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National Ability Center, UT, Announces 2024 High-Performance Team and Competition Schedule

The National Ability Center (โ€˜NACโ€™), Utah, a leading non-profit organization that provides world-class adaptive recreation and outdoor adventures for individuals, families and groupswith disabilities, announced its 2024 High-Performance Team Roster and Competition Schedule today, Wednesday, December 6, 2023. For those interested in watching the team in action, the High-Performance Team will be competing in the following competitions: ย Alpine Ski Jan. […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | December 6, 2023
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UK Sit Skiers Break World Record

Sit skiers break world record

Eight sit-skiers from across the UK teamed up to break a world record on September 25, 2023. The group met at Chill Factore, an indoor ski area in Manchester, UK, hoping to beat the record for โ€˜the greatest distance skied by a group using seated equipment in eight hoursโ€™. In just over six hours, the group surpassed their target of […]

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John Cunningham | October 4, 2023
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Sit-Ski X Games Champion Trevor Kennison: A Major Inspiration to All

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Trevor Kennison, a sit-skier from Winter Park, CO., made history last week at the X Games by being the first adaptive athlete ever to hit the big air jump. Kennison catapulted himself 90-feet from the lip of the jump, overshooting the landing by 10 feet. His jump electrified the X Games crowd, and he has garnered lots of well-deserved attention […]

Haleigh Hafner | January 31, 2022
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First-Ever Adaptive Descent Of Denali Completed

summit denali by adaptive team

On June 20, 2021,ย Vasu Sojitra and Pete McAfee made ski mountaineering history on Mount Denali.ย Although adaptive athletes have reached the summit of theย 20,310-foot Alaskan peak before, Sojitra and McAfee believe they are the first to ski the descent. This isn’t the first of the pair’s accomplishments. Sojitra, who lost his right leg as a baby to a blood infection, holds […]

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Hannah | July 5, 2021
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The Adaptive Beginner Ski Tool: The Skiler

Skiler a ski learning device

The Skiler: a tool to aid beginner skiers with cognitive impairments through the learning process. Originally created by engineer Ivan Kastrun, the Skiler is an innovative learning tool to help his brother who has down syndrome to navigate harder ski slopes in a safe and comfortable way. The Skiler consists of two poles that attach to the back of ski […]

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Rouchelle Gilmore | June 26, 2020
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“Life’s short, Live it Fast” | Andrew Kurka, Representing the U.S. at the Paralympics

With the Olympic games long gone, and Putin invading Ukraine, its easy to forget that some of our American athletes are still in Sochi. Yes the Paralympic games begin in two days and stretch from March 7th to the 16th in Sochi. Andrew Kurka is currently representing the United States with the help High Fives in Sochi at the Paralympic Games in the Adaptive Ski division, and has been unheard of for the most part unfortunately. I had to opportunity to speak with Andrew over the last few weeks heading into the games and would like to […]

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Jesse Cassidy | March 5, 2014
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