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** M i n i S k i n n y **
** newsletter from www.skinnyski.com **
** Offseason Issue #15 -- August 31, 2000 **
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* FALL PROGRAMS
Labor Day Weekend acts as the unofficial kickoff to the
fall training season. Training groups, like Gear West's
Fall/Winter Training Program, and Finn Sisu's Sisu Skiers
Fall/Winter Group start up in September. And an annual fall
tradition, the Mpls Ski Club workouts at Hyland Hills with
Bjorn Lasserud, start up on Saturday, September 9th. There's
still time to get into these fall programs, so check our
Training section for more details and information on many
other fall programs:
http://www.skinnyski.com/training.html
* SNOWFLAKE 10K
Head up to Duluth to "test drive" the vaunted Snowflake
trail system with a 10K trail run this Saturday, September
2nd. Proceeds help local youth ski programs. There is also
a 5K and 1K runs for kids. Details and online registration
at:
http://www.denordic.org/10k/index.shtml
* RACE DATES
Dates are just starting to trickle in for races on the 2000-2001
calendar. We hope to have our calendar updated by early
October. We could sure use some help -- if you know any
dates upcoming races, please pass them on to us. We've also
had a special request to gather more information on events
that have kids races. Please e-mail information to:
[email protected]
* DONE DOWN UNDER
The Worldloppet 2000-2001 season kicked off last Saturday
with the 2000 Kangaroo Hoppet in Australia. Ben Husaby was
the top American finisher, placing sixth overall. More details
and a few photos at:
http://home.netc.net.au/~hoppet/
also check out our recent poll on Worldloppet races:
http://www.skinnyski.com
* GRAND FORKS GET TOGETHER
GOALS (Greenway Outdoor Aerobic Lifetime Sports) will be
running a float in the annual Potato Bowl Parade on Saturday,
September 9th, in Grand Forks, ND, and they are looking
for rollerskiers that might be interested in being part
of the presentation (skiing behind the float). All this
is to help generate support for the development of asphalt
trails in Grand Forks. Contact William Gosnold for more
information:
[email protected]
* MAD TALKS
The Madison (WI) Nordic Ski Club is looking for speakers
for its upcoming fall and winter meetings. Past topics have
included trips, destinations, equipment, and technique.
Meetings are on Monday nights beginning in November and
running through March. Contact Willi Van Haren at 608-437-3782
or via e-mail:
[email protected]
* ORIGINAL SKI SALE
Another sure sign of fall: Hoigaards Ski Sale, Minnesota's
original ski sale. Things get started Thursday evening,
September 7th and run through the weekend. Savings of up
to 60% and prizes to boot!
http://www.hoigaards.com/skisale.htm
* BIG PIG DETAILS
Gear West has posted pricing on a number of their sale items
in next week's annual Big Pig-Out Sale. The sale runs Thursday,
September 7th to Sunday the 10th. Details on the sale pricing:
http://www.gearwest.com/V00613/ski-sale.htm
* CLIF BARS AND MORE
Not to be kept out of the fall sale madness, REI is currently
running their big Labor Day weekend sale. One of the best
deals: Clif Bars at $.99 a pop (that's a case of 12 at $11.88)!
More sale items at:
http://www.rei.com/reihtml/laborday/index.html
* CRYSTAL BALL
Miles Prahl sent us this great tip: Photos of snowflakes
taken from an electron microscope. Really cool stuff, you
gotta see these!
http://www.lpsi.barc.usda.gov/emusnow/default.htm
* WEB SITE PROGRESS
The new skinnyski.com web site is storming along! We are
entering some limited audience previews now and hope to
unveil things in early September. If you are running "ancient"
web browsing software (anything under versions 4 of Netscape
or Internet Explorer), you might consider upgrading now
-- the new website may take advantage of some more "modern"
web features.
Have any idea, event or topic for a future newsletter?
Drop us some e-mail!
