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The Arc of a Lumi Trip(Post)
Lumi’s Sight-Skiing trips to Austria & Italy, Norway and Slovenia are an opportunity to discover some of the best skiing and winter culture in Europe. While Lumi’s Worldloppet trips often build t ...
Beyond Grooming: Year-Round Work for Ski Trail Perfection(Post)Beyond Grooming: Year-Round Work for Ski Trail PerfectionThe adage says, “Great skiers are made in the summer.” Great ski trails are also a product of year-round maintenance, so that the trails are r ...
Ski Photography Tips From Behind the Camera with Julia Kern(Post)Lumi Experiences is thrilled to support Olympian Julia Kern this winter as she makes her way around the World Cup circuit for the 7th season. We love Julia's enthusiasm for all things she does, and n ...
Alayna Sonnesyn; UVM Grad, Master-Blaster Daughter & Pro Skier(Post)By Alayna Sonnesyn Hello, my name is Alayna Sonnesyn and I am SO excited to be a Bliz Athlete for the upcoming (hopeful) ski season! For those of you who don't know me, I was born and raised in ...
Book Now: Save $300 on 2027 Lumi Trips Before March 31!(Post)Spring is fast approaching and we’re enjoying the last few weeks of what has been a memorable winter on the trails. From the sweeping trails of the Seiser Alm plateau in Italy to the seemingly ...
American Birkebeiner 2020 Wax Recommendations | START(Post)American Birkebeiner 2020 Wax Recommendations | START Please note, this is our speculation from the information that we have available as of right now. Please be sure to check back here Th ...
...How, Exactly?(Post)After a few months of lengthy stories and updates on recovering from surgery from an unfortunate season-ending crash while ski jumping, I figured it might be nice to tone it back a bit and write abou ...
Wrapping up the Summer with a Trip the the Wind Tunnel (Post)Hello Ski Post readers! And happy fall!The fall training period is one of my favorite times of year. I start to feel fit, it’s not blistering hot outside, and it means that the winter comp season is ...
Plunging into Winter in Estonia & Finland(Post)Estonia and Finland go together like ice swimming and sauna. Both countries in northern Europe, separated by the Baltic Sea share deep cultural, linguistic, and historical ties. Their languages, Finn ...
Skiing under the Northern Lights: A Guide Chasing the Auroras(Post)With so much attention focused on the sky as many places in North America prepare for the upcoming total solar eclipse, it seems like a great time to highlight another solar phenomenon.One of my favo ...
Finding Color In The Gray(Post)Vermont always seems to deliver the extremes. It’s either 85 degrees, sunny and humid, or 55 and raining, also humid. Lately, we’ve had a lot of the latter. I’m typically all for sunshine and recogni ...
Season 21'-22': The Glimpse(Post)As you might’ve been able to deduce from the title of today's entry, my 2021-2022 race season has come to an end. As such, I thought it would be appropriate to give a postseason recap.After an incred ...
Handling Pressure (Post)If you’re reading my skiposts, you are probably aware that I had the race of my life this past weekend in the freestyle sprint in Davos. This result put me in a great spot for Olympic qualifica ...
Back Onto Dry-Land! (Post)If you’re like me (maybe you’re more ambitious…), you took some time away from the gym and other types of training after a winter of skiing and racing. Taking this break after the snow melts is a hug ...
I Made the Olympics! And a deep dive into a quarter final exit in Oberhof(Post)This Tuesday, the Olympic selections for US Cross Country skiing were made final. Being the second ranked sprinter on the world cup sprint rankings and well within the top 50, I was named to the team ...
5 Tips to Skiing in a Tunnel (Post)A few weeks ago, the SMS T2 team took a trip to Oberhof, Germany to ski in a tunnel for an on-snow training camp. We were in Germany for nine days and were able to have about 12-14 sessions on snow d ...
What does “trip of a lifetime” really mean?(Post)Since their club president reached out in 2023 about raffling a Lumi trip at their annual winter fundraising event, Lumi Experiences has been thrilled to support the Teacup Nordic Ski Club ...
Update + The Spring Experiment(Post)Hey there sports fans!! Hope everyone has been doing well and having a fantastic spring! I know I have! I took a bit of a hiatus from writing once my race season was finished to focus on finishing my ...
Pre-Olympic (or any big race) Training(Post)I’m typing this from Livigno, Italy, where most of the U.S. Olympic cross-country team is doing our pre-camp. The location was chosen because it’s at a similar altitude (6,000ft) and has similar weat ...
Olympics!(Post)It seems weird to be writing a mid-winter blog post from Los Angeles, California, but I’m here for a good reason: I’m going to the Olympics! It feels a bit surreal to say that I am heading to the Oly ...
A New Home for the New Year(Post)Hello, SkiPost readers! If you don’t know me, I am an athlete on the USA Nordic Combined National Team. I’m writing this blog from mine and my teammates’ European base in Scharnitz, Austria, our home ...
Shifting the Mind from Training to Racing(Post)As we transition into the racing season I find it beneficial to actively shift my mindset as well. When the training modalities move from pavement to snow, and the training stimulus from higher volum ...
In Defense of Carbohydrates(Post)Hi Ski Post!The GRP just finished up our first big block of training for the summer here in Craftsbury, and we are finally starting to feel like we are back in the flow of training. We have been luck ...
All I Want for Christmas is a Volume Block(Post)Hello Skipost fans! From now until up through the Olympics, I’ll be posting weekly to share with you my physical and mental preparation for the games. As of now, I have seven weeks until the cl ...