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“I would say that it’s really been a COVID-related thing in terms of kind of grasping the uptick,” said Nicol. “I put it down to people having time on their hands, not travelling in the winter, and looking for something to do, so they’ll pick up cross-country skiing.” Nicol has a long history of teaching and running instructor courses in Atlantic Canada, where he lived before moving to Courtenay six years ago. He holds a Level Four instructor-training certificate for cross-country skiing and a Level Three for telemark skiing from the Canadian Association of Nordic Ski Instructors the highest levels the organization assigns for the respective sports.
A Courtenay man who teaches cross-country skiing at Mount Washington has seen his YouTube channel grow in popularity as people from around the world turn to the sport as the perfect pandemic . . .