December 29 was the first of three Monday night pre-Vasa clinics given by Milan Baic at Timber Ridge in Traverse City. The audience was as targeted – mostly inexperienced racers, with a few grizzled veterans.,

By Bob Eifler
Feb 3, 2004

The North American Vasa and Milan Baic have teamed up to present a special Pre-Vasa Ski Clinic: "Ten Steps to Racing Your First Vasa and Improving Upon Your Previous Performance." The clinic will be held in the evening on Monday Dec 29, Jan 12, and Feb 2 and is designed for novice and intermediate skiers. This sounds like a great clinic!

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Dec 10, 2003

Nikolai Anikin Jr & Sr will be holding a two day clinic at Forbush Corner on Dec 27-28. And get this: It's only $68! Highly recommended.

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Nov 23, 2003

Greg wrote Part I last year - he just never got around to finishing off Part II! But he dusted off what he had, saw that it was still worth reading, and sent it on to get published. Greg's heading back to West Yellowstone this week.,

By Greg Worrel
Nov 22, 2003

Tentative clinic at Forbush Corner with Nikolai Anikin and family January 17-18.

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Sep 13, 2003

September issue of the Grand Rapids Nordic Ski Team Newsletter is out!

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Sep 13, 2003

Despite seeing our breath in the morning, smelling burnt grilled cheeses (thanks to the girl's cooking), and not exactly knowing each other we have become incredibly close. ,

By Scott Wilson
Jul 9, 2003

The first injury of the week resulted when Bob Baldwin tried a pole between the legs V2 variation. Bob didn’t sustain any serious injury, but found this variation to be very slow and costly to the skin on his elbow, hip and knee.,

By Scott Wilson
Jul 9, 2003

Greg, Frank, and I have just arrived at Pando Ski Area, home for the Grand Rapids Nordic Ski Team / FasterSkier Training Camp with two-time Olympian John Aalberg. We can barely move, having just stuffed ourselves silly with breakfast at Perkins...,

By Mike Muha
Jul 2, 2003

Here's a 30-second video (4.8 MB) from the GRNST racing camp showing John Aalberg demonstrating the V2 technique on rollerskis.,

By Mike Muha
Jul 2, 2003

John Aalberg explains what training zones are used for and how to compute them. We then run a max heart rate test so we can figure out our zones. Several people are surprised by what the test reveals!,

By Mike Muha
Jun 24, 2003

Need to balance family life with training? Thirteen years ago I started the Early Morning Anaerobic Group. We have evolved from three biker/skiers to a group of 20 who meet regularly at 5:00 or 5:30 most mornings to rollerski, ski, bike, or run.,

By Jamie Mannion, M.D.
Jun 19, 2003