NordicWerks SkiKlubb members Regan Duffy (left), Olivia Schwintek and Chloe Foster roller-ski through Lion’s Park in Scandia.
The fact that the calendar reads June, July or August has never slowed down the NordicWerks SkiKlubb.
The Forest Lake-based Nordic skiing club has been a fixture in the local sports scene since the early 2000s, offering a summer training program for skiers in middle- and high school. Undeterred by mugginess and mosquitoes, NordicWerks athletes could be seen zipping around the area this summer on roller-skis.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The founder and leader of the SkiKlubb is Deno Johnson, who also coaches the boys and girls Nordic teams at Forest Lake. Most of the club’s current membership is pulled from his Ranger programs, though skiers from White Bear Lake and Stillwater also participate. Wintry rivalries dissipate in the summer heat.
“I told (a NordicWerks skier from Stillwater) my goal is to make him the fastest skier at Stillwater,” Johnson said.
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