Ski Federation
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 […]
The Southeastern Wisconsin Adaptive Ski Program (“SEWASP” pronounced “see-wasp”) is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization that provides adaptive alpine skiing and snowboard lessons for people with disabilities in southeastern Wisconsin and surrounding areas. Accessing the unique abilities of each skier, SEWASP fosters self-confidence and independence. SEWASP is a PSIA ski school and teaches mono-ski, bi-ski, 4-track […]
Charley Phelan and Bobby Palm, center, lead a course in adaptive teaching methods in Argentina. October 7, 2015 By Jill Beathard, jbeathard@snowmassun.com Challenge Aspen is working on a longtime dream of its founder — to spread the adaptive snow sport teaching methods it employs around the globe. Co-founder Houston Cowan and a group of instructors […]
JASMIN BAMBUR Sport: Alpine Skiing Height: 6-1 Weight: 187 Classification: LW11, Sitting Date of Birth: Aug. 28, 1979 Birthplace: Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia Current Residence: Granby, Colo. High School: Piedmont HS (Indian Trail, N.C.) ‘98 College: University of North Carolina at Charlotte ‘03, International Business; Middle Georgia College ‘01, Sports Medicine Coach: Kevin Jardine Personal When he was just 12 years old, Jasmin Bambur […]
Do you want to learn to ski? You can, no matter your disability. There are hundreds and hundreds of disabled skiers flying down ski hills and mountains across the country. Experienced skiers make it look easy as they swoosh and cut their way through powdery (and sometimes not so powdery) snow. While it takes some […]
By Tiffiny Carlson, The Mobility Resource There are a lot of nightmare scenarios no one wants to personally experience. One is getting a phone call at 3 a.m. that someone you love is hurt and another — permanently ending up in a wheelchair. Many people say they’d rather be dead if this happened to them, […]
