“It’s like being free.” –Brady Koehler Brady Koehler is an athletic and bright 16-year-old sophomore at St. Dominic High School in New York. Brady has just started on a new hockey team and what makes him different than most hockey players is that he is legally blind. Brady was born with optic nerve hypoplasia. His eyes are perfect, but there …
Starting on December 15th and going through December 20th of 2018, the Foreseeable Future Foundation co-sponsored a training camp in North Carolina alongside the Para-Guide Foundation and R-5 Para. The purpose of the training camp was to help the athletes participating get prepared for the World Selection event in California in the month of February. …
“They can take our vision, but they can’t take the sport away. Kieth Haley from the Hartford Braillers Being visually impaired can make it seem like your opportunities have dwindled, but luckily there are organizations like New York Metro Blind Hockey to bring joy back into your life. Just imagine, the cold wind on your cheeks, your …
On December 8th and 9th, the USA Paralympic Track Championships took place in Colorado Springs, CO. Our founder Griffin was in attendance and competed, as well as some of the athletes we sponsored for the Tennessee Paracycling Open in September. The USA Paralympic Track Championships had different categories of competitions, one of the categories being …
On July 28th, we hosted our second “Swerve in the Dark ” event at Swerve Fitness in NYC. This was an event open for visually impaired and blind people as well as for sighted participants. “Swerve in the Dark” had a mixed group of visually impaired and sighted individuals. All of the participants were blindfolded …
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Founder, Griffin Pinkow, began taking classes at Throwback Fitness over six months ago. After becoming a regular and getting to know the owners, Brian and Ryan, he approached them about hosting an FFF event at Throwback Fitness. Throwback’s fun, unique and interactive …