April 28, 2010 – CXC welcomes Gus Kaeding as an Elite Assistant Coach. “I was very impressed and thank all those that applied for our CXC Elite Assistant Coaching position.  We had a diverse group of qualified applicants with a wide variety of coaching experience.  The question that we felt we needed to answer was, ‘What candidate will complement our current staff the best?’  We think Gus Kaeding will be the best overall fit, and compliment the present staff the best.  Gus has a great personality and we feel his experience on the CXC Team Vertical Limit will be a strong asset,” – commented Bryan Fish, CXC Team Vertical Limit Head Coach.

Online Registartion is Now Open for the Following Camps:
– Central Regional Elite Grop (REG) Camp (July 3rd – July 9th)
– Birkie Junior Technique Camp (July 26th – July 29th)
– Birkie One-Day Junior Technique Camp – NEW! (July 26th)
– Birkie Masters Open Camp (July 30th – August 1st)
– CXC Woman’s Camp (August 13th – August 15th)

CXC Presents the Third Season of CXC Academy
This season Matt Liebsch (the winner of the 2009 American Birkebeiner and Top 30 World Cup finisher) will provide a duplicate of his training log, comments, and notes that corresponds with one week of each training period.  This, along with running tips, bike workouts, and narratives by other top-level Elite athletes makes the third installment of CXC Academy better than ever!

As you might imagine, there are many different applications for this type of open-ended coaching tool.  Some people who used CXC Academy include: 32 coaches from all different levels, 31 High School skiers, 44 Citizen Racers, 5 members of the US Adaptive Ski Team, 5 Elite Skate Wave Birkie Skiers, 15 Wave 1 Skate Birkie Skiers, 43 Wave 2 Skiers, 24 Wave 3 Skiers, 25 Wave 4 Skiers, 15 Wave 5 Skiers, 12 Wave 6 Skiers, 3 Wave 7 Skiers, 1 Wave 8 Skier, and 3 Wave 9 Skiers.  As the numbers indicate, there is something for everyone in CXC Academy, and we will be posting new information throughout the entire 2010/2011 season to help you get the most out of year-round ski training.

2010-2011 CXC Masters Team
This is our fourth season of the CXC Masters Team! Last year we accomplished our goal of 50 members and this year we would like to expand it to 100. Just this spring we already had 9 new members signed up. Our CXC Masters Team members come mostly from Midwestern states but we also now have members from the east and west coast!

New this year is that we are adding CXC Masters Team Training Camps. CXC Masters Team Training Camps will mimic the successful training structure employed by CXC Team Vertical Limit.  These camps will be spread throughout the year to provide flexibility for participation. Two of the camps are open for anyone interested to participate (CXC Open Masters Camp and CXC Women’s Open Masters Camp).

“I believe in what CXC is doing and happy to support you guys. And as a bonus I get access to some of the best coaching available!” – CXC Masters Team member

To read more about the program click here – or contact yuriy.gusev@cxcskiing.org.

Midwest JO Team Coaches Meeting
9:00 AM, Sunday May 16th, 2010

City of Lakes Office in Theodore Wirth Park
1325 Theodore Wirth Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55422

Agenda:
1.       USSA Update
2.       Race Schedule
3.       2009 JO Trip recap