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Ms. Que Banh

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
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Ms. Que Banh

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.

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.
#PeopleWithDisabilities#AsianMastodon#AdaptiveSports
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Ms. Que Banh

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.

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
#PeopleWithDisabilities#AsianMastodon#MountWashington
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Ms. Que Banh

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.

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.
#ParaSports#AdaptiveSports#SnowSports
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