Winter is almost here and the first Nordic Skier of the season is ready to kick it off! Here’s to a snow-and-fun-filled ski season! Click HERE to read now!
Find out what it means to be a Junior Nordic Polar Cub! Sign-up for the 2018-2019 season begins October 1st (link is below)
Junior Nordicers learn to love the outdoors, especially in winter. They develop lasting friendships and become avid cross country skiers, the best lifelong sport in a place where loving winter is important!
“I didn’t plan on becoming a Polar Cub. But sometimes, that’s how the Cookie Tour crumbles.”
Throughout the entire year, NSAA maintains, repairs and grooms 150 kilometers of trails that are used by thousands. This provides so many Alaskans with an outlet for exercise, stress relief, and fresh air during dark, cold winters.
NSAA’s world-class trails come at a great bargain! Compare to Nordic skiing rates around the country:
Mount Bachelor: $20 daily per person or $384 yearly per person
Stowe Mountain Resort: $28 daily per person or $209 yearly per person
Royal Gorge: $239 yearly per person
Tahoe Donner: $24-37 daily per person
Eldora Nordic Center: $319 yearly per person or $769 yearly per family
Winter grooming and year-round trail maintenance are only possible because of individual giving from trail users like you! NSAA does not receive any funding from taxpayer dollars.
Here’s a sneak peak at the new NSAA headbands, hot off the press from Sauce Headwear, proudly made in Bozeman, MT! These headbands, a custom design for NSAA, protect the ears and forehead from wind, and wicks away sweat for an enjoyable workout.
Become a member today! This membership gift is available, while supplies last, for Trail Blazer, Trail Meister and Trail Partner (monthly) donors. Renew or join today and support YOUR trails!
NSAA is excited to announce our two newest Ski Jumping coaches, Adam Loomis and Chris Lamb!
Adam Loomis was born and raised in Eau Claire, WI and spent most of his childhood with skis on his feet. After graduating high school, Adam made the full move to Steamboat, where he trained for 2 years with the Junior National team. Just after turning 20, Adam was named to the US Nordic Combined Team. He recently retired from the sport, and while training and competing, Adam graduated with a Business Administration degree in 2017. Since ending his competitive career, Adam has been staying active in the mountains – whether on skis, foot or a bike. He’s excited to be a new member of Team AK, where he’ll share his knowledge, experiences and passion with the next generation of Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined athletes.
Chris Lamb is a New Hampshire native and former USA Ski Jumping Team member. He attended the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, New York from 03-07 and competed as a national team member from 07-14. During his career, Chris was named to 3 Junior World Championship teams, achieved podium finishes at National Championships, scored points in continental cups in Europe, and made the podium in several FIS cup competitions, including two victories in Brattleboro, VT. His personal distance record is 191.5 meters. The last three years of Chris’s career were spent living in Trondheim, Norway where he was a member of the Tronderhopp ski club and trained with many of Norway’s top athletes and coaches. Since ending his career in 2014, Chris has completed a bachelors degree in philosophy and environmental studies at Marlboro College in Marlboro, VT.
NSAA is thrilled to announce the addition of Sara Kamahele as its new Program Manager. Born and raised in Anchorage, Sara is a UAA and UAS graduate who holds a master’s degree in public administration and has extensive program management and nonprofit experience, including working with the American Diabetes Association in Alaska. Sara and her family are also part of our tight-knit Nordic community; she’s been an NSAA event and program participant, volunteer and supporter for most of her life.
Sara credits NSAA for helping her build character in her early years. She worked hard to get her Hawk jacket in Junior Nordic, learning the value of persistence and dedication. A few seasons later, after racing in Besh Cups and for Bartlett High, she felt support from the organization and the local ski community as an NSAA scholarship recipient. Now, as an adult skier, she’s often participating or volunteering at NSAA events and says she is continually inspired by Anchorage’s extensive, world-class trail system and the efforts NSAA puts into the continued maintenance of those trails.
Sara feels that her life and career journey has brought her to a perfect fit on the NSAA staff. We agree and are enthusiastic about what Sara and her background in program management, event management and business administration, can do to elevate NSAA and its programs in the seasons ahead. Sara will no doubt hit the ground running, but please feel free to introduce yourself and join NSAA and its board of directors in welcoming her to our organization. We are all even more excited about the ski season ahead!
Login to your NSAA Member Portal, using your Findjoo username and password, to see current & past registrations, update personal info, change password and resend email confirmations! Click here to visit the member portal now. You can access the member portal from the membership page.
Curious about who maintains YOUR Anchorage trails? Check out this handy guide for most trails in and around Anchorage.
NSAA, ConocoPhillips and Municipality of Anchorage welcome the best in the nation as they travel to Anchorage, Alaska to compete at the picturesque and professionally groomed Kincaid Park. Come out and watch history being made!
Visit the official website here: www.juniornationalsxc2019.com
Check out all the great work and accomplishments NSAA achieved this season! Thank you for all the support and participation!
Nearly 2,800 supported NSAA’s mission with 2017-2018 season memberships.
NSAA put Anchorage in national spotlight as host of 500 athletes and coaches at the L.L. Bean US Cross Country Skiing National Championship. It was viewed by 88,000 viewers thanks to NSAA-led technology upgrades at Kincaid Park.
NSAA was honored by the Anchorage Assembly for events, volunteer service and efficient snowmaking, which fueled a $2 million economic impact.
Over 9,200 people participated in 57 NSAA competitive and recreational events and programs; 73 percent of participants were 18 and younger.