Hello to all the athletes, parents, friends, family and supporters of Mansfield Nordic!
I wanted to take some time to introduce myself and share a little about who I am and where I’ve come from. Skiing is a small world but there are many in MNC who may not know much about me!
I grew up in Woodstock, Vermont, and first started skiing competitively with the Woodstock Nordic Runners early in elementary school. I wasn’t a competitive racer at that age but I made some great friends, learned a lot and started to really love the sport. I competed in BKL races throughout each winter, including my first BKL Festival in Waterville Valley, NH in 1999…I still have the info packet and race results!
Pre-race talk with my dad at the BKL festival. I think this is 2000 at Notchview, the year we moved to Shelburne (hence the NWVT jacket)
In 5th grade my family moved to Shelburne, and I continued to race each winter in my older BKL years (there are some great awkward middle-school photos of me in the basement of Sleepy Hollow if you know where to look). At CVU I continued to love the racing aspect of the sport more, really committing to training year-round in my Junior year. The proof of my new level of dedication came in 2007, when I rollerskied the entire length of VT for my “Grad Challenge” project. That’s also when I became involved with Mansfield Nordic, as my teammate John Dixon and I would bang heads with our big MMU rivals Pete Hegman and Jared Supple at the Range on hot summer afternoons.
Training with MNC in the summer… I am 3rd from left, working on my heart rate monitor tan of course! (L-R Dave Bernstein, Max Ebenstein, Adam Terko, Jared Supple, Pete Hegman, John Dixon, Hunter Karnedy, Evan Martell)
Despite never achieving my goal of winning States, I squeaked onto the New England JN team my senior year at CVU in the last spot. One expensive plane flight to Anchorage, Alaska and back and I knew I wanted to stay in the ski world a long time.
I skied on the EISA circuit for St. Lawrence for 4 years, captaining the team in my Senior year. I got interested in coaching my Junior year there, and was lucky to see the SLU assistant position open up upon my graduation. I jumped on the opportunity and got to spend an additional 3 years with the program!
Racing at Trapps during my senior year at SLU…those 2006 Fischers are still the best skis I own!
In addition to completing a Masters degree during those coaching years at SLU, I was also able to be a coach with the Mid-Atlantic team at JNs, wax for the NY team at Easterns, and help out at numerous summer camps. The goal was (and still is) to involve myself in all aspects of the sport whenever possible.
Outside of skiing I enjoy lots of other outdoor adventures (trail running and mountain biking are at the top of the list) and I like to get out flyfishing whenever possible…I rarely catch anything, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable. I was an English major and I love both reading and writing, and although it’s been a long time since I’ve had a television I will still always recommend The Wire for anybody who has not watched it yet!
I am incredibly excited to become a part of Mansfield Nordic. The options for training, racing, learning and engaging in skiing are more plentiful here than anywhere else in the country. I was fortunate be supported by so many great coaches and role models at all levels of my skiing career, and I’m excited to contribute everything I can to help others experience the same love for the sport.
See you on the trails, the roads the snow!
-Adam
