Sports have always had the ability to bring people together, but the respect for learned abilities and the work ethic that accompanies great performances have rarely been exemplified better than at Turnstone’s Plassman Athletic Center and Paralympic Training Site in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Today’s youth and amateur sports and recreation landscape is more diverse and dynamic than ever before. While this can be a benefit for people who are afforded options and opportunities to choose their activities, many “traditional” athletic facilities are struggling to maintain steady utilization, leaving operators in a reactive mode that makes programming, scheduling, budgeting and hitting the budget nearly impossible.
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For more than 2,500 years, the sport of dragon boat racing has delighted spectators throughout southern China.
The sport’s North American lineage doesn’t stretch quite as far back (it has maintained a presence in Canada and the United States for the past 35 years), but, much like China, it has seen its popularity surge as competitors and fans alike have embraced the unique competition.
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When Lon Beale was a youngster living outside of Death Valley in California’s Mojave Desert, the unforgiving climate didn’t provide him with a wealth of entertainment options.
Thus, in 1972, the 14-year-old Beale got creative and took advantage of his surroundings by riding old water skis and skateboards down the many sand dunes that dotted the landscape.
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Every year when the calendar flips to January, large segments of the country’s inhabitants face the challenge of attempting to exercise despite temperatures reaching bone-chilling levels.
Outdoor enthusiasts, in particular, struggle to maintain their fitness rituals when ice and snow cloak their favorite running or biking trails for months at a time.
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