KickZone eNewsletter ~ June 16, 2021 Edition

Mid-June Greetings NENSA Community ~

NENSA is excited to be back in full swing with our summer programming. Camps are starting soon, and we are looking forward to our first L100 Coaches Technique Clinic, to be held in Lake Placid at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Friday 7/2 from 2-5pm. Because this date is the end of our Eastern REG Camp, we are able to offer U.S. Ski Team coaches Matt Whitcomb and Kate Barton Johnson to teach this clinic, so you know it will be fantastic! Check out our calendar listing at the bottom of this newsletter for more info on this return of coaches education after a year's hiatus!

We are also super psyched to be starting our NENSA Rollerski Race Series at Craftsbury Outdoor Center with The Lost Nation Roll on Sunday 7/11. NENSA will also be holding a Learn-to-Rollerski Clinic that same morning. See box below for more info.

Our full summer into fall NENSA Rollerski Race Series will be announced shortly, in the meantime, we are busy creating opportunities though more intimate events for a broader regional reach, and we can't wait to share these with you all!

Here's what we have in store for you in this week's KickZone

Coaches Education returns on 7/2 with a USST/NENSA Technique Clinic
The Lost Nation Rollerski Race and Learn-to-Rollerski Clinic on Sunday 7/11
NENSA welcomes our newest (and youngest!) member ~ Frida Pike Beckwith
Rollerski Safety Part One: Equipment ~ a great video from the C'bury GRP
CAMPS & Rollerski Races: check out the calendar at the bottom of this newsletter. Plus dates for our 2022 NENSA Women's Day, BKL Festival, U16 & EHS Championships!
From our Partners:
From U.S. Ski & Snowboard: Minneapolis is back on the World Cup calendar for 2024 and the Cross Country Ski Team hires two new staff
Thank you to r.k. Miles, Inc. for their in-kind support to our rollerski programing
NENSA club EMN as a new team name and logo ~ EMXC

Thank you to all of our NENSA Sponsors ~ they are such a HUGE part of our NENSA programing continued success, and we so appreciate their support. I want to be sure we all acknowledge the businesses who support us and cross country skiing!

Best,

Amie

Amie Witten Smith

Executive Director

New England Nordic Ski Association

Amie@nensa.net

www.NENSA.net

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Lost Nation Rollerski Race &

Learn-to-Rollerski Clinic

on Sunday July 11th

Our first event of the 2021 summer season is fast approaching and we’re excited to be partnering with the Craftsbury Outdoor Center to host a rollerski race, Learn-to-Rollerski Clinic, and Drop-in Biathlon Clinic! The Lost Nation Roll is the first in our NENSA Rollerski Race Series (full schedule to be released later in June) and will be a freestyle, paired interval start race of either 5.6km (U16s) or 11.2km (open skiers). Registration is capped at 100 racers total. You can register HERE. Top 10 ranked open skiers of each gender will race on NENSA’s new fleet of Swenor Skate Long skis. Clinic details below.

Link to 2020 Lost Nation Roll video recap

Course Information

The race will be contested on the Outdoor Center’s paved rollerski loop. The loop has a figure 8 layout, meaning that the middle portion including Dino Hill will be skied twice per “lap.”

The race course includes the challenging Dennis’s Nemesis downhill once per lap. If you are not comfortable on rollerskis, this may not be the right event for you. This downhill is high speed and includes an S-turn (or chicane) at the bottom. Please arrive early enough to preview the course. A course map is available for preview here.

Learn-to-Rollerski Clinic

Have you ever wanted to try rollerskiing?! Join NENSA’s Justin Beckwith and Kait Miller for an hourlong Learn-to-Rollerski clinic following the Lost Nation Roll race from 11:30am-12:30pm. This instructional clinic is geared towards folks who have on-snow ski experience, but little to no rollerski experience and want to give classic roller skiing a try. All clinic participants will use NENSA’s brand new Swenor rollerskis, but remember to bring your own boots, poles, and helmet!! We can accommodate SNS and Prolink/NNN bindings. Register HERE ($25/person). Check out this informational video on rollerski equipmentfrom the Craftsbury Outdoor Center.

Drop-in Biathlon Clinic

This Craftsbury Green Racing Project-led clinic also runs from 11:30am-12:30pm and is geared towards experienced skiers and rollerskiers who want to try biathlon. No prior shooting experience necessary. This clinic is free and you’re welcome to just watch if you are not comfortable shooting.

Schedule:

8:30AM – Bib pick up and day-of-race registration opens (if numbers allow); course opens for warmup

9:25AM – Course closes to all racers.

9:30AM – U16 races start. 2 skiers every 30 seconds, mixed gender. Two 3.3km figure 8 laps for a total of 5.6km.

10:00AM – Open races start. 2 skiers every 30 seconds, mixed gender.

11:30AM – Podium ceremony

11:30AM – NENSA Learn to Roll Clinic and Drop-in Biathlon Clinic

THANK YOU TO OUR ASSOCIATE SPONSORS

L.L.Bean and SWIX & Salomon!

Welcome to the world to our newest NENSA member!

Frida Pike Beckwith

Born 6/9/21

Congrats to Brie & Justin and big brother Red!

THANK YOU TO OUR NENSA CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:

Thank you to the Craftsbury GRP

for this excellent video on

Rollerski Safely Part One: Equipment

~ Enjoy!

THANK YOU TO OUR NENSA SUPPORTING SPONSORS:

From our NENSA Partners:

June 4th:

Minneapolis Back on World Cup XC Schedule; Bend Camp Wraps Up:

Minneapolis is back on the FIS Cross Country World Cup schedule for the 2023-24 season.

Following last year’s disappointing cancellation of the first U.S. Cross Country World Cup in 20 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Loppet Foundation, along with the American Birkebeiner, is planning a U.S. World Cup swing following three days of racing north of the border at Canmore, Alberta, in February 2024. ...READ MORE

June 11th

Anderson, Heimdal Join Davis U.S. Cross Country Team Staff:

The Davis U.S. Cross Country Team welcomes two new staff members, including Greta Anderson as Development Team Coach, and Bjørn Heimdal a member of the World Cup Service staff, for the 2021-22 season. ...READ MORE

Thank you r.k. Miles for the awesome lumber and supplies to make our new NENSA rollerski racks and ramps! It's gonna be a fun summer!!

Congrats to Eastern Mass XC for their new logo and team name! EMXC is the new name for Eastern Mass Nordic ~ a combination of both the old CSU juniors and EMBKL clubs ~ who have joined forces in the past two years to create this one amazing new club with both the youth BKL and the high school juniors teams. They are now officially known as EMXC. Shown below is their new team logo created by these talented athletes! A touch of snowflake, a touch of cityscape, and the subtle blue bend of the Charles River...

THANK YOU TO OUR NENSA OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS:

Upcoming Events

A Look Ahead at the NENSA Calendar

Upcoming NENSA Events:

June 21-25: Hebron Academy Day Ski Camp

June 21-25: Sleepy Hollow BKL Camp

June 28-July 2: Eastern REG Camp

June 28-July 2: Sleepy Hollow BKL Camp

July 2, 2-5pm: USST/NENSA Technique Clinic in Lake Placid, NY

July 11: Lost Nation Roll & Learn-to-Rollerski Clinic

July 11-18: Gould Academy – Nordic Training Camp

July 19-23: GNA Summer Training Camp #1

July 21-25: GMVSxc Summer Training Camp

July 26-29: Nonstop Nordic – Learn to Rollerski Week

July 30: Nonstop Nordic – Good Times Roll

August 9-12: SMS BLK Camp

August 9-14: GNA Summer Training Camp #2

August 12-15: SMS Junior Camp

August 12-15: NH Dublin Devo Camp

January 23, 2022: NENSA's Women's Day

March 5-6: NENSA BKL Festival

March 11-13: NENSA U16 Championships

March 18-20: NENSA Eastern High School Championships

Full NENSA.net Calendar Listing HERE

Link to our NENSA Equality & Diversity Policy HERE

Link to our NENSA BLM Resources Page HERE

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