FULL NENSA ROLLERSKI CALENDAR HERE
Rollerski racing is growing fast in the US, and the East has been leading the way for close to a decade now. At NENSA, that’s been marked by more competitive fields with more racers, such as at the Lost Nation Roll earlier this July.
The thing we’re most excited about though, is the greater diversity of competition that’s grown out of the past few years at our rollerski racing. There are more competitive fields with more of our homegrown pro and elite athletes. The Juniors are making it a race too. Especially though, our rollerski series has become a place where Master’s can show up and expect the same level of community and commitment to racing as they find throughout the East in the winter.
We can’t underscore enough that having skiers of all ages competing is the core of what makes racing out here special. It’s the outward sign that the community is all aligned towards what makes competitive skiing a special phenomena: pushing ourselves and in doing so, pushing together. #SkiingBetterTogether is a real thing!
With that in mind, we wanted to highlight a few of our events that make a great introduction to rollerski racing for Master’s skiers.
Upcoming Master’s Rollerski Race Opportunities
Hill Climbs – One real advantage of rollerski racing is it allows us to take on challenging terrain not available to nordic skiers in the winter. Hence, the hill climb. Up some of the most iconic climbs in the East, these safe and challenging events make for a great first race.
- Sunday, August 11th – Climb to the Castle, Whiteface Mountain, NY.
- Sunday, August 18th – Rollins Roll, Mt. Kearsarge, NH. *NOW: w/Master’s Freestyle Wave.*
- Sunday, November 3rd – Mt. Greylock Hill Climb, Greylock State Park, MA.
Zak/Marathon 2023-24 Awards!
We’ll start here by recognizing that there’s some irony in our most of our dedicated Master’s skiers being busy training and thinking about this upcoming winter, while we want to celebrate their accomplishments from last winter.
Thanks to uncooperative weather at the end of the winter and our own organizational transition this spring, we still need to recognize our Zak and Marathon Cup winners from 2023-24!
The list of Awardees from this year’s series are HERE. The full series standings are also accessible here. Top 3 in each age class are awarded based on a minimum participation of 3+ races!
In order to bring some recognition, we plan to do a formal recognition alongside awards at our Climb to the Castle (Sun. August 11th), and at the Rollins Roll Hill Climb (Sun. August 18th), but awardees are welcome to pick up their award at any NENSA event in the upcoming months.
The Zak awards are etched pint glasses and are for the top age group competitors who completed a minimum of 3+ races. The Marathon awards are Skida/NENSA hats and are awarded for NENSA member participation in 3+ marathons.
Congratulations to our Overall Zak Cup Winners!
Men’s – Will Meehan
Women’s – Jessica Bolduc
