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WesternOne9990 t1_jae7uri wrote

Reply to comment by tribrnl in Jessie Diggins is first U.S. cross-country skier to win individual world title by smackslips

Here during the Minnesota summers it’s not an uncommon site on the bike trails and foot paths to see people “skiing” on their extended roller blades that are basically skis with wheels. I’ve only tried it once, fun fact i got to use those roller blades for summer practice while being apart of the same Nordic team she was on but like four years after.

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sketchanderase t1_jae6okp wrote

Reply to comment by eagle_eye_larry in Jessie Diggins is first U.S. cross-country skier to win individual world title by smackslips

Chad Salmela, the caller, is from Duluth, MN, Diggins' home state. He did a podcast interview about it. I'll find it.

I don't know if this is the episode, but this is relevant. He also hosts a podcast titled Threshold.

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL25vcmRpYy1uYXRpb24/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9mYXN0ZXJza2llci5jb20vP3Bvc3RfdHlwZT1hcnRpY2xlJnA9MTc2Njg4?ep=14

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WesternOne9990 t1_jae58uv wrote

Reply to comment by AGreatBandName in Jessie Diggins is first U.S. cross-country skier to win individual world title by smackslips

It’s commonplace in Minnesota.

I actually sorta competed on the same cross country team as her basically because men and womens team practiced together… I was 4 years too young to know her but my brother did from classes.

She also lived in Afton where they have the ski hill called afton alps attached to afton state park where they have groomed trails for Nordic, which is what we called cross country.

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sublime1691 t1_jadvu9x wrote

Reply to comment by Agitated-Airline6760 in Jessie Diggins is first U.S. cross-country skier to win individual world title by smackslips

Jessie Diggens back on topic has actually changed the culture of cross country skiing in Minnesota. She has set up camps and has young Minnesotans thinking they can beat the Scandinavians at their own game. I'm pretty sure there are a few inspired by her that are getting ready to be next.

She's a pretty amazing person. Won't lie, got an autograph when she did a event in Duluth after her win in 18.

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donutello2000 t1_jadvtgn wrote

Reply to comment by unifyzero in [Ari Meirov] The NFL competition committee is expected to have discussions about the third QB rule, which would allow teams to have an emergency QB in uniform (a 47th active player) on gamedays, in case of a worst case scenario situation (like the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game). by IrwinRSchyster1

No one tell this guy about college football teams, who must have a minimum of 63 active players, and can have up to 85 scholarship players, and 125 active players.

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