Do You Think Everybody Knows Snowshoeing?


[Special Olympics In The News]
Four county students dominate snowshoe events at 2010 Special Olympics Winter Invitational
POSTED: March 4, 2010

Four Chautauqua County students competed in a snowshoeing competition at the Special Olympics Winter Invitational held in Frewsburg Jan. 16. Travis and three of his classmates won a combined 15 medals at the competition, all in snowshoeing events.
The competition took place at Frewsburg High School and was organized by the Special Olympics New York Western Region. Coaching the team were Special Education teachers Maureen Bialaszewski and Susie Hertlein, and Beverli Horrocks, school counselor.
"Our students did an outstanding job at the Special Olympics Winter Invitational," said Jennifer Clark, Special Education supervisor at the LoGuidice Center. "We were very proud of the manner in which they represented the LoGuidice Center and the work they put into preparing for the event."
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Snowshoes are footwear for walking over snow. Snowshoes work by distributing the weight of the person over a larger area so that the person's foot does not sink completely into the snow, a quality called "flotation".
Snowshoeing, one of Special Olympics Winter Sports, has been popular in North America and Europian Countries. However, this sport is not well known in Asia region especially in Korea. Most korean have not seen snowshoes and even heard of that except Special Olympics Korean athletes. It will be a problem to be solved for Special Olympics Korea(SOK) before 2013 Games would be held. SOK should promote this sports to the public and cooperate with ski mountain(resort) industries in order to construct venues for snowshoeing. Aslo, it will be the opportunity for Korea to announce snowshoeing to the public, hosting the 2013 Games.

Click below links, you will find great videos about adaptive snowshoeing.

* What is snowshoeing?
http://www.ehow.com/video_4942819_what-snowshoeing.html
* Having Fun in Adaptive Snowshoeing
http://www.ehow.com/video_4942830_having-fun-adaptive-snowshoeing.html

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  1. StudyTravelMarch 18, 2010

    I enjoy snowshoeing - used to do it in Canada! The blog looks good, you may want to check the spelling and see if you can move your blog archive closer to the top for easy access. Good luck! SL

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  2. StudyTravelMarch 18, 2010

    I enjoy snowshoeing - used to do it in Canada! The blog looks good, you may want to check the spelling and see if you can move your blog archive closer to the top for easy access. Good luck! SL

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