Midwest Skijorers

2008 Skijor Season

The 2008 skijor season was one of the best in recent history. There were no race cancellations and on most courses the snow was great. We were able to get in a fun run almost every weekend and held many impromptu skijor clinics. There were many new faces sprinkled in with our old friends. Trollhaugen once again opened their cross country trail to the Midwest Skijorers Club for 3 weekends. Baker and Bunker have become favorites and many also were able to get regular runs in on the golf course trails in the metro area. The new Midwest Skijorers Winter Event was a huge success in spite of the -35 temps and the City of Lakes Loppet enjoyed a beautiful, temperate day for its race of over 50 participants.

photo courtesy of GoldRush Racing

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Meet A Member

Meet Midwest Skijorers Club Vice President Maggie Heilmann. Maggie was Spotlighted in the Spring issue of the North Star Sled Dog publication The Tugline. She started out skijoring and over the years her dog powered sport enthusiasum has blossomed into creating a competitive mid distance sled dog team.

click here to read the Member Spotlight article

click here to visit the North Star Sled Dog Club

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Season End Product Review Mother Nature helped us out this season by giving us a "real Minnesota winter" . We were able to put our sponsors and contributors products to the test. We have come up with some must haves for winter use. click here to read the review click here to view the contributor page	Midwest Skijorers Yahoo Group The Midwest Skijorers Club has their own Yahoo Group where we discuss training, equipment, events, trails, and everything canine. We welcome new members and all their questions. Join now and get started on the road to skijoring fun. Click here to join (the list has become very active at this time, covering equipment, nutrition, kicksleds, ski technique, impromptu fun run information and many other topics)
Dogs Across America 2007 We had 5 members turn out for the MSC DAA event on Saturday, November 10th at Bunker Hills Park. We used scooters and two different types of rigs. The course was easy enough for beginners, but had some sandy areas and a nice hill to give the dogs a work out. We all had a great time! All MSC members are able to count their mileage from the Byllesby race towards their total DAA mileage.	Club T-Shirts for Sale Shirts are $20.00 each. email Vicki
French Clinic a Success The annual French Park Skijor Clinic was once again a success with over 40 participants. We offered our skijor 101 presentation followed by break out sessions for beginner and advanced skijorers. Click here to view photos. We held a ski waxing clinic in conjunction with the skijor clinic. Thanks to Andrew from Toko Wax for the wonderful demo. click here to see the informative slide presentation	Weather Weather Forecasts | Weather Maps | Weather Radar