News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer

Cupery, Flynn Toast of the Grand Rapids Langlauf

After a brutal January of single digit races, this one was a joy. Temperatures in the upper 20's, hard tracks, plenty of snow and a bunch of GRNST MI Cuppers out to make sure no one got lost.

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Feb 3, 2004

Pigeon Creek Biathlon Results

Here are the results for the Pigeon Creek 5km Road Run / 5km Cross Country Ski Biathlon (Duathlon), held at Pigeon Creek County Park between Holland and Grand Haven, Michigan.

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Feb 3, 2004

Milan Baic's Pre-Vasa Clinic: Session 1

December 29 was the first of three Monday night pre-Vasa clinics given by Milan Baic at Timber Ridge in Traverse City. The audience was as targeted – mostly inexperienced racers, with a few grizzled veterans.,

By Bob Eifler
Feb 3, 2004

Crystal Highlander Race Results

The second annual Crystal Highlander XC ski race took place Saturday morning, with 111 adults racing the 25 km course, and 30 juniors participating in the 10km. All four of last year's winners maintained their positions in first place again for the second year in a row.

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Feb 1, 2004

Boyne Highlands XC Gets Web Site, Improvements

Boyne Highlands is year one into a two or three year expansion and improvement program, including a new web site and many trail improvements.

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Jan 30, 2004

Tuesday Night Sprints Results for Jan 27

Hickory Hills was the Janaury 27 site of the classic XC ski sprints Tuesday night with 24 juniors and 8 adults racing the 3km course.

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Jan 29, 2004

Vasa Adds Valentines Day Tours

By popular demand, the 2004 Subaru North American Vasa has added 12km and 27km untimed tours. There is also a special discount for skiers who do both the Women's Ski Tour and one of the Vasa tours, along with a goodie bag for each women!

By cnzlcdbn
Jan 28, 2004

Michael Bourassa is December's Winner

Michael Bourassa has won a copy of Doug Garfield's "The New Steady Ski for Nordic Athletes" for submitting a trail report in December.

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Jan 27, 2004

Beth Caldwell Named to 2004 US Masters Team

Lower peninsula skier Beth Caldwell made the 2004 US Masters Team. Beth skis on the Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team for the Michigan Cup, and was a member of the NordicSkiRacer.com National Masters Championship Team. Other age group winners and overall team standings were also announced.

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Jan 27, 2004

Skis stolen at Independence Lake Country Park

Jeff Ray reports that he had a pair of skis stolen at Independence Lake Country Park last week.

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Jan 26, 2004

2004 Muffin Race Results

Official Results of the 2004 Muffin Race January 25, 2004, held at Cross Country Ski Headquarters.

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Jan 26, 2004

UPDATE: National Masters 10/15km Classic Results

Men's and women's results from the 10/15km Classic race at the Nationla Masters Championship on Thursday, January 22, 2004.

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Jan 24, 2004