The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and the Kelly Brush Foundation (KBF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking an necessary milestone in their shared dedication to advancing safety requirements and practices in alpine ski racing in any respect ranges of the sports activities in addition to selling inclusion, accessibility, and athlete assist throughout international Para Snow Sports.
The Kelly Brush Foundation is a nonprofit group based mostly in the United States that was began in 2006 after Kelly, an elite ski racer, sustained a spinal wire harm whereas racing for her school. In the months that adopted, KBF was created to advance safety in alpine ski racing by advocacy, schooling, and monetary assist, whereas additionally serving to adaptive athletes return to and thrive in sport.
Built on widespread values, together with the utmost significance of safety in alpine ski racing and equal entry to sport, the partnership establishes a strategic framework for collaboration throughout a number of key areas. These embrace:
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The growth of worldwide safety requirements in ski racing
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Expanded entry to adaptive gear and athlete pathways
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Increased visibility for Para athletes in addition to highlighting the significance of safety as a precedence in alpine ski racing by main occasions and collaborations
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Aligned fundraising efforts to assist sustainable program progress
By combining FIS’s worldwide governance and occasion platform with KBF’s experience in selling safety in ski racing, the cooperation goals to construct on the long-term success the KBF has had in the US in advancing ski racing safety and carry that to a world viewers. Additionally, the partnership will leverage FIS’s international attain and KBF’s expertise empowering adaptive sports activities to scale back boundaries to participation for Para Snow Sports athletes worldwide — notably in rising nations.