Funnest activity here yet! Thanks Adaptive Sports Center and Chris Read, we have GOT to get down to the Butte sometime soon!!
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Ragin the Downhill@No Barriers
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Road handcycling@No Barriers
July 2, 2011 By
Handcycling this morning, hitting the mountain this afternoon…
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2009 Stars of Tomorrow Youth Ski and Ride Camp, Steamboat Springs, CO
March 24, 2009 By
Eighteen super-excited children (ages 6-16) arrived in Steamboat this past Friday for the 1st Annual Youth Ski and Ride Camp at this kid-friendly resort. Whether accompanied by family or coach, everyone had the same goal in mind, to rip it up! Six local skiers joined the 12 others from 5 different states to make a diverse group of abilities and experience.
Unlike the camp’s adult counterpart camp in January, “never-evers” were welcome at the youth group thanks to our new partner and Steamboat’s new non-profit adaptive sports program STARS who brought some of Steamboat’s long-time adaptive experts like Liz Leipold, who helped start the Steamboat Adaptive Program in the early 1970s. STARS has taken over Steamboat Adaptive with the hopes to not only grow and improve the existing adaptive ski program (formerly operated by Steamboat Ski Area) but to add to the currently short list of sports and activities that kids with disabilities can try in Steamboat. Their instructors were invaluable at this camp for tethering sit-skiers and teaching the basics to the many beginner skiers at the camp.
Adaptive Adventures (Evergreen,CO), founders of the Stars of Tomorrow Youth Camp Series, were excited to finally bring this camp to Steamboat, and had a wonderful list of long-time volunteers they count on for expert coaching, including Mau Thompson who brought some of her “Team Mau” racers to the hill to show off their skills. Keep an eye out for 2014 Olympic hopefuls Stephanie Moos and Christopher Miller in a few years!!
By leaning on very loyal local donors as well as expanding the local support list, we were able to continue to offer Steamboat’s camp series at a very reasonable price to the campers.
To view more pictures of this event, please visit our Flickr Album for this event.
This was a wonderful event and we hope to see everyone back next year, it was great meeting all these adventurous souls!
Please allow us to extend a very special thanks to:
Adaptive Adventures
STARS
Steamboat Ski Area
Resort Quest
Resort Group
GO Alpine
Tid Bits
Photo Express House
Egg & I
Fireside Catering
The Drunken Onion
Creekside Cafe
Sport Stalker
Mazzola’s Majestic Italian
Cugino’s
Dominos
Safeway
City Market
Colorado Bagel Company
National Wheelchair Basketball Championships, Denver CO, March 18-21
March 20, 2009 By
Due to the start of our first annual kids ski camp this weekend, we had to cut our wheelchair March madness short and catch only two of the four days packed with b-ball games of all divisions, sex, and ages. Thursday we saw the bracket break down quick; the Arizona girls creamed our Denver Nuggets, but double elimination kept them alive until later that night. The mens’ league were big, tough, and downright nasty; the toughest matchup we saw Heat-Thunder.
Friday brought no less excitement or talent with the junior leagues squaring off for some intense basketball as well. Word on the courts was that the Dallas teams were going to be the ones to beat… we’ll see!
We were incredibly dismayed to skip out on the finals, so you can guarantee we’ll be down there next year for the excitement as well. Our GADA Belts were a hit, and we found that this event was the most comprehensive brainstorming session we’ve had, with hundreds of types and sizes of chairs to look at for additional designs; we hope to have those ready soon!
Wheelchair Basketball has been around since Tim Nugent 
(in photo with Craig and former NBA Nuggets coach Bill Hanzlik) founded the NWBA in the mid-1940s. This was the largest representation of teams in their 61-year history at the National Championships, with 82 teams all under (mostly) one roof at the new Gold Crown Complex off Alameda and Sheridan. In the past, the event was split into several locations. This year only a few Thursday adult games were played at the Metro College Arena while the junior bracket was played.
In addition to the intense, great games we were able to see, the highlight of our two days at this event was meeting Mr Nugent himself, who has been present at every single Championship since its inception. 
In addition, three Denver Nugget players showed up on Thursday to sign autographs for the juniors, some of who were also being offered recruiting deals from several universities present such as Oklahoma State.
The NWBA is currently revamping and reorganizing its enormous website, but hopes to get video streams up this year from the event. Wheelchair b-ball rules and adaptations can be found on their site as well if you’re intrigued!
We have posted more pictures on Flickr as well.
And now on to our kids camp! What a week!
STARS Kids Camp in Steamboat
February 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The STARS acronym will come to have two meanings in Steamboat very soon. This coming March, Steamboat’s new adaptive program STARS (Steamboat Training Adaptive Recreation Sports), that has begun to replace 30-yr old Steamboat Adaptive starting this year, will be hosting its first kids ski camp for children with disabilities in conjunction with Adaptive Adventures and Access Anything.
This camp is also part of the Stars of Tomorrow Youth Ski Camp series with Adaptive Adventures, although the STARS name didn’t come from this. STARS was started by Steamboat local Dave Wickman and its board is excited to get the first event under its belt this spring.
Starting March 21st, this new camp will bring three days of fun, sun, and snow to a dozen kids from across the state and country, and will include several Steamboat local rippers as well.
For more about this coming event, visit Adaptive Adventure’s webpage for it.
STARS will also be training instructors and volunteers throughout the year. If you’d like to volunteer for this event, please contact us to put you in touch with the right person!
