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USA Swix Athletes - Historic Worlds

Posted on February 24th, 2009

Swix Racing Service Preliminary Report
World Nordic Ski Championship
Swix / USA Athlete Success

Kikkan Randall wins Silver Medal!
LIBEREC, Czech Republic (Feb. 24) - Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) put her mark on an already historic Nordic Ski World Championships for the USA, taking silver Tuesday in the cross country sprint to garner the highest medal for a U.S. cross country skier at Worlds in history.

Kris Freeman places Fourth in 15km Classic!
LIBEREC, Czech Republic (Feb. 20) - Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) raced to an impressive fourth-place finish Friday at the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships. He came from behind, steadily improving his splits to finish 1.3 seconds off the podium. Andrus Veerpalu of Estonia won the men’s 15K classic race in 38:54.4 minutes. It matched his fourth-place finish in the same event at the 2003 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

Nordic Combined: Lodwick Gold; Demong Silver!
LIBEREC, Czech Republic (Feb. 22) - In an historic day for the USA, Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) took his second World Championship gold and teammate Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) took the bronze during the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Liberec. The USA is leading the medals count with three gold and a silver after eight of 20 events.

Lodwick and Demong’s performance marks the first time two U.S. nordic combined athletes have made the World Championship podium together. It was the second of four nordic combined events at the Championships, featuring a single jump on the 100 meter hill and a 10K cross country race.“I think the most important thing about today, and probably the coolest, is that I am able to share this podium with another teammate,” Lodwick said. “I cannot believe I get to share this World Championship podium with a teammate.”

Nordic Combined: Lodwick Gold; Demong 5th!
LIBEREC, Czech Republic (Feb. 20) - American Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) laid down two lengthy jumps and led the cross country to win the gold during a mass start at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Liberec Friday. Lodwick’s first career major event medal comes on the heels of teammate Johnny Spillane’s (Steamboat Springs, CO) gold in 2003 and Billy Demong’s (Vermontville, NY) silver in 2007.“Words cannot describe it. The biggest thing about my comeback was World Championships. It still hasn’t set in, but today I am the best in the world,” Lodwick said.
Following Lodwick, Teammate Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) who was third in the cross country portion of the event, finished fifth overall.

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Swix Wax Recommendation - Payette Lakes

Posted on February 19th, 2009

February 21, 2009 -

Pdf: Payette Swix Rec

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Special Olympics 2009

Posted on February 16th, 2009

Swix Racing Service Report
Boulder Mountain Tour & 2009 Special Olympic Games
Sun Valley, Idaho
Swix Sport USA Racing Service had a fantastic weekend of success in the Wood River Valley of Ketchum, Idaho as 5 of 6 podium winners in the Boulder Mountain Tour raced on Swix waxes. HF6BW covered by FC7 or the new FC78 Super Cera were the glide waxes of choice.

Following the Boulder Mountain Tour, Swix Racing Service set up a 6 station waxing tent for the 2009 Special Olympic Games at the Sun Valley Nordic Center. For five days Swix Sport USA offered waxing and ski preparation for all Olympic Games participants free of charge. The Swix Team supported by Swix enthusiasts from Boise, the Idaho Nordic Team and from the Wood River Valley chipped in and waxed skis daily. “It is very hard to put in words the feelings you have when these kids come in beaming with grins from ear to ear holding their medals and giving you the high-five for preparing their skis. Our success across the country this past weekend with race winners using Swix was impressive, but, I have to admit, my heart was in Sun Valley this weekend. These kids are just dynamite”, says Swix Racing Service Director, Kevin Sweeney.

A huge thanks goes out to the Swix Team, especially Swix Technical Representatives Kris Thoreson and Eric & Joe Jensen who organized a superb group of wax technicians to keep the skis flying out the door. “We were hot waxing and kick waxing for classic everyday for 8 hours with very few breaks. It was pretty neat when the kids and coaches came in to give us a pin from their respective country for waxing their skis. I’m proud of my Swix Team for volunteering their time for this. It was certainly extremely rewarding on all fronts”, says Sweeney.

Volunteers who jumped in to help included: Kris Thoreson, Eric Jensen, Joe Jensen, Bob Robideaux, Jim McClatchy, Karoline Droge, Chris Murphy, Al Pitt, Will Northrup, Raleigh Jensen, Drew Chilson, Barbra Wilson and John Phillips.

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Payette Lakes Marathon - Classic Division

Posted on February 11th, 2009

Hello Racers / Tourers The Payette Lakes Ski Club would like to announce that we have had a lot of interst in a classic division for the 2009 Payette Lakes Marathon and will now be offering a 36Km point to point classic division. If you have already registered but would like to ski classic just let us know during packet pickup and we will make the correction. Thank you, Kurt Wolf

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IN Van - Saturday and Sunday

Posted on January 30th, 2009

January 31, 2009 to February 1, 2009

IN Van will depart Highland School at 8:15am on Saturday and Sunday. We will stay at Bogus for 2 - 3 hours and return. Once the van is full we roll so have a back-up ride to the mountain.

$4.00 contribution for round trip.

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Bogus Basin Classic Races

Posted on January 29th, 2009

February 21, 2009 -

When: Saturday February 21st Registration: 8:45 to 9:45 on race day
Race Start: 10:15 am, 1km & 2.5 km, 10:45 am longer distances
Where: Frontier Point Nordic Center, Bogus Basin

Details: –
Bogus Basin Nordic Team is holding a nordic race for youth and anyone in the community interested in nordic skiing. The event is Classic technique (diagonal stride) with mass start format.
Ages 10 & under   1km
Ages 10-13    2.5 km
Ages 14-15    7.5 km
Ages 16 and older 15 km
Adults-open division may choose either 7.5 or 15 km.

Entry fee: $5 for 1-2.5 km,, $10 jrs 7.5 and 15km; $20 for adults.

Awards and prizes following race completion upstairs in the Frontier Point Nordic Center Lodge.

For additional race details and pre-race day registration please contact Steve Greenberg 208-908-1222 or by email: gcsdgreenberg@cableone.net

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Payette Lakes Ski Marathon - 36K

Posted on January 26th, 2009

February 21, 2009 -

Payette Lakes Ski Marathon is back with a completely new format. This year’s race will be a 36km point to point starting at the Little Ski Hill and finishing at Blackhawk near McCall. It will also include a 10km race at the Little Ski Hill.

The night before there is going to be a spaghetti feed where you go get fueled up and talk some smack. $12 gets you all you can eat.

Registration: www.sportsbaseonline.com/Item.aspx?item_id=3143

Poster: Payette Marathon Poster

Course Map: Payette Course Map

More information can be found at www.mccallnordic.com