Almost all of Harvard's nordic and alpine crew at the Thanksgiving table
Dave and the Schulz brothers carve one of the four turkeys
We can't thank the Schulz family enough for opening their home to us this Thanksgiving, giving us a wonderful meal, and talking us into that third piece of pie.
On Friday, November 28th, Harvard Nordic epically united in a train of love, singing in unison these five, powerful, team-building words to prove that they could, in fact, make a highly technical and mind-blowing film, shot from the most dangerous angles and capturing the extreme edge, wildness and bravery that defines them.
Title: Love Train
Summary: Eleven athletes streamline on twenty-two skis, hands to asses, demonstrating advanced skills in a serpentine train, obliterating jagged shards of boulder with the mere might of their ferocity--their skis untouched and exuding crazy speed!
Setting: “Telemark” trail @ Trapps in Stowe, VT
Starring: 1) T-Revs: conductor; known for his exacting precision on icy, treacherous turns; “snow plow” isn’t in his vocabulary. 2) Schlutzer: train instigator/initiator; wild ginger, rosy-cheeked from her passion for team-building in the form of the love train. 3) Bad Man/D-Mac: train instigator/initiator; recognized by husky petergravian accent; snow plows so little, the tails of his skis meet. 4) A-Devs: sick but tough- nothing will get in the way of this fierce skier’s way; don’t trust that steady, sweet and innocent smile. 5) Audwee44@gmail.com: the weak link; likes to see where she is going (vision is overrated); is harassed endlessly at dinner and will be made to lead “Love Train: The Sequel” and write the next blog. 6) Mer: brings nasty style and pizzazz to the love train, overcoming a (lovable) lumberjack cough and staph infection; would win the tough cookie award, but Cara ate the last one. 7) Spraguer: damsel rescued from the xc-running team just in time for the love train!; has likely already said “That’s what she said” five times while reading this blog. 8) Coils: blond babe bravely succeeding infamous #5 (see above); bites snow with a graceful somersault and a smile (no more pavement!). 9) Clare: Freshman #1; screaming and smiling all the way down; recommends we try again with poles (last time she stabbed her sister [lovingly])--nevertheless, this promises great future feats of bravery. 10) Mannon: Freshman #2; also screaming and smiling all the way down; known for hill-fright, but demonstrating a quick recovery thanks to tender, supportive words from her captains; annihilates her baby skis.
Featuring: The “We Can Make a Video” song by Petros Hysterical Screams of Terror by the Harvard Nordic Freshmen.
Reviews: Having discovered the magic of Clare’s video camera, Harvard Nordic ski workouts have become a significantly less productive… BUT there are important strategic values that may, at first be overlooked. These being: team-building and bonding, balance, coordination, trust, overcoming common sense and living on the wild side...walking along the razor's edge, and the like. Audrey is going to live longer than all of us.
Take 1:
Take 2:
In all seriousness, today was a great training day. We hit it off with a long classic ski and some drills to work on hip drive and power. We learned (as we do every year) that klister is a bitch, but after rollerski season, we only care that we’re finally on snow!
Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you and welcome back to the Crimson Nordic Blog.
Yes, it's true. We haven't written on our trusty blog in many moons, and your efficiency and performance reviews at work have no doubt improved because of it. We sincerely apologize. However, you're in for a real treat, because today is a special day. No, no blog readers really don't care that today happened to be Crimson Nordic's first day on snow for the 2k8/9 season, but it happens to be the birthday of notable Ski Team Alum Andrew Roberts Moore. For those whose most recent copy of Crimson Tracks seemed to have been lost in the mail along with their GM 3rd quarter dividend payout checks, Anders has since moved to Marquette, MI, and is currently the assistant Nordic coach for the Marquette Ski Club. Learn 'em good up there, Anders! (And if you run out of boring ski drills, calmly read them some Habermas and they'll peel out for an OD ski faster than you can say "American Pragmatism").
So happy birthday to you, Andy. Also, we've made a pact to be better with shout-outs to recent CrimsonNordic alums on the blog, so buckle your seatbelts.
Alright. Oh, yeah! First day on snow! As we speak, the Nordic A-Roster is packed into the cozy "Chateau La Femme", or annex cabin of Stowe's favorite five-star: the Innsbruck Inn. After a tasty dinner of steak and shrimp stir-fry (to the cooking/clean up of which I offered very little), we're all unwinding on the couch watching the episode of "the Office" where Jim dresses up as Dwight. Read, "Which type of bear is best?"
Skiing rocked. Solid cover on the notch between Stowe and Smuggs, we ended up with 1:30 of tasty skate skiing, just enough to get the lats and tris pumpin'. And yeah, we got it on video with our new helmet cam! Dive in below:
So that's our news. Beyond that we're simply busy embodying the lifestyle of "all-in", "all-out", "no excuses", and "live to win... 'til you die".
Synchronized no pole uphill
Beginning of the Gravy Train
Harvard Nordic's #1 fan!
Our team is patriotic
Almost all of Harvard's nordic and alpine crew at the Thanksgiving table
Dave and the Schulz brothers carve one of the four turkeys
