Original Gimp

I cannot believe this day has come. Adaptive snowboarding has officially made it into the Paralympic Games. Travis Thiele gave me a call at 6:23a.m. on Wednesday morning. The voicemail stated, “Holy Sochi! Ohh my Heck, Lucas. We made it into the mother-lovin Paralympics, bro!” After filtering through all of the pseudo-dude-Travis-you-have-been-in-Utah-way-too-long-swear-words, I thought, “Holy SHIT, adaptive snowboarding is in the 2014 Paralympics!”

Is this the beginning of a dream or a continuation of the dream? For me, it is both. It is legitimacy. A respectful nod of the hat and a wag of the tail to a sport I love. It is a pinnacle moment. I have the feeling I am going to enjoy this.

Thanks to all of you who have contributed to this quest in the last few years. Keep up the good work.

Press release at the Official Website of the Paralympic Movement

The Original Gimp is gimpin’ out some new and unique services for the adaptive snowboard community. Check out the “Gun for Hire” page for Facilitation Packages that are designed to accent existing programs within your organization and for hosting large groups of clientèle. I also am available for personalized adaptive snowboard event hosting, visual impairment guiding, and coaching.

Check out the new feature about the National Ability Center adaptive session that took place at Windells Camp in Mt. Hood, OR. on June 6 – 13, 2008. They were out there killin it all week! See the action online in the Feature Articles section of OG.

Rider: Jose Martinez III Photo: Aaron Schultz

Check out the new rider leg set ups in the leg assembly section of this website. This project breaks down these adaptive snowboarder’s prosthetics so that you can see what products are working best for them. Please feel free to use this information to help yourself, or a friend with an amputation, get out and ride. If you have further questions, the just give a call. Also, stay tuned for more leg assembly profiles!

Check out Snowblind the Movie Here!

Watch footage from the movie Snowblind here [link].

Hey Shredders,

Are you trying to figure out where to get the cash to get your shred on this winter? Challenge Athletes Foundation is giving away up to $3000/athlete for everything from new snowboard equipment to your competition fees for the USASA National Championships this Spring.

Go to:

Grant application

Here you will find the grant application and cover letter documents. Download them, fill em out , and mail it in.

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE DECEMBER 15

The CAF will review applications and inform recipients of the good news in the first week of April.

THIS COULD REIMBURSE YOUR POCKETBOOK FOR AN ENTIRE WINTER’S WORTH OF SHREDTIME.

IT IS EASY!!! FREE MONEY RULES!!! NO SLACKERS!!!! GO GET IT!!!!

windells adaptive session 07

Originally uploaded by originalgimp

Windells Camp Summer 2007 Nicole Roundy, AKA Rider,Frontside UpBox KW

Originally uploaded by originalgimp

Adaptive Action Sports was proud to sponsor the Adaptive Division during the 2007 United States of America Snowboard Association National Championship in Northstar-at-Tahoe on March 31 – April 7. Since 2000, the Adaptive Division of USASA has provided opportunities for athletes with permanent physical disabilities to participate in an organized adaptive snowboard competition. The events available to adaptive snowboarders are: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Boardercross, Halfpipe, and Slopestyle. Read more about it here.

Snowboarding is the best thing that’s ever happened to me, and my disability is probably the worst thing that’s ever happened to me….   At the same time, it’s turned out to be the best thing, because if I hadn’t lost my leg, and I hadn’t learned to snowboard, I don’t know exactly where I’d be.

It gives me direction.

I’m one of the featured adaptive riders in the new film Snowblind.

For more information on the Snowblind movie, check out snowblindthemovie.com. To find me on the site, click RIDERS, and you’ll see my name on the left-hand side.