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DECEMBER 2009 | VOLUME 29, ISSUE 3 WWW.CROSSCOUNTRYSKIER.COM<br />
THE SOUND OF SNOW<br />
SKIING GREEN<br />
MAINE HUTS & TRAILS<br />
1960 SQUAW VALLEY<br />
OLYMPICS REVISITED<br />
WASHINGTON STATE<br />
OSLO, NORWAY<br />
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2 | CCS DEC 09<br />
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<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=3"> After a day of cross country skiing return to you</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=4"> 300+ INCHES OF SNOW PER YEAR. OVER 90 KM OF GROOM</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=5"> DECEMBER 2009 VOLUME 29, Issue</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=6"> DECEMBER 2009 VOLUME 29, Issue</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=7"> 72 SKIING THE CITY OF OSLO 50 </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=8"> Biathlon Bounce-back I have read letters fro</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=9"> Pay it Forward FRESHSNOW by Ron Bergin </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=10"> </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=11"> game that is often played in gym class. To play, </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=12"> The ACL Injury A BODY INMOTION by Stacie Grossf</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=13"> example, a meniscus is torn about 50 percent of t</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=14"> TECHNIQUE Late Kick Fix &T</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=15"> less effort. Landing on a straight ankle contribu</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=16"> Wonderful Klister KICK&GLIDE by Ian Harvey Man</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=17"> this prevents the wax of the day from bonding. Af</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=18"> TheSoundofSnow ByRonWatters If there’s any time </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=19"> new snow, but rather snow that’s been on the grou</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=20"> In the morning, you awake, get a quick breakfast</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=21"> pack, and it all gets mushy (the sound of “slosh”</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=22"> Once again, Cross Country Skier’s Fine Art of S</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=23"> background, the painting was originally created a</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=24"> skating, she has since painted a new animal each </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=25"> Waves on Snow: The interactions </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=26"> Wooden Skis: Both the traditional wooden skis res</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=27"> Kaye Krapohl A resident of Traverse City, Mich</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=28"> the trees during a winter evening. Skiing under a</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=29"> Andrew Mullen Andrew Mullen is a working artist</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=30"> Linda (Jindrich) Davis Linda Davis has been a</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=31"> DAY TRY SNOWSHOEINg AND/OR CROSS COUNT</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=32"> Under cobalt blue skies, bright sunshine spar</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=33"> Fischer has examined every step of its ski pr</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=34"> The day of the accident was sunny and not too c</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=35"> been an alarming vision: a staggering, ashen-face</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=36"> it was as if they were performing a miraculous at</a>
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<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=38"> season. A strong core also helps when handling sh</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=39"> You have picked the perfect day to skip work a</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=40"> away generating power from the leg. Long track</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=41"> CCS DEC 09 | 41</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=42"> MPE TITIVE Local Cross Country </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=43"> systems for a nation to claim elite status in thi</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=44"> 44 | CCS DEC 09</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=45"> CCS DEC 09 | 45</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=46"> Skating the Birkie? Tips to Get Ready </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=47"> overeat. I know you have been taught to carbo-loa</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=48"> An Overview of Technique and Training Methods </a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=49"> the left . . .” You get the picture. Skating e</a>
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<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=51"> skiing. Pep fests are hosted by high schools to s</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=52"> U.S. BIATHLON POISED FOR SUCCESS by Kevin Brooker</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=53"> Ski the Canadian Birkebein</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=54"> FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY of the WINTER OLYMPICS at SQ</a>
<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=55"> it today was invented for the 1960 Olympics. It r</a>
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<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=62"> by Ron Bergin 62 | CCS </a>
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<a title="DEC_09_FULL.pdf page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c0081bd?page=69"> Despite receiving well beyond 100 inches of sn</a>
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