In Episode 8 of Birkie™ Web Today, fellow Birkie Buddy, Mike Tarnow, and I interview
Nathan Schultz and Zack Caldwell with Boulder Nordic Sport of Boulder,
Colorado and Portland, Maine as well as provide news and information about the American Birkebeiner Ski Race and Nordic skiing.
Boulder Nordic Sport,
which started in 2006 is dedicated to bringing world class Nordic
services to all skiers. Their shop in Portland, Maine opened in 2009.
Nathan
Schultz began skiing in high school where he finished dead last in
every race. His friends’ enthusiasm for the sport was contagious,
however, and kept him going long enough to ski at the University of
Colorado, where he was a two-time NCAA All-American, Team Captain and
1994 Scholar Athlete of the Year.
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| Nathan Schultz |
He
went on to a 15-year professional career with the Subaru Factory and
Fischer/Swix Teams, while also building a software consulting business
and racing mountain bikes professionally, from 1995-1999.
He launched Boulder Nordic Sport in October, 2006.
Nathan lives with his wife and daughter in Boulder, Colorado
Zach
Caldwell graduated from Middlebury College in 1994 where he was twice
captain of the Nordic Team. He began work for the fledgling New England
Nordic Ski Association and grew the association for six years, working
on regional development programs and coaches education tools.
In
2001 he left to start Engineered Tuning – an elite Nordic grinding
service that has evolved through time and has now been wholly absorbed
by Boulder Nordic Sports. Zach spent the last two years testing grinds
at the Callaghan Valley Olympic venue for the US Ski Team as part of
their Olympic Development program. In addition to working with skis,
Zach works as a personal coach with a small number of high level
American and Canadian athletes including Kris Freeman.
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| Zach Caldwell |
Zach is leading Bolder Nordic Sports efforts in ski selection, grind development and waxing.
Zach lives with his wife and their son in Boulder, Co.
Theme Music
Special thanks to Mark Franzke for allowing us to use his song, Twelve
Street Stomp, as the theme song for the Birkie Web Today Podcast.
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| Mark Franzke |
