SALT LAKE CITY, UT (July 19) – Summer is here, marking the “off season” for winter sports like skiing and snowboarding and the beginning of summer school sessions. Through the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association educational program’s partnership with Westminster College, many U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Ski Jumping athletes are hitting the books. “It was such a pleasure to meet in person so many of the U.S. ski and snowboarding athletes whom...
PARK CITY, UT (July 19 ) – Ski jumper turned nordic combined skier Davis Miller (Steamboat Springs, CO) announced his retirement with the U.S. Nordic Combined Team after competing with the squad for three years. “The travel was fun, going to cool places, training all the time and not having to worry about schools and jobs,” said Miller. “I will miss that.” Miller first strapped on a pair of skis at the ripe age of...
PARK CITY, UT (July 15) – 2005 World Ski Championships Team member and 2006 Olympian Carl Van Loan (Andover, NH) announced his retirement with the U.S. Nordic Combined Team following the 2010 season. “I will miss the Team, especially with Billy Demong and Johnny Spillane, they are two of my best friends,” said Van Loan. “Training and being with them every day has been an amazing experience.” Van Loan, a product of the Andover Outing...
Just finished up our annual Maine Team Training Camp. MWSC started and has been hosting this camp for the past four years. This was the largest contingent of Mainers we’ve ever had; this camp in the past has also been in conjunction with skiers from Quebec’s Provincial Nordic Team. The campus of the University of Maine-Ft. Kent was transformed partially into a training center where the athletes not only ate and slept, but used the...