#ThrowbackThursday 2024.
#Sailing with Jackie on #Martin16 #sailboat.

#AbleSailCanada #AbleSailVictoria #AdaptiveSailing #Parasports #DisabledSailors #AccessibleSailing #SubsidizedRecreation #InclusiveSailing #OakBay #VictoriaBC #CadboroBay #VancouverIsland

Woohoo! I'm so happy that #AbleSail #VictoriaBC has opened up their season early this year! It opens up on April 15 at one of our 2 locations! North Saanich Sidney Yacht Club location has registration open now 😁⛵️

I'll be back on the waters this Spring 🤩
I missed almost all of last season due to work commitments.

#DisabledSailing #Martin16 #sailboat #SubdidizedRecreation #PeopleWithDisabilities #AbleSailCanada #Parasports #Inclusion #AdaptiveSports #AdaptiveSailing #SailorGirl #Sailboat #Boating #OakBay #YYJ #SailAway #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Ahoy

In the mid-2000s, I got my first #GoldMedal at #BCDisabilityGames in #PowellRiver - in intermediate #EnglishRiding #dressage. I went on to obtain bronze, silver & gold medals in regular BC Games - competing against non-disabled #equestrians. I moved up to national competitions & obtained 2 silvers & 1 gold medal. I was approached by Canadian #Paralympics Committee & the international #ParaEquestrian coach, after that. They wanted me to join #TeamCanada. We had 3 different meetings after & it resulted in me pulling out because I couldn't afford to pay for their training program. I was also too old to get funding help & had no one around to help me on that. It was a good life experience, while it lasted.

That was when I first learned how expensive it is to pursue higher levels of #parasports competition. Many of us just bowed out, even when we met qualifying markers - because we were too poor to keep at it.

You can see my leg braces because jodphurs are tight & grip to everything.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaAthletes #ParaEquestrian #Horses #PoleBending #AsianMastodon #DisabledAthletes #BCGames #BeatTheOdds #DisabledWomen #haflinger

Tebrikler!!!!
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#Turkey #Türkiye #sports #parasports

Milli para yüzücü Defne Kurt, dünya şampiyonu oldu
https://www.gazetepencere.com/spor/milli-para-yuzucu-defne-kurt-dunya-sampiyonu-oldu-671154h

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

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

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