winter sports clinic

Jake served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. After separating from service he was injured and partially paralyzed. He came to VA for help, and received much more than he expected.

The 35th Annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic will look a bit different but the mission remains the same. This year’s five-day event, sponsored by VA and DAV, will be held virtually.

55 Veterans from eight states and Puerto Rico participated in the New England Winter Sports Clinic for Veterans with Disabilities this week in New Hampshire.

Annual clinic is a world leader in adaptive winter sports instruction for injured Veterans. It’s therapy that gives freedom to heroes who fought for our freedom. Includes Nordic skiing and sled hockey.

Army Veteran Brent King has returned for his fifth go at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. "The clinic recharges my batteries,” said the 47-year-old from Washington state.

Army Veteran Adam Greathouse served in the 3rd Infantry Division, 1-41 Field Artillery.

This Army Veteran joined the military at 19 because he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do.Now, he’s 22, recovering from a brain tumor and he just wants to walk.

The National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic made such an impact on his life that Vietnam Veteran Bob Haas created an adaptive sports program at home.

Hope Cooper is a former Air Force medic staff sergeant, but around the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass, Colorado, the paraplegic Veteran is part camp counselor, part celebrity and all teddy bear.

Disabled Veterans are getting properly fitted by assistive prosthesis teams for adaptive sports equipment needed to participate in activities like downhill skiing, snowmobiling, sled hockey, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and rock climbing this week at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.

Often referred to as “Miracles on a Mountainside,” the clinic promotes rehabilitation through adaptive Alpine and Nordic skiing, rock climbing, wheelchair self-defense, sled hockey, scuba diving, and other adaptive sports and activities.

More than 300 disabled Veterans are hitting the slopes this […]