WCFM 91.9 presents "What's in Your Ski Locker?" with host Riikz

aaaaaaaand we're back with your host, Riikz, on tonight's show. I'm so glad you've tuned in for this week's episode of the entertainment you've all been waiting for......"What's in Your Ski Locker?"


As my fellow Nordie-Ephs know, our purple ski lockers are potentially one of the top three advantages to being a skier here in land of cows. (others include Driscoll dinner becoming at least 5x more appetizing and just general clout enhancement).

My locker is a place to put everything I ever wanted to store and never had space in my room for--a cubby that holds (perhaps surprisingly) much more than just my ski clothes. Presented for you here is a small sample of the fun items I found whilst digging through the accumulation of a year's worth of stuff.

I have a shelf from Amazon. You've probably heard about it. If you haven't....it has hooks. And shelves. And is probably the best investment I've ever made.

Toko gloves? Gotta have 'em. The perfect combination of not-too-hot but just enough fabric to wipe that nose drip on. 

Cow tape? Get ready for not getting frostbite (and looking dope while doing it!) Only sad cows freeze their skin folks

Safety First. 

I promise these aren't from chem lab

Hair? Consider it tied. or Bindered. or whatever you midwesterners call it

???

Science Rules. Inertia is a Property of Matter. 

mmmm iron 

yeah...this case isn't even mine (clearly!)

remember folks. Driscoll Corn Chowder Warms the Soul. (but it has soy!)

Thank you for joining me tonight. I wish you all a good sleep. 

Signing off, Riiks

p.s. I actually will have a radio show as soon as I can find a name for it so stay tuned

A Day in the Life of Hadassah

Meet Hadassah Lurbur: fellow frosh from Wenatchee, Washington. We refer to her here as Das, Sauce, Dassa, Hadassanah (my personal favorite), Sah, Sauca, and many other variants of her name—please write in with any nickname ideas you may come up with!

I will now give you an idea of what a normal day in Das's life her at Williams might look like. Enjoy!

If you ever need Hadassah and can't seem to find her, I would recommend heading straight to the cow field at the Clark. She loves frolicking in the field, as she has an affinity for the cows and has spent countless hours trying to make friends with them (see below).
 

After visiting the cows, Dassa will immediately hit the gym. Nothing can get in between this girl and her gains—except maybe some brutal dead fish core...


Once she has gotten in a sufficient workout, it's time to head to the library. Here she can be seen studying with the third member of our frosh unit, Jacob Jampel.

 

Oftentimes, Sauca will study so hard that she needs a rest, in which case she will find the nearest beanbag and take a well-earned break.

Another one of Hadassanah's favorite study breaks is doing handstands. She will regularly perform them in the library to "get some blood to her head." Next time you see her, be sure to ask to see this special knack of hers in action!

To end off her busy days, Das likes to find a creative outlet for her artistic talents. Here she can be seen with a mug she made at craft night!

If you ever get the chance, I would highly recommend going shopping with Sah. I am convinced that she found the best items money can buy in Walmart when we went one night this fall. 

Well, that just about sums up everything I know about Das as of right now, but I cannot wait to learn more about this sensational individual in our next four years here! 

You're welcome in advance for all the conversation-starter options I have provided in case you are ever lucky enough to hang out with Hadassah.

-Lilly

Mountain Mollusks

Last Friday we celebrated, very seriously, the Day of the Mountains. After innumerable miles (like, so many), one or two heel clicks, and personally four cider donuts, we were jumping less high, but no less gratefully for everything we get to do! Thank you mountains!!!

Norge Trening Camp

This fall a few members of the herd decided to wander off in search of greener pastures, with Franklin Reilly and I ending up in Norway. I'd say we're studying abroad at NTNU Trondheim, but that would be a misrepresentation of what we're actually doing since studying seems to be pretty low on the priority list here. With school being just a formality, there's been plenty of time to explore Norway and try not to get dropped on workouts with the ski team here.  In our first couple weeks here we got to hop in the Swecosprinten, a rollerski sprint race held on the main NTNU campus.

Frank cruisin in the Qualifier

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Through to the final despite some atrocious lunging technique

Seconds before disaster

Unfortunately the rollerskis provided for the race were a bit defective and one of my wheels snapped off on a corner during the final, putting a pretty quick stop to my race. Hungry for more, Franklin and I both headed out to Meraker in mid September for a training camp with the NTNU ski team. On the menu was a whole lot of bounding, another rollerski race, and a OD run through the marshes along the Swedish border.

Things have been pretty busy since then with a lot more training and some travels around Norway but here are a few more photos

Oppdal, Central Norway

Another rollerski race?

Measuring step pools with my Geology class, the only evidence I have of doing school work

Wouldn't be a blog post by me without a fishing picture

Don't take pictures on my phone unless you want them on the blog, Franklin

Jordan Fields on Fasterskier!

Read here about Jordan Fields '17 and his Presidential Traverse FKT. Nice work, Jordan!

Jordan Fields Presidential Traverse FKT

Jordan Fields '17
Racing on the EISA CIRCUIT