September 04, 2010
The best snowshoe competitors in North America are invading Birkebeiner territory March 11-13 to contest the 2011 Dion Snowshoes USSSA National Snowshoe Championships. Landing at the famed Lakewoods Resort in Cable,Wisconsin, they will be greeted with hospitality honed over 100-years and a heritage extending to five generations. It just happens . . .
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August 23, 2010
You are burning those new LED flashlights for long night 100-mile quests. You need lithium batteries popularly made by a wild bunny named Energizer. They have two choices. I tested them for you in the middle of the night. But, what about that tree . . . .
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August 07, 2010
Glitzy Life Time Fitness Pockets Leadville: Paradigm Shift Underway. For better or for worse, the future has arrived. Here comes liquidity for trail race owners as they put cash in the treasure chest for the very creations they developed -- and sweated over -- t-shirts for volunteers who made it all work, and names like the Walmart Western States 100 coming to dominate the new landscape.
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July 05, 2010
Chris Lundstrom didn’t lose his way and Eve Rukavina-Rembliski led the way in the ultra 50 km while Ben Kampf flies and Sue Reuben Tri’s the 25 km into submission.
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June 13, 2010
Here are Ten Unwritten Rules of Snowshoe (and Trail) Racing. Rules that may be helpful in snowshoe racing and trail racing, too! Check them out. Particularly number six . . . .
June 11, 2010
Tommy Johnson Sr. gets in your face with How I Survived Absolute Terminal Cancer
*A book review (reprinted through the courtesy of Radioactive Drag Racing News www.go2geiger.com)
May 31, 2010
Friends Jeanette and Jerry way out in Alaska in the Lake Clark Reserve keep track of our fox friends playing in the snow. Here's what they saw:
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May 31, 2010
It helps when the founding Race Director not only teaches art but also creates it, and when I say “creates,” I mean really creates. See these four Wynn Davis examples. If you're fortunate, good or just lucky, one might be yours:
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May 30, 2010
A dazzling day, full-to-the-rim fields, and races with enough plot twists to make their own switchbacks . . . what better way to celebrate the eighth annual 2010 Superior Trail races. The 50 km’s special designation as the Upper Midwest Trail Runners Ultra Championship was an additional honor and recognition of this event’s importance. Moreover, this race is a key component of the UMTR Fab 5 Fifties Ultra Series.
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May 30, 2010
(This article is brought to you with the compliments of StartLine Running Store, a sponsor of the Superior Spring Races. "Regardless of your goal, our focus is to help you get to the StartLine." Their experienced runners and triathletes can be reached at www.start-line.com, Minnetonka, Minn.)
A dazzling day, full-to-the-rim fields, and races with enough plot twists to make their own switchbacks . . . what better way to celebrate the eighth annual 2010 Superior Trail races. The 50 km’s special designation as the Upper Midwest Trail Runners Ultra Championship was an additional honor and recognition of this event’s importance. Moreover, this race is a key component of the UMTR Fab 5 Fifties Ultra Series.
May 02, 2010
If ever a sock can make you feel fast on snowshoes, Under Armour has it with their Snowsport Rollins (for Men) and Palma (for women). So, step up; but you had better make it quick. These socks seemingly move on their own.
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March 15, 2010
After the Syracuse National Championships, what was the number one factor front runners referenced that aided medal winners? Well, Snowshoe Magazine gave you the answer BEFORE the Championship race at Fabius, NY, even before any of the 2010 Qualifiers. To help you next year win, place, and show, we're adding additional information that ace feature writer, Brad Canham, recently uncovered expanding the concept, and inserting that in the original article. And rerunning the whole piece just for you. It was titled -- well, you'll discover that in a few moments. For now click and read on before you start clearing new space for those dandy USSSA Championship medals.
March 14, 2010
The 2010 USSSA PowerSox National Championships knocked the socks off the country’s best snowshoers on a wickedly wavy way worthy of this historic Tenth Anniversa-race. Extended Special Coverage of this record gathering of all things snowshoe racing is presented by Snowshoe Magazine in Feature Articles, starting right now
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March 14, 2010
Will there ever be a more thrilling Senior Women’s race and finish than that between Amber Cullen-Ferreira and Cheryl Paulson?
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March 01, 2010
Just in time for the USSSA Snowshoe Nationals: Add Stuffitts Shoe Savers to your race gear now and find yourself making new friends. Plus, get them at Fleet Feet, a sponsor of the Championships -- with a location in Syracuse, too. How about that! And, stop stinkin’ up the races at the same time. Here’s how:
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February 28, 2010
This is it! The week of the USSSA PowerSox Nationals at the Highland Park, Fabulous Fabius, New York. All Qualifying races are done, recorded, the results posted. Qualified Snowshoers are making their way to the snowshoe warrior battleground at all points Tully, using every mode of transportation available. Get there if you dare . . . You dare not get there!
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February 22, 2010
Crescent’s Gold 12 Snowshoe racers bind to the snowshoer’s foot like no other, reflecting ingenuity and creativity that has exploded throughout their product line. Like these...
February 21, 2010
|| This article is sponsored by DION Snowshoes (snowshoes made in Vermont): www.dionsnowshoes.com. ||
The meandering single-track layout long conceived for the Snowshoe Shuffle Qualifier in the Twin Cities was unveiled on this perfect day. The result? “Wow!” Same for the results, too . . . .
February 15, 2010
The race organizers of the Love Me Tender Snowshoe Adventure have been praying to the Norse god Ullr (God of snow sports) for well over a month now. A Norse God did answer their prayers, but not Ullr. Don't you wonder which one it might be? And, what does the St. Valentine's Massacre have to do with a USSSA Snowshoe Qualifier? And, How did Elvis save the day? Read on, Winter Warriors: Read Darren Brungardt's Account of the day.
February 14, 2010
Son and Father Quednow take the top two spots at a very fast and competitive Athens Snowshoe Race, Wisconsin’s most Udder Fun. What a beautiful snowshoe day for a fast race:
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February 08, 2010
I wrote in "UltraSuperior", the book, "Everybody needs a little Maynard in their lives," referring to Bloomington, MN's Maynard Lagace. Snowshoe races do, too. See how...
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February 05, 2010
It was a perfect day for the Jazztrax Snowshoe Stomp at Bear Valley, Ca.-- for once! The conditions were much better than in the years past; this time the blizzards happened during the week, dumping about eight feet of new snow on Bear Valley. Locally, that's considered flurries....
January 25, 2010
All roads lead to Syracuse, New York to make the show at the 10th USSSA National Championships to be held March 6th. Here are some pointers to help you get there in this first ever Snowshoe Magazine travel guide:
January 25, 2010
Snowshoers gathered in rousing numbers to race the USSSA 10km Qualifier, Half-Marathon, and one of the countries only Snowshoe Marathons for the last time as it is 20-years-and-out for this storied event.
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January 13, 2010
How Does Charles Dickens play into a snowshoe race? "'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby," he wrote. And here your author thought it was snowshoeing! Read on to discover what Chuck really needed to know . . . .
January 11, 2010
A Passion For Romping On Snow Shoes In An Urban Setting and A Few Daily Runs On A Toboggan As Well. Only in Minnesota...
January 03, 2010
Who is the National USSSA Champion laying down the gauntlet, drawing a
line in the . . . well . . . SNOW . . . at the Rib Lake Qualifier?
December 31, 2009
New Route dazzles at Pazzos Pedal Power USSSA 10km Qualifier,
kicking off the 2010 Qualifying Season . . . in 2009!
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December 07, 2009
As in Poltergiest, the Movie: "They're Hereeeee." Not aliens in our winter movie, instead bundled athletes finally racing snowshoe qualifiers throughout the five USSSA regions, securing a slot to race the National Championship. Here's the scoop you need:
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December 07, 2009
Hot times in snowshoeing are occurring! Many types of ground root, alpha activities to introduce our sport to a wider mass are underway. You need to get involved. Here are two examples of what’s going on:
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November 19, 2009
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July 14, 2009
How the El Salvadoran Snowshoe Special Olympics Team trains . . . on sand?
And, you if think there are regulations in snowshoeing and other snow sports, see the outcome of a Special Olympics event -- decided by the dreaded 15% rule.
April 14, 2009
“Whew! I'm exhausted!” exclaimed Mark Elmore, Sports Director for the United States Snowshoe Association (USSSA) at the conclusion of the March 6-8, 2009 National Snowshoe Championships . . . and well he should be with a terrifically successful event, the association’s ninth, concluded with some of the deepest snow conditions yet and terrific competition all the way through the brackets. And here's the story of the race . . .
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April 14, 2009
I highlighted the extremely close finish at the USSSA National Championship of a group of snowshoers in the men's group.
Here is the action brought to you up close and live by one of those racers . . .
April 14, 2009
The annual Kahtoola Snow-Or-No USSSA snowshoe race in the desert – correct that, it’s close to the desert – again provides racers with challenges only found where?
March 08, 2009
The Second Annual Ellsworth Winter Carnival Snowshoe Race was held at the Woodlawn Black House Trails, Bar Harbor, Maine on Saturday February 14th, 2009. A huge Valentine’s gift came...
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March 08, 2009
The 2009 Snowshoe Person of the Year was honored today by Mark Elmore, Sports Director of the United States Snowshoe Association, at the USSSA National Championship awards presentation following Today’s Championship Mens and Womens 10 KM races. Now, the 2009 winner is...
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March 08, 2009
Why stomp the frozen swamp? Why is Sno’Dog holding Iversons wooden snowshoes? Why did a record group of dedicated snowshoers turn out in the Nine Mile Forest Recreation Area near Wausau, Wisconsin, to chase the Sno’Dog (see photo)? It’s all here...
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March 08, 2009
You've read the article with photos; now enjoy an extra edition of pictures from the race under azure skies . . . .
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February 24, 2009
Starting and finishing at Black Creek in Athens, Wisconsin, the Udder Snowshoe Race has the feel of a festival yet attracts top participants from the region. Why? It is all because of the fun race director, Christine Kepner, and her team of volunteers provide in this one-of- a-kind snowshoe event. Do the winners really have to jump into the frozen drink?
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February 15, 2009
The big question on the minds of those racing one of the three venues at the 19th Annual race is...
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February 15, 2009
The Park City Rail Trail Snowshoe Stomp on January 10, 2009, was as fun as ever, the sun was out, the snow was great and the weather was perfect. This event is now in its 12th year; those who snowshoe race...
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February 15, 2009
400 snowshoers chase Jay Punke’s performance on a picturesque Wisconsin day in the heart of this Hot Bed of Snowshoeing. What did he do that’s so spectacular? Well, how about...
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February 15, 2009
At the start, no one remembered the sudden warmth that engulfed Minneapolis/St. Paul for a few days prior to this annual USSSA Qualifier, the Snowshoe Shuffle, putting the snow coating in danger...the reason? A surprise entrant in the 10km overwhelmed the record group of entrants and lifted the spirits of all...
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January 31, 2009
One hundred and thirteen athletes chose this as their event of choice with 51 participating in the 3K romp and 62 choosing the grueling, hilly, single track terrain of the 10km course, a USSSA National Championship Qualifier. Read Race Director, Mindy Nicholds, exciting account of the race with dramatic photos...
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January 14, 2009
Which famous cartoonist created the year's funniest snowshoe cartoon?
Check it out here...
January 14, 2009
Sean Connery was a major player in the movie “Hunt for the Red October;” I was the unwitting star in “Hunt for the Blaze January.” On a smaller scale, to say the least, but the situation created for me much of the same tension Adam Baldwin felt when he briefed the Security Chiefs early in that movie -- my heart was in my throat. How did this happen?
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January 14, 2009
Leave it to Braveheart Racer, Jim McDonell, to get the flavor at the second edition of the Rib Lake Qualifier: “19 degrees (F) and rolling wooded hills of heavenly groomed white stuff.” What does that yield for the racers?
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January 02, 2009
Croon along, Snowshoers and dance with Gene Kelly “Singing in the Rain” but on snowshoes, snow...with Rain!
“I'm sno-shoeing in the rain; Just sno-shoeing in the rain. What a glor-i-ous feelin,' I'm hap-py again....”
Read on, snowshoe choir, I’ll tell you how and why (why?) to snowshoe in the rain:
January 02, 2009
The 2009 National Snowshoe Championship quest just got underway...in 2008!
What National Champion started the new qualifying season with a win? Read on.
December 14, 2008
There are pockets of snowshoeing throughout America that qualify as ‘hot beds’ of this sport – enormous interest in snowshoeing demonstrated through a concentrated number of events and participation in a small geographical area. We are identifying them from coast to coast and will present them to you in editions of Snowshoe Magazine starting with this one.
And now, the first “Hot Bed of Snowshoeing in the U.S.A.” is...
November 23, 2008
It is here! The 2009 USSSA National Championship Qualifying Season has arrived and with it the opportunity to compete with America’s best at the United States Snowshoe Association National Championship, White River Snow Park, Mt. Hood, Oregon, March 8, 2009.
Start planning now...
November 23, 2008
The lessons of a Pre-Dawn Night are...
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November 03, 2008
So the forecast on this late October weekend was for heavy winds with gusts exceeding 50 mph, rain and snow mixed, with all-snow falling further North of the Twin Cities metro. Perfect conditions to get out on the trail and work on acclimatizing.
October 09, 2008
What do log homes and wooden snowshoes have in common?
A whole lot, as it turns out.
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