The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and the Kelly Brush Foundation (KBF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking an important milestone in their shared commitment to advancing safety standards and practices in alpine ski racing at all levels of the sports as well as promoting inclusion, accessibility, and athlete support across global Para Snow Sports.<\/p>\n
The Kelly Brush Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that was started in 2006 after Kelly, an elite ski racer, sustained a spinal cord injury while racing for her college. In the months that followed, KBF was created to advance safety in alpine ski racing through advocacy, education, and financial support, while also helping adaptive athletes return to and thrive in sport.<\/p>\n
Built on common values, including the utmost importance of safety in alpine ski racing and equal access to sport, the partnership establishes a strategic framework for collaboration across several key areas. These include:<\/p>\n
The development of global safety standards in ski racing<\/p>\n
Expanded access to adaptive equipment and athlete pathways<\/p>\n
Increased visibility for Para athletes as well as highlighting the importance of safety as a priority in alpine ski racing through major events and collaborations<\/p>\n
Aligned fundraising efforts to support sustainable program growth<\/p>\n
By combining FIS\u2019s international governance and event platform with KBF\u2019s expertise in promoting safety in ski racing, the cooperation aims to build on the long-term success the KBF has had in the US in advancing ski racing safety and bring that to an international audience. Additionally, the partnership will leverage FIS\u2019s global reach and KBF\u2019s experience empowering adaptive sports to reduce barriers to participation for Para Snow Sports athletes worldwide \u2014 particularly in emerging nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and the Kelly Brush Foundation (KBF) have signed a Memorandum of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[67349,67346,85,46,67347,67348,105,67350],"class_list":["post-449573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-federation","tag-fis","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-ski","tag-snowboard","tag-sports","tag-winter-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}