It is now mid-July in West Yellowstone and, like much of the country, it’s hot, hot, hot! In fact, it’s so hot that I had a conversation the other night about how nice it will be when we can start wearing our down jackets again. You see, we aren’t used to the heat up here and we live for the winter time! And, incredibly, it’s already time to start thinking about kicking off the winter...
Austin Ross is currently participating in a Vermont Academy Camp in Finland. Austin is a student at Colby College, and originally from Steamboat Springs, CO. You can look forward to one other story towards the end of the camp. Leaving the frenzied atmosphere of a patriotism-hungry tourist town in Colorado on the fifth of July for the considerably less festive confines of a small town in central Finland was a drastic change. When coupled with...
The Icelandic Ski Association will celebrate its 60th anniversary this coming Friday, June 23rd. The Association has taken advantage of the opportunity to celebrate this milestone on several occasions in the past 12 months: Last summer, the Ski Association installed a ski lift on one of the glaciers providing the scene for a number events, such as training camps for children and recreational skiers.
Source: Langrenn.com Thomas Alsgaard, Jorgen Brink, Langrenn.com and a talented 20-year old were asked to evaluate then new Swedish Skitunnel in Torsby. Check out some very cool photos! The test group consisted of Thomas Alsgaard, Jorgen Brink, four athletes/journalists from Langrenn.com and Swedish talent Marcus Hellner (20). They gave grades from 1-6, where six is best. The evaluation: Thomas Jœrgen Marcus Langrenn.com Course profile 5 5 6 5 Skifeeling 6 6 5-6 6 Temperature/air quality...
The World’s longest skitunnel opened in Torsby, Sweden on Friday. Wassberg and Mieto were there. See the photos. Thobias Fredriksson beat Bjorn Lind in a pre-opening sprint competition and got the honor of cutting the ribbon in the opening ceremony. Foto: Lars Krogsveen
Bring your rollerskis and take part in the French Odlo rollerski-cup if you are heading to France this summer. Source: Langrenn.com Here is a list of the races in the French rollerski-cup this summer: Opening: CircuitBastia (Corsika), 8 Р9 July Sprint and 6-k uphillrace Second stage Vallouise 21-23 July Sprint loop and uphillrace Third stage Le Grand-Bornand (Hte-Savoie), 15-16 August Sprint XL and 7-k uphill 7 Finale Pontarlier РMouthe Tran'roller, 16-17 September Mont̩e,...
It looks like the Nordic ski season on the Rendezvous Ski Trails in West Yellowstone, Montana is finally coming to an end. Groomer Doug Edgerton of Yellowstone Track Systems declared an end to the long grooming season that started on November 5, 2005 saying “I think 180 days of groomed skiing is enough!†West Yellowstone is known for its early season snow and is often one of the first Nordic ski area in North America...
Have you experienced stagnation in your racing, need inspiration, want to race faster and wants someone to guide you in choosing appropriate and efficient workouts? Former Olympic champion and World Cup star Beckie Scott’s personal coach, Torbjorn Karlsen has a few openings in his email based personal coaching service. Limited spots available: The Junior and elite level group is very small and already full while the master group (appropriate for someone with a job and...
Former Olympic and World champion, Norwegian Thomas “Sideways†Alsgaard and his wife Ronnaug are moving to France this fall in order to pursue Thomas newfound interest in wine. Source: Dagbladet.no
It will be even tougher to keep up with SOLDA glide wax next season! SOLDA Speedmakers contributed greatly to Italy’s and other nation’s success at the 2006 Olympics. The American Birkie was dominated by SOLDA users and a number of new SOLDA products will make it even tougher to keep up with SOLDA glide wax next season. HPO5 is one of the most popular fluorocarbons on the World Cup and last year’s introduction of HPO5/S30...
There is a new area that the McCall Nordic Club has identified as a new cross country area close to McCall. This new area is on the Payette National Forest about 1 mile from town. We (Little Ski Hill) have a permit to use this area with the US-Forest Service,and need everyone's help in keeping this a non-motorized recreation area use for the future. There are plans for a better parking area and possible small...
Get fit this summer: WebSkis early season special on PRO-SKI Rollerskis Expires April 19. Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to purchase skate or classic rollerskis at 15% discount from one of the best and most successful rollerski brands ever. www.webskis.com Phone: 888-759-2453 PRO-SKI C2 Reg $289 NOW $245! PRO-SKI Roadline Tech Rollerski reg $285 NOW $242!
July 6-20, 2006, 9th annual Summer On Snow camp with the Vermont Academy Ski Team , Vuokatti, Finland Ski and train two weeks focusing on technique on a 2.5km artificial snow in Vuokatti's famous x-c ski tunnel with the best x-c skiers from all over the world. Ski 15 sessions: that means close to 400km of ski training at the best summer ski training site in the world. In the tunnel, perfect 24 degree temperature,...
Try the Troll 95-K classic marathon nn Norway if you are looking for a new challenge next season.
PRO-SKI Rollerskis with New North American Distributor WebSkis/WebCyclery of Bend, Oregon has taken over the North American distributorship of PRO-SKI rollerskis of Sweden. For the last four seasons, TorbjornSport of Park City, Utah has been the North American importer and distributor of PRO-SKI rollerskis. TorbjornSport will continue to import SOLDA glide wax. From the New Importer: WebSkis/WebCyclery ( www.webskis.com or call 888.759.2453 Torbjorn Karlsen has this to say about PR0-SKIS: “I started importing PR0-SKI rollerskis...
TOMMY AUNUN OF KENT, WA WINS TOBIAS ANGERER POINTS COMPETITON Clean living, a pure heart and a healthy mind helped Tommy Aunun of Kent, WA win a new pair of Atomic Worldcup Skate sks. Last January, Atomic announced a competition in which a new pair of race skis would be hand picked at the factory and sent to the person who came closest to guessing the total number of points World Champion Tobias Angerer would...
Bend, OR Masters from around the country are converging on Bend, OR for the AXCS National Masters Championships. They are being welcomed by tons of snow (almost 200 inches to be exact) and great mid-winter conditions. As part of this exciting week of racing, events, and on-snow demo’s, Webskis/Webcyclery will be hosting a wax clinic and information session with Swix North America’s Kevin Sweeney Friday, March 24th at 4:00pm. Sweeney is head of North American...
Attend the Birkebeiner or other major American marathons and factory reps will show you next year’s skis. Look closely at TV coverage or photos of the Olympics and it is rare to see athletes with this new gear. Watch the finish line, athletes collapse and drool as they end the best race of their lives. Seconds later, a rep helps them off with the old skis and hands them next year’s skis with the shiny...
Italian skiers dominated both the men’s and the women’s race at the 2006 American Birkie. The entire team raced on SOLDA Glide wax. For the second year in a row Italian skiers dominated the American Birkie racing on SOLDA Speedmakers glide wax. Last year the Italians were top three spots in the men’s race and top two in the women’s race. This year they were 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6th in the men’s race...
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