{"id":1653,"date":"2026-09-17T14:38:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1653"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:11:56","slug":"learn-to-ski","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/?tribe_events=learn-to-ski","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Ski &#8211; Taster Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learn to ski at Garthdee, Adventure Aberdeen Snowsports Centre, Garthdee Rd, AB10 7BA<\/p>\n<p>Friday 13th November, 10-10:45<\/p>\n<p>Cost \u00a36 per child<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for children, ages 5-17 years old with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities &amp; Autistic Spectrum Disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Learn in small groups with with specialist instructors in a welcoming learning environment. Parents will remain on the premises.\u00a0 This is a great opportunity to try a new sport in a relaxed environment, try on the boots, click yourself into some ski&#8217;s and enjoy being outside in the fresh air.<\/p>\n<p>Gloves and waterproof clothing should be worn for skiing, all other equipment is provided.<\/p>\n<p>If you are unsure if the sessions are suitable, do get in touch and we can work it out together. The team at Adventure Aberdeen Snowsports has a huge deal of experience with children and adults with ASN and have done so well at the Special Olympics World Games.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a wee article I found about Bob Thow a volunteer ski instructor who will be taking our session.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4W2PhcYQgZ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/other\/6573305\/special-olympics-aberdeen-coach-bob-thow\/\">Local Hero: The Special Olympics coach, Bob Thow, helping people of all abilities down Aberdeen slopes for 15 years<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Local Hero: The Special Olympics coach, Bob Thow, helping people of all abilities down Aberdeen slopes for 15 years&#8221; &#8212; Press and Journal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/other\/6573305\/special-olympics-aberdeen-coach-bob-thow\/embed\/#?secret=uz0x6jglOE#?secret=4W2PhcYQgZ\" data-secret=\"4W2PhcYQgZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn to ski at Garthdee, Adventure Aberdeen Snowsports Centre, Garthdee Rd, AB10 7BA Friday 13th November, 10-10:45 Cost \u00a36 per child Suitable for children, ages 5-17 years old with physical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1654,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-1653","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1665,"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1653\/revisions\/1665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1653"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scill-aberdeenshire.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftribe_events_cat&post=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}