O CT O BER 2 015 , VO L .17, N O .1 ANCHORAGE, EAGLE RIVER, FAIRBANKS, GIRDWOOD, HOMER, JUNEAU, KENAI, MAT-SU, SALCHA, SEWARD, SOLDOTNA, TALKEETNA AND VALDEZ Rolling toward winter PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC PACKER Anchorage ............. 2 ANCHORAGE: STATEWIDE STATEWIDE Eagle River ............. 8 NSAA Jumping program Homer skier gets a CCAK, Alaskans honor Fairbanks ............. 14 flying high after summer worldly Nordic education state’s Nordic pioneers Girdwood .............. 7 Kachemak ............ 11 Mat-Su. 13 3 9 10 Statewide ............. 9 2 OCTOBER 2015 203 W. 15th Ave., #204 Anchorage, Alaska, 99501 Phone: 276-7609 Fax: 258-7609 Anchorage Nordic Skier Hotline: 248-6667
[email protected] Newsletter Of The Nordic Skiing Association Of Anchorage, Inc. anchoragenordicski.com BOARD MEMBERS Why support NSAA? PRESIDENT Jeff Scott VICE PRESIDENT It’s a good investment in our community Sara Miller SECRETARY Message from NSAA President / Jeff Scott Elizabeth Arnold Last season was a difficult one and experienced bunch. They work fitness skiers need to understand that NSAA TREASURER for the Nordic Skiing Association of year-round to bring us great cross- grooms and maintains trails and be willing Karl Garber Anchorage. We mourned the loss of country ski conditions. They improve to support NSAA. Corporate sponsors must be developed and nurtured and NSAA needs MEMBERS two good friends and outstanding dirt trails in the summer and groom Kari Skinner to grow its donor base substantially. Mike Miller leaders – Lars Spurkland and Ellen snow in winter. They maintain the Steve Beardsley Toll. We suffered terrible snow machinery required to do all of these NSAA must communicate more Josh Niva effectively with its members, Lars Flora conditions and limited snowmaking jobs, and more.