There will be NO practice on December 25 or January 1
Next High School Practice: January 8
Next Middle School Practice: January 9
***Upcoming Events***
--Biathlon Junior World Trials, Jericho VT- Dec 27-30 (good luck to athletes attending- Caitlin, Jack, Chester, Emelie!!!)
--Pre-NorAm Practice- January 8/9 (please attend practice for your age group that you will be racing in)
--NorAm Race, La Patrie Canada- January 14-16 (send in deposit ASAP and register via Biathlon Canada)
*Congratulations to Chester J, Tara H, Jack E, Emelie C, Zoe C, and Molly S for excellent races at the Eastern Cup opener this weekend!!!*
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Hotbox and Snow
HALL FAMILY HOTBOX
Would you like to get a professional quality hotbox treatment for your skis at an economical price?
Carter Hall and his dad built a thermostatically controlled hot box using directions from one of the top ski tuning technicians in the country. They are offering hot box services to local Nordic skiers.
Why hot box your skis?.....The simplest answer is to make them go faster!
What is hot boxing?.....A thick layer of warm wax is put on the skis and then put into the hot box for four hours, where the temperature is at approximately 125 degrees. During that time, the wax will penetrate into the base of the ski. After the ski has been warmed in the hot box, it is cooled down for the night. The next day, we scrape and brush the skis.
Most ski shops recommend that you wax your skis every day to make them as fast as possible. A hot box treatment is roughly equivalent to waxing your skis 25 times.
And we all know that your skis only get faster the more you wax them!!
Local ski shops charge between $20 and $50 for hotbox treatments. You can have Carter do it for $10!
Call 846-4872 (Yarmouth) or email Carter at y2015@yarmouth.k12.me.us to set up your hotbox appointment!
Great Holiday gift for family members who are skiers!!!
On another note- everyone think SNOW!
Did you get on snow this weekend? Where did you ski? Comment on this post and share your weekend adventures!
Upcoming races:
Craftsbury Easter Cup Opener this weekend
Sugarloaf Opener this weekend
Biathlon JWT's, Jericho next week
Ski fast, shoot well, and keep thinking snow!
SMBC
Would you like to get a professional quality hotbox treatment for your skis at an economical price?
Carter Hall and his dad built a thermostatically controlled hot box using directions from one of the top ski tuning technicians in the country. They are offering hot box services to local Nordic skiers.
Why hot box your skis?.....The simplest answer is to make them go faster!
What is hot boxing?.....A thick layer of warm wax is put on the skis and then put into the hot box for four hours, where the temperature is at approximately 125 degrees. During that time, the wax will penetrate into the base of the ski. After the ski has been warmed in the hot box, it is cooled down for the night. The next day, we scrape and brush the skis.
Most ski shops recommend that you wax your skis every day to make them as fast as possible. A hot box treatment is roughly equivalent to waxing your skis 25 times.
And we all know that your skis only get faster the more you wax them!!
Local ski shops charge between $20 and $50 for hotbox treatments. You can have Carter do it for $10!
Call 846-4872 (Yarmouth) or email Carter at y2015@yarmouth.k12.me.us to set up your hotbox appointment!
Great Holiday gift for family members who are skiers!!!
On another note- everyone think SNOW!
Did you get on snow this weekend? Where did you ski? Comment on this post and share your weekend adventures!
Upcoming races:
Craftsbury Easter Cup Opener this weekend
Sugarloaf Opener this weekend
Biathlon JWT's, Jericho next week
Ski fast, shoot well, and keep thinking snow!
SMBC
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
SkiErg World Sprints
Friday afternoon a group from SMBC went to Bates College to use the SkiErg machines for the sprints (http://www.skierg.com/logbook/skierg-world-sprints). We raced 1,000 m (1k) on the SkiErgs and can send in the times to compare to other skiers around the world. We also took a run around the Bates campus to check it out!
Kirsten and Connor
Joel and Mike
Raleigh and Ben
Sarah and Braden
Laurel and Caitlin
Getting Ready
Carter and Jack
Yeah Jack!
What a fun way to spend an afternoon off of school!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Video
For Video footage by Kellan H. from the race:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-keJIliReuo
The Eyes for the pies race was Sunday and the weather held out for the racers and volunteers.
I want to thank all the volunteers who helped make this event a success.
Special thanks goes to Tiki for sweeping the course on Saturday, Ted Hall for bringing his excellent timing equipment, Wendy Sullivan for the whoopie pies and of course all the pie makers.
We had racers from as far away as New Hampshire and Fort Kent, and of course most were from Southern Maine.
The Lobster Roll race on Saturday wore out the college teams so the numbers were lower than last year but we still had some great racing.
The hills proved to be challenging, as the eventual winner Raleigh Gosling from MWSC found out. Raleigh took the downhill corner just a bit wide and found out that grass is not as smooth as pavement, though a lot softer.
And if anyone wonders how soon you should eat before a race, just ask Tom Sullivan. :)
Results will be posted on the NENSA website and SMBC blog site.
Thanks again to everyone who raced and volunteered.
The next event we are working on is a weekend/day camp in the Bethel/Bryant Pond area Nov 13/14 and a Thanksgiving camp in Fort Kent.
More details soon.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Eyes for the Pies Results
Eyes for the Pies 2010 Results, click to enlarge
Pictures by Jackson Hall will be posted in the next few days
Thanks for a successful event, participants and volunteers!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Last Thursday HS Practice
Great high school shooting practice today with 8 athletes (wow!) and three coaches. Zeroed, shot some metal, and then 1 clip relays, finished with shoot to the middle. Remember that there is no practice until NEXT Saturday (Nov. 6) at 3PM. After that shooting practice will be on Saturdays only. Rollerskiing practices will be on Mondays right after school meeting at Yarmouth High School. Good job today, athletes! XC runners good luck at states and hope to see everyone at EYES FOR THE PIES on Sunday! Keep up the dry firing! Check the blog post before last for the dry firing schedule.
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