We thank the coaches, skiers, and chaperones from Galena School and Anchorage’s Dimond High School for participating in the 31st annual Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot. You are great ambassadors for your ski teams and communities.
Galena Ski Team–Photo by Martin Hornfischer
Dimond High School Ski Team–photo by Kyle Whisenhant
Photos by Martin Hornfischer (left, Galena team huddle) and Kyle Whisenhant (right)
We hope that you return next year.
Relive some of the glorious moments of the 31st annual Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot captured by Mark Lindberg from the Chena River and from the warm-up loop at Birch Hill. I selected 32 that highlight the Sonot Kkaazoot course and some of the skiers who enjoyed the spectacular Birch Hill trails on Saturday. Many skiers tackling the 40 and 50 km Sonot Kkaazoot really look young to me. After 31 years, Bad Bob and I see a new generation of Sonot Kkaazoot 50 km skiers.
Mark took over 500 photographs during Saturday’s event. Many awesome photographs focus in on the faces of skiers. The original photographs are extremely high resolution.
His instagram site is: https://www.instagram.com/marklindbergphotography/?hl=en
If you want access to Mark’s photos, email him at mslindberg1@gmail.com and he can provide a google drive link. These photos are slightly lower resolution than the originals and they are free to everyone. He just asks that folks acknowledge his site if they use these photos. If anyone wants to work with Mark on post processing and printing any original photos they should contact him about pricing.
Mark was extremely generous in providing me with the images that I have posted here in a form that this website could accommodate. It was hard to select a manageable collection from all the fantastic photos he took.
Classical SCUM at the start—All photos by Sam Lamont
40/50 km skiers before the start
40 and 50 km skiers head off
Bad Bob not in orange
Woodel guru double poles
Mom finishes as Sonot Pooh Bah
Smiling Jonathan finishes
Timing shelter hauled away
Mark Lindberg, sporting events photographer, was out on the race course yesterday. He took over 500 photographs and 2 videos from the start of the 40/50 and 20 km events.
He has posted 14 edited photos on his Instagram site:
https://www.instagram.com/marklindbergphotography/?hl=en
and we have posted 32 here:
https://sonotkkaazoot.org/2018/03/28/glorious-moments-from-31st-sonot-captured-by-mark-lindberg/
If you want access to Mark’s photos, email him at mslindberg1@gmail.com and he can provide a google drive link. These photos are slightly lower resolution than the originals and they are free to everyone. He just asks that folks acknowledge his site if they use these photos. If anyone wants to work with Mark on post processing and printing any original photos they should contact him about pricing.
Photos from the 2018 Sonot Kkaazoot Fort Wainwright road crossings are available at the link below. The photos are free to download. If you do download, please donate to the Birch Hill Trail Fund (https://nordicskicluboffairbanks.wildapricot.org/Donate/). If you would like a larger version of a photo just send an email to Eric at fbxskierparent@gmail.com. He’ll ask again for you to donate to the Birch Hill Trail Fund, but he’ll send you a larger version of the photo(s) for free.
The photos below show some of the road crossing volunteers on race day: 
And the photos below show some key Sonot Kkaazoot organizers participating in the 30th annual Sonot Kkaazoot.
Frank Soos, guru of bibs and 50% of the team (with his wife, Margo Klass) that designed the fantastic Sonot Kkaazoot hats:
Chris Puchner, organizer of feed stations and the Sonot Kkaazoot start and finish area, skis his longest Sonot Kkaazoot (thanks to pneumonia, work, and out-of-state family issues):
Bill Husby, one of the key NSCF groomers, before he broke his ski pole and skied 12 km with just one:
Mike Schmoker, master of the woodel construction and award presentations:
Bruce Jamieson, NSCF president and World Masters skier:
Robert Hannon, Fort Wainwright contact and media mogul:
All photos by Eric Troyer
Photos by Chris Broda
This gallery contains 10 photos.
All photos by Eric Troyer See earlier post for URL to Eric Troyer’s Google Photos gallery.
Bad Bob Baker, Sonot Kkaazoot founder and chief of course–photo by Eric Troyer
Eric Troyer, SCUM volunteer during the Sonot Kkaazoot (who is currently running the White Mountain 100) has shared a google album of his photographs:
https://goo.gl/photos/L4AxXxQBiNVU1NQR8
You are free to download any photographs, but if you download, he asks that you contribute to the Birch Hill trails fund:
https://nordicskicluboffairbanks.wildapricot.org/Donate/
(If you need a larger version of a specific photo, Eric can email you one: fbxskierparent [at]
gmail.com).
Max Kaufman, photographer and skier, took all the above photos of the 20 km skiers on the Chena River from under the Old Steese Bridge, of 40 and 50 km skiers in the Birch Hill stadium, and a few skiers at the finish.
You can view and download full resolution digital images of 229 photos from the slideshow at the Awards Ceremony on Max’s Picaso album:
https://picasaweb.google.com/102182157666674406929/Sonot2016?authkey=Gv1sRgCOmOl_y0ptnGwQE
In exchange, please make a donation on Max’s behalf to either the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks trail fund:
https://nordicskicluboffairbanks.wildapricot.org/Donate/
or to FXC, the NSCF youth training program, at the upcoming Spring Gala on April 16, 2016.
Thank you, Max! Your generosity will help appease the out-of-town skiers who were disappointed that we didn’t have swag to sell this year.
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