Camryn LeClair was a student with your program at Horseshoe this winter for the first time. She is non verbal and has no muscular control at all including her head. She skied with Angus, Kevin, Ashley and my husband Wilfrid. On her school trip day...
In 1992, Nirvana and Pearl Jam were blasting on the radio, A Few Good Men were trying to handle the truth in theatres, and 10 year-old Gabor Takacs was hitting the slopes for the first time. Fast forward to today, and Gabor is now the...
A great day at Craigleith, as twelve para athletes came out to race down Big John. All categories were represented, standing, sitting and Visually Impaired. Next February Ontario ParaSport Winter Games will take place in February, and it is hoped that more CADS participants will...
Due to the lack of snow, the sessions we moved indoors to introduced new volunteers to both the adaptive equipment and techniques use in our programs covering sit-ski, teaching aids, outriggers for three and four track skiing, working with students with cognitive impairment, as well as discussions on duty of care and best practices...
Diane Morrell was motivated to take up skiing so that she could enjoy an activity with her son who started snowboarding lessons 15 years ago. She joined CADS and started skiing in the No Limits program at Searchmont Resort near Sault Ste. Marie in January...
Jamie Spencer has been a lifelong skier and became a CADS volunteer 20 years ago when his friend saw an advertisement for the CADS program at Horseshoe Valley in Barrie and suggested they check it out. Since then Jamie has volunteered at a handful of adaptive...
Our Provincial Para Team started off the season with at training camp and race at Panorama, during the first week of December. We headed up the chair lifts in the dark each morning, and hoped the sun would be up by the time we reached the...
Pre course took place at Mt. St. Anne, Nov. 26 - 29, despite the lack of snow. There was so much to cover, I am not sure how we would have found time to ski. The new manual was introduced, along with the final chapter...
CADS Ontario joined in the Winterfest for MEC, in hopes of recruiting new volunteers for the Huronia programs....
The premiere of the "Para Alpine Skiing" episode on SPORTS LAB originally aired on Monday, November 9th on TVO....