Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!
Prepaid trail passes are now available for the Yellowstone Ski Festival. Passes are valid from November 1-30. Order by October 31, 2011 for the best rate.
AccuWeather reports a brutal 2011-2012 weather for the midwest and Great Lakes region. Says AccuWeather Meteorologist Heather Buchman, "La NiƱa will tend to drive storms through the Midwest and Great Lakes."
Training challenge #2: Toughen up and get down on some L3 skate intervals with the US Ski Team.
A few skiers came with very fast wheels, allowing them to breeze along with little perceived effort. Composite fabrication wizard Yvonne Dufour showed up with custom carbon fiber skis with ultra fast wheels.
A two hour doublepole rollerski with Andy Newell and Skyler Davis.
UPDATED: The Michigan Cup Cross Country Ski Racing Series features 24 races this year, including the first race of the season in the entire USA.
Level 4 ski bounding intervals (7x4 minutes) with Andy Newell and Skyler Davis
Last June, Liz Stephen and Kikkan Randall of the US Ski Team went to Sweden and connected with Olympic and World Championship medalist Anna Haag for some intense Scandinavian dry land training.
Fundraising Dinner with Olympians Andy Newell and Liz Stephen plus NNF Director Dave Knoop in support of the National Nordic Foundation, Oct 30, 2011 4 P.M.
The Rossignol Group announced it has hired Ryan Green as its Nordic Division Manager for the US market.
VASA Ski Club's Milan Biac narrowly beat Jeff Koch by a mere 3 seconds at the inaugural Grand Marais Rollerski Marathon in Gran Marais, Michigan, this morning.
We did not have enough people sign up and it appears its not worth waiting until 5:00pm to make the call. RECOMMENDATON: Eli will be holding a rollerski clinic in Traverse City on Sunday October 23.