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This next athlete needs no introductions- JULIAN SMITH Q. What is your hometown and home club? I was born in Hamilton, ON at McMaster University and was raised in Oxenden, on the Bruce Peninsula. I was three when I shuffled my way down a snowy track for the first time and I joined Georgian Bay Nordic in Gr. 9. Q. Special …

Q. How long have you been skiing? 5 years Q. What is your hometown and home club? Walden Cross Country in Sudbury, Ontario Q. Why do you like skiing?  The positive environment and fun people. Q. Are you going to school?  Or working?  Tell us about that. Studying Biochemistry at Lakehead University and working part time at Mountain Warehouse.  Really enjoying both. Q. …

Introducing SOPHIE TREMBLAY Q. How long have you been skiing? I’ve been skiing for 14 years. Q. What is your hometown and home club? I’m from Ottawa, coached by my dad, and started skiing competitively with Nakkertok two years ago. Q. Any special memories about your early days in skiing? Skiing for cookies and racing my brother for hot chocolate. Q. Early competitions? …

Next up for our athlete introductions is SHAYLYN LOEWEN.  This is Shay’s third year with the NTDC team.  This winter Shay competed in Vuokatti Finland as part of Team Canada at the 2021 FIS Junior/U23 World Championships.  Shaylynn hails from Parry Sound and her home club is Georgian Nordic. How long have you been skiing? I’ve been skiing for 12 years. Any special memories about your …

Q. How long have you been skiing? 15 years Q. What is your hometown and home club? I was born in Pembroke and my home club is Pembroke Nordic Q. Any special memories about your early days in skiing? When me and my mother would go for skis and stop to eat snacks in a hut in the forest. Q. …

Athlete introductions continued….. GRAHAM RITCHIE, another NTDC veteran, National Ski Team member, and member of Team Canada for the FIS U23 Championships, and Period 3 World Cups.  Home Club: Georgian Nordic from Parry Sound, ON Q. How long have you been skiing? I’ve been skiing for around 16 years now. My parents first put me on skis when I was about 6 years …

Well it’s been a bit of a crazy year for sure- and it is way past time to properly introduce our 2020-21 roster of NTDC athletes. You’ve probably seen them out on the trails at Lappe, or running around town – but we haven’t really had a chance to give them each a proper intro.  So here we go with some …

Where are you now during the time of COVID? I’m at home in Thunder Bay with my family. We live out in the country a bit outside of town so it is pretty quiet and we’re just making one trip a week into town to get groceries. What are you doing in these times of social distancing? I have a …

Where are you now during the time of COVID?For the first month after the season ended abruptly, I was home with my parents in Oxenden. My siblings were home for part of that time as well which was great to see them. Now, I am back in Thunder Bay. What are you doing in these times of social distancing? During …