ARE, Sweden (AP) — One of the hallmarks of Lindsey Vonn’s career has been the way she bounces back from major crashes time and time again. So perhaps it’s fitting that the most successful female skier of all time will enter her last race before retiring following yet another tumble into the safety netting. Vonn […]
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More than 200 skiers attend Parisien memorial race in Auburn
AUBURN — The Lost Valley Racing Club held the 27th annual JP Parisien Memorial Race at Lost Valley on Sunday. More than 200 racers as young as 6 years old competed on the slalom course. The race is held in memory of Jean Paul Parisien, the brother of Olympian and former U.S. Ski Team member […]
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Nordic skiing: Leavitt’s Roy Varney, Mt. Blue’s Emma Charles streak to victory at Sassi Memorial
St. Dom’s Emily Gerencer finishes second in girls’ race.
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Nordic skiing: Riding the Maranacook Wave photos and results
Mt. Blue’s Clay McCarthy, left, and Josh Smith during Maranacook Waves on Saturday at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville. (Kennebec Journal photo by Joe Phelan) Maranacook Wave Nordic Race Quarry Road Trails in Waterville Saturday GIRLS RESULTS Teams Gould 764, Portland Nordic 747, Central Maine Ski Club 729, Mt. Blue 717, Maine Coast Waldorf 696, […]
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Ski trail grooming by volunteers to resume at Acadia despite government shutdown
Friends of Acadia reaches an agreement with the National Park Service to allow volunteers to groom some carriage trails, which they had been barred from doing during the shutdown.
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On Skiing: Tom Reynolds' new book teaches others how to teach skiing
I know of no one who has had a greater impact on teaching and coaching skiing than Tom Reynolds. Yet, I suspect the number of Maine skiers who realize how far his influence has traveled is relatively small. That he coached the ski team at the University of Maine at Farmington, developed a best in […]
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Ski historian Morten Lund, a Maine native, dies at 92
Morten Lund, acclaimed ski journalist, skiing historian and the eldest son of a prominent Maine family, died Friday at his home in Accord, New York. He was 92. He had a distinguished writing and editing career spanning six decades at Sports Illustrated, Ski, Snow Country and Skiing Heritage magazines. Although his work took him away […]
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Nordic skiing preview: Spruce Mountain sets foundation for girls ski team
Coach Kerrie Brenner, Julia Pomeroy, Margo Kenyon, Paije Crockett, Julia Grant, Raina Breen, Grace Goodwin, Katrina Cook, and Coach Jay Lindsey make up the new Spruce Mountain High School girls’ ski team. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) RUMFORD — Spruce Mountain head coach Jay Lindsey went from zero female nordic skiers a year ago […]
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Alpine skiing preview: Gray-NG growing, improving under Mancini
Gray-New Gloucester High School alpine ski team. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) GRAY — The focus for Gray-New Gloucester head coach Evan Mancini is building an alpine ski program that will be strong for years to come. The boys’ team has grown to 14 athletes this season as the Patriots added a half-dozen skiers to a team […]
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On Skiing: Only 16 days of Christmas shopping left
It’s hard to believe that, with only 16 days left to find something for the skier on your Christmas list, we have already had more than a month of skiing. Some years we have had only a few days by early December, and in a typical year two or three weeks. This year we have […]