowe, VT — Despite and evening of crazy winter weather that included thunder and lightning at Trapp Family Lodge, morning arrived to greet racers to another day of great skiing on the 5K race loop at Trapp Family Lodge host to today’s TD Bank Eastern Cup events. Today’s contests included 5, 10, and 15 kilometer classic races. The day started with the J2 Boys 5K. Mount Mansfield Nordic’s Ben Hegman (Huntington, VT) earned the first...
The Swedish based long distance ski team, Team Exspirit, is the leader of the Ski Classics team competition after the third Ski Classics event this season König Ludwig Lauf. Oskar finished on the third place after Jerry Ahrlin, Team Xtra Personell and Stanislav Rezac, Team Patria Direct. Svärd also won the two Ski Classics Sprints in König Ludwig Lauf gaining 10 extra points for the Ski Classics Champion Race, which he now leads with 257...
Sylvan Ellefson, member of the Vail Ski and Snowboard Club and Fischer athlete made a daring breakaway move with 7 kilometers to go and outlasted Leif Zimmerman to the finish line. Skiing strong the whole race, Ellefson took all three sprint preems on the course and set a fast pace for the lead pack. “I really felt good today,” said Ellefson. “My skis were great and after the last preem, I had a gap of...
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www.skiclassics.com . Information and current standings at:
Elena Lüthi:David Sinclair:Tim Reynolds:Noah Brautigam:Daniel Moore:Alec McGovern:Danny Kuzio:Ryan Kerrigan:Kaitlin Fitzgerald:Jackson Rich:Heidi Halvorsen:Hans Halvorsen:Dylan Grald:Devlin Shea:Doug DeBold:
Nice job to the GMVS boys skiing hard yesterday in the 20km mass-start:Dylan Grald, 7th placeDavid Sinclair, 9th placeDoug DeBold, 16th placeNoah Brautigam, 32nd placeMore to come today as the Eastern Cup begins for the juniors, and the College Carniva...
On Wednesday Scott and I drove up to Kelowna, B.C. to race in Western Canadian Championships, a NorAm mini-tour. The weekend holds a 1.3km skate sprint, a 3.5km classic prologue, and a 15km skate pursuit. I've been getting a few really solid weeks of t...
On Wednesday Scott and I drove up to Kelowna, B.C. to race in Western Canadian Championships, a NorAm mini-tour. The weekend holds a 1.3km skate sprint, a 3.5km classic prologue, and a 15km skate pursuit. I've been getting a few really solid weeks of t...
The CXC Elite Team’s goal is to provide coaching, training and financial support to a select few individuals that possess the skill, drive and dedication to compete in World Cup, World Championship and Olympic competitions. Though we have a budget for domestic events, our success internationally requires your support. “One of CXC’s goals throughout the winter has been to better support CXC athletes during their international racing experiences. To do so, we have created the...
Not everyone in Boston is cursing the uncharacteristically snowy winter. Veterans in the area who have joined New England Nordic Ski Association’s (NENSA) fledgling Adaptive Program have put all that snow to good use. NENSA kicked off its first season of Adaptive Programming this week at the Weston Ski Track, just 15 miles outside of the city. Supported by a grant from USA Paralympics, the new program seeks to expand adaptive Nordic opportunities throughout New...
Driving up to test air temps at the finish were 25f (18f in Ketchum and 12f in Hailey) and at Prarie Creek (10k into the race) air temp was 37f. This was a super strong inversion. There was a warm shinook type wind coming down from Galena summit which was pushing the colder air lower and lower down the Wood River Valley. When we arrived at Prarie Creek, I was shocked at how warm the...
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, a NCAA Division I and Horizon League member institution, is accepting applications for Head Men’s and Women’s Nordic Ski Coach. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required; experience with ski waxing preferred. Excellent organizational, written and oral communication skills are necessary. Individual selected will be responsible for all phases of the Men’s and Women’s Nordic Ski program including, but not limited to recruitment of student athletes, scheduling, budget management, planning of in-season and...
Brent Oja is funny. Really funny. He’s usually got some good one liner at the ready and is fun to joke around with. Earlier this week Brent emailed me to ask if I could do him a favor and pick up some wax for him at FinnSisu and bring it our team pra...
Brent Oja is funny. Really funny. He’s usually got some good one liner at the ready and is fun to joke around with. Earlier this week Brent emailed me to ask if I could do him a favor and pick up some wax for him at FinnSisu and bring it our team pra...
Brent Oja is funny. Really funny. He’s usually got some good one liner at the ready and is fun to joke around with. Earlier this week Brent emailed me to ask if I could do him a favor and pick up some wax for him at FinnSisu and bring it our team pra...
