It was the last day of races at the Sparkling Hill Masters World Cup. This was my third day of shooting and the event wrapped up with the 45K classic race. I am almost out of breath just typing 45K. I haven’t even been on my cross country skis this season as I decided to [...]

Today the cross country skiers were faced with the 4x5K relay. First two skiers do two loops of classic, skier three and four skate. Conditions were not as nice as on Monday but I often enjoy shooting while it snows. It is certainly more challenging. The view finder tends to fog up a bit and [...]

Judging by what I saw today it is never too late to become a World Class cross country skier. The Sparkling Hill Masters World Cup is taking place at Sovereign Lake this week. I was especially inspired to see the racers in the older categories. Skiers in theirs seventies and eighties entered the 10K classic [...]