August Greetings NENSA Community ~
Summer is still very much here, but as you know, we have been very busy making plans for winter programing and racing for you all! What better time than NOW to renew your NENSA membership! Please take a few minutes to do that, and support the organization that supports XC skiing here in New England, and beyond! Your membership support to NENSA is a HUGE part of our annual operating budget.
Click here for MEMBERSHIP: RENEW or JOIN today, and thank you!
In the last issue of KZ, we officially unveiled our NENSA COVID-19 Considerations for our Eastern Cup weekends and racing this coming season. Today we are filling you all in on our COVID Contingency plans for our U16 & EHS Championships, the BKL Festival and Women's Day. See box below or check out (bookmark) the tab on our homepage of www.NENSA.net for our NENSA COVID contingency plans and guidelines.
NENSA has completed the second of our three organizational goals (as outlined in our June "Taking a Stand Towards Making a Difference" letter). We have written and published a NENSA Diversity & Inclusion Policy. It can be found HERE on NENSA.net on the "About" us tab on our homepage.
Here's what we have in store for you in this week's KickZone in the boxes below ~
- The APP GAP is BACK!! Sign up for this Virtual Vertical Challenge running August 22-30th on SkiReg.com
- Recap and prize winners for our July virtual Roy-llerski Challenge
- NENSA COVID Contingency Plans for U16's/EHS/BKL Festival & Women's Day
- NENSA's Diversity & Inclusion Policy
- Did you know that as a NENSA member, you can get some GREAT discounts and special offers from some of our NENSA sponsors?? Check them all out HERE and in the box below.
- Welcome BRIKO as our newest NENSA Supplier Sponsor! NENSA members receive 20% off your orders at https://brikousa.com Just use code BR20 at checkout. BRIKO offers great protection for summer training and excellent optics for competitive skiing.
- US Ski & Snowboard cross country team updates
- New coach job posting from Ford Sayre Club
Be sure to check out the full calendar listings at the bottom of this newsletter.
I hope this finds everyone safe and well ~ and enjoying summer in your part of New England!
Best,
Amie
Amie W. Smith
Executive Director
New England Nordic Ski Association
Amie@nensa.net
781-864-0545
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NENSA News from the Field
Highlights and Notes from NENSA and the Nordic World
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The APP GAP is back!
Join the Virtual Vertical Challenge
August 22-30th
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We are very excited to announce that App Gap 2020 is happening! It will come as no surprise to anyone that the format will be quite different than in previous years to ensure safety during this global pandemic. App Gap 2020 will take place between Aug 22 and 30 with multiple small physically distance in-person invitational rollerski races up the Gap for local clubs and a virtual event that is open to our whole NENSA community. While we would love to host an in-person App Gap for everyone, we simply cannot safely do that in this environment and we want our summer/fall events to be safe and successful so we can provide more opportunities this winter. We appreciate your understanding and hope you are excited to compete in the Virtual App Gap Challenge. There will, of course, be sweet prizes and the nature of a virtual event means anyone can participate regardless of their location! There are three virtual rollerski participation categories and we will be rolling out a team competition within these categories as well so stay tuned!
...Click HERE to find out much more...the three virtual vertical categories, how to register, etc.
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Did you know L.L. Bean has an awesome
"Staycation Summer Series" going on right now, including a free virtual concert on fb this Friday night 7-9pm
with singer/songwriter Andy Grammer??!!
And Complimentary Outdoor Courses August 14-30??!! Enjoy!
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Roy-llerski Recap and Prize Winners!! |
During the month of July NENSA was thrilled to feature and promote an outstanding virtual event to benefit the Maine Outdoor Wellness Center in honor of Roy Varney, an outstanding Maine athlete who tragically lost his life in a farming accident.
There were 111 participants by the month’s end. Participants ranged across Maine, from York to Camden, across categories, outside of Maine that reach spread out to Yukon a mere 3700 miles, or a 64 hr. drive. That team The Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club nearly passed our own staff here at NENSA. It would be remiss to also not mention Mt. Blue who had a great showing. Torin La Liberté from Clarkson University set a blazing 3:16/km pace for the Rockstar (71.19km) category. Leif Harvey from Cumberland, ME rolled through the 7.1km Rollerski a hair over 21 min, then also took the 1:11:19 distance TWICE at 0:03:02/km!
All of this wouldn’t have been possible without Gloria Varney who chose to make Art as tribute to Roy. You can read her full post HERE, and Thank You Willie for #butterfly
Finally Jenny and Sharon Wilbraham both had a neck and neck amazing times running through over 71k on a bike loop.
You can see results HERE which includes images and tracking data. Weekly prizes included a raffle for SKIDA face masks and special goodies from Untapped Natural Athletic Fuel. SIDAS provided the overall winners prizes for each of the six categories...read the rest of the full story, as well as a list of prizes and winners HERE.
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Current NENSA Member Discounts from some of our awesome Sponsors!! |
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How Fantastic is this??!! |
From Concept2, Morrisville, VT:
NENSA members will receive $40 off the retail price of a Concept2 SkiErg. Just mention this NENSA member discount when placing your order by phone. 800.245.5676 Concept2.com/ski
From EnjoyWinter.com:
Bliz, Swenor, Anti-Freeze Face Tape and Start poles, as NENSA partners, are pleased to offer NENSA members a 20% discount at their website www.EnjoyWinter.com. Just type in NENSA20 at checkout. EnjoyWinter every day of the year!
From UnTapped Maple:
All NENSA members receive a 10% discount on all nutritional products, use code NENSA10 at checkout. Go to untapped.cc to place your order today and fuel yourself naturally with the organic simplicity of maple syrup.
From SIDAS, your Foot Company:
From BRIKO:
BRIKO offers a 20% Discount to all NENSA members on their website!! Just use BR20 at checkout! Take advantage of getting awesome bike helmet (for biking or rollers king!) as well as Nordic sunglasses, or any of the other products BRIKO carries! Go to: https://brikousa.com
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Ski season in doubt, Aspen Olympian Simi Hamilton makes most of Power of Four Race:
Races are few and far between anymore, and Simi Hamilton wasn’t about to let one pass him by. Especially one like the Power of Four, an event the Aspen native has only been able to watch from afar due to his cross-country skiing career. ...Read the Full Story at AspenTimes.com
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Just The Beginning: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s mission is to lead, encourage, and support athletes in achieving excellence by empowering national teams, clubs, coaches, parents, officials, volunteers, and fans. Excellence is not limited to what we leave on the snow, but in every aspect of our organization. We strive to create an environment within our organization and the snowsports industry in which diversity is valued, equity is striven for and inclusion is embraced. ..read full story HERE
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Ford Sayre Seeks Nordic Skiing Assistant Coach
for the Fall/Winter season:
...Click HERE for full information
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NENSA Community supporting BLM |
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NENSA's new Youth & Introductory Program Director Kait Miller is selling one of her prints |
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Upcoming Events
A Look Ahead at the NENSA Calendar
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Full NENSA.net Calendar Listing HERE
Link to our NENSA Virtual Resources Page HERE
Link to our NENSA BLM Resources Page HERE
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