The Snow that came last Wedneday night let us make a Grand Opening of the Campus Trails today. First thing Thusday AM we had started rolling and packing on the soccer field and on the trails below the field that Alpine coach Darrell Gray had managed to mow one more time. It packed down well and probably was helped along by the ground still being so warm. Just like an old hand Oskar was right at home up on the snow mobile and oversaw the operation.
Today, Sunday the 11th, was bright, clear and windless. We made an early touch up pass with the machine and at 9:00 AM the team was out working on technique, and doing a recovery session after yesterday's hard intervals at Craftsbury. The skiing was surprisingly good. Snow was silky and fast and the underlayer was firm enough to put on the power. Two solid hours of great training...right here at home. No driving and right into a hot shower at the end of the session.
New Uniforms!
We broke in some variations to the trails, people styled the new uniform that was originally designed by Burkie Sam Tarling, AND, perhaps coolest of all we christened Stu Guy's K6 Nordic Jump!
Not a lot of Snow, but Darn Good! Last season BMA often played host to the new NE Kingdom Chapter of the Bill Koch League, the little kids XC skiing organization that holds the future of the sport in hand. Stu was always ready to chip in whenever he could get out of the business office. The kids are coming again this year and Stu, a former jumper and nordic combined skier, lit up with the idea of a real Nordic jump for the little guys. He had the math and knew the specs and after two days of measuring and tramping he called in the snowmachine and the roller (Thanks again for that to alum Andrew Smith!). We made a couple of passes and did a little shoveling. That night Stu got busy with hammering and sawing and "POOF!" the next day we had a "K 6" (ask Stu how to interpret that) jump.
And today the team christened the hill; quite a few times!. Great fun and the Kingdom kids will love it. Check out the video at BMA Nordic on Facebook.
Suddenly the BMA Campus Trails have become the BMA Nordic Complex!
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