(10 Mar 2025)
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Hoodoo Ski Area, Oregon – 6 March 2025
1. Wide of Ukrainian veteran amputees "three track" skiing on one leg, with the support of hand-held outriggers, as they head to chairlift
2. Mid of Ukrainian veteran amputees "three track" skiing on one leg, with the support of hand-held outriggers, as they head to chairlift
3. Ukrainian veteran amputees on chairlift
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pat Addabbo, executive director of Oregon Adaptive Sports:
"So today, Oregon Adaptive Sports is partnering with the the city of Corvallis Sister Cities Association to serve five veterans from Ukraine who have all lost a limb in the conflict with Russia to learn how to adaptive ski."
5. Wide of Ukrainian veteran amputees "three track" skiing down the mountain on one leg while using two hand-held outriggers
6. Mid of Ukrainian veteran amputees "three track" skiing down the mountain on one leg while using two hand-held outriggers
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Pat Addabbo, executive director of Oregon Adaptive Sports:
"The group of Ukrainian veterans are learning to three track. And what that means is, they’re skiing on a single ski while holding two hand-held outriggers, so they’re literally leaving three tracks in the snow. The outriggers help them to balance and it helps them initiate and finish their turns, and it enables them to be independent on the mountain."
8. Mid of Ukrainian veteran amputee taking a break to drink water
9. Various close ups of Ukrainian veterans
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Oleksandr Shvachka, Ukrainian veteran amputee:
"It’s amazing emotion. It’s a new experience, and I’m so happy."
11. Mid of instructor teaching Ukrainian veteran amputees
12. Wide pan of Ukrainian veteran amputee "three track" skiing down the mountain on one leg using two hand-held outriggers
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristian Minai, Ukrainian ski instructor:
"We want to do something new and special for our war veterans. We want to do three track skiing in Ukraine. That’s why we are here."
14. Wide tracking shot of Ukrainian veteran amputee "three track" skiing down the mountain on one leg using two hand-held outriggers
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristian Minai, Ukrainian ski instructor:
"Because of this, I hope that they will be back on their legs, they will come and go back to their lives, find some new interesting things and go back to normal life."
16. Wide of Ukrainian veteran amputee "three track" skiing on one leg, with the support of hand-held outriggers
17. Mid of skis and outriggers
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Carol Paulson, co-founder of Corvallis Sister City Association:
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"They’ve been our sister for more than 30 years. It’s been a very, very active program all that time. There have been hundreds of people from Uzhhorod who have visited Corvallis, and hundreds of people from Corvallis who have visited Uzhhorod."
19. Wide tracking shot of Ukrainian veteran amputee "three track" skiing down the mountain on one leg using two hand-held outriggers
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Carol Paulson, co-founder of Corvallis Sister City Association:
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"All adaptive sports are very helpful to people with disabilities. It reminds them that they can participate fully in life."
21. Mid of Oregon Adaptive Sports sign
22. Wide shot of road sign for Hoodoo Ski Area
STORYLINE:
A group of Ukrainian veteran amputees are spending two weeks in Oregon learning a form of adaptive skiing for people with one leg, with an organization that works to make sports more accessible to people with disabilities.
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