Celebrating Successes: A (Mostly) Junior Racing Update

Last April when the scope of the pandemic and it’s associated regulations became clearer, there was legitimate concern that we might not be able to hold many events in a typical fashion, if at all. NENSA quickly gathered regional leaders from clubs, industry and medical professionals to gain insight and plot a course that would provide […]

NENSA MA Eastern State Champs Recap

Massachusetts was the first state to hold their Eastern State Champs race this past Saturday at the Leo J Martin Ski Track in Weston! In light of the pandemic, a combined EHSC and U16 Championship Event–Eastern State Champs 2021–is being held in every regularly participating state possible. The MA event consisted of a 6k individual […]

NENSA BKL Mini-Fest Offerings

Since we cannot all gather in one place for our annual Festival in 2021, NENSA is working with clubs to support family, club, district, and state-based BKL Mini-Fests. Visit our Mini-Fest Homepage on the NENSA website where you’ll find support materials, information, and ideas for organizing a Mini-Fest as well as information about upcoming Mini-Fest […]

Maine’s NENSA Mini-Fest at Quarry Road: March 6-7

We look forward to welcoming and hosting friends from Maine on the beautiful trails at Quarry Road! The theme for the weekend is State by State United We Ski! While we cannot all gather at one festival, we can still celebrate skiing at home in our own state. We can focus on what makes Maine unique while celebrating a shared love […]

First NENSA Eastern State Champs Race at Weston Ski Track

In the necessary absence of full region EHSC and U16 Championship events this year, a combined EHSC and U16 Championship race–Eastern State Champs 2021–will be held in every regularly participating New England state possible. Our first state to compete is Massachusetts! This Massachusetts Eastern States Champs race is open to all U16 and High School […]

Prospect Vermont Cup #2 and Racing Updates

This past weekend mother nature aided the return of competition to Prospect Mountain, Vermont. One hundred skiers made the journey to the southern part of the state for a weekend of classic competition on newly designed trails. While temperatures hovered in the single digits and teens most of the weekend intermittent sunshine and the […]

Racing Update – January 21

We continue to forge ahead into a winter of change. Many regions have created local solutions to reduced travel and number of competitive events able to be held. We remain strong and committed to keeping our community as safe as possible during a pandemic. We also realize that this comes with understandable frustration, especially for […]

Virtual Bogburn a Success

As we bravely stride into 2021 we are fortunate for folks like Bob Haydock who are adapting to a Virtual world by creating competitive and fun-focused events. The Bogburn motto has always been, “anyone who takes this race too seriously will be disqualified.” In all, 86 participants from nine clubs took part in the event. […]

The Devon Kershaw Show: The 2021 World Championship Skiathlon with the Boss – Kristin Størmer Steira
The most special of special guest on the podcast today, Kristin Størmer Steira. Størmer Steira, a retired Norwegian ski star, chats it up with Devon from Lillehammer, where the two are busy raising two young daughters. According to a 2014 FasterSkier article on the couple, evidently, Kershaw’s “great smile”, a legacy of his youth in Sudbury, won Størmer Steira over. In her own right, Størmer Steira was a Norwegian ski star. Back in 2005, Størmer...
Bolshunov Victorious in the 30-Kilometer Skiathlon; Patterson 14th, Norris 17th
With swaths of bare ground peeking through the melting snow, skis rattling through tracks and swooshing across the lanes, and short-sleeved race tops, World Championship racing continued in a warm Oberstdorf, Germany for the men’s 15k/15k skiathlon. Swirling through the stadium after each 3.75 kilometer lap, four in classic then another four in skate. For some historical context, Norway’s Sjur Røthe won the event in 2019 during the World Championships in Seefeld, Austria by a...