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  • A Call for Winter Golf Course Referrals

    A Call for Winter Golf Course Referrals

    (Press release)

    MAKING MONEY HAVING FUN:

    $500 COMMISSION FOR WINTER GOLF COURSE REFERRALS

    To: Folks in the Ski Business

    Snow industry professionals are uniquely qualified to help golf courses develop winter operations. You instinctively understand the recreational, financial, and community benefits of XC skiing, snowshoeing, fat biking, and other snow fun.

    Now you can earn a $500 commission from Nordic Group International (NGI: www.nordicgroupinternational.com) for referrals to potential new operations.

    Working with world-famous outdoor planners SE Group (www.segroup.com), NGI offers golf courses everything from feasibility studies – including snowmaking evaluations – to turnkey operations.

    Golf courses in Snowbelt regions are prime candidates for winter profits. (More than 170 courses in North America already have groomed trails.)

    What NGI proposes is pretty simple – but potentially vital to the health of Nordic skiing in North America. We will pay a $500 (U.S.) commission to anyone who refers a U.S. or Canadian golf course to us if that golf course becomes an NGI client. The commission will be paid in full when NGI receives its initial project fee.

    You’ll need to provide NGI with information on the golf course, including a manager’s name and email address, and the course website and location. Please contact us via email (i.e., in writing), with your name and mailing address, the date, and your ski affiliation.

    To help you screen possibilities, high-potential 18-hole courses will probably need to have sizable winterized clubhouses (for rental and retail), plus food and beverage services. Lodging and real estate elements are ideal additions.  Ideally staff that knows not only the Best Grips for Golf Clubs, but also knows something about cross-country skiing.

    This kind of referral takes very little time (figure two hours maximum). If successful, you’ll be making $250/hour or more.

    That’s it! Just give us a call if anything needs clarification (303-579-4739) or check out this list of Frequently Asked Questions.

    Thanks and best wishes,

    Jonathan Wiesel

    P.S. The same commission arrangement applies to successful referrals to inns and lodges, hotels, ranches, communities/parks, alpine ski areas, resorts, corporate landowners, etc.

     

     

  • Nordic Pioneer John Frado Dies from Brain Injury

    An innovator in the North American cross-country ski industry, John J. Frado Jr., 67, died last week of brain-injury complications suffered in a December accident, SnoCountry.com reported.

    A founder of the Cross Country Ski Areas Association, of which his wife, Chris, is president, Frado was also a principal of a consulting company called Nordic Group International. He helped create the National Ski Patrol’s Nordic Division and played a role in the development of 120 trail, resort and park projects in North America.

    The talented trail designer earned national acclaim for his work at Northfield Mountain in Massachusetts, where he developed a trail system and environmental education center. Another one of his projects, the  Great Glen Trails Park in Gorham, N.H., is internationally recognized.

    “John has had an enormous influence on the industry as an outdoor recreation planner and trail designer, operator of Northfield Mountain in Massachusetts, author and writer,” said Jonathan Wiesel, Frado’s partner in Nordic Group International.

    In December, he fell from his barn roof in southern New Hampshire while building a space for his tractor, which his wife said he affectionately named “Moose.” Frado suffered head and brain injuries and broken ribs, and died of complications about six months later.

    According to SnoCountry, “Frado was an avid outdoorsman who liked to spend time in the woods, cross country skiing, telemark skiing, rock climbing, spelunking, archery, wilderness paddling, and kayaking. He was also a wood and stone sculptor as well as a builder of timber frame structures.”

    His wife said he would be remembered for “his humility, friendship, strength, intelligence, passion, sense of adventure and exploration, and a sweet tooth as big as his head of curly hair.”