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Different day, different distance and different technique, but the results were the same. CXC Elite teammates Caitlin Compton and Garrott Kuzzy won the 10/15km classic mass start events on the second day of the SuperTour Mayor’s Cup. The duo also took top honors in Saturday’s 5/10km freestyle race. Compton skied to a solid 20 second victory over UAF’s Raphaela Sieber in the women’s race. The weekend was also a CCSA collegiate event and midwest junior...

Whether or not home-course advantage has much impact in cross-country skiing, the CXC Elite Team had no problem defending their local snow. SuperTour racing moved to the Midwest for the Mayor’s Challenge – two days of racing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Last week combined an EISA collegiate carnival with the Lake Placid SuperTour, and this week was similar, swapping out the Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) for the EISA. The races are also Junior Olympic Qualifiers...

Dumped from the U.S. Ski Team (USST) after a sub-par 2010, Torin Koos (Methow ODT) clearly had something to prove coming into the 2011 U.S. National Championships—and he didn’t disappoint. With a victory in Saturday’s skate sprint, Koos collected his second title of the week, coming out on top in a frantic dash to the line with Simi Hamilton (USST) and Lars Flora (APU). Koos’s two victories in Rumford could easily serve as the opening...

Rogers Rocks US Nationals Men’s Freestyle Sprint Qualifier

Sun Valley’s Colin Rodgers lost his shot at the 2010 Olympic team after a battle with compartment syndrome last year. But in Saturday’s skate sprint prelim at the 2011 U.S. championships in Rumford, he showed that he still has his speed. With the men’s qualifier concluded, live timing showed Rodgers edging CXC’s Garrott Kuzzy by a tenth of a second, with Simi Hamilton (USST) in third. Torin Koos (Methow ODT) was fourth, and Tim Reynolds...

Three races in to the four race series, we’re taking a day off before tomorrow’s Skate Sprint, the final race of the championship.  Congrats to Tad Elliott on CXC’s first National Championship of the season and to Jessie Diggins, number 1 qualifier for the 2011 US World Junior Championship team.  It’s been an exciting week [...]

Chief of Comp: “A Very Productive Day” in Rumford

Organizers and volunteers were working tirelessly on Monday to replenish the snow on Rumford’s depleted trails, as competitors at the 2011 U.S. National Championships fanned out north and west in search of skiing. Snowmaking at Black Mountain began at midnight on Monday morning, and by early that evening, Chief of Competition Carlie Casey said that Rumford’s Chisholm Ski Club was poised to pull off successful classic distance races on Wednesday. “We had a very productive...

US Nationals Day 1 is in the books.  The race trail survived a couple days of warm temps and light rain.  It looks like it will stay cold now and conditions will only improve – with a lot of snow making and shoveling – throughout the week. The East is known for extremely variable weather conditions [...]

Toko: US Nationals Classic Sprint

Conditions were as forecasted – warm, wet, (although during race times there was no precipitation) dirty, and soft.  The wax recommendation held up all day and as we recommended, more structure was needed as the day went on.  Attention to detail proved to be very important today as well.  Small things made a difference especially in a short race with extreme conditions (wet and dirty) and with a finishing section consisting of a downhill with...

US Nationals Sprint Qualification, ‘It’s a Real Race’

APU’s Holly Brooks has been waiting all year to test herself against the eastern women—at least one of whom, Ida Sargent, raced on the World Cup this fall. If Sunday’s classic sprint qualifier results at nationals are the first measure, Brooks is on her way to acing that test. At Rumford’s Black Mountain, she skied to a three-second victory in the preliminary round over her teammate Sadie Bjornsen. Dartmouth’s Sophie Caldwell was third, with Morgan...

. . .start tomorrow!  Classic sprint at 10am.  Follow along here. Sunday, Jan 2: Classic Sprint Tuesday, Jan 4: Classic 15km Thursday, Jan 6: Skate 30km Mass Start Saturday, Jan 8: Skate Sprint

After a great Christmas break in Minneapolis, I’m back on the road in Rumford, Maine getting ready for the US National Championships.  My week at home was a blast with lots of skiing at Wirth and hanging out with friends and the Kuzzy crew.  The skiing in the Cities was some of the best I [...]

Back home again!  There’s so much snow here in Minneapolis that the police cars come standard with ski racks. What do I do to kick back, relax, and get my mind off of skiing when I’m home?  Why, go skiing of course!  Got out with the Fays, Skolds, Bohns, and Kuzzys for a cruise around Baker. [...]

After an eventful week in Silver Star, we are just getting settled into our newest home in Rossland, BC – just north of Spokane, Washington on the Canadian side of the border.  It’s rare that we get to a venue that is new to everyone, so I’m looking forward to checking out a new town. Here’s [...]

Pretty exciting.  16 hours in a van from West Yellowstone to Silver Star.  Lots of time to catch up on some well needed… Curious what made us so tired?  You can catch up on our last week in West Yellowstone on the most recent Toko eBlast.

Guidelines Published for Toko Structurite

We came out with a new Structurite last year.  Click  West Yellowstone: After the Ski Festival Every year in November, the North American Nordic world converges in Montana for the annual West Yellowstone Ski Festival. It is a week full of training, waxing, racing, clinics, expos, and friends. But what happens after the festival is over? The CXC Team spent another week in town after the festival to find out. First, we traded in our...

In case you haven’t figured it out already, I prefer posting photos more than text.  Here is a collection of photos that I have received from people over the past couple of weeks in West Yellowstone.  Enjoy! Of course, the Sisu Skiers/Kuzzy Kids Clinic was a real highlight.  Check out the article from the West Yellowstone [...]

The Essence of the Yellowstone Ski Festival

The Yellowstone Ski Festival means many things to many people.  The five-day cross-country ski festival can be a time to brush off the storage wax and ski for the first time each season.  It can be a chance for professional racers to earn valuable points towards the World Cup.  It can be an opportunity to demo new gear before the holiday season.  It can be a new Thanksgiving tradition for you and yours.  The Yellowstone...