There’s been frost in recent mornings here on the coast of Maine. The rain barrel has skimmed over twice and whisps of sea smoke have been drifting over the lake at dawn. Traditionally, the first week in December is opening day on Plymouth Pond, but we all know how that can go.
JR Pepper sent in an interesting link to a small firm in Alaska building Nordic skates. They look nice: Meet the A100 – An Alaska-made Nordic skate by Ermine Skate

At Horseback Beach, RI, the BloKart gang held a regatta this weekend. Our own Henry Cataposto and Karen Binder scored the event, and a few notable iceboaters took part. Mike Dinning made this great video with his 360 GoPro: https://youtu.be/0qKIxhd9RSw