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    Nordic on the edge

    Dec 28, 2019 4 minutes
    By Mike Lynch

    Dan Spada got into Nordic skating about 15 years ago while visiting Ottawa with his family during the city’s winter festival. On that trip he saw someone ice skating on the Rideau Canal using blades he didn’t recognize.

    So Spada approached the man and found out they were Nordic blades, which are longer than blades for hockey and figure skates and can be attached to Nordic skiing boots. At the time, they were common in Europe but Spada had never seen them before.

    Soon after that, Spada looked them up on the internet and ordered a pair from Sweden. “I think I was probably the first person around here who had those skates,” said Spada,

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