Given that it’s the peak of the winter sports season, we decided to send our cold and winter-hating editor, Mark Gentili, out on the ski trails at Walden Cross-Country.
Not only did we put him on skis for the first time since he was a kid, we set him up with a lesson in skate-skiing, a more advanced technique of cross-country skiing.
Given that he fell a couple dozen times (this is not an exaggeration), as you’ll see in our hilarious video, we’d definitely recommend that people who want to learn cross-country skiing start with the easier-to-master classic technique.
If there was a ski loppet for falling, Gentili would definitely win.
Thank you to coach Megan Richardson for her valiant attempt to teach our editor how to skate ski. (Editor’s note from Mark Gentili: Just popping in here to highlight this. Megan is an amazing instructor, knowledgeable, patient and lots of fun. You’d do well to get a lesson from her.)
If you’d like to learn cross-country skiing, Walden Cross-Country would be happy to help, with programs, lessons and rentals available for both youth and adults.
For more information, email [email protected] or visit www.waldenxc.ca.
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