Birkie News Archives for
Northern News Now Talks With Event Director Kristy Maki
With Birkie week less than one month away, KBJR-6 took a moment to chat with ABSF Event Director Kristy Maki about the upcoming event and the current conditions. Read more by visiting northernnewsnow.com
ABSF Expands the Pioneer Midwest Seeley Hills Classic
Hayward/Cable, WI – With the recent race cancellations in the Midwest, the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation is expanding the Pioneer Midwest Seeley Hills Classic with an additional race day on Sunday, January 12 to host skate skiing events. This event now includes: – A 5K course that will challenge skiers of all levels – Saturday: […]
Mt. Telemark Village Year End Giving
The Mt. Telemark Village Capital Campaign, the largest thing the Birkie has ever done, is racing to the finish. This project will ensure a vibrant future for the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation. With $2M left to reach the finish, the Birkie’s leadership has pledged a $1M donation, challenging the Birkie community to match it, raising […]
Team Birkie Auction Begins Today at 11am CST!
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN) – Team Birkie’s most creative fundraiser begins as a kickoff to the ski racing season. Team Birkie members are on-snow in Europe, and Alayna Sonnesyn has already kicked off the competition year in Finland’s arctic circle community of Muonio in an FIS classic sprint, Friday. Racing continues next weekend for Zak Ketterson in […]
Base Camp Grand Opening Featured on Northern News Now
EDIT: The new building is called Base Camp at Mt. Telemark Village. This news story incorrectly refers to the building as Home Base at Mt. Telemark Village which is a terrific lodging option during your next visit to Mt. Telemark Village.
Birchleggers & Birkie Green Bib Initiative featured on WPR’s Larry Meiller Show
On Wednesday July 24, Wisconsin Public Radio’s Larry Meiller show featured a segment on upcycling plastic. Birchlegger Jim Tenorio called into the program to inform the state-wide (and beyond) listening audience of the Birkie Green initiatives surrounding our bibs which are made out of recycled water bottles. But the life those bibs don’t end on […]
Carol Ann Duffy, the first Worldloppet Master, passes at age 89
We are sad to announce that on July 21, 2024 we had to say goodbye to Carol Ann Duffy of Hayward, Wisconsin, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Carol was the first Worldloppet Master earning diploma number one in 1980 along with her husband Tom who earned diploma number three. Back in 2018, for the 40th […]
American Birkebeiner Featured on PBS News Hour
The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation is committed to reducing our carbon footprint through our Birkie Green initiative, which acts as a filter for everything we do from events to building structures. Our Birkie Green initiative focuses on five areas: 1. Limit our use of unrecycled material for retail and for race swag.2. Increase our reliance […]
Lifesaving Drone Technology Debuted at this year’s American Birkebeiner Event
PRESS RELEASE Lifesaving Drone Technology Debuted at this year’s American Birkebeiner Event HAYWARD, WI (March 6, 2024) – As the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation wraps a successful 50th Anniversary Season this weekend with the Fat Bike Birkie, the ABSF medical team in Hayward, Wisconsin celebrated something never before tried in sports: after two cardiac incidents at […]
