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NEDA (National Eating Disorders Awareness) Week
A note from MNC alum and current Bowdoin skier Meredith Stetter.
In case you didn’t know, this week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (NEDA Week, for short). AKA, this is the perfect time to learn more about the mental illness that infiltrates our wonderful sport all too often. Whether you have struggled with a disorder yourself or know a friend/teammate that is struggling or in recovery, there is plenty to learn. With education comes understanding, and with understanding comes our ability to combat the darker components of our culture. In other words, this is a problem that should matter to everyone, not just to those who struggle.
I encourage each of you to reach out this week, leave your comfort zone behind, and learn as much as you can. I’ve attached some resources that can be a good place to start.
How to Clean that Klister off your skis
It was a true New England variable ski day today and for the first time, we broke out some klister! Now that you (or your child), has that sticky stuff on their skis, how do you get it off?
First- take those skis out of the ski bag before the klister oozes out onto the inside of the ski bag and bring them inside where it’s warm.
Next, you will need a scraper or a putty knife and you will scrape off as much of the klister as you can. Then, you will take some wax remover and some fiberlene or a paper towel, and you will rub some wax remover onto the ski. Let it sit a minute. Then take your paper towel and wipe off all the excess klister. Don’t forget to wipe off the sidewalls too. Now your skis are ready for the power again. Here is a short How-To video:
How to Clean Klister off your skis.
One Day At Bolton (Video)
We set out this year to revitalize a ski area…this video shows a one day (morning, afternoon, and sunset) at the Bolton Valley Nordic center.
Thanks to Green Mountain Electrical Supply, Nate Laber, and Lionel Welch for all of their help with the lighting system.
Thanks to Reid Greenberg for helping the club acquire a snowmobile and groomer.
Thanks to Willem Smith for the awesome drone footage in this video!
Craftsbury Classic BKL Race Recap
The first in-person, non-virtual, official BKL race of the season was pulled off by the crew up at Craftsbury this past Sunday. What an afternoon for classic! Sunshine, blue skis, packed powdery snow and the excellent trails at Craftsbury were as much as any skier could ask for. The afternoon started with a fun lollipop course which began on the upper soccer field, went over the bumps and ripped down onto the lower soccer field to the finish. Our lollipopper, Bella Altadonna, loved it and skied it really fast!
Bella ready to rip in the Lollipop race.
The rest of the courses all featured everyone’s favorite, Lemon’s Haunt, with some added fun by-passes on single-track “Woodard’s Wheelie” which reminded me of skiing at Bolton! While the 5/6 kids did 2 laps of the featured course, the 7/8’s also got to schuss down Moss Run and run out onto Dennis’ Menace where they climbed up and over to the second little back country single track section before popping out onto Lemon’s Haunt and finishing around by the cabins on the lower soccer field.
Liam Vile and Anna Brillhart skied the 3/4 race and both skied really well. This was Anna’s first race since she was a lollipopper, so congratulations Anna! Kate Carlson, Ryley Morigeau and Hazel Fasching all skied the 5/6 race and all finished in the top 5. Jonah Gorman was our sole competitor in the 7/8 race and won it. Fantastic racing by all these skiers!
Anna Brillhart on course.
Look how high and forward Kate gets in her double pole!
Ryley Morigeau all “buffed” up!
Hazel Fasching ripping out of the start!
Jonah kicking it in to the finish!
