a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/bert@rest-772197.JPG”img style=”margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/bert@rest-772137.JPG” alt=”” border=”0″ //abr /When I get a call about a race, or am headed to a race in a location other than where I live, Bend, Oregon, I try to gather as much information as I can about the conditions at that race site. I begin with the noaa weather website. I enter the zip code or nearest city and state and get the national forecast for that location. There is also the option of clicking on the map on the site for a point forecast. On the lower right side of the noaa web-page there is a menu of more data. I generally look at two things there, the forecast discussion and the hourly weather graph. The forecast discussion is what the meteorologist writes to explain why he/she has put up the forecast on the location page. It deals with the movement and activity in the atmosphere, the computer models that do or don’t agree and their best guess. Then I look at the hourly weather graph. This shows graphs of temperature, humidity, possibility of precipitation (pop), sky cover, wind speed and direction. it usually goes out 36 hours and has a forecast option for the next two days. This is all good stuff, but not perfect.br /divbr //divdivI also try to get a snow/weather history for the race site. If I can talk to someone on the ground there, so much the better. Some race courses I know and know if the hills are in the sun or the shade. An example of this is McCall, Idaho. The snow there usually skis colder than the measurements read. It has to do with where and how the snow crystals form, the general humidity and other variables that are beyond me. The courses at Lake Placid, NY have really long uphills (Russian Hill) that are north facing and often finish on the biathlon range which is flat and gets a lot of sun when it shines. It is great if a person who knows the snow of a certain area either sends me e-mails (bert@webskis.com) or gives me a call (541-318-8809). I consider race start time and length of race. Then I literally read the information on the wax box, take into consideration all the data above, add in what I know about the snow and the wax and make a recommendation. It is an interesting exercise in combining experience and data. Modern waxes have pretty wide flexibility. If you have a supply of most waxes that run in your region and you take care of your skis by waxing regularly, you are not too likely to have bad skis. /divdivbr //divdivYou can also feel free to give me a call and ask about a certain race. Give me what information you can and we can come up with a plan. Look for my wax recommendations on the Solda Wax blog accessed from the homepage at webskis.com. /divdivbr //divdivHope you all have great skis./divdivbr //divdivBert/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6589659500745667109-5285239763890724258?l=www.webskis.com%2Fwebskisblog.html’//div
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100 Mile House
The MVNT traveled north this past weekend for some races in beautiful 100 mile house. Unfortunatly the temps hovered around -25 celius for both days, and because of the cold temps, the distance race was completly cancelled and the Sprint race was shortened to one qualification round. It was still a fun-filled weekend with the highlight being a stop at the tallest skis in North America.br /br /embed type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf” width=”288″ height=”192″ flashvars=”host=picasaweb.google.comRGB=0x000000feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fmtnmind%2Falbumid%2F5297106303509538257%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss” pluginspage=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer”/embeddiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/489212310283984495-6961885353423344216?l=methowvalleynordicteam.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
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A GOOD WEEKEND for WEBTEAM
We are everywhere. Racing in New England, in Oregon, in Michigan, in Washington Team Webskis was visible and achieving. This is only a short report of comendable efforts. divbr //divdiv /divimg style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 200px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/hilary.skateJPG-737120.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” /divHilary Garrett at the Rendezvous Mountain Tour. This 30 k race is held on the intermediate and advanced tr/divdivails in the Rendezvous Area of the Methow Valley near Winthrop, WA. Hilary was 2nd for women 50 to 59./divdivbr //divdivbr //divdivbr //divdivbr //divdivbr //divdivbr //divdivbr //divdivbr //divdivMark Nienstaedt was first in the Noquemanon 25 K classic in the M5 class. This race is on the upper peninsula of Michigan.br //divdivbr //divdivGreg Allen finished 9th in a strong M5 class at the Jackson 30 K, a classic race in Jackson NH. /divdivbr //divdiv In the Nancy P’s classic at Mount Bachelor, Oregon:br //divimg style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/aaron-fin-729761.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” /divBrian Sequin and Sean Handley skied in their first ski race ever. They are coming to the sport from bicycle racing. Aaron Tarnow battled to 2nd in M1. Cynthia Engel’s good skis carried her to 1st in Women’s 35-39. Byron Oberst again won Men’s 55-59. I won Men 60-64. /divdivbr //divdivbr //divdivMore races are coming up. There will be WebSkis Team skiers at the Craftsbury Marathon in Vermont, the Boulder Mountain Tour in Sun Valley, the American Berkebiener in Wisconsin. /divdivbr //divdivHave a good one,/divdivbr //divdivBert/divdivbr //divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6589659500745667109-6848042000295154802?l=www.webskis.com%2Fwebskisblog.html’//div
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On to Rubinsk, Russia
a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/SX7VTtUgvVI/AAAAAAAAAFE/hCFcomRc1XE/s1600-h/eesti-tallinn.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/SX7VTtUgvVI/AAAAAAAAAFE/hCFcomRc1XE/s400/eesti-tallinn.jpg” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295904746394139986″ //abr /The Tallinn night scene after the races in Estonia.br /br /The days in Estonia have come to an end. Now I await a charter aboard Red Wings Air, headed to the Yaroslav, Russia military airbase for next week’s World Cup in Rybinsk. I’m flying aboard a Tupolev Tu-154. N.A.T.O. calls this particular model of aircraft “Careless.” I hope that isn’t in correlation to the safety rating. br /br /Honestly, though, I’m looking forward to heading to Russia. The course is good one. The Russians are into nordic skiing and make racing in front of them like you’re putting on a performance that they share in. And I’m in getting in good racing shape these days with the World Championships around the corner in just under a month.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2691525267872963085-4162117048172341032?l=in-the-arena-torin.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
