Greetings NENSA Community!
It's only August, but our news and programing schedule is bursting with lots of new and wonderful things to tell you all about.
NENSA is thrilled to announce that Bag Balm had just joined us as NENSA's newest sponsor! We are so happy this iconic Vermont company will be the named sponsor of our 2018 NENSA Bag Balm Rollerski Race Series, and more! Watch for the Bag Balm tent at events this fall into winter, and get your glitter on! More on that to come! See full story on this partnership below.
The App Gap Challenge Rollerski Race, the first of the NENSA Bag Balm Rollerski Race series this season, is just a week away! Registration is OPEN on
SkiReg.com.
The field is limited to the first 200 entrants, so do not delay ~ register today! We have been working with the VT DOT and the race route road will be closed for the race(!), as safety is our biggest wish! Come race toe to toe with some of our finest and fastest USST members! Want even more info on our upcoming Rollerski Race Series? Check out our new
NENSA Rollerski Program Page
on NENSA.net.
We are pleased to introduce to you all our newest staff member, Preston Noon, who joined our team on August 1st. Preston will be the new Operations Manager for both NENSA & USBA in our New Gloucester Maine office. Preston will be taking over George Voigt's position, who is leaving for Grad school on August 10th. Meet Preston and read all about him, in the box below!
NENSA is very excited to be hosting Norwegian Ludvig Sognen Jensen next week with some high visibility rollerski events. Known to some by his social media handle @luddeyo, Jensen is the world’s fastest cross country skier in the new discipline of supersprint racing. Check out the box below to see the scheudle of events planned, including a sprint face-off with Andy Newell on 8/8 in Lake Placid. We hope you will be able to join us for one or more of these events!
The NENSA award season culminates with our final award for 2018 ~ the John Caldwell Award. This year it goes to one of NENSA's founding members, 23 year board member, coach, and Bogburn Race creator, Bob Haydock. NENSA thanks Bob for all he has done for our ski community! Read full story below.
Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful summer, and don't forget to take a few moments to
renew
your NENSA membership for this coming season!
Best,
Amie
Amie W. Smith
Executive Director
New England Nordic Ski Association
Amie@nensa.net
Be sure to follow us on fb, Twitter and on Instagram @nensa_nordic
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NENSA News from the Field
Highlights and Notes from NENSA and the Nordic World
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NENSA Welcomes Bag Balm
As Our Newest Sponsor!
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The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) is very pleased and excited to welcome Bag Balm, of Lyndonville VT into the NENSA sponsor family, and to announce the official naming of the “2018 NENSA Bag Balm Rollerski Series”.
NENSA is first and foremost a community rooted in New England’s rich and vibrant heritage of ski culture and we couldn’t be happier about bringing another New England company into that community. Since 1899, Bag Balm has been made in Vermont out of four simple ingredients and it stands the test of time as an incredibly versatile and long lasting moisturizer. Originally created for cows with dry and cracked udders, it has grown into a cult favorite among skiers and others who enjoy the outdoors for treating chapped lips, cracked hands, and more.
Link to full story
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THE APP GAP IS COMING...
THE APP GAP IS ALMOST HERE!
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The App Gap Challenge Rollerski Race is next Saturday August 11th in Waitsfield/Fayston Vermont ~ Don't miss out, register today at
SkiReg.com
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Awesome event t-shirts, food and good old grit and determination will mark this awesome annual event. Come race or to cheer on all the athletes!
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Ludvig Luddeyo's arrival in Boston on August 6th will kick off a week of events across the Northeast for the start of our NENSA Rollerski Race Series. The tour will include a stop at the U16 National Camp in Lake Placid, NY where Ludvig will face off head-to-head in a “celebrity deathmatch” sprint with Andy Newell, and a guest of honor appearance at our App Gap Challenge rollerski race in Fayston, Vermont on August 11.
Wednesday August 8th:
Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex & Roller Ski Track, Lake Placid NY 2 pm celebrity match between Luddeyo and Andy Newell.
Friday August 10th:
Leddy Park, Burlington VT (by the ice rink) from 3-5 pm NASTAR-style sprint to compare to Luddeyo's time, followed by autograph session at the Ski Rack. Then stay for live music and food at the Skinny Pancake on the Waterfront.
Saturday August 11th:
App Gap Rollerski Race in Fayston VT. Special guest Luddeyo along with many other of our top New England athletes, including USST members, Elite Team members, junior and master skiers, will be toeing the line and racing against each other to try and break the course record. Registration open now on
SkiReg.com
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Preston Noon is NENSA & USBA's
New Operations Manager!
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NENSA & USBA are thrilled to welcome Preston Noon to our teams, as the new Operations Manager for our New Gloucester Maine office. He will be responsible for the oversight of our membership and systems operations, including the management and technical support of all software tools, social media platforms and Websites. Preston will be the new office presence and office administration for both NENSA and USBA, as well as collaborating with staff on our many projects and events.
Preston is a true Mainer through and through. He was born and raised in Springvale, Maine on a sheep farm. He learned to ski as soon as he could to walk and would ski loops around the farm to ward off coyotes. He also loves the Elk Mountain backcountry outside Aspen Colorado. After high school, Preston went to University of Maine where he ran both Cross Country and Track. In between undergrad and graduate school, Preston built a cabin in the back woods of Maine where he still goes to relax, light a fire, and read. He graduated with a Masters from NYC in Interactive Telecommunications which lead him to teaching in the Visual and Performing Arts department at Bennington college. During that time he met his wife (also from Maine) and moved to Manhattan, where he worked at Newsweek, Nature, and the New York Times. Preston lives in Freeport now with his wife and their twins, Evelyn and Tucker. He is thrilled to begin this journey with NENSA & USBA.
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Congrats to Bob Haydock, the 2018 NENSA John Caldwell Award Receipent
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One of NENSA’s finest traditions is the awarding of the John Caldwell Award. This award annually recognizes a single individual, or entity, which embodies the spirit, dedication, innovation and pride in our Nordic community of the award’s famous namesake. This year NENSA is thrilled to award this highest honor to Bob Haydock, a NENSA founding member, board member for the past 23 years, Bogburn Race creator, and a coach, among many other talents.
Bob, like John Caldwell himself, has quietly and selflessly dedicated himself to our beloved sport of cross country skiing. Legend has it that Bob was JC’s inside man when the “revolution began” when NENSA was formed out of the remnants of the USSA Eastern Division back in the early 90’s. Bob went to all the “Eastern Junior Committee” meetings, and that’s where the idea for NENSA was born, and then started in 1995. Bob was on the original NENSA Board of Directors, and he continues to be an active and vital member on our BOD today. Bob set up the first web page for NENSA. He also created the first system of displaying points and rankings, and scored the Zak Cup and Club contest.
Link to full story
HERE
on NENSA.net Breaking News
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Bob Haydock sends each and every BKL festival participants off the start line at the BKL Festival in Boston this past February.
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SafeSport Programs
SafeSport is a national organization that provides an on-line training course (it takes about 90 minutes to complete) to ensure all coaches, volunteers or persons in authority working with youth athletes are educated on the subject of abuse (emotional and physical) in sports. Keeping our athletes safe is first and foremost on the agenda for all sport national governing bodies, including US Ski & Snowboard, and now it is federal law. This is to ensure that all athletes are protected, and coaches and volunteers are educated.
NENSA has always urged ALL New England coaches, parent volunteers, venue volunteers and anyone working with youth to take the SafeSport on-line course and get certified. NENSA has been requiring this of all our staff and volunteer coaches and wax techs at JN's and REG Camps for several years now. So please take time this summer to be sure all your club volunteers and coaches are SafeSport certified. Do it today.
The USOC provides a wide range of SafeSport resources, including
online education and awareness
. All coaches and those in a position of authority over athletes are required to take the online SafeSport course. To create an account with SafeSport, please use the following access code and follow the instructions on the SafeSport registration page.
Go to
usskiandsnowboard.org
, scrool down to the bottom of the home page, and under Governance, click on the
SafeSport
link.
- US Ski and Snowboard SafeSport Access code: NBUD-E6QB-WGT3-BW7Z
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VOTE for Kikkan and Jessie for Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman Team of the Year!
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Voting is LIVE! Help make Jessie and Kikkan the next @WomensSportsFdn Sportswoman TEAM of the Year! #SOY2018
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Renew
your NENSA Membership today, and THANK YOU!
June 1st officially starts our new membership year. Take pride in joining the New England Nordic community with your NENSA membership and in knowing your dues are coming right back to you in the form of NENSA programming and our ongoing support of venues, clubs, athletes and coaches across the region.
There are more reasons than ever to re-new your NENSA Membership! We now have
NENSA Members Only Benefits & Offers
on our website ~ Check back often as we will be adding more from our wonderful sponsors as the season progresses! Go to our "NENSA Members Only Benefits and Offers" tab, under Membership, on NENSA.net to see the latest offers!
Questions about renewing your membership?? Email
preston@nensa.net
or call (207-688-6503) Preston in our NENSA office - he is there to help you!
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Upcoming Events
A Look Ahead at the NENSA Calendar
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Full NENSA.net Calendar Listing
HERE
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New England Nordic Ski Association
49 Pineland Drive, Suite 301-A, New Gloucester, ME 04260
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