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LEISURE AND OUTDOORS - SNOW SKIING
INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS PRODUCTS SOCIAL MEDIA
| The website of Russell Docker, Paralympic Skier. |
| Italian 35yo quadriplegic since 1987, pilot since 1999 and Aerospace Engineer since 2002. He has You Tube clips of his flights & cockpit views. Also featured is footage of him skiing. Ask Google to translate the page for you. |
| Andi Kapfinger - member of the Austrian Ski Team - his official website including a range of recreation activities he pursues... |
| Sit-Skier Michael Foti journeys into the Australian alpine backcountry to be the first sit-skier to make a run down Etheridge peak. Etheridge; is a heartfelt short film that tells the story of this mission. This is truly inspiring piece that gives a little insight into what is possible when friends come together. |
| Kelly’s skiing accident happened on February 18, 2006 on the second day of the Williams College Carnival. Starting number 12, Kelly came over a knoll and caught an edge on an icy patch. She fought to stay in the course but her ski edge grabbed and she was catapulted off the trail, striking a lift tower stanchion. She severely damaged her spinal cord injury at the T 7-8 level, fractured 4 ribs, fractured a vertebra in her neck, and a collapsed a lung. Kelly underwent 10 hours of immediate surgery to re-align and stabilize her spine at the Berkshire Medical Center.
After her first 2 weeks in the hospital, Kelly was transported to Craig Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver, Colorado, where she spent the next two and a half months undergoing rigorous rehabilitation for what would become her new life in a wheelchair. She left Craig ready to navigate life’s new challenges with the same tenacious spirit that had been the root of her prior athletic successes.
She works as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. |
| Skier, cyclist, trekker, triathlete, world and Australian record holder, Paralympian, Olympian....read on for more of Michaels amazing story.
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| Speed skier and Paralympian gold medallist Michael Milton clocked more than 213 kilometres an hour to win the coveted title of the fastest Australian skier ever. When those accolades weren’t enough he trained his sights on the velodrome, giving himself just two years to learn how to cycle and compete in the Beijing Paralympics.
Michael’s world of extreme sport becomes all the more impressive when you learn he’s achieved these awards with just one leg after losing the other to bone cancer as a child. But just as he locked down his career as a legendary athlete – and found contentment at home – another extreme challenge appeared from a very unwelcome quarter.
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| Despite being blind for over 25 years, Miles has still lived his dreams, encouraging us to realise that "The only limits in our lives are those we accept ourselves."
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| (See also S'JEES outdoors/bush access photos too...)
In March 2001 I had a snowboard accident and broke my back. Now I'm paralysed from the waist down. Before this time I've always been in-line skating, snowboarding, skateboarding, and wakeboarding. Because my passion to do these sports is so big I started looking for a way to do my sports in an alternative way. The accident could not stop me from moving my borders. I find the most challenges in skiing and wakeboarding |
| After 12 years in the RAF as a Physical Training and Adventure Training Instructor playing sport and living the outdoor life for a living, the grim reaper finally popped his head up and said, "You're having too much fun?" |
| In the words of the famous figure skater from America, “the only disability in life is a bad attitude.” Tyler Walker is a classic example of this. The size of fight that we see in the man as he sails the snow on his mono-ski is remarkable. The name is quickly gaining a legendary status in adaptive skiing. The mono-skier has defied all odds to climb the ladder of success and it is due to this perseverance and positive attitude that he has become a true inspiration for many who felt that they had been dealt a hard hand by God. |
| Adaptive Skiing & Off Road Cycling Victoria is set up for people who are interested in Sit Skiing and adaptive riding!; to find out more, share photos and stories or ask questions! Hopefully we can get enough experienced skiers and riders here to help newbies get into this awesome sport and provide somewhere for oldies to show off! So feel free to join up!! |
| Since 1984, the Adaptive Sports Foundation (ASF) has been a non-profit organization that has provided skiing and snowboarding lessons to people with disabilities at Windham Mountain in Windham, New York.Recently the Foundation added summer sports to the offering of recreational opportunities. The ASF offers swimming, tennis, golf, windsurfing, archery, biking, fishing and two overnight camping trips. |
| AdaptiveSkiing.net is the go-to site covering disabled skiing and boarding. Find equipment listings, resort information, clubs, lessons, visitor information, ski industry and racing news, articles, and reviews, from adaptive skiers, professionals, and visitors from around the world. |
| Able Management Group (AMG) is a non-profit, member based charity for disabled persons wanting to access the Alpine High Country of Australia. From snow sports to buggy riding and 4-Wheel driving. We even go paragliding and microlighting of the Alpine High Country. No matter what your disability, its about your ability. |
| DSUK is a people-centred organisation with a unique sense of purpose: that anyone regardless of their disability can take part in and enjoy the thrill of snowsport.
For nearly 30 years we have applied exceptional know-how and adaptability to enable those with a disability to experience the joy of skiing alongside the able-bodied.
We provide exciting and life enhancing activities for individuals or groups who require Adaptive equipment and/or special instruction and support.
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| Disabled WinterSport Australia is a multi-faceted, self-help sporting organisation founded in 1978 by Australia's first Paralympic skier Ron Finneran and Canadian instructor Bruce Abel. The purpose of DWA is to provide opportunities for people with disabilities to enjoy winter sports and, equally importantly, to enjoy the magnificent environment that is Australia's Snowy Mountains with fellow skiers.
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| Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC)
opens the beauty and challenge of the great outdoors to people with disabilities and under-resourced youth. Every year, more than 3,000 people join ETC to raft whitewater rivers, ski alpine meadows, kayak the waters of the Golden Gate and Tomales Bay, and build leadership skills. |
| Welcome to the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST), a unique charity that aims to promote the integration of people of all physical abilities through the challenge and adventure of tall ship sailing. JST owns and operates two tall ships, LORD NELSON, and TENACIOUS. These magnificent ships are the only two vessels in the world that have been purpose-designed and built to enable a crew of mixed physical abilities to sail side by side on equal terms.
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| The Paralyzed Veterans of America and Department of Veterans Affairs, in cooperation with the International Bobsled & Skeleton Federation, recently held a Para-Bobsled exhibition as part of the 36th National Veterans Wheelchair Games on the 2002 Olympic Track in Park City, Utah. Watch the video for a para bobsled demonstration. |
| Welcome to Extreme Chairing.com, the largest adaptive action and adventure sports website in the world. Extreme Chairing uses funds to help people with high level injuries and limited mobility get involved in adventure sports. This site and organization is created for all people who enjoy watching or participating in action adventure sports. This organization is here to teach both able bodied and disabled people that life does not have to stop due to a severe injury, or living life with a disability.
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| The mission of the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program (TASP) is to provide people with disabilities the opportunity to experience the freedom of skiing, horseback riding, canoeing and other recreational opportunities and to make the outdoors accessible by using adaptive teaching techniques. |
| The United States Adaptive Recreation Center was founded in 1983 to ensure that access to snow skiing is available to people with all types of disabilities. |
| SPORTS FOR EVERY BODY!
Empowering all athletes with disabilities year-round throughout the State of Vermont. |
| Wintergreen Adaptive Skiing (WAS) traces its beginnings to 1984 when Vince Fiore, an adult amputee, received his first ski lesson from Michael Zuckerman, a ski instructor at Wintergreen Resort. Untrained in teaching adaptive skiing, but inspired by his experience with Mr. Fiore, that winter Mr. Zuckerman attended his first "Learn to Ski" clinic for individuals with disabilities at the Jack Frost Ski Area in Pennsylvania. Over the next decade, 200 individuals with disabilities received ski instruction at Wintergreen from Mr. Zuckerman on equipment acquired or fabricated to meet the needs of people with a wide array of disabilities. By the year 2005, over 650 disabled individuals from a tri-state area-for example, deaf or blind children, teens with autism or other cognitive deficits, adults recovering from disease or injury, those with paraplegia or quadriplegia as well as wounded veterans from the Iraq war-had been introduced to the sport of Alpine skiing.
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| Designers and builders of quality semi-custom and custom winter sports equipment for the disabled community for over 12 years. |
| The Hippocampe is a multi-activities wheelchair renown around the world. Its initial goal is to make the beach and water-related activities accessible. Today it equips more then 200 beaches in France and abroad. On your own or accompanied, the Hippocampe offers its user autonomy over difficult terrain, or with its push bar a third party can assist the more heavily handicapped. The Hippocampe covers beaches, hiking trails, snowbound paths and is ideal for getting over numerous obstacles. It is just at ease on the beach as on the snow. It allows users to enter water and floats on its own while its owner swims. Its youthful look and modern silhouette make it your ideal companion.
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| We strive to produce completely custom, high quality, highly functional, great looking wheelchairs and sports equipment. We build our wheelchairs one at a time to the exacting demands of our customers. Your happiness is our ultimate goal....check out their off-road handcycle, beach access wheels, off-road wheels, cross-country ski, etc... |
| Given that ice skating requires some extra skills and perfect body balance, apart from professional training, it remains a distant dream for the physically challenged. However, designer Peter Jervis, thinking out of the box, has come up with an innovative ice skate that makes ice skating a reality even for the physically challenged, suffering from paraplegia - a lower spinal cord injury. |
| For information on a variety of outdoor adventure sports including moutain biking, snowskiing and waterskiing. |
| Born in Auckland, New Zeland, in 1954, Paul Speight has been associated with sports and the outdoors during his lifetime. His life was dedicated to sailing, skiing and adventure and open spaces. At the age of 21 due to a car accident the course of these passions changed. Becoming a paraplegic these passions took on a new meaning and direction. Still following the same adventures, Paul decided to direct his life to his big passion, skiing...
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| "Hosted by Disabled Sports USA this year's event featured more than 700 participants for the largest multidisability skiing event of the year in Breckenridge.
The Hartford Ski Spectacular brings together world-class athletes, instructors, and volunteers from around the world to teach people in learn-to-ski and learn-to-race adaptive clinics. It also provides instructor training on the latest adaptive technology to improve clinics throughout the country and creates a unique family community that gives participants a week together to learn and laugh on and off the slopes". |
| "During the years I've spent designing and building mono-skis, I've learned to draw on the experience of others. Motocross-suspension experts can work wonders with mono-skis, wheelchair-seating and road-racing specialists can provide insight regarding seating and body-positioning technology, and ski designers and tuners can apply their knowledge to the selection and tuning of appropriate skis." |
| " 'My son Tomas has a dream, he would like to walk normally one day. He also understands it might be possible for him to ski. I hope he will learn and that he is capable of doing more than he thinks or realizes now', says Bjorn Erlingsoon, father of 9-year-old Tomas, who has spastic diplegia. They live on Iceland's north-central coast." |
| "The Hartford Ski Spectacular remains the nation's premier multidisability ski event and brings together more than 700 individuals to what increasingly resembles an annual homecoming of who's who in adaptive skiing: a growing core of coaches, instructors, equipment manufacturers, and volunteers." |
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