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4 Adirondack Sports Holiday Specials Two 30 Minute Massages $89 (Save $11) Buy Three 1 Hour Massages and receive a FREE 1/2 hr. $235 (Save $40) Two 45 Minute Massages $109 (Save $21) www.BIBTherapeuticMassage.com • 518-371-6332 Gift Certificates Also Available Online & Office Pick-up • 1427 Route 9 • Halfmoon PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL for Men, Women & Teens – Electrolysis since 1989 – LASER HAIR REMOVAL Ears $40 • Chin $55 Underarms & Bikini $99 Back or Full Legs $250 Mention This Ad So Ready For This. Ski and Ride at 19+ New York ski areas for FREE*. The Ski+Ride Passport is available to any 3 rd or 4 th grader in the world, so get out and enjoy winter this year! Visit ISKINY.com to learn more. *$31 *$31 processing fee applies. Restrictions apply. apply. See See website website for details. for details. Go "Outdoorzing" with Fleet Feet Albany & Malta Let us help you with holiday gifts! Cold-weather apparel makes a great gift. Its technical and performance qualities will keep your loved ones comfortable outdoors, while fashion-forward styles will make everyone look good this season. ADIRONDACK LASER & Skin Esthetics Janice A. Gilley CPE LT (518) 793-5302 • 147 Ridge Street, Glens Falls adirondacklasers.com New York’s Largest Canoe, Kayak and SUP Dealer! Pre-Order Your New Canoe or Kayak Now! Accessories and recovery gear also make great gifts. Want to keep the runner or walker in your life safe? Try the new USBrechargable clip-on lights by Nathan. Is it time to really tackle the soreness that results from running? Try our collection of percussion massagers from Hyperice and TriggerPoint. This is also the time of year for hats, gloves, and socks. Don't forget GPS watches by Garmin and bone conduction headphones by AfterShokz that allow you to be aware of your surroundings while listening to music. These are fun and useful technology gifts perfect for the holidays. Make an appointment to visit Fleet Feet Albany & Malta today and we will help you with your holiday shopping. You can also pick out something for yourself! Make an appointment at www.fleetfeetalbany.com MountainmanOutdoors.com OLD FORGE, NY (315) 369-6672 • SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (518) 584-0600
News News Briefs Briefs Kicksleds: A New Winter Experience SARANAC LAKE – Would you like a new way to glide across ice or snow? Are you a bit tentative trying the balance skills required for ice skating or cross country skiing? You might want to try kicksledding. Kicksleds are simple and easy to use for all ages and athletic abilities. The traditional kicksled consists of two steel runners with a wooden seat and handlebars, along with foot rests behind to stand on. Simply stand on the foot rests, hold onto the bars, and use a kicking motion with one leg to push forward and glide, just like a scooter or skateboard. The seat can be used to carry a passenger. Used in Scandinavia as a major form of transportation for over a hundred years, kicksleds were used during the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994 – sleds were everywhere! People of all ages used them to get around, transporting children, groceries, as well as camping and ice fishing equipment. Kids even use them to get to school in the winter. In 2018, I and my associate, John Dimon, at Human Power Planet Earth Bicycle Shop in Saranac Lake purchased a couple of antique kicksleds to try them out, and we loved them. We first used them on frozen lakes and ponds using the ice runners they all come equipped with. They glide easily over the roughest ice, often in conditions that were unskatable. The two-mile ice path on Mirror Lake in the village of Lake Placid was especially fun. With the addition of the clip-on snow-runners they came with, we then started exploring packed snow trails and railroad beds, going for miles on them. By the next year we had purchased ESLA Kicksleds of Finland to sell at the shop. We rent them, give demos, and put a skate path on Lake Colby in Saranac Lake and have them available for all to try during the Skate Lake Colby Event as part of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival in 2019 and 2020. We found everyone could easily use them due to their simple design and low center of gravity. Performance models, called kicksparks, are also available with a one-piece aluminum construction, and mushing attachments can be added to either the traditional or performance models for a dog sledding experience. We’ve already taken them down the snow-packed railroad tracks in Saranac Lake during the first snowstorm in November 2020. You don’t need much snow to kicksled. This winter, try kicksledding over packed, snowy trails or frozen lakes – it’s a blast! Learn more: humanpowerplanetearth.com. –Birgit Schulte FROM THE PUBLISHER One Bad Step... and Crack Instead of gathering around the table on Thanksgiving, we met my brother’s family for a hike on Buck Mountain. On the way down, 2.3 miles from the trailhead I took a steep step down, my right foot stopped at an angle, but my leg kept going, and I heard a loud crack. I dislocated my ankle and have three fractures in my lower leg. Thanks to the NYSDEC Forest Rangers for getting me down safely. After Saratoga Hospital ER, orthopedic visits and now surgery, I’m in recovery… Now, all I want for Christmas is trekking poles! It’s been a heck of a year, best wishes to all of you for happy holidays. Thanks for reading us and supporting our advertisers and exhibitors. Cheers to better days in 2021! DECEMBER 2020 5 Go Outdoorzing with Fleet Feet ALBANY – Fleet Feet Albany & Malta wants everyone to get outside this winter. Now, more than ever, avoiding confined indoor spaces is crucial for you and your family’s health and well-being. Let Fleet Feet help you with your “Outdoorzing” this winter. Outdoorzing is the conscious act of embracing the outdoors and all of its elements by preparing the mind, body and spirit, and by engaging those elements with the tools and products you need to get out the door and take that amazing breath of fresh air. Fleet Feet will be giving you a daily outdoorzing tip to help you prepare and prosper outdoors. It will be informative and fun. Look for the daily outdoorzing tip on the website, plus their Facebook page, Instagram and Twitter accounts. Fleet Feet Albany & Malta looks forward to you joining them on outdoorzing adventures this winter. Go to: fleetfeetalbany.com. ADK Members Recognized for Trail Work SCHENECTADY – NYSDEC would like to congratulate dedicated trail volunteers, Norm Kuchar and Walt Hayes, for each receiving the North Country Trail Association ADK Affiliate Honor Award: northcountrytrail.org. For the past 12 years, these two members of the Schenectady Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club have taken more than 120 trips to scout and GPS routes for the eastern Adirondack section of the North Country National PRE-COVID PHOTO Scenic Trail. Norm and Walt have been critical partners to DEC planners and foresters as they’ve helped define the best route for this trail in the Adirondacks. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor! When completed, the North Country National Scenic Trail will stretch approximately 4,700 miles from North Dakota to Vermont, with about 160 miles passing through the central Adirondacks from Black River Wild Forest to Crown Point State Historic Site. Learn more: adk-schenectady.org. NYS Ski Racing Assn: Nordic KATTSKILL BAY – NYSSRA Nordic’s highest priority is to assure the health and safety of club members and the skiing community – racers, their families, event organizers, officials and volunteers. To affirm this position, NYSSRA Nordic representatives at the fall meeting focused discussion on how to implement safe, motivating, and successful competition for cross country, biathlon, and ski orienteering events amid precautions for the spread of Covid. Although it’s a bit early to know exactly what limitations to expect this winter, we do know that race formats will be different, participants will need to be safely distanced from others, face coverings will be required, and you can prepare to base out of your vehicle – like the ole “back-to-basics” experience that some may remember. Watch for specific competition rules and guidelines in the coming weeks. NYSSRA Nordic has purchased Tyvek bibs that will be issued to all members who will be racing. Athletes will use the same number all year to reduce the contact of bib hand out at registration on the day of the race. All registration will be done online this year through skireg.com registration site. Day of race registration will be discouraged. All events will be interval or rolling start to keep competitors distanced during the race. NYSSRA Nordic has also lowered the membership fee for school age athletes. The membership is free for first-year members and only $5 for any racer from years past. With the uncertainty of high school sports, we hope to offer a safe way to participate in Nordic competition this year for junior skiers. We look forward to a safe and healthy year out on the Nordic trails. This winter is the perfect time to get out of the gym and head out to the Nordic trails for some exercise. See you all on the trail. Visit: nyssra-nordic.org. CELEBRATING 80 YEARS STRONG! • Skis & Skiwear • Snowboards • Fall Clothing • Winter Gear • Expert Service See website for new shop guidelines Saratoga’s Ski Shop! GREAT HOLIDAY GIFTS! Discounted prices on 2020-21 skis/ snowboards 399 Clinton Street • Saratoga Springs 518.584.6290 • alpinesportshop.com Locally Owned & Independent Adirondack Sports & Fitness, LLC 15 Coventry Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065 (518) 877-8788 • Fax (518) 877-0619 info@AdkSports.com ISSUE #240 Publisher/Editor/Founder: Darryl Caron Art Director: Karen Chapman Consulting Editor: Mona Caron Adirondack Sports is published 12 times per year with a monthly circulation of 18,000 copies. © 2020 Adirondack Sports & Fitness, LLC. All rights reserved. Please recycle. AdkSports.com Facebook.com/AdirondackSports Share the by giving a subscription! the adventure Signup for our WEEKLY eblasts! • Best Bet Events • Articles & News • Promos & Ads In your Inbox every Wednesday! AdkSports.com A Great Holiday Gift for sports and fitness enthusiasts! Giving is Easy! AdkSports.com/subscribe
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