Mora Vasaloppet, Cold new snow with temperatures in the single digits at the start climbing to 20 by the finish.
35 K Race
Name                   Place               Wax                    Comments
Bill Baldus          1st                   Tan                    Excellent
Dave                    1st Age Gr       Tan                    Excellent
Christopherson      8th Overall
Brad Erickson       2nd Age Gr     Tan                    Excellent
                             10th Overall
John Stamm          3rd Age Gr      Green                 Excellent
Clay Diggins          3rd Age Gr      Green                 Excellent
42k Classic
Dave Nelson     4th Overall          Green                   Excellent
Josie Nelson       3rd Overall          Green                Excellent

The consensus opinion of the top skiers was both HSF-10 Green and HSF-20 Tan were good. They generally picked their skis by the preferred ski flex or structure. The Green was slightly faster at the start and Tan was faster at the finish.


Governor's Cup, mild temperatures in the 20's
Name                    Place                  Wax                         Comments
Dave Nelson      1st                    Flite/Salmon           Really Fast
Josie Nelson        1st Age Gr       Flite/Salmon           Excellent Skis
Dan Cruser         3nd Age Gr        Flite/Salmon           Fast
Jay Tegeder        2nd Age Gr        Flite/Salmon           Fast

Dave, knowing he had extremely fast skis attacked the pack on a down hill with 7k to go, opened up a gap and skied to 1st Place in the 44k race.
Dave used 2 layers of Salmon and ironed in 1 layer of Flite.

Minnesota Cup Crow Nordic Center, Temperatures in the high teens to low twenties, dry powdery snow
Name            Place               Wax                Comments
Dave            1st Overall       Blue              Excellent fast skis
 Christopherson
Choose the blue on the softer skis over Tan on the stiff skis knowing the track would break down and soften with multiple laps on powdery snow

Blue Hills Ascent, mild temperatures in the mid 20's granular snow
 Name            Place          Wax               Comments
Jay Tegeder                      Flite over         Out gliding the Pack
                                         Salmon

Balsam  Vinterfest, cool temperatures rising from 0 to the mid teens at the race start and 30 by the finish of the 20 K race, powdery snow
                            10 K Freestyle race results
Name              Place                                           Wax            Comments
John Stamm    3rd Age GR  6th Overall              Flite/Tan       Good skis maybe a little faster than the pack
Dan Meyer     5th Age GR                                  Flite/Salmon  Very good skis faster than average                 average
                             20K Freestyle race results
Dave            1st Age GR                                  Blue          Good Skis fast as the pack
 Christopherson
Clay Diggins                                                         Flite/Tan   Average

Jay Tegeder                                                         TK72/Tan  Average skis


La La Palooza Loppet, St. Paul MN Race time temperature was 12 F hard packed snow and fast. 15K Freestyle
Name              Place                                           Wax                  Comments
Dan Meyer      7th Age Gr   41st  Overall            Flite/ Salmon     Average, same skis as Vinterfest

John Stamm    4th Age Gr  20th Overall             Tan                Great Skis Very Fast

Dave             1st Ave Gr 9th Overall                  Blue                 Consistent Good Skis
  Christopherson

Baker Shaker, Cold and windblown snow temperature in the low single digits 10K Freestyle
Name            Place                   Wax                  Comments
Dan Meyer    3rd Age Gr         White        Very Fast passed the chase
                                                                  pack in the 1st downhill
John Stamm   2nd Age Gr         White        Fast Skis
                      15 overall


Fridjhof Nansen Magic Crust  Eau Claire, WI  15K Freestyle
Cold temps rising to low teens by noon.
Name              Place              Wax              Comments
Clay Diggins    3rd Age Gr     Teal         Really fast skis, great glide
                       12th Overall

King Boreas  Phalen Park, St. Paul MN  15K Cold, windblown single digit temps
Name                 Place              Wax              Comments
Dave                  1st Age Gr       White            Good fast skis
 Christopherson
John Stamm       2nd Age Gr       White           Good skis, equal to pack
                          9th Overall
Dan Meyer        3rd Age Gr        White           Good skis, equal to pack
                          11th Overall

Pepsi Challenge  Biwabik, MN  Cold temps, 6 to 10F with light snow
accumulating during race
                                  25K Classic
Name                 Place              Wax          Comments
Josie Nelson     1st Overall     White        Good Skis

Seeley Hills Classic, Cold -10 F at night with warming temperatures into the mid 20's
                                42K Classic
Name                 Place             Wax           Comments
Josie Nelson   2nd               Teal          Good fast skis
Dave Nelson    4th                 White
Skis with Teal were faster due to the warming conditions
                              22k Classic
Jay Tegeder       4th Age Gr      TK72/Tan   Good Skis
                           22 Overall
Dan Meyer         5th Age Gr      Tan         Excellent skis much faster than
                                                                 the pack


Murphy Hanrehan Challenge, Temperature 5-10 F Old snow recently tilled
Name                Place              Wax              Comments
John Stamm       2nd Age Gr     Tan          Skis felt good interval start
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