A New Vienna, Ohio resident, Major Morrow graduated from the USAF Air Command and Staff College and the Marine Corps Command and Staff College. Major Morrow is a career United States Air Force officer, who now likes to practice adaptive skiing in his free time.
Adaptive skiing is an adaptive sport for those with challenged abilities and it is a fast growing sport for the challenged and disabled. Adaptive sports are similar to normal sports but have specialized pieces of equipment or assistance that make the activity feasible for people with disabilities. Adaptive skiing is an alternative to traditional skiing for people with disabilities and requires special equipment or assistance. Adaptive sports can be recreational and competitive. People that practice adaptive skiing can even go beyond just a recreational activity as it is a part of the Paralympics, and people can participate in international competitions. Major Morrow enjoys adaptive skiing for recreation, health as a sport activity as well as the personal challenge of being independent and advanced skilled in a sport not normally otherwise without adaptive equipment.
Adaptive skiing has several benefits for people with disabilities and represents a good cardiovascular and physical workout of the core. It improves skills such as balance and coordination of the body. The special equipment used by Major Morrow for skiing are ski bikes. The skibike is designed so that a person sits on it similar to a bicycle using their balance and muscle control leaning to slide, turn and stop with the edges of the skis no different than parallel skiing or snowboarding.
Major Matthew H. Morrow 