The USSA Supertour Returns to Auburn Ski Club This January
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The USSA SuperTour Returns to Auburn Ski Club this January WWW . FARWESTNORDIC . ORG RP-Nordic News.10.2016.pdf 1 10/20/16 2:14 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K RP-Nordic News.10.2016.pdf 1 10/20/16 2:14 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 2016/2017 FAR WEST MEMBERSHIP FORM PRIMARY or INDIVIDUAL MEMBER: BIRTHDATE FIRST NAME _____________________ LAST NAME _________________________________________________ BIRTH DATE MONTH DATE YEAR MAILING ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY _________________________________STATE _____ ZIP ____________ PHONE ( ) ________________________________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ADDITIONAL FAMILY MEMBERS (For Family Memberships Only): BIRTHDATE FIRST NAME __________________ LAST NAME ________________________ EMAIL _________________________________ FIRST NAME __________________ LAST NAME ________________________ EMAIL _________________________________ FIRST NAME __________________ LAST NAME ________________________ EMAIL _________________________________ FIRST NAME __________________ LAST NAME ________________________ EMAIL _________________________________ FIRST NAME __________________ LAST NAME ________________________ EMAIL ________________________________ MONTH DATE YEAR MEMBERSHIP TYPE (Check One): SUPPORTING INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP ............................. $100 ............... 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Far West Nordic Membership includes eligibility to compete and be scored in Far West race series: Fischer Cup, Sierra Ski Chase, Masters Challenge plus eligibility for Far West Clinics and Programs. Far West Membership: May 1, 2016 through April 30, 2017 Junior Member Benefits include eligibility to be scored in Far West Nor- dic Junior National Qualifier Events and the U-14 Cup Races. PLEASE MAIL COMPLETED FORM TO: Far West Nordic dues may be tax deductible given the nature of ben - FWNSEA, P.O. BOX 10046, TRUCKEE, CA 96162 efits associated with membership and as we are a 501(c)(3) California Voicemail & Fax: (530) 852-0879 Non-Profit Corporation. Please check IRS Publication 526 for more [email protected] information or with your accountant regarding your tax deductibility. Please make checks payable to FWNSEA. If you would like to pay Check our Website for Sponsorship by credit card, please pay online at www.farwestnordic.org & Volunteer Opportunities FAR WEST NORDIC SKI AREA DISCOUNTS Auburn Ski Club All Day Tickets at Half Day Rate Valid Anytime: one pass per FW Card Bear Valley XC $5 off Full Day Trail Pass Valid Daily, Non-Holiday Only Kirkwood XC All Day Tickets at Half Day Rate Valid Anytime Resort @ Squaw Creek $5 Off Full Day Pass Valid Anytime Royal Gorge XC Full Day Pass for Afternoon Rate Valid Anytime Full Day Pass for Afternoon Rate Valid Non-Holiday Only Tahoe XC 2 for 1 Pass for NEW Far West Nordic Members Valid Non-Holiday Only Tahoe Donner XC All Day Tickets at Half Day Rate Sunday-Friday, Non-Holiday Tamarack Lodge 20% Off Day Trail Pass Valid Anytime Other Far West Nordic Benefits Include… Silver Sage Sports Performance Services: 10% Discount Cottonwood Restaurant: Buy One Entree, get 2nd Half Off 20% Off Discount at Kuzyk Acupuncture $5 Discount on Registration for the Tahoe Rim Tour and the Billy Dutton Uphill To Receive Benefits at our Supporting Merchants and Ski Areas, you MUST show your Far West Nordic Membership Card. 4 • Far West Nordic News • Winter, 2017 WELCOME TO “NORDIC NEWS” 2017 Come on people now, Smile on your brother. Everybody get together, try to love one another…Right now. This song was written over 50 years ago, and yet I can’t think of a better way to start this introduc- tion to Nordic News 2017. 2016 has been a tough one, in so many ways. We’ve lost many iconic individuals throughout this year—Ali, Bowie, Prince, Wilder, and so many more. And then, well, we won’t even talk about politics. And so I think about what Nordic skiing means to many of us in the “big scheme of things,” and how our little niche sport can help solve all the world’s problems. And I come back to the lyrics above, because when it comes down to it, we are truly a community of individuals tied together by our love of one simple activity – cross country skiing. We are all brothers and sisters in sport, and you can see this in the interaction between individuals on the tracks, in the backcountry, and especially in cross country ski races. It is there that this community effect is really noticeable – long-time competitors and friends seeing each other every weekend to challenge themselves against the terrain and each other. Far West Nordic is really just an exten- sion of that community, and our organization is proud of its role in keeping XC PERFORMANCE those friendships and competitions alive and thriving. We can especially see this effect on our Junior skiers. Read about Katerina Nash’s role as an TRACK • BACKCOUNTRY • FAT BIKE incredible role model for so many of our junior athletes on page 6, along California’s Largest and Most with Hannah Halvorsen’s and Sofia Sanchez’s writings beginning on pages Complete Nordic Store 12 to illustrate just how important our sport—and Far West Nordic—is to the development of quality young adults. You hold the key to love and fear, all in your trembling hand. Just Skate, Classic, or Fat Bike one key unlocks them both, It’s there at your command. XC SKI “Your Smile Goes Here” Happy skiing, everyone. See you all on the trails. RACING Mark Nadell Nordic News Editor NORDIC TOURING TABLE OF CONTENTS FAT BIKES ATERINA ASH FAR WEST NORDIC’S OWN OLYMPIAN ...... PG. 6 K N : (Sales & Rentals) BY MARK NADELL & MITCH DION TRAIL BUILDING 101: NOAH BRAUTIGAM............. PG. 10 BY SPENCER EUSDEN THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE A SMALL POND: GROWING UP NORDIC RACING IN TAHOE .... PG. 12 BY HANNAH HALVORSEN and EXPERIENCED HOW SKI RACING HAS HELPED ME GROW ..... .PG. 15 SALES STAFF BY SOFIA SANCHEZ HEART DISEASE AND THE ENDURANCE ATHLETE........... .PG. 16 BY ANDY PASTERNAK, MD RACING? ARE YOU CRAZY?: A NORDIC PRIMER ....... .PG. 18 BY BRUCE CULBERTSON FAR WEST NORDIC RACE SERIES: SIERRA SKI CHASE, MASTERS CHALLENGE, FISCHER CUP............ PG. 20 SUPER TOUR: TOP LEVEL RACING AT AUBURN SKI CLUB ....... PG. 21 BY BETH INGALLS/AUBURN SKI CLUB NEVADA NORDIC: BRINGING BACK NEVADA SKIING......... PG. 22 BY DAVE STRALEY FAR WEST’S 2016-2017 RACE SCHEDULE ..... .PG. 23 COVER PHOTO: SADIE BJORNSEN, KIKKAN RANDALL, AND LIZ STEPHEN 12047 Donner Pass Road SHARE THE PODIUM AT THE 2013 USSA SUPER TOUR FINALS CLASSIC Truckee, California • 96161 ALL PHOTOS (UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED) BY: MARK NADELL, 530.587.5561 • 877.532.8798 WWW.MACBETHGRAPHICS.COM “Nordic News” is a yearly production of the Far West Nordic Ski Education Association. Monday–Saturday 9-6 Copyright © 2017. Design/typesetting is by MACBETH GRAPHICS of Truckee. Sunday 9–5 Any submissions, questions, or corrections, contact: www.pacosxc.com Mark Nadell, Editor • [email protected] Far West Nordic News • Winter, 2017 • 5 KATERINA NASH Far West’s “Olympian in our Midst” t wasn’t long ago that many of And although NBC and their commentators largely us endurance sports fans ignored her (USA! USA! USA!), some of you may have were glued to our TV’s, noticed a certain familiar name from the Czech Re- watching the Summer public in the Mountain Bike competition — Katerina Olympic Games from Nash — mixing it up with the leaders during the race. Far West Nordic is proud to call Katerina our Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Local Hero,” and while her most recent exploits And while there was have been of the two-wheeled variety, she has quite enough gymnastics, an extensive background in Nordic skiing and swimming, and track & field World Cup racing, and is one of the very few Icoverage to keep a viewer occupied individuals who have competed in BOTH for days (weeks?) at a time, many Summer and Winter Olympics – multiple times! of the readers of this magazine probably made a special effort We caught up with Katerina recently, and to watch more “compatible” decided that this 5-time Olympian’s story is one that our readers need to know more about. sports to our interests, such Not to mention, this world-class athlete is also as road cycling, triathlon, one of nicest, most humble, and down-to-earth and mountain biking. role models our youth could hope to emulate….. Born Katerina Hanusova in the small town of Prach- atice, Czechoslovakia (previous to the falling of the “Iron Curtain”), she grew up with a strong love of the outdoors and sports. “I wasn’t one of those kids who wanted to stay home and read a book,” she says. Even though she started off as a gymnast in the Czech “system,” (influenced heavily by the eastern European-style clubs of the time), she soon gravitated toward the outdoors. “While I didn’t enjoy the in- door sports, their structure and rigidity, I do credit that sport with helping me in everything else I have done. With gymnas- tics, you learn how to handle your body.” Growing up in a small town, “club sports” were available to ev- ery young athlete and were well-supported. There was great men- toring and coaching, where you could just sign up and get equip- ment. Back in those days, in that country, people had more time to spend on athletics. From an early age, she started Nordic skiing.