Birkie Web Today

In Episode 8 of Birkie™ Web Today. fellow Birkie Buddy, Mike Tarnow, and I interview Nathan Schultz and Zack Caldwell with Boulder Nordic Sport of Boulder, Colorado and Portland, Maine as well as provide news and information about the American Birkebeiner Ski Race and Nordic skiing.

In Episode 9 of Birkie™ Web Today. I interview I interview Louis Muench, Vice President of the Cumberland Area Ski Touring Association, about his experience skiing in the inaugural BirkieTour. I also check in with fellow Birkie Buddies, Tim Burke and Mike Tarnow, who participated in the Noquemanon Ski Marathon in Marquette, Michigan this past Saturday in the On The Trail section of the podcast.

In Episode 10 of Birkie™ Web Today. I interview Dave Mathews, who is a long-time bicyclist and found Nordic skiing as a great winter activity while living in Omaha, Nebraska in 1982. He is an active member of the Kansas City Nordic Ski Club.

In Episode 6 of Birkie™ Web Today, I interview Cherie Morgan, Media Coordinator and Former Executive Director of the American Birkebeiner Foundation. In the podcast we talk about happenings at the foundation since the Birkie in February.

In Episode 7 of Birkie™ Web Today. I interview Cherie Morgan, Media Coordinator and Former Executive Director of the American Birkebeiner Foundation and Joel Harrison, Co-Owner of the New Moon Ski Shop in Hayward, Wisconsin. In the podcast I talk to Cherie about the new Birkie Web Site and with Joel about roller ski training and the New Moon Ski Shop.

In Episode 2 of Birkie™ Web Today, I interview, the Birchleggings Club Founder and Birkie Founder, John Kotar. In the interview we learn about John's background, how he came to participate in the first American Birkebeiner Ski Race in 1973, and the founding of the Birchleggings Club, which is for skiers that have skied twenty or more Birkie ski races.

In Episode 3 of Birkie™ Web Today, I interview, Pete LaPlaca and Mike Tarnow, President and Vice President of the North American VASA Ski Race in Traverse City, Michigan. They talk about preparations for the VASA race this year.

In Episode 4 of Birkie™ Web Today, fellow Birkie Buddy, Tim Burke and I interview Ned Zuelsdorf, Executive Director of the American Birkebeiner Foundation. Ned talks about the race and the development of the Birkie Classic Trail.

In Episode 5 of Birkie™ Web Today, fellow Birkie Buddies, Tim Burke and Mike Tarnow join me from our cabin on Lake Namekagon the day before the American Birkebeiner Ski Race to talk about weather and wax.

In Episode 1 of Birkie™ Web Today, I interview fellow Birkie Buddy, Tim Burke regarding his participation in The Race of the Methow in Winthrop, Washington in January. The race is Methow Valley Nordic's premier race. Tim joined Mike Tarnow and his son Aaron Tarnow at the race.