Concord up-cycling skis business, Ski Kraft sees boom around Christmas time

by Shawn Latulippe | Mar 16, 2021 | Community, In Print, Sports & Rec

Where one person sees an old pair of trashy skis ready for the dump pile, Jared Mostue sees business potential.Those old K2s that are too-skiny in today’s world of shaped skis, or those Rossingnols that are too beat up to ever hit the slopes again are Mostue’s...

This season, the best way to keep your distance

by Jonathan Van Fleet | Dec 23, 2020 | Community, In Print, Life & Leisure, Sports & Rec

The Capital City is home to three groomed cross-country ski trails at White Farm, Carter Hill Orchard and Beaver Meadow Golf Course. All are free to the public.White Farm and Carter Hill are groomed by volunteers who use equipment owned by the Capital Ski and Outing...

QA – Kris Blomback, general manager at Pats Peak Ski Resort in Henniker, facing a season like no other

by Around Concord | Oct 29, 2020 | In Print, Sports & Rec

Pats Peak opened for business Jan. 5, 1963, and Kris Blomback has been with them more than half the years since. “We are the longest [-held] and largest continually owned by the same family ski area in all of northern New England,” says Blomback, who lives in “the big...

BACK  on the GREEN

by Tim O’sullivan | Jul 9, 2020 | In Print, Sports & Rec

Bob White was born in Vermont in 1955, but that same year his parents, Stan and Ruth, moved to Hopkinton after they bought Duston Country Club from Ruth’s cousin, Artie Duston.“My first memories are probably being on the putting green,” White said, “and I can remember...

The Race is On

by Tim O’sullivan | Apr 2, 2020 | In Print, Sports & Rec

With the roads (mostly) clear of winter debris, it’s time for road race season.Here are a few suggestions to get you warmed up, and in the running spirit.The 16th Annual NHTI/Northeast Delta Dental 5K will be held on April 17 in Concord at NHTI. The registration is...

Ensconced in Winter’s Serenity

by LISA BALLARD | PHOTOS BY JACK AND LISA BALLARD | Jan 25, 2019 | In Print, Sports & Rec

Jackson XC offers a unique and traditional New England experience Kick. Glide. Kick. Glide. I had forgotten how cathartic the rhythm of cross-country skiing can be. My husband Jack and I had just left the Jackson Ski Touring Center’s lodge, eager for some exercise and...