My name is Adam Hall I am 20 years old. I was born with a disability called Spina Bifida. Luckily I am mobile and able to walk which in most cases Spina Bifida leaves people in a wheelchair.

At the age of 6 a friend of mine who also has Spina Bifida, his mum talked me into giving skiing ago. I really loved sport and participated in most sport at school, including Cricket, so I gave it a go. I really enjoyed Skiing, unfortunately I did not have the independence or skill to be very good at that age. I lasted 3 years before I was introduced to snowboarding at the age of 9 by another friend. From this I found the freedom and independence I had been looking for. Most of all the speed !!

Since that time I have spent all my winters travelling backward and forward to Wanaka. It was not until 2004 - 05 winter I changed back to skiing after all those years of snowboarding. This decision was made as Disabled Snowboarding is currently a new sport therefore it is not in the Paralympics. It was announced though at the conclusion of the Paralympics in Torino the International Paralympic Committee will introduce disabled snowboarding though as a demonstration in the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada. This has been my dream ever since I was 6 is to compete in the Paralympics one day. To also push snowboarding into the games as well.

For me to be a competitive athlete in Disabled Ski Racing it is important for me to train and race here in NZ and in the Northern Hemisphere also. I did spend summer of 2002 training in Canada on my snowboard, trying to promote Disabled Snowboarding also.

In March this year I returned home from the Paralympics. This was my 2nd back to back winter and second year racing on the world cup circuit alongside the very best athletes and coaches in the world.

4th of June 2005 I was named in the New Zealand Disabled Ski Team

24th of September I was named on the New Zealand Disabled Paralympic Ski Team to compete in the 2006 Paralympics in Turin, Italy.

Since I started skiing, snowboarding then skiing again. Over these years of travelling, training and racing I have meet lots of interesting and dedicated people from all over the world.

In 2002, at the Salt Lake City Winter Paralympics NZ took 2 athletes to the games, they both did really well and came home with 3 gold, 1 silver and a bronze.

My ultimate dream was to represent New Zealand in the Paralympics in 2006 as a Disabled Ski Racer. Now that this has happened its amazing to see a 10 year dream come true and to see all the hard work pay of, and a lot more to follow.