
Cross-Country Skiing vs Cycling: What's Tougher?
DISCLAIMER: Nothing that follows here should be misconstrued as science. We know this isn’t a fair, balance, equal, or accurate study. Still, we’ve wanted to take a look at how cross-country skiing and cycling sort of compare, and after this past wee…

North American Vasa Fat Bike and Ski Race Medals
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably picked up that we’re pretty proud of our hometown. It’s a mecca for mountain biking, a world-famous place to ride the road, and home to one of the biggest one-day races in the United States, the Bell’s Icem…

Fat Chance: Fat Bike Racing Done Right
What could possibly get over one hundred people to drive to a ski hill from all over the state to race fat bikes in the cold? We take a look at what makes events like Fat Chance work, and why we love being a part of them.As we mentioned before, Fat C…
Shred and Share: Support Trails with up.bike
As we got into mountain biking, we had the same sort of disconnect that a lot of trail users have about how that ribbon of singletrack came to be. We'll admit it; we assumed the trail had always been there and somehow maintained itself. We showed up,…

Vasa Ski Club's Nordic Flyers Grow Youth Skiing
Take a look at your local ski race’s most recent results and you might notice something. The age categories that don’t qualify for an AARP card are pretty thin. Cross-country skiing has a hard time finding its legs in the United States, especially in…