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Written by Brian Olsen
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Sunday, 01 October 2006 00:00 |
Cross Country Skier Magazine
At first glance, Fort Kent seems like it should be a ski town. A small hill with a rickety T-bar towers above the outpost on the U.S.-Canadian border, population 4,200. Crossing the bridge over the Saint John River from Clair, New Brunswick, you promptly spot the hill. Most often the first to receive snow in the east, Fort Kent is also the last to lose it come springtime. While snow and solitude have long been plentiful here, only recently has Fort Kent attracted cross country skiers. Yet, it still remains a backwoods destination—crowded more by moose than by people.
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Written by Brian Olsen
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Sunday, 01 January 2006 00:00 |
Cross-Country Skier Magazine
Though lying in the Wasatch Mountains shadow, the "Light the fire within" motto remains alive at Soldier Hollow. A legacy of memories continues for the nearly 15,000 people who make Utah’s Heber Valley their home. But, more important, Soldier Hollow still ignites Olympic dreams within youth and elite athletes by providing the continent’s premier training facility.
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Written by Brian Olsen
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Thursday, 01 December 2005 00:00 |
Cross Country Skier Magazine
"The smartest thing I ever did was to teach my Ph.D. advisor how to skate ski," laughs Sarah Konrad. Perhaps her ingenuity in cultivating a supportive crew of flexible people around herself also explains how she is able to balance so many things on one tightrope. Konrad is the first American to race at the World Championships in both cross country skiing and biathlon. While earning her doctorate, she also won all possible titles at the collegiate road cycling nationals. Currently at 38, she’s still a girl of many talents, pursuing spots on the 2006 Olympic Team in both biathlon and cross country skiing.
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Written by Brian Olsen
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Saturday, 01 January 2005 00:00 |
Cross Country Skier Magazine
Early Norwegian skiers lacked groomed and marked trails. Like cross country skiers today, their journeys went uphill. They schussed down boulder zones rivaling mogul course. They dodged spruce and birch trees like champion slalom skiers. Sometimes, there was no way to get over a stream--except to jump it. Toting a rifle or bow along to hunt game, these early biathletes found skiing a necessity, not a sport.
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Written by Brian Olsen
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Friday, 01 October 2004 00:00 |
Snow Dance
On Saturday, July 24th, a congregation of skiers and biathletes converged to receive a collective dose of pain in the form of running up the largest hill in northern Maine, Mars Hill. Approximately one and a quarter miles of uphill running from the base to the summit of Mars Hill, this is the fourth year that the opportunity to test mental and physical limits on the hill has been arranged by Maine Winter Sports Center.
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