Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Everybody's Doing it

It's the best time of the year again in Alaska - springtime - when the weather's good and so is the skiing. 

Arctic to Indian is a Southcentral spring classic. The typical local style is as an all-day trip on metal-edge touring skis, aluminum ski poles, and a backpack full of refreshments. But some people I know like to do it while dressed in spandex, on racing skis. 
 



Eklutna Lake had pretty good crust skiing this past weekend. Skiing on a lake isn't the most thrilling kind of skiing, in my opinion, but at least the mountains are pretty. 


Our old Seawolf friends, the Bjornsens, showed up in town the other day. It was fun to take a lap around Kincaid Park with them yesterday morning.

This morning, the Seawolves tackled the Arctic to Indian traverse while I was marooned here at work on Kodiak Island in the rain and fog.


Or maybe Arctic to Indian tackled the Seawolves, by the look of all that broken equipment. 

Our best spring skiing of the year is still ahead of us. We should have another six to eight weeks of springtime skiing adventures to look forward to before the snow melts away.
 

Monday, March 7, 2022

2022 Seawolf NCAA Championship Team Guide

This year, we'll have ten skiers. And some coaches. We're all here in Utah now. And we're ready! 

Here's our team this year:

Astrid Stav - Cross-Country

Trond Flagstad - Cross Country Head Coach

Didrik Nilsen - Alpine

Sparky Anderson - Head Ski Coach

Magnus Norøy - Cross Country

Ashleigh Alexander - Alpine

Toomas Kollo - Assistant Coach Cross Country

Espen Persen - Cross Country

Anna Berecz - Assistant Coach Alpine
Leon Nikic - Alpine
Morten Kjerland - Volunteer Assistant Alpine

Pascale Paradis - Cross Country

Adam Verrier - Volunteer Assistant Cross Country

Alyssa Hill - Alpine

JC Schoonmaker - Cross Country
Tuva Bygrave - Cross Country

Don't forget to watch the NCAA Championships on the live stream:  https://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2022/03/07