Two Saturdays ago, the team made its way to Nelson Nordic Ski Club for the always fun and exciting Kootenay Cup event. Athletes from the Atom through Junior categories left early Saturday morning with their families for the 10:00am race start. All races were mass start skate. The youngest categories started first with Annika Merg […]
This past weekend fifteen Blackjack athletes competed in the BC Midgets Championships in Kelowna. We arrived at the Telemark Nordic on Friday afternoon so everyone was able to ski their courses and prepare for Saturday’s classic interval race. We then checked into the Cove resort and all thoroughly enjoyed the great amenities on offer there: movie theater, basketball, mini-golf […]
After a fun weekend in Kamloops, the team was looking forward to a fun day of racing on our home trails for the annual Black Jack Loppet. Kids of all ages from the club came out for this event and it was great to see everyone having fun out there. Some of the younger skiers […]
After a short break from racing, most of the team piled back into the van on Thursday morning to make our way over to Kamloops for BC Championships. Unfortunately, Rémi couldn’t come on this trip due to a fall at Junior World Championships that caused a concussion. Meanwhile, David flew to Japan to enjoy some […]
For this trip, the team split up. We had 13 Track Attack and Junior racer skiers participating in an exchange with the Nakkertok Nordic Ski Club along with 7 skiers from Nelson Nordic Ski Club. On Tuesday evening, those who weren’t participating in the exchange piled into the van for a quick drive to Kelowna […]
Once back in Rossland after Soldier Hollow, it was time to prepare for the Haywood NorAm Western Canadian Championships at Whistler Olympic Park. On Wednesday January 18th, we piled into the van and drove to Al Fischer’s house in Whistler (a huge thank you to Al for all that he does). The next day was […]
After a great training camp in Sun Valley, the team was acclimatized and ready for action on the 2002 Olympic trails in Soldier Hollow. We arrived on Wednesday January 4th, and despite some slippery and snowy conditions we made it to our house loaded with groceries for the week. On Thursday, Dave, Mark and Ken […]
Here’s a little throwback to the NorAm races in Vernon and Rossland before Christmas. The team had a great time on the fantastic trails in SilverStar and racing at home was a blast. We also pulled off some fantastic results, which lead up to a fun holiday season. Thanks to all the race volunteers, the […]
In preparation for upcoming selection races at the US National Championships, Black Jack Ski Team has spent the past week in “Nordic Town USA” (Sun Valley, Idaho). Sun Valley is a beautiful area with rolling high altitude mountains and bluebird skies. The network of trails covers over 200KM of groomed trails. The variety of terrain from gentle to hard […]
After a couple of weeks at home doing some final preparations for the race season, Team Black Jack headed back to Canmore for the first race weekend of the winter. The drive over on Thursday was smooth and the roads were good (thanks to Dave and Edouard for driving). We picked up honorary Black Jack […]
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