Congrats to Kristina Strandberg for winning the first distance Super Tour of the year in commanding fashion.  Kristina is XC Oregon’s newest team addition and obviously a very accomplished racer, having been a part of the Factory Team for a few seasons now.  If you’re up at Bachelor and haven’t met her yet, she’s easily recognizeable by her shockingly blond hair.  And she has a Swedish accent…

Other XC Oregon members fared also well on the weekend: (more…)

From all of the XC Oregon members in West Yellowstone.  Brayton, Taylor, Wes, and I are staying at a nice rental house a few miles out of town.  It’s not as convenient as being able to walk to the trails but the house is nice, has all the amenities, and it was availible.

This morning was our third ski on the trails here and it’s hard to complain.  The number of skiers has started to chew up the trails a bit but it’s sunny and clear and pretty great skiing.  Tomorrow is the sprint, followed by a classic race on Saturday. (more…)

We don’t have any Stuart O’Grady style wristbands to act as motivation on the toughness front, but we do have the weather. (more…)

You can find all the pertinent details about the ski team member at the XC Oregon Team Bios on the regular XC Oregon website.  Check ‘em out.  Yeah, we are missing a few still so if you don’t see your favorite XC Oregon racer, let us know.

1. Bank.  Deposit last paycheck, pay credit cards online, pay Berkley rent.

2. Wax new skis. They’ve been hotboxed so they shouldn’t take too much work but still need some love and I would like to give all skis the same wax for consistent testing purposes. (more…)

I enjoy mounting bindings on skis myself. Although it’s a far cry from actually having built the ski myself, I get a certain satisfaction from drilling, screwing and gluing the binding on. The whole process is also pretty foolproof so even a space cadet such as myself can’t really mess up too badly. When NIS bindings came around last year I was actually disappointed because mounting bindings are the few times that I get to play with power tools. (more…)