The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that two medal events in Para-Snowboard will be included in Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. This brings the total number of medal events to 72 at the Sochi 2014 Games, and the first time that Para-Snowboard events will be included in the Paralympic programme. Originally called Adaptive Snowboard, the sport is practiced worldwide by hundreds of athletes.
Acceptance of snowboarding as a Paralympic sport is the culmination of international, national and local efforts over the last six years. Adaptive Action Sports, which took an active role in these efforts, helped focus the world’s attention on the sport with ongoing support from the ESPN X Games which has, for the past two years, included the Adaptive Snowboarder X race. Public attention to adaptive snowboarding also resulted from a series of AAS adaptive events including the ASX training camps and races made possible through AAS partnerships with the United States of America Snowboard Association, Toyota, Loctite, Burton, Udos Oil, Freedom Innovations, Smith Optics, Element, Disabled Sports USA and others. The ASX race series, including the race at X Games, boasted the first-ever cash purses for participating adaptive athletes.
Acceptance of snowboarding as a Paralympic sport is the culmination of international, national and local efforts over the last six years. Adaptive Action Sports, which took an active role in these efforts, helped focus the world’s attention on the sport with ongoing support from the ESPN X Games which has, for the past two years, included the Adaptive Snowboarder X race. Public attention to adaptive snowboarding also resulted from a series of AAS adaptive events including the ASX training camps and races made possible through AAS partnerships with the United States of America Snowboard Association, Toyota, Loctite, Burton, Udos Oil, Freedom Innovations, Smith Optics, Element, Disabled Sports USA and others. The ASX race series, including the race at X Games, boasted the first-ever cash purses for participating adaptive athletes.
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