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Cross Country Ontario has created some colouring pages profiling Ontario skiers who will be competing at the Vancouver Olympics and Paralympic Games — and our two paranordic skiers are included! They are Alex Novikov and Margarita Gorbounova. You’ll also find another local athlete included, Almonte’s Perianne Jones.
Get out your crayons or coloured markers and get inspired:
http://xco.org/youth/document/Ontario_Athletes_Colouring_Pages.pdf
The offset is perhaps the trickiest of all skate techniques to get right. Here’s a video that demonstrates good technique plus a few drills that you may see at an upcoming lesson! Note that in the US the offset is referred to as the V1.
Marlene.
Nice one skate technique with a step turn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QSVGyTQiWQ&feature=related
Lots of offset technique, up a hill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PdEIligQ5w&NR=1
NOTE: the sprint race and BBQ for Jan 30 have been postponed!
Kanata Nordic was well represented at the Coupe Skinouk in the Gatineaus, with some impressive finishes!
Our club was profiled in the Jan. 22nd edition of several EMC editions! Read the article online.
We are looking for a handyman/woman to spare a couple of hours to refurbish a stand alone trail head sign in order that we can mount trail maps, a sign in book, and other news at the Trail Head / Parking lot. The Club will purchase all the necessary materials. Much of the work could be done over the course of a normal Saturday afternoon JR session. We are hoping to have this done as early as possible. Please contact Trails Coordinator Pat Kirkham at trails@kanatanordic.ca.
The event will take place in Murphy’s Point Provincial Park near Perth Ontario. There will be events for all ages at 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, and 20km. This year, the 20km event will be part of the Ontario Masters Loppet Points Series.
For more information and entry forms please visit the Tay Valley Cross Country Ski Club web site.
“This was a great, low-key event last year. If your family is interested in a Sunday ski you may want to take it in.” Mike D.
Having the right length of poles can make the difference between a fun or a frustrating outing for our young skiers. Since our kids seem to grow quite regularly it is hard to always have the right lengths. So we propose to create a pool of poles for our members to borrow from. Bring any unused poles (big or small) that you are willing to loan to the chalet (the hot chocolate location) before lessons any Saturday. Anyone who wants to try out a pair just help yourself!
If you’d like your poles back at the end of the season please put tape on each pole and mark them ‘return to your name‘. If you want to donate them to the club that’s great too. Any unclaimed poles at season’s end will go into club storage and be pulled out next season. Total honour system — we will not be recording poles coming and going.
Your group leader should be able to help you determine the proper pole length for skating and classic, but the general guideline is that for classic the poles should reach under the arm of the skier. For skating they should be longer — about at chin height.
We hope you will contribute if you can and that this will be useful to our members! Your feedback and suggestions are most welcome: info@kanatanordic.ca.
Hi all, just a quick note to wish all of our skiers a very merry Christmas. The trails have been rolled but not track-set. So that’s great for you skater-types! There is hope for more snow (snow-dances everyone!), and there should be grooming happening over the holidays, so consider a family jaunt out to the trails. Just remember that the facilities will not be open to the public.
Cheers!
Ardeth Kirkham,
Jackrabbit Program Coordinator
jackrabbit@kanatanordic.ca
Kanata Nordic Ski Club
P.O. Box 72084
Kanata, Ontario
K2K 2P4
info@kanatanordic.ca
613-592-1038
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