Tuesday, February 22, 2011

AAS Skaters on FUEL TV!


Early this year AAS L.A. Sector Program Director and AAS Advocate Oscar Loreto and Steven Lutz spent some quality time at Camp Woodward in P.A. As featured skaters on Fuel T.V.'s award winning show "Camp Woodward" Oscar and Steven, both below knee amputees, put themselves to the test at the one of a kind skate facility. Oscar who is an accomplished skateboarder, currently sponsored by Element Skateboards, gave Steven one on one coaching and support. Click here to watch the Fuel T.V. Camp Woodward Segment! 

Visit www.adacs.org for more information about Adaptive Action Sports and our amazing skateboarders including the Adaptive Skateboard Jam at the ESPN X Games.

Monday, February 14, 2011

World Record wheelchair front flip!

So proud of ya Aaron! Way to show the world how to Live Beyond Limits!




Nitro Circus Live - World Record - Aaron 'Wheelz' Fotheringham Front Flip
Aaron "Wheels" Fotheringham, Wheelchair front flip, Nitro Circus front flip, nitro circus wheelchair, Aaron Fotheringham

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Adaptive Action Sports and ESPN Winter X Games!


Competitive adaptive snow-sports, including snowmobiling and snowboarding, have progressed in leaps and bounds over the past decade. For snowboarding, with the Paralympics as a long-range goal, the United States has helped to forge the way.

This winter at X Games 15 in Aspen Colorado, Adaptive Action Sports brought a ground breaking event to life: Adaptive Snowboarder X. Partnering with the X Games AAS invited six of the top ranked adaptive snowboarders in the world to compete in an all-out race to the bottom. Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Dan Monzo were among the competitors. They finished in first, second and third places.
Click here to read more info from the event!

Evan Strong's Winter X Games 15 Gold Medal Boardercross run!

2011 FRENCH ADAPTIVE WORLD CUP

On February 3rd and 4th Adaptive Snowboarders (Para-snowboarders) from seven different countries hit the slopes at Orcières 1850 to compete for Gold in back to back WSF Para-Snowboard World Cups hosted by Orcières 1850, the French Snowboard Initiative, My Snowboarding, and WSF.



Adaptive Action Sports sponsored 2 athletes to compete and both returned the favor by bringing home the Golds! Adaptive Action Sports Co-founder double leg amputee Amy Purdy brought home golds on both days of competition with single leg amputee Nicole Roundy coming in only 1 second behind her on the 2nd race day. AAS Advocate Single Leg Amputee Evan Strong won Gold both days as well with Canadian Tyler Mosher coming in just .06 seconds behind him.


Results from the Men’s Category
GOLD: Evan Strong (USA)
SILVER: Tyler Mosher (CAN)
BRONZE: Keith Gabel (USA)



Results from the Women’s Category
GOLD: Amy Purdy (USA)
SILVER: Nicole Roundy (USA)
BRONZE: Fabienne Sava Pelosse (FRA)

The Orcières 1850 2011 WSF Para-Snowboard World Cups were produced by Orcières 1850, the French Snowboard Initiative, My Snowboarding, and the WSF. This was the first stop on the WSF Para-Snowboard World Cup circuit for the 2011 season. Para-Snowboarders from around the globe will continue their race for Gold at the next scheduled WSF Para-Snowboard World Cups scheduled to take place at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada from April 7 to 9th, 2011.