All I know is, if Hans declares that this site "sucks", I'm going to drill a hole in his kayak when he's not looking!
The logo (and icons) were chosen to balance representation of the activities, and also be easily recognized and identified. I haven't seen any cross country ski symbols that lay people would easily identify. If we decide to update the symbols later on, we have that ability, but for now it was decided that the logo is overall a good match.
Also, I had a fair amount of help putting all this together. Both in understanding how the old site worked, as well as shaping the new site. But I'll save a formal thank you for a post with less sarcasm and jest in it.