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Its income comes primarily from fees paid by event participants, supplemented by an endowment and fund raising. [2] [5] There are nine independent, affiliated organizations across the United States, which share the name, "Ski for Light". They hold smaller events for disabled skiers in California, Colorado, Michigan, Montana, New England ...
The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization [1] that began in 1970 providing ski lessons for children with amputations. Today, the NSCD is one of the largest therapeutic recreation organizations in the world, serving more than 3,000 children and adults with disabilities . [ 2 ]
The International Freeskier & Snowboarder Association (IFSA) was established in 1996 – as the "International Freeskiers Association" – by renowned freeskiers Shane McConkey, [1] Lhotse Hawk, and a number of industry athletes and organizers.
A 2020 report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found that some workers were being paid less than a dollar an ... Days of disabled workers earning less than $7.25 an hour may soon be over ...
A factoring system was created for para-alpine skiing to allow the three classification groupings to fairly compete against each other in the same race despite different functional skiing levels and medical challenges. Alpine skiing was one of the foundation sports at the first Winter Paralympics in 1976 with Slalom and giant slalom events ...
During the 1980s, there were 3 sit-ski classes and 7 other classes. [26] During the 1980s, while not formally part of the para-skiing classification system, intellectual disability alpine skiing events did exist as part of the Special Olympics progra.. [27] By 1984, there were four organisations governing classification for the sport.
A former GB Para-athlete has made history after becoming the first disabled person to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole. Jonny Huntington, from Kingsbridge, south Devon, covered 566 miles ...
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