Today was the last day of the classification course and we had a great time as a group out on the snow watching the athletes ski and learning about the technical aspects of classification.  After each athlete is classified medically with a battery of tests, or by observation in the case of the amputees, then [...]

Today we spent the entire day classifying the athletes that are new to disabled skiing. It was a long day but very exciting since we were able to meet many of the Wounded Warriors and other disabled individuals that are really exited to get into skiing. The classification process is quite involved and [...]

Today was the first day of the Hartford Ski Spectacular.  It was a great time.  I participated in the first day of the classification course with participants from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Norway and the US.  Since we are all mostly PTs and OTs we had a great time sharing stories and getting to know [...]

Well we headed to Copper Mountain at 7 am this morning because the roads were a little dicey. We loaded the lift at 830 to see if slalom training would be possible. And, from the title of this post you may have already figured out that we were not able to train. [...]

So the 1-2 feet of snow the Weather Service was calling for turned into 4 inches but at least there was fresh snow on the ground. Today was a day “off”. So, I got up early to study before our staff breakfast, then headed to the gym with the team at 10am. [...]