HAYWARD, Wis., June 29, 2009 – The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF) is announcing a contest to design the official t-shirt for the 2010 American Birkebeiner ski race. The winning t-shirt design will be the featured retail t-shirt for the event.

“We have created the t-shirt design contest for the 2010 event as a way to allow artists and those who love the Birkie a creative way to participate in the event,” said Ned Zuelsdorff, Executive Director of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation. “Proceeds from the sales of the 2010 featured t-shirt will benefit young skier programs. We hope ... Read more

HAYWARD, Wis., June 22, 2009 – The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation and WOJB, 88.9 FM are working together to present Fitness in 5, a weekly program offering fitness tips. Every Friday at 10:45 a.m. listeners can tune into the weekly program hosted by Birkie Fitness Coordinator, Jay Tapper and long time Birkie Skier and Founder Jacque Lindskoog. Lindskoog, a volunteer for WOJB, helps Tapper present the weekly exercise in a five to ten minute segment.

A diagram of the weekly exercise will be posted on the home page of www.birkie.com and all of the exercises will be archived to ... Read more

Record number of over 100'000 Worldloppet participants in 08/09 season

The annual general meeting (AGM) of the Worldloppet organizers was held in Gatineau, Ottawa (CAN) on 14th June 2009. The representatives of the 15 cross-country ski marathons from Europe, America, Asia and Australia that are united under the umbrella of the Worldloppet Ski Federation were pleased to hear the annual report of the Secretary General Angelo Corradini and short reports by each event.

The highlight of the meeting was that, for the first time, the total participant number in the Worldloppet races exceeded 100'000 in one season. Precisely 101'500 cross-country enthusiasts raced ... Read more