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A few photos from the North American Vasa, including the women leaders.
Wax recommendations from Toko, Swix, and Fast Wax for this weekend's races: Big Bay, Michigan High School Championships, Hanson Hills Classic
UPDATED: The VASA Ski Club has a narrow lead over the Cross Country Ski Headquarters, with Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop, Team NordicSkiRacer, and Straits Striders nearly in a three-way tie for third.
We are cancelling Saturday's Black Mountain Nordic Classic ski race. All folks who preregistered will receive complimentary registration to next year's event. Thanks to everyone for the overwhelming support for the event.
Don’t let the crazy weather this week dampen your enthusiasm for one of the best classic races of the year. After two extremely easy and predictable wax weekends (White Pine + North American VASA) we are due for a challenge.
2011 Vasa Ski Race 27k and 50k leaders. Start of race along with some mid race action. Also includes top 50k finishes. Thanks to Chris and Ethan Steffke for helping with the video footage.
After winning Saturday's North American Vasa 40k Freestyle, champions Jeff Koch and Amy Powell returned to show they could also classic ski their way to the top of the podium at Sunday's Gran Traverse 16k Classic.
The start and first uphill of most of the waves in the 2011 North American Vasa cross country ski race, starting with the wave that took off at 9:00am.
Jeff Koch beats Milan Baic in the 50k Freestyle. Amy Powell easily won the women's 50k Freestyle.