Beautiful summer weather made for an amazing weekend of waterksiing, wakeboarding, tubing, kayaking and canoeing at the Adaptive Sports Foundation’s Burden Lake Water Sports Festival. ASF teamed up with the Wounded Warrior Project and DSUSA to host this annual event. 70 volunteers and the Burden Lake community worked together with ASF staff members to provide […]
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Bobby McMullen, Avid Mountain Bike Rider and Winter Paralympian, Promotes Adaptive Sports at the World Cup Mountain Bike Finals at Windham Mountain
Bobby McMullen, a visually impaired athlete, came to the World Cup Mountain BikeFinals at Windham in August to ride and increase awareness of adaptive sports. Bobby rides with his good friend and “ride guide” Scott Veach, who rides in front of Bobby and calls out obstacles. “The amateur course was LEGIT to say the least. […]
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ASF Race Team member Staci Mannella and her guide Kim Seevers trained with the US Adaptive Ski Team at Mount Hood, Oregon, July 10th to July 22nd. Mount Hood is a summer mecca for racers, young and old, who want to improve their technique and work on tactics in a setting where the focus is […]
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In June the ASF hosted a Wounded Warrior Women’s Project Odyssey. 13 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, four Veteran Administration counselors, and a few Wounded Warrior Project Staff members spent four days bicycling, kayaking, horseback riding, practicing yoga and hiking. After each active day of learning and honing skills, the […]
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On May 13, 2010, the United Way of Columbia and Greene Counties presented the ASF ride2live Project with a 2010 Community Caring Award. Volunteers Karen and Richard Elder, and Vince Passione were honored as Volunteers of the Year by the local United Way organization for conceiving of, designing and implementing the first ride2live Snowboard Camp […]
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The Adaptive Sports Foundation hosted racers from throughout the region for the Eric D. Dettenrieder Race Camp and Diana Golden / Mills Cup Level 1 Race, February 23th – 26th, at Windham Mountain. The race camp featured U.S. Adaptive Alpine Team Coach Eric Leirfallom, and included three days of gate training, tactics training and technique […]
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The Adaptive Sports Foundation is a Paralympic Sports Club in association with the United States Olympic Committee. As such, one of our interests is to help develop and train potential future Paralympic athletes. Like the Olympics, the Paralympics give elite athletes from around the world an opportunity to compete and represent their country in athletic […]
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With ski season winding down, you are probably starting to ramp up your training preparing yourself for your summer activities. Just in case you are wondering if you’re getting enough exercise, I thought I’d give you the exercise recommendations from the American College of Sports Medicine. These are not specific to any particular sport; they’re […]
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Welcome to ASF’s blog – a forum for conversations between participants, volunteers, donors, staff and anyone, anywhere interested in adaptive sports.
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