Site for the promotion of Cross Country Ski Racing

Step 1 in this process is to establish a support network for racers at all levels and abilities. This site is intended to be a starting point for building such a network. The goal is to bring together racers, companies and enthusiasts in order to provide cross-country ski racing in North America the support it needs.

You are encouraged to join this effort by becoming a VSC member absolutely free of charge and obligations. Or, you can get your own page like this from Geocities and start something on your own. Or, you can send suggestions, comments and criticisms using the form below. Or, you can just keep helping out and let me know what you're doing by sending me an e-mail message to the address below.

The internet lends itself to an effort like this. It's cheap (or free), easy to access, and effective in reaching everyone interested in the sport. North America is big and this is a small sport but you'll soon see after surfing the net that there are alot of people interested in ski racing! Since it so hard to organize anything or get anything accomplished from the top down I thought a bottom up approach would be better. If nothing else there maybe a few more people wearing Go Eli! T-shirts in the years to come.

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Virtual Ski Club

North America's First Cyber Ski Club

Making something from virtually nothing

• Organize efforts in bringing outside the industry sponsors to the sport.
• Provide an open forum to share ideas on training, waxing, racing, etc.
• Establish connections between racers, coaches, and companies.
• Help get the word out about races, events, new products or anything of interest .
• Work together to bring positve changes to the sport.

As a first step in bringing VSC to life I will simply maintain a resources directory. This will be a list of member racers, clubs, teams and companies, and what they have to offer . Members join (free of charge) by simply adding their name (at least) to the directiory. The more information we have in the directory, the more possibilties there are. For example :

• Racers could list their results and sponsors, bringing both of them more exposure.
• Companies could find racers that they are interested in sponsoring.
• High school racers could search for the right college and colleges could search for the right ski racer.
• Clubs and programs could list up coming events, news or results or simply describe what they do.
• Anyone could give their opinion on anything and open it up to debate .
• A racer could find a ride to a race or someone to share a hotel room with at a race.
• A racer could find some equipment to buy or list some for sale.

These are just ideas. What actually happens will depend on what information comes in. As more people join (if any) categories can be established for easy searching. Again, anything is possible! To join you can simply send me an e-mail with your name. Even if you don't have anything to add to the directory yet , send in your name if you think this sounds like a good idea. There is a membership form below. I made it vague on purpose so you can feel free to list what you want. My suggestion is that you go to Geocities and get a free e-mail account if you don't already have one or a free home page .

Links to other sites on the Web

Eli Brown: Buy a Go Eli! shirt. You won't be disappointed.
Cross Country Ski World: The best source of information, results and news on XC ski racing.
USSA: Go here for FIS points lists.
VSC Resource Directory: Something from virtually nothing.
Club: Endurance Athletes of Bozeman, MT.
Cross Country Canada: Excellent results and general information..

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