Photo Explosion from Last Season

Fall training with the Club of the Year Trophy

First snow of the year - November 10th

Julie celebrating at the Grey Cup with a slightly out-of-shape Golden Boy

 

Some December roller-skiing on Seymour Mountain in Vancouver

Meanwhile, Levi was at Silver Star

And DN skiers at Yellowstone

The DN Buffs - so many uses!

It was a very cold winter

Provincial Championships at Kenora

Levi competing at Nationals in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland

The German Post Office has added DN gear to their uniforms!

Ken at Silver Star

Neil competing at Giants Ridge

I'm not quite sure who is the most awkward in this photo: Kristen or the guy trying to give her a hug.

Wise words from Coach Tim at Nationals

Some more wise words from Tim to Levi

DNers in South America

Downtown Nordic goes Big (Ben)

Julie at the Norwegian Birkie

Lorne Midford and a couple of other guys at the Norwegian Birkie

Patrice, Julie, JeanAnne, and someone else at the Norwegian Birkie

Another beautiful day this past winter

Waxboy Tim working his magic at Nationals

Jacek receiving the award for winning his age group at the Wed Night Race Series

Some late night crust skiing at Birds Hill Pak

Skiing on the Birds Hill Park glacier

Kristen always wants to be in the spotlight

the sun setting on a late season ski

Last ski of the year - April 26th! ...

 

And this is what I was wearing

Freddie and Esther share the skier of the year award

Katrina also was awarded skier of the year - I have no idea how to get this picture upright

some final partying for the Club of the Year trophy

the partying went into the night

the Trophy was very popular at the bar

Never before photographed in the wild - Sue snowplowing on a downhill

Levi had trouble depositing this into an ATM

DN Tour de Rollerski - Final Race and Final Results

Final Times

Ben 9:00 start 39:01 
Time 30:01
Steve start 8:30 finish 39:16
Time 30:44
Sean start 9:20 finish 39:44
Time 30:24
Conor start 9:00 finish 39:45 
Time 30:45
Murray start 6:45 finish 41:22
Time 34:37
Liam start 1:00 finish 43:46 time 41:46

Due to Ben not racing in the earlier stages, he was awarded

 a 16 second time penalty.

 ... which means Steve wins the first ever Tour de Rollerski by 1 second.

Way to go Steve!

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped with this great event.

are you ready? 2 months away ...

Cycling or Cross-country skiing?

Cross-country skiing:

Cycling:




Your choice.

Tour de Rollerski continues ...

Tour de Roller Ski - Stage #2


Results

                Start        Finish
Krista       0:00         36:42
Simon      1:00          38:37
Conor       8:50         39:14
Steve        8:30         39:25
Jacek S     2:00         39:35
Sean         8:50         40:38


The big story on the day was Jacek finally nailing the landing on his jump.  Congrats Jacek:

More photos to come ...

DN Tour de Rollerski Stage #1

Here are the results and photos from the first stage of the DN Tour de Rollerski:

Results:

Name    Start-time Finish Time
Steve S     5:00           36:49
Sean C      5:30           36:58
Leila M     0:00           38:20
Jacek        2:00            40:15
Liam A     2:30           41:18
Simon G   2:30           42:45    (broke pole-tip early in the race)

Photos:

5 of the top 6 competitors:

It was a bit wet before the start of the race:

Early on in the race:

A little bit later on:

The course covered some varied terrain:

Some older versions of roller skis were used:

A happy competitor:

 

Jacek coming off the ski-jump:

A close battle near the end:

The final dash for the line: