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Anna Beninati: My Road To Training at The Olympic Training Center
At some point in your life, there will be a moment that you look back on and say, “That was the worst mistake I ever
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What Do WAS and Moustaches Have In Common?
What do WAS and moustaches have in common? Each year, the Salty Saints Social Club and Facial Hair Society
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Judy Gooch: WAS Programming Through the Eyes of a Physician and Board Member
“…many of my patients, both children and adults, have skied, biked, bowled and hiked with Wasatch Adaptive Sports. Doing activities they never thought possible has
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Brock Rocked the Ragnar
Earlier this month, Brock Carter completed the 2018 Wasatch Back Ragnar, a 200 mile relay over two days, as a part of the Neuroworx team
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Erik and Steve: Snowbird Employees Support WAS
Steve and Erik are both Snowbird employees as well as dedicated WAS volunteers. Read on to hear about their past experiences with adaptive recreation (spoiler
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Lee Johnson: The 32nd Annual Steve Young Ski Classic
What a great time I had the other day! For those of you who have never had an opportunity to participate in the Wasatch Adaptive
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Noelle Lawson: WAS’s Youngest Donor
Noelle Lawson and her family are longtime supporters of Wasatch Adaptive Sports. Instead of getting gifts for her birthday, Noelle selflessly asks her friends to
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Connie Bauer: Dave Bauer’s Road Back
In the years before finding WAS, Dave once had a new physical therapist ask him to list his rehabilitation goals, giving examples like, “get dressed
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Executive Director Elizabeth Jahp: The WAS Potential
“Right…left…right…left,” cheered Cole, age three and Alex, his instructor, as they swung their arms in unison, linking turns down Chickadee. What may have appeared as
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John Casolo: Thirty Wonderful Years
This program didn’t only teach me how to ski, but it built my confidence level to a degree that I could not imagine. It also built my
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Peter Mandler: The Founder’s History of WAS
Wasatch Adaptive Sports was created in November 1977. At that time, there were very few programs and activities for people with disabilities in Utah. We realized
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Tyler Schilhabel: The WAS Difference
The plain and simple fact is that I came to WAS with the hope of becoming an independent skier, but I have received so much
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