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My #DisabledSailing association, #AbleSail Victoria secured a funding grant from #SailCanada & now can offer a CANSAIL 1 course at Royal Victoria Yacht Club. I signed up this morning for training in August.
Once I successfully complete CanSail 1, I can take their Can Sail 2 course. These will help me reach my adaptive sailing dreams of competing in a future Mobility Cup regatta.

Very grateful for all funding grants & donors for helping Able Sail Victoria with monies needed to keep their programs running. Disabled folks like me wouldn't be able to afford participating if the programs weren't highly subsidized.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSports #AdaptiveSailing #Sailing #Sailors #AdaptiveSports #AdaptiveRecreation #VictoriaBC #RVYC #DisabilitySports #WeCanDoIt #AccessibleSports #Inclusion #YYJ #VancouverIsland

A legacy of hope and laughter for Gaudreau brothers as family, friends and hockey community grieves https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/7330/ #121324462 #Article #CopingWithGrief #GeneralNews #Hockey #Parasports #sports #U.S.News

Nine para sports organizations in Japan came together in 2023 to form P. United and are working as one to tackle the challenges they all face. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/04/17/more-sports/para-sports-organizations-unite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #punited #2026milanocortinaparalympics #parasports

Self correcting w/Nordic #Sitski to get back on #XCountrySki tracks. Training in a new to me snowsport with the #VancouverIsland #AdaptiveSnowsports Association, based in #ComoxValley

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/exQ_kWn-tHI

#DisabilityEmpowerment #PeopleWithDisabilities #DisabledSports #AdaptiveSports #MountWashington #VIASA #ParaAthlete #ParaSports #WinterSports #SocialBC #BCAdaptiveSnowsports #CanadianAdaptiveSnowsports #StrathconaPark

I'm unable to keep doing my past #SledgeHockey #parasports because my osteoporosis specialist says it's too dangerous for me now because of lowered bone density & higher risk of not being able to recover from accidents. That really sucks because I loved playing/training in sledge hockey. I was one of only 3 women on #VancouverIsland involved in that #sport.

Two photos from my prior sledge #hockey life:

- in BC Games jersey with my hockey helmet on & giving a what are you saying look to my coach(out of view). It was the day he moved me off defensive line & put me on offensive line because I was too aggressive on defensive & kept slamming much larger male players straight into the walls to steal the puck 🏒🥅😆

- my first & only training camp with Canadian #Paralympics womens' sledge hockey team & coaches, in Vancouver. I'm wearing the number 12 jersey. I was the only woman on the island who got accepted into that training camp.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #AsianMastodon #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSports #ParaAthletes #VancouverIsland #InclusiveSports

Me in green BC Games hockey jersey & blue hockey helmet, looking up to the right with a puzzled expression

Me & other female sledge hockey players across BC, at Canadian Paralympics training camp with our national womens' sledge hockey team.

Awesome news 😀 I got early notice that my application for 2025 VISSA program was processed & I've been accepted to participate. I'm participating in annual Herb Bradley Snowsports Festival - with all gear & lessons covered for Nordic. I haven't tried their Nordic program yet & am stoked to learn! I booked a day for more sitski training too - it's only $10 for program participants.

Ojistoh, my Mohawk sister-friend, is going with me as my support friend & personal assistant.

I am SO EXCITED!
It's been 4 years since I was last able to participate in adaptive snowsports!

These photos are from my lessons in 2020.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #AsianMastodon #MountWashington #Comox #AdaptiveSports #SnowSports #DisabledSports #ParaAthletes #ParaSports #StayActive #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #WeCanDoIt #DisabledAthletes #PacificNorthwest #WinterSports #InclusiveSports

Me, standing at Mt Washington with Vancouver Island Adaptive Snow Sports flag banner.

Me, with snowboard at Mt Washington ski resort

Me in a sitski, atop Eagle life summit at Mt Washington ski resort

Me, on skis & outrigger poles, flashing a hand peace sign

I wrote another article for the #local #lesbianPublication. Pick it up on their website, or at the most rad bookstore in your town.

#dykes #betterHomesAndDykes #parasports #paralympics

2 of the same issue of Better Homes and Dykes, one open to an article called "you should get into parasports" By Page Nothankyou.

I'll find out in November if I will get a spot at 2025 VISSA at Mt. Washington. I want to try out their adaptive Nordic program, if I get in. I also want to practice more sitski because I'm interested in doing races if I can get good enough to qualify for competitive racing in the future. I loved riding it down from the Eagle lift summit a few times when I was accepted into program in 2020.

I love Winter & being up on the mountains in snow. I just don't have many opportunities to go up mountains in snowy Winter.

#ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #SnowSports #AdaptiveSki #AdaptiveSnowboarding #DisabledSports #WinterSports #ParaAthlete #PeopleWithDisabilities #StayActive #SnowFun #MountWashington #VancouverIsland #Comox #VanIsle #SnowDays #AsianMastodon

Collage of me at Mt Washington. Left photo is me in a sitski, adaptive seated skiing. I control steering with outrigger poles.
Top right: Me & my adaptive ski instructor. I'm on skis & holding outrigger pole.
Bottom right: Me & adaptive snowboarding instructor. I'm learning how to balance & maneuver the board.

Me, steering sitski with outrigger poles & my instructor skiing & holding safety straps behind me. It was my 1st sitski fun race. Going into a turning move.

Weaving through poles in my first sitski trial race.
Me, steering sitski with outrigger poles & my instructor skiing & holding safety straps behind me. It was my 1st sitski fun race.

Takayuki Suzuki, who won four medals during the Paris Paralympics, hopes to see Paralympians and people with disabilities become more visible in Japanese society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/10/07/takayuki-suzuki-paralympics/ #paralympics #takayukisuzuki #parasports #2024parisparalympics

My little #video from our fun sail, this afternoon 😊

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LBF0nPzKIxc

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Took my Mohawk sister-friend, Ojistoh, out for her first sail. Gorgeous weather today & we had some nice breezes on the ocean ☺️⛵️💗

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Selfie of me & Ojistoh, in Martin 16 sailboat.

Me & Ojistoh, in Martin 16 sailboat. In middle of Cadboro Bay waters.

Sailboat far away looks like it's floating in mid-air. In a foggy area of the Pacific Ocean, by horizon line. A small island is to the left, past the sailboat.

View from pilot seat on Martin 16 sailboat. Looking towards Ten Mile Point & Chatham Island.

My #slideshow video of sailing adventure today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=5iiCcLvzsR2DH9e7&v=8sffdfaw2Bk&feature=youtu.be

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #boats #OakBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub

Party waves. Not really. So many boats were out today. These weren't as big as some other wake waves from powerboats. I couldn't film anything when those larger wakes hit us because I was busy angling sailboat to counter them.

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Astrid(on the left) gave me some good news when I returned from my sail today. The Able Sail Victoria program will be extended into September. I'm stoked! I can get in more sailing practice 😃👍⛵️

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #boats #OakBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub

Me with Astrid & Nadene on the dock. Martin 16 sailboat is tied up beside us.

I had a fantastic sail adventure today. Took my friend, Nadene, out for her first Martin 16 sailing experience. She loved it & took a ton of photos. We had fab winds on the waters today & I got to do a lot of keeling 😀 Fun time, on the ocean, on a gorgeous day!

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #boats #OakBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub