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The American Birkebeiner, known colloquially as the Birkie, is held annually in February. The event was founded in 1973 by Tony Wise. Wise, who started the Telemark Ski Area in Cable, Wisconsin, in 1947, helped to popularize modern-day cross-country skiing when he built trails at Telemark in 1972.
Kettlebowl is a small ski area near Bryant, Wisconsin, founded in 1956 and run as a non-profit operation by volunteers of the Langlade County Ski Club. [1] The name Kettlebowl comes from the Kettle Moraine, a large moraine, or glacial deposit, in Northern Wisconsin. The Ice Age Trail route passes through Kettlebowl. [2] [3]
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships host these sports every odd-numbered year, [2] but there are also separate championships in other events, such as Telemark skiing [3] and ski flying. Biathlon combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, but is not included as a Nordic discipline under the rules of the International Ski Federation ...
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August "Gus" Schumacher (born July 25, 2000) is an American cross-country skier. [2] In 2020, Schumacher became the first American to win a gold medal in an individual race at the Junior World Ski Championships. [3] He competed in the 30 kilometre skiathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [4]
Minocqua is home to Minocqua Winter Park, a cross-country skiing venue, as well as a sledding hill and ice-skating pond. Minocqua is home to one of the world's oldest amateur water ski teams, the Min-Aqua Bats. The Min-Aqua bats have been performing at the Aqua Bowl for over 70 summers as a nonprofit organization, with regular shows starting in ...