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QUALIFIED FOR WINTER PARALYMPICS!!!!!

Supporters of Team PossAbilities, it’s official: after my effort in Europe I am in the list for 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics! I’m beyond excited and this still feels surreal. After dreaming about it for about 10 years, it’s finally happening. PossAbilities is part of this dream also, they’ve been with me throughout all of this effort. They were the platform that allowed me to jump this far, so for all of you involved in some way, (you know who you are!)...

January 7, 2022Read more...

Disabled athletes should inspire us

Carrie Finale of Pacifica, a member of Team PossAbilities and a competitor in the handcycling competition at this weekend's Redlands Bicycle Classic. REDLANDS — To those of us with four healthy, functioning limbs, these cycles might look funny or weird at first glance. They’re long, low to the ground, meant for the rider to recline and not sit upright, and can be propelled by the hands just as well as by the feet. Maybe we’re the ones who should take a closer...

March 24, 2012Read more...

Handcycling becoming a welcome staple of the Classic

Matt McLeod, Redlands Daily Facts Redlands Daily Facts Posted: RedlandsDailyFacts.com REDLANDS -- It took months for Delmon Dunston to feel human again. The 33-year-old Riverside native will never forget the moment that first changed his life. The date was July 14, 2000, and Dunston was wrestling at a local gym when he shattered his C6 vertebra. It was an injury that would leave him unable to walk ever again. Cooped up inside his house, stuck inside a wheelchair he'd grown to hate, it wasn't until his...

March 21, 2012Read more...

Welcome to the Redlands Bicycle Classic

Posted: RedlandsDailyFacts.com On behalf of our "All Volunteer" Redlands Bicycle Classic Board of Trustees and the countless other volunteers and supporters, we are proud to have you join us at the 28th edition of the Redlands Bicycle Classic. We hope you enjoy the four days of action packed fun and competition. Don't miss our world-class athletes battling it out on the streets of Redlands and Beaumont, or our largest field of handcyclists ever, or our public and amateur races for kids of all ages and...

March 17, 2012Read more...

The Legend Continues, The 2012 Redlands Bicycle Classic Announces Its Management Team And Event Dates

Redlands, Calif.— The new racing season kicks into full swing as the all-volunteer Redlands Bicycle Classic Committee (RBC Org Committee) is plotting and planning another epic edition of the opening event of the 2012 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar cycling series. The event will be held March 22nd-25th, one week earlier than last year’s event, and will kick off the cycling season under the warm SoCal sun for four stages of fast and furious bicycle racing as teams look to establish...

February 6, 2012Read more...

Loma Linda University Medical Center 8th annual PossAbilities Celebration Dinner to feature popular performer Justin Hines

LOMA LINDA, CA., Nov. 8, 2011 – Famed Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Hines will inspire the audience as the featured speaker at the upcoming Loma Linda University Medical Center 8th annual PossAbilities Celebration Dinner. Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus will host the annual PossAbilities Celebration Dinner from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Riverside Convention Center – Ben H. Lewis Hall, 3443 Orange Street, Riverside, Calif. “We are excited to recognize all of the inspiring work...

November 8, 2011Read more...