CASP International Summit

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The third annual CASP National Summit took place at Grouse Mountain, BC from January 27-29, 2009 to continue the development of adaptive snowboarding athletes, coaches, and instructors and to explore and discuss the developments of the sport of Adaptive Snowboarding in Canada and around the World.

Included in the International Summit was the Adaptive Snowboard National Championships. This event included a total of 14 athletes (largest to date) and introduced a formal classification system. The summit also included the third annual CASP International Sport Building Workshop. The workshop was a full day seminar that brought interested parties such as athletes, coaches, instructors and administrators at the international, national and provincial levels to discuss the continued development of adaptive snowboarding, with a focus on issues such as competition framework, classification of disabilities, and process for moving ahead in pursuit of entry to the IPC Paralympic stage.

Key elements of the third annual CASP International Summit included:

• CASP Train to Train (T2T) Athlete Development Camp for athletes and coaches,
• Adaptive Snowboard National Championshops (sling-shot Snowboard Cross format), and
• Third annual CASP International Sport Building Workshop.