2017-2018 Teen Indoor Para Rowing WHAT: A weekly indoor Para rowing fitness/training program. WHEN: Saturdays, 2:00-3:30 pm; Jan 6-Feb 17. WHERE: Community Rowing – 20 Nonantum Road, Brighton (at Newton/Boston line). WHO: Teens with Paralympic eligible impairments (visual and/or physical). WHY: Fitness, friends, fun. Join Community […]
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Fall 2017 Paralympic Sport Community Day Co-Hosts Achilles Boston Adaptive Climbing Group Association of Blind Citizens Boston Renegades Boys and Girls Clubs of South Boston Community Boating, Inc. Community Rowing, Inc. Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation Northeast Passage Northeastern University Track&Field South Coast Wheelchair Sports South Shore YMCA Spaulding Adaptive Sports […]
Paralympic Community Day Co-Hosts
This week, we had the privilege of catching up with Erich Manser (Littleton, MA.) Erich works in the tech world, helping to develop new technology for the Visually Impaired. He also is the current world record holder for the Iron Man in the Blind/ VI classification! 1. Can you give a […]
Q and A with Ironman World Record Holder Erich Manser
First posted by afrogirlfitness | Oct 12, 2017 | Life & Inspiration | 0 Femita had an accident at age 11 which resulted in part of her right leg being amputated. Her altered body caused her to develop a negative body image for much of her childhood but she didn’t internalize […]
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James Kimball sees a world of possibilities in every step he takes during his race through life. Kimball is a legally blind cross-country runner at Nashoba Tech who refuses to be defined by his vision impairment. Read More…
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Adaptive Sports New England is excited to announce that five current and former Para swimmers, all of them Paralympians, will serve as the coaching staff for the Northeast Para Swimming Development Clinic at UMass/Amherst November 17-19, 2017. Michael Prout, Jr. (Boston, MA) Ann Johannes (Boston, MA) Daniel Kamber (Birmingham, AL) […]
Five Paralympian coaches named for Northeast Para Swimming Development Clinic
Team Wind Whisperers, a group comprised of Community Boating, Inc (CBI) members, came in 1st Place at the Blind World Sailing Championships held in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The 5 day regatta featured teams from all over the world: Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, Canada, and the USA. Congrats to Duane […]
Boston Sailors Win World Blind Sailing Championships
Madeleine Babcock and Becca Pizzi seem like an unlikely pair. Pizzi, a world-champion runner and local celebrity, would appear to have little overlap with a somewhat reserved eighth-grader from Chenery Middle School. Read More…
