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Corporate Sponsors	JOURNALIST'S CORNER Hillary Nangle Announces a New Publication More Farra Influence in Nordic World New Web Resource Members' Internet links Pins and patches order form (PDF) See what the patch looks like Hillary Nangle Announces a New Publication Hilary Nangle (Hilary@HilaryNangle.com) announces the publication of a new edition of Moon Coastal Maine and a completely reformatted edition of Moon Maine, both published by Avalon Travel. Nangle knows the state intimately: She grew up in the Portland area, worked as a Registered Maine Whitewater Guide in the Highlands and Kennebec regions and now divides her year between Sugarloaf, in the western mountains, and the mid-coast. For these editions, she drove, biked, hiked, kayaked, skied, walked, dined, slept and explored from Kittery to Fort Kent, Calais to Fryeburg. She's now researching a new edition of Moon Acadia National Park. Nangle also is blogging at http://hilarynangle.wordpress.com. PRESS MEMBER AND MASTERFIT UNIVERSITY FOUNDER JEFF RICH TELLS HOW TO SELECT RUNNING SHOES IN MAY 2008 ISSUE OF ESQUIRE MAGAZINE Tips on how to buy athletic shoes from Masterfit University founder Jeff Rich, C. Ped. appear in the current issue of Esquire magazine. Rich contributed pointers to the section How to Buy Running Shoes in Esquire's May 2008 issue. It is part of a larger piece, titled The Better Man 2008-Retool, reboot, rebuild. A life-extending guide to your body's next seven days, that was compiled by noted heath physicians Drs. Mehmet Oz and & Michael Roizen. Rich, a certified pedorthist who created the Masterfit University footwear fitting program in 1994, has customized athletic shoes and built orthotics for dozens of professional athletes in his career including tennis players Ivan Lendl and Monica Seles, New York Knick Stephan Marbury and several major league baseball players including New York Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran. Success in every sport can be enhanced by footwear that fits and performs to each athlete's specific needs, says Rich. And creating a stable underfoot foundation with a custom orthotic is where it all begins. Rich is the inventor of both the Instaprint BioGel Custom Molding System, a leading system used by athletic footwear retailers and medical professionals for fabricating custom orthotics, and Zapz, a unique microwavable custom insole certified for do-it-yourself molding. Both are sold through Masterfit Enterprises. Rich's athletic shoe selection guidelines in Esquire include: Check to see if the store carries a range of replacement insoles. If it doesn't, it's not a store that takes athletes seriously. Go elsewhere. Get your foot measured. You may think you know your size, but as you get older, your arch falls and the foot spreads out. You could go up a size and a half between your twenties and your forties. Check the length. You want at least a quarter inch between the tips of your toes and the front of your shoe. Check the width by squeezing around the ball of your foot with your hand. It should feel like squeezing around your bicep when you make a muscle: firm, but with a bit of give. (If it's too tight, try another model, but not a bigger size - a shoe that's too long is no better than one that's too narrow.) Test the construction. The toe box should flex easily but not be floppy, and there should be a groove molded into the sole to encourage it to bend at the proper spot. Give the shoe a twist; the toe area should flex, but the rest should be fairly rigid. Finally, squeeze the heel box. The sturdier the better. If you run on it a few times and something's still not quite right, try exchanging the stock insole with a high-quality replacement. A lot of times, this will make all the difference. More Farra Influence in Nordic World John Farra, son of ESWA members Ron and Jo Farra has been named Nordic director of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association (USSA). Farra is a former Olympic Team member. John's achievements and success in the Nordic world just might be evidence of what Ron, his dad, has been telling us for year - that Nordic is not only provides great exercise and is fun, but it also leads to a wonderful lifestyle. Here's a link to the announcement: Farra Named Congratulations to the Farras. New Web Resource Photojournalist, NASJA member, and Nordic Guy, Jonathan Wiesel recommends the following web resource for data and research for Nordic stories. The Cross Country Ski Areas Association (CCSAA) has just launched its new site at www.xcski.org. According to Jonathan it's an excellent resource for vacation destinations or some simple weekend fun - in both the U.S. and Canada. Jonathan says, it's a brand new web site that can help outdoors enthusiasts find the best places to cross country ski, snowshoe, race, or go on a ski or snowshoe tour. He has utilized it for several of his stories. You can also find places to go ice skating, sledding, and sleigh riding. Plus, you can learn where you can even take your dog along. NASJA's cloth patch NASJA's Pin

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Hillary Nangle Announces a New Publication
More Farra Influence in Nordic World
New Web Resource
Members' Internet links
Pins and patches order form (PDF)
See what the patch looks like

Hillary Nangle Announces a New Publication

Hilary Nangle (Hilary@HilaryNangle.com) announces the publication of a new edition of Moon Coastal Maine and a completely reformatted edition of Moon Maine, both published by Avalon Travel. Nangle knows the state intimately: She grew up in the Portland area, worked as a Registered Maine Whitewater Guide in the Highlands and Kennebec regions and now divides her year between Sugarloaf, in the western mountains, and the mid-coast. For these editions, she drove, biked, hiked, kayaked, skied, walked, dined, slept and explored from Kittery to Fort Kent, Calais to Fryeburg. She's now researching a new edition of Moon Acadia National Park. Nangle also is blogging at http://hilarynangle.wordpress.com.

PRESS MEMBER AND MASTERFIT UNIVERSITY FOUNDER JEFF RICH TELLS HOW TO SELECT RUNNING SHOES IN MAY 2008 ISSUE OF ESQUIRE MAGAZINE

Tips on how to buy athletic shoes from Masterfit University founder Jeff Rich, C. Ped. appear in the current issue of Esquire magazine. Rich contributed pointers to the section How to Buy Running Shoes in Esquire's May 2008 issue. It is part of a larger piece, titled The Better Man 2008-Retool, reboot, rebuild. A life-extending guide to your body's next seven days, that was compiled by noted heath physicians Drs. Mehmet Oz and & Michael Roizen.

Rich, a certified pedorthist who created the Masterfit University footwear fitting program in 1994, has customized athletic shoes and built orthotics for dozens of professional athletes in his career including tennis players Ivan Lendl and Monica Seles, New York Knick Stephan Marbury and several major league baseball players including New York Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran.

Success in every sport can be enhanced by footwear that fits and performs to each athlete's specific needs, says Rich. And creating a stable underfoot foundation with a custom orthotic is where it all begins.

Rich is the inventor of both the Instaprint BioGel Custom Molding System, a leading system used by athletic footwear retailers and medical professionals for fabricating custom orthotics, and Zapz, a unique microwavable custom insole certified for do-it-yourself molding. Both are sold through Masterfit Enterprises.

Rich's athletic shoe selection guidelines in Esquire include:

Check to see if the store carries a range of replacement insoles. If it doesn't, it's not a store that takes athletes seriously. Go elsewhere.
Get your foot measured. You may think you know your size, but as you get older, your arch falls and the foot spreads out. You could go up a size and a half between your twenties and your forties.
Check the length. You want at least a quarter inch between the tips of your toes and the front of your shoe.
Check the width by squeezing around the ball of your foot with your hand. It should feel like squeezing around your bicep when you make a muscle: firm, but with a bit of give. (If it's too tight, try another model, but not a bigger size - a shoe that's too long is no better than one that's too narrow.)
Test the construction. The toe box should flex easily but not be floppy, and there should be a groove molded into the sole to encourage it to bend at the proper spot. Give the shoe a twist; the toe area should flex, but the rest should be fairly rigid. Finally, squeeze the heel box. The sturdier the better.
If you run on it a few times and something's still not quite right, try exchanging the stock insole with a high-quality replacement. A lot of times, this will make all the difference.

More Farra Influence in Nordic World

John Farra, son of ESWA members Ron and Jo Farra has been named Nordic director of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association (USSA). Farra is a former Olympic Team member.

John's achievements and success in the Nordic world just might be evidence of what Ron, his dad, has been telling us for year - that Nordic is not only provides great exercise and is fun, but it also leads to a wonderful lifestyle.

Here's a link to the announcement: Farra Named

Congratulations to the Farras.

New Web Resource

Photojournalist, NASJA member, and Nordic Guy, Jonathan Wiesel recommends the following web resource for data and research for Nordic stories.

The Cross Country Ski Areas Association (CCSAA) has just launched its new site at www.xcski.org. According to Jonathan it's an excellent resource for vacation destinations or some simple weekend fun - in both the U.S. and Canada. Jonathan says, it's a brand new web site that can help outdoors enthusiasts find the best places to cross country ski, snowshoe, race, or go on a ski or snowshoe tour. He has utilized it for several of his stories. You can also find places to go ice skating, sledding, and sleigh riding. Plus, you can learn where you can even take your dog along.

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