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General

Cross Country Skiing in New England has loads of info about xc in New England including articles, classifieds. www.nexcski.com

Canada's xc source - info on clubs, events, products and resorts http://X-C.com

Ski Post - articles on cross-country skiing equipment, training and adventures. www.skipost.com

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History and Museums

Colorado Ski Museum & Ski Hall of Fame, Vail, CO www.skimuseum.net

Lahti Ski Museum, Finland www.lahdenmuseot.fi/main.php?id=471

New England Ski Museum, Franconia, NH www.skimuseum.org

Mammoth Ski Museum, Mammoth, CA www.mammothskimuseum.org

U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum, Ishpeming, Michigan www.skihall.com

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Publications

Backcountry - backcountry and telemark skiing. www.backcountrymagazine.com

Cross Country Skier - mainly recreational skiing www.crosscountryskier.com

Nordic News - for performance skiers www.nordicnews.com

Silent Sports - articles on xc during the winter, concentrating mainly on the Midwestern US. www.silentsports.net

SkiTrax - recreation and racing. www.skitrax.com

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Technique and Training

Cross Country Skier's Web site has some basic techniques www.crosscountryskier.com

New England Nordic Ski Association has several articles on dryland training www.sover.net/~nensa/training/articles.html

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Waxing

New England Nordic Ski Association has a good waxing guide www.nexcski.com/articles/skiprep.htm

Swix waxing guide www.swixsport.com/nordictechniques.shtml

Toko wax guide is an excellent description of the principles of ski waxing www.tokowax.com/english/prod/c_pr2a.htm

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Web Directories

About.com cross country skiing directory http://skitrips.about.com/sports/recreation/skitrips/msubcrosscountry.htm

Excite cross country skiing directory www.excite.com/sports/winter_sports/skiing/cross_country

Yahoo Cross Country Skiing directory www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing__Snow/Cross_Country

xcresorts.com - directory of about 300 xc ski resorts in N. America; xc skiing tips, news, events and programs; Top 10 recommendations and news about xc ski products www.xcskiresorts.com

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Skijoring

Alaskan Skijoring page http://fytqm.uafadm.alaska.edu/dogs/skijoring.html

North American Skijoring and Ski Pulk Association www.ptialaska.net/~skijor

Skijoring Introductory www.nmsr.labmed.umn.edu/~john/skijor

Sled Dog Central skijoring page www.sleddogcentral.com/skijoring.htm

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