Boris Petroff (FRA)
Boris was born in Paris in 1949. He began cross country skiing at the age of 28 when it was becoming rather popular in France. He wasn’t an athlete but discovered the pleasure of XC competition looking at a film about a French race « La traversée du Vercors » made by Claude Terraz. His master! Since he saw this film, he stopped smoking and began skiing.
Boris’ first XC ski race was two years later in 1979. In 1980 he skied the first Transjurassienne, one year before it joined Worldloppet. Boris was journalist and decided to create a magazine devoted to XC skiing. Bad idea: a good magazine but no business!! And he preferred to take a job in the local administration. He is now responsible for sustainable development and democracy in a big area (1.3 million people) near Paris.
Boris is 5 x WL Master (and his wife twice: they are the Royal Couple) and covets to be the first French skier to enter the Veteran club in Vasaloppet (that requires 30 participations).
Boris speaks a little Russian, English and German, and perfect French!

Jacek Jaskowiak (POL)
Jacek was born in Poznan in 1964. When spending his holidays in the Karkonosze (The Giant Mountains) in 2002 he fell in love with cross-country skiing on the trails prepared by the Bieg Piastów Race Association.  Encouraged by Mr. Julian Gozdowski (Head of the Bieg Piastów Race), Jacek participated in that race, member of Euroloppet. At the Euroloppet races Jacek learnt about the prestigious Worldloppet. He immediately got the virus and became soon an assiduous WL skier with an impressive series of participations in only a few years. Jacek is a triple WL Master. In 2008 his dreams came true and the Bieg Piastów Race joined WL.  His other sports love is cycling. Jacek speaks Polish, German and English and understands Russian.

Thomas Huber (GER)
Thomas is born in Villingen, Black Forest, in 1968. He began XC skiing at the age of 15; his first long distance race was the 60 km Black Forest Marathon in 1986. Thomas likes to combine holidays with XC skiing, to meet nature, cultures and people. He has skied more than 300 XC races in 19 countries and reached placements in the top ten in Transju CT and Gatineau CT. In summer Thomas practices mountain biking, including races like the Transalp with 20 km of climbs on a distance of 700 km. Thomas is in the executive committee of the Villingen ski club and organizes trips to races for friends. Thomas is four-fold WL Master and Euroloppet Master. He speaks German and English.