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Our Contributors
Drew Cappabianca owns and operates The Hub: a cafe,
bar, and bike shop in Brant Lake, NY. He is involved in
building better and safer mountain biking trails in the region
and is an advisor for the Warren County Safe and Quality
Biking Organization. He has hired Steve Ovitt to design Brant
Lake Bike Park on Bartonville Mountain, located directly
behind The Hub, with development beginning in 2017.
(visit www.brantlakebikepark.com). When the Hub is closed
for the winter months Drew can be found helping customers
at The Sports Page in Queensbury, NY.
Alex Kochon lives in Gansevoort with her husband and son.
She is a former sportswriter at The Post-Star and is currently
the managing editor of FasterSkier.com where she reports
on World Cup skiing. She was born into a Nordic skiing
family and skied for the Lake George HS Nordic Team. She
captained the women’s soccer team at Emerson College and
also interned at the Beijing Olympics. Additionally, she was
a Nordic Skiing Instructor in the Colorado Rockies and is a
Certified Personal Trainer. When she’s not writing or editing,
Alex can be found chasing her 1-1/2 year old, and skiing,
biking, running and hiking in the Adirondacks
Eric J. Hamilton is a retired Environmental Engineer who
keeps busy by being on the board of directors for several
organizations including the Mohawk Towpath Byway, the
Shenendehowa Nordic Club, and NYSSRA Nordic. He
competes in Biathlon races for Saratoga Biathlon Club and
Nordic Ski races for HURT Nordic. He also participates in
Ski-Orienteering events. His passion is to get residents and
visitors on bicycles to discover the historical, natural, and
recreational assets along the Erie Canal.
Jared Newell developed his love of athletics while running at
Queensbury High School and SUNY Cortland where he was
on Queensbury’s first Boy’s State Championship Team and
SUNY Cortland’s first National Championship Team.
He currently runs and cycles recreationally, but has found
that his passion is fly fishing in the abundant waters of the
Adirondacks. He still loves working and training endurance
athletes and is currently aiming to continue pursuing cycling
and triathlon racing. Weekly he works timing races
throughout New York with Underdog Race Timing.
Ethan Katz has been a Nordic skier since age 10.
He currently is a Mechanical Engineering major in his junior
year at Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY where he is on
their successful Nordic ski team that has won Divisionals and
Regionals the last three years, and which has performed very
well at Nationals in the NSCSA Division. Besides
Nordic skiing he is an avid hiker. He also prepares for the
Nordic season by bicycling, running, distance trail running,
and crossfit training.
Duncan Callahan is a former Glens Falls High School
cross country and Nordic skiing star, who lives in Gunnison,
Colorado with his family. He is a champion ultra-distance
runner with 4-dozen races over the last decade including
fifteen 100-mile races, and well over a dozen 50-mile races.
Besides competing in ultra-distance races, Duncan is a
long-time coach. He is currently the Director of
Campus Recreation at Western State Colorado University
as well as the school’s head Nordic Ski Coach, where he
motivates a fairly new team that has done very well at
Nationals the past two years.
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Gabrielle Katz
Contributors
Drew Cappabianca
Alex Kochon
Eric J. Hamilton
Jared Newell
Ethan Katz
Duncan Callahan
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