July 2011

The North American Women’s training camp up in Alaska was ALL KINDS OF AWESOME! I’m not sure if my favorite part was skiing in the sun in shorts and t-shirts on the glacier, cross-country rollerskiing under bridges during a 50km ski, having a crazy fun dance party with Kikkan, Chandra and Rosie, or…

U.S. Ski Team Women’s Video Challenge:​ 24 women’s training groups from all over North America submitted their video entry to the contest! The U.S. Ski Team women voted for their five favorite videos. Now it is up to you to decide the winner from finalists posted on USSA Nordic’s facebook page. Voting ends when the…

Sadly, the video fest is almost over. And it was so awesome – thanks to everyone who participated! I loved watching the videos and it really pumped everyone up and got people excited about training together. BUT WAIT!!! It gets better. The judging panel for the contest (the US Ski Team…

 And here they are! 5 more fantastic videos from fast ladies around the country. The video from the Ashwaubenon Nordic ladies:   The video from the 3G Nordic girls:   The video from the Bogus Basin Nordic girls: The video from the New York Ski Education Foundation ladies: The video…

This makes me so happy. I love watching girls training together, having fun, and getting one step closer to their goals every single time they go to train. Here are the next five videos: enjoy! The video from the CXC junior ladies (and also REG camp):   The video from…

Aaaaand….the entries for the Video Challenge continue! Here’s the video from the Western REG camp:   Here’s the video from the Eastern REG camp:   Here’s the video from Gustavus Adolphus: Here’s the video from the Fairbanks Nordic Ski Club: Here’s the video from the Californian dream team: The videos…

“And remember…if a grizzly charges you, lay down and cover your head and neck. If it’s a black bear…do your best to fight back”.   -Erik Flora’s last words to us before beginning our afternoon run today. Welcome to Alaska! Sadly, the bear warnings are for real – Kinsey Loan (APU) got…

I can’t get over how awesome the REG and junior camps here at Telemark are. It’s so much fun to have everyone running up and down the hall, into the pool, onto the volleyball and tennis courts, onto the trails to bound, into the lake, through the strength room, and then…

Okay ladies – there’s only one week left till the deadline to enter the Women’s Video Challenge! Get your training group together and start filming. It doesn’t have to take long or be too fancy, but we’re looking to have as many entries as possible! See if you can beat…

Breaking news – we now know where the 2018 Olympics are going to be! They’re in South Korea, in the city of PyeongChang. More information can be found at THIS LINK. In other (slightly less exciting) news…we got to tour the gymnastics/skateboarding/biking camp at Lake Owen yesterday, and it’s pretty…