While the entire province struggles with warm temperatures, rain, and the frustration of a later-than-usual snowfall, the UW Nordic Ski team has had their first on snow session of the year! A little bit of shovelling, some recycling bins, an arena and several enthusiastic people later, the first annual UW Nordic Ski figure-8 was constructed. It looked something like this:
Derek, Colin and Alison getting their snow legs back.
The comprehensive loop included an uphill, a downhill, and a technical hairpin corner, all designed to challenge the skills developed during the fall on rollerskiis.
Andrew Jeffrey demonstrating proper hairpin-turning technique.
Due to the rather warm temperatures and the large turnout, aggressive repairs had to be conducted to keep snow on the course, but despite these adverse conditions, dozens of laps were skiied, and the loop existed for almost 24 hours.
Most of the team observing Colin working hard.
Rookies Ryan McNamara and Tim Rhodes navigate grass and snow.
Pretty much everyone had an awesome time, and everyone who failed to show up, really wished they had. A highly recommended team-building, muscle-building and skill-building activity. Stay tuned for more news, as the snow flies, so will we.
Today’s Waterloo Snow Report: There isn’t any.
Good weight Shift by Andrew Jeffery on that turn, notice he iS keeping hiS centre of gravity high and iS really reaching forward with that right leg. ArmS are well poSitioned to ward off any attacking SkierS, SquirrelS and SaSquai (Sasquatch's).
ReplyDeleteThe ever innovative UW Nordic Team does even more with less! You guys might want to be careful about setting precedents here. The next time you go to a sprint race, the LOC might just hand you a shovel for your warm-up...
ReplyDeleteA UW Fan (and alumnus)
Right On UW Nordic,
ReplyDeleteKeep Up the Good work!
See You Out there