Hometown: Ferrisburgh/Shelburne, VT

Years of Experience: Started working at Skirack in 2002. First stepped on skis in winter of 1983-84.

Outside Interests and Hobbies: Outside of lots of cross country skiing - I ran competitively in high school and into college, then switched over to road bike racing for many years, and most recently have gotten into mountain biking, a little cyclocross, and a fair amount of coaching. I enjoy stand up comedy and follow the NBA.

New this winter from Fischer and Rossignol is a binding, boot sole, and binding plate system called Turnamic. Turnamic will be seen on new 2017-2018 Fischer and Rossignol touring, skate, classic, and junior products.

See Jake's video overview of the new Turnamic products.

Ben Lustgarten stopped by Skirack to shoot a video series with Jake Hollenbach to show us what cross country products he uses when he races and trains.

In this episode, Ben discusses Rossignol R-Skin Classic and Classic Race Cross Country Skis.

Find out what made Ben want to use Rossignol cross country skis and what he primarily uses the R-Skin Classic Race for.

Ben Lustgarten stopped by Skirack to shoot a video series with Jake Hollenbach to show us what cross country products he uses when he races and trains.

In this episode, Ben discusses One Way SLG cross country ski poles.

Find out why Ben uses this exceptionally light and durable pole!

Join Skirack's nordic expert Jake Hollenbach at Craftsbury Outdoor Center for the annual Craftsbury On Snow Expo.

Saturday, Dec. 9 and Sunday, Dec. 10th: 9 AM - 4 PM

Craftsbury Outdoor Center
535 Lost Nation Rd, Craftsbury Common, VT 

Ben Lustgarten stopped by Skirack to shoot a video series with Jake Hollenbach to show us what cross country products he uses when he races and trains.

In this episode, Ben discusses Rossignol Turnamic Bindings.

Find out more about Turnamic Bindings and what Ben likes about them! 

Ben Lustgarten stopped by Skirack to shoot a video series with Jake Hollenbach to show us what cross country products he uses when he races and trains.

In this episode, Ben discusses Alpina ESK Pro and ESK 2.0 Cross Country Skate Ski Boots.

Find out why Ben came back to Alpina cross country ski boots after trying a few other brands.

Ben Lustgarten stopped by Skirack to shoot a video series with Jake Hollenbach to show us what cross country products he uses when he races and trains.

In this episode, Ben discusses Alpina ECL Pro and ECL 2.0 Classic Boots

FiFind out why Ben came back to Alpina cross country ski boots after trying a few other brands.

In this video, Skirack's cross country ski expert Jake Hollenbach further explains the grind capabilities on the Wintersteiger Race NC Grinder.

Jake also explains how the grinds are organized, which is by the Swix wax temperature ranges they are designed for.

Skirack cross country ski fit expert, Jake Hollenbach will be doing a series of short Q&A's with Skirack sponsored athlete Ben Lustgarten while he races the Tour de Ski and 2019 World Cups. Enjoy!

QUESTION: How many Olympic gold medalists did you eat Christmas dinner with?
ANSWER: I ate Christmas dinner with 2 Olympic gold medalists! Jessie Diggins and Connie Carpenter-Phinney.