Ski Federation
Adaptive skiing uses specialized equipment and/or training to allow people (with disabilities) to experience the benefits of skiing. Skiing and snowboarding provide a sense of freedom that is difficult to duplicate in other sports. Skiing is a fantastic sport for people with physical disabilities or visual impairments in that it helps to develop balance, fitness, […]
Whistler Adaptive Sports Program is once again offering a wide range of winter sports, including skiing. Photo by Photo submitted The organization offers accessible recreation opportunities for participants of all ages. While many Whistler residents are tuning up their gear and counting down the days until their first run of the season, the Whistler […]
The High Fives Foundation, an action sports non-profit, and disabled athlete organization the Adaptive Training Foundation collaborated on a short film, “Military to the Mountains.” Veteran Marine Ryan Zimmerer is the driving voice and story behind the short film. “The physical pain, yeah its bad, but it’s tolerable. I can forget the pain and go […]
Survivor Craig Dove with his Stroke Association Coordinator Kayleigh Ratcliffe A stroke survivor is preparing to hit the ski slopes again thanks to a funding scheme. Craig Dove, of Havercroft, was just 26 and working in a local garage when he collapsed and had three strokes in quick succession. He was left unable to […]
A big congratulations to Michelle Shuford, of the Asheville, NC Ski Club, a member Club of Crescent Ski Council, on her selection as one of 13 coaches for the Special Olympics Alpine World Games in 2017. She was chosen out of 100 applicants. What an honor!! Michelle has been Crescent’s VP & Spring Conventions Chair over […]
Muffy Davis is a Paralympic skier who won three silver medals at the 2002 Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City. She also got three gold medals for hand-cycling at the 2012 London Games. Davis knew at a young age that she was meant to be a ski racer. “I told my mom when I was […]
Jane Stevens is described as “the type of person who gives her all to a cause.” Photo / Supplied PASSIONATE VOLUNTEER’S SKILL GUIDES PEOPLE WITH DIABILITIES INTO JOY OF SKIING Jane Stevens has an incredible skill. She can teach people with any kind of disability to ski. It makes no difference “whether it’s physical, […]
The American Blind Skiing Foundation (“ABSF”) was founded in 1971 and is a non-profit tax exempt national organization chartered in the State of Illinois. The purpose of ABSF is to provide an educational skiing program that is open to any blind or visually impaired person in the hope of providing both physical and psychological therapeutic […]
Martinson, seen here in March 2016, will be inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame on April 9. Jim Martinson’s equipment innovations opened up new worlds to multiple generations of aspiring athletes — but there was an ulterior motive along with the altruism. “I wanted more people to compete against,” he confessed. […]
Saturday, April 2, 2016 : From Team Jans 1 Monte Meier participates in the National Ability Center Ability Snow Challenge at Park City Mountain. Photo by Jeff Swinger National Ability Center event held on Autism Awareness Day The costumes matched the sky on Saturday at Park City Mountain as skiers of all ages and abilities […]
About the Sport Alpine skiing is practiced worldwide and features seven disciplines: downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G, super combined, team events and most recently snowboard. Athletes combine speed and agility while racing down slopes at speeds of around 100km/h. Competition accommodates male and female athletes with a physical impairment such as spinal injury, cerebral palsy, […]
This extraordinary opportunity brings together adult skiers with physical disabilities for eight days of skiing in the Tetons. It begins with 4 days at Grand Targhee Resort, a day of rest and then 4 days at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The idea that instigated the camp was to provide a venue for solid intermediate skiers […]
