Archives 2024
NewCXC Drawing in Final Stretch
July 25, 2024CXC Annual Fundraising drawing has just days left with the drawing being held July 29th. This year features Trek bikes with the winner able to choose from mountain, gravel or adventure bike! The fundraiser supports the CXC Adaptive Program, which aims to produce and distribute adaptive sit-ski equipment to assist people with disabilities in learning and experiencing cross-country skiing.
CXC Drawing Underway
July 11, 2024CXC Annual Fundraising drawing is underway, featuring Trek bikes: the winner can choose from high-end mountain, gravel or adventure bike! Only 250 tickets will be available for the drawing and more than half have be sold, so act quickly! The fundraiser supports the CXC Adaptive Program, which aims to produce and distribute adaptive sit-ski equipment to assist people with disabilities in learning and experiencing cross-country skiing.
Gear West: Rollerski Clinics with Team Birkie
July 11, 2024Gear West is hosting a series of summer and early fall rollerski clinics with a rotating group of athletes from Team Birkie. Clinics are every other Wednesday evening at 5:30 pm, open to the public, and can accommodate all ability levels. Each clinic will include technique instruction and coaching and a fleet of Swenor skis to demo will be available.
NNF Online Auction Underway
July 9, 2024National Nordic Foundation's Online Auction kicked off Monday, July 8th, with dozens of great items! All proceeds from NNF's summer auction go directly towards supporting their pillar projects for next winter.
NNF: New Summer Speaker Series Starts June 7th
June 2, 2024The National Nordic Foundation is launching a new virtual summer speaker series featuring experts like elite runner Grant Fisher, US ski team's strength coach Tschana Schiller, Norwegian performance researcher Hans Kristian Stadheim and former US ski team member Andy Newell. The free talks support NNF's athlete development camps while providing sport education. Attendance is capped at 300 with recordings for registrants only.
NNF: Summer Pillar Projects Kick into Gear in June
May 30, 2024The National Nordic Foundation partners with US Ski and Snowboard for Pillar Projects of summer development camps emphasizing national collaboration. This includes regional elite group (REG) camps for top U18/U20 skiers, a first-ever U16 National Camp, and an International Junior Camp in Europe.
Endurance United: Junior Nordic and Paddling Programs Starting Soon
May 26, 2024Summer Junior Program - Join for a summer of Nordic training focused on technique, volume, strength, and intensity.
Summer Paddling Programs - SUP and sprint kayak programs for juniors, plus an advance canoe racing program for adults.
Programs start June 10th!
Lumi Experiences: Happy Mother’s Day
May 10, 2024Lumi Experiences takes an opportunity to reflect on the special time that adult children and parents can spend together on a ski vacation, including recent reflections from moms and their grown-up kids during their winter travels. Want to make your own family memories? Lumi is offering all parents and their adult children $300 off any 2025 Lumi trip that still has availability, starting Mother’s Day and ending Father’s Day.
Loppet Adult Summer Programs
May 5, 2024Loppet Nordic Racing offers summer training programs for adult cross-country skiers focused on strength training, rollerskiing, and women's mountain biking/trail running groups. Registration for the 2024 summer programs opened on May 1st, with options like 8-week strength classes, Tuesday/Friday morning workouts with Coach Ingrid Remak, an 8-week intermediate rollerskiing group, and 4-week women's mountain biking/trail running "brick" sessions.
Univ of Minnesota Nordic Ski Coach Study
May 1, 2024U of M researcher Sarah Kaja is working to understand the challenges the weather of the 2023-2024 season posed to coaches, as well as strategies that helped coaches and teams succeed despite the challenges. They'd like to use their study results to help more coaches--especially newer coaches or coaches in smaller programs--get the resources they need. Nordic skiing coaches from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, who coach at least one skier age 18 years old or younger, are encouraged to participate.