Every Push.
Every Split.
One Team.

During the winter of 2002–2003, under the sponsorship of the Utah National Ability Center, Aaron Lanningham (paraplegic) and Gary Kuhl (below-knee amputee) became the first two athletes with disabilities to successfully pilot bobsleds from the top of the track in Park City, Utah. Aaron drove seated in his sled; Gary pushed his sled before loading in as normal.

Gary Kuhl went on to earn his IBSF pilot's license, competing directly against able-bodied athletes at the 2006–2007 America's Cup race in Park City. Both athletes returned to compete in the same North American Cup race the following season, and again at the Calgary North American Cup in 2007–2008 — the earliest steps toward the sport we know today. In the years since, hundreds of descents have been completed by athletes with a wide range of disabilities on five different tracks around the world.

In 2010, IBSF President Ivo Ferriani threw his full support behind a Para Sport initiative, forming the IBSF Para Sport Committee to begin qualifying the sports for the Paralympic Winter Games. The first formal international driving school for Para Bobsleigh and Para Skeleton was hosted by USA Bobsled and Skeleton in the 2011–2012 season, drawing 17 athletes from 6 nations. St. Moritz — the birthplace of bobsleigh and skeleton — contributed the first purpose-built Para Mono Bob, constructed by Renzo Podar under sponsorship from Fritz Burkard, and first driven by Swiss Paralympic gold medalist Heinz Frei in January 2012. The Mono Bob has since become the standard equipment of the sport.

The first recognized international para competition, the Prince Kropotkin Cup, was staged in Sigulda, Latvia on March 23, 2013. In May 2014, the IBSF was officially granted IPC Recognized International Federation status for Para Bobsleigh and Para Skeleton, naming both sports candidates for the Paralympic Winter Games. Official Para World Cup competitions began that same season in Park City, Igls, and St. Moritz, and in March 2016, Park City hosted the first-ever Para Bobsleigh and Para Skeleton World Championship — 19 athletes, 9 nations, one shared finish line.