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[katieelizabethpowell]

Extremely well known TV company is looking for participants who would like to share their stories and inspire others!

We are seeking individuals to take part in a documentary on thrill seekers.

Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, we’d like to here from you!

We’re aiming to make a documentary that will paint a true-to-life depiction of people who are disabled and who are actively participating in adventurous and extreme sports.

We are specifically looking for people who are now part of the wheelchair thrill seekers craze! In America there has become an increased popularity amongst people who can do stunts in their wheelchair's.
If you are involved in any kind of extreme sport or are learning to do stunts, ski , scuba dive or anything else please get in touch for a friendly chat!

We are a supportive and diverse production company who are renowned for creating positive and pioneering factual documentaries promoting talented and inspirational individuals.

If this sounds like you then we’d like to talk to you about your experiences.

Please email to documentary@ginger.com or mediakatie@gmail.com.

Contacting us does not mean you are obliged to appear in the show, even if you’d just like to tell us your story or thoughts, please get in touch.

Thanks!

[BillS]

I've always hated being "inspiring". Most of us guys are just normal people getting on with their lives.

So look for the thrill seekers but skip the inspiring part.

[guido]

BillS, on Dec 7 2009, 05:31 PM, said:

I've always hated being "inspiring". Most of us guys are just normal people getting on with their lives.

So look for the thrill seekers but skip the inspiring part.

Agree, but TV and media can't sell an ordinary story. No wonder people are often miserable with their lot: they're trying to live up to the unrealistic expectations and dreams of the media.

[Ratticis]

I don't have any 'inspiring' stories. I'm just a dumb ass who fell in the shower. One of these days I'm finally gunna go bungee jumping and hopefully skydiving too, and next year I'm gunna get back on the racetrack, but those are things I wanted to do anyways, so it's more about getting on with my life.

[LeahC]

Don't you have a company email address?

[Lucydog]

Ginger is a production company, they produce stuff like Jack Osborne Adrenaline junkie.

[LeahC]

Lucydog, on Dec 7 2009, 10:37 PM, said:

Ginger is a production company, they produce stuff like Jack Osborne Adrenaline junkie.

Ah :-D my bad lol xx

[edlee]

I'm with Bill,,,, get your inspiration someplace else,, or at least keep it to yourself. I do what I choose to do for me. I don't want anybody else to try to emulate me, anymore than I try to emulate them.

Besides,, I've never been fond of "reality" shows,, my injury hasn't changed that.

But don't worry,,,, somebody here will probably give you a buzz.
ed

[goldnucs]

If I remember correctly, I was trying to "inspire" some hottie 31 years ago when I broke my neck performing some dumbass stunt! Are you suggesting that its a good idea to "inspire" others to repeat what got many of us here in the first place?

[qbounce]

Okay all, get over yourselves and see this as a positive look into what we CAN do. Sheesh, ya bunch of whiners!! lol

[rue2you]

qbounce - you have a point. Maybe this could be used to help people not be so clueless. We all gripe about that too! How about a different definition of extreme stuff though. I mean it is pretty extreme just for me to get up, shower, get dressed, go to the bathroom, take care of my home, hubby, 6 kids (youngest being 4 months old), drive almost 2 hours to therapy twice a week, and stay happy. That's reality tv of life in a wheelchair - not jumping off a bridge!!

[dangerousdave]

You got it right QB
Its getting out there, in front of peoples faces that will eventualy, educate them.
Then maybe when they open a door for us...they won't stand in the way.

[JGildea517]

I would be willing to do something. Just provide me with more information. Im a T-4 paraplegic. Broke my back on 1-1-06 racing motocross. I now have my bike set-up and im still riding and racing. Went out and raced in the X-Games this year. Plan to do that again next year. I also just purchased a Can-Am Spyder that we are in the process of setting up right now. Also we are setting up a different bike so come spring time hopefully I can start working on a backflip into a foam pit. I got plenty of extreme things going on that would most def. reach out and motivate people. You can email me at yamaha517@hotmail.com if you are interested and then maybe we can chat on the phone.

Thanks,
Jesse Gildea

[silone74]

Not to put a downer on this but alot of us cant afford to do any extreme sports it costs money to get to do this stuff an I dont have any LOL



Si

[The Black Sheep]

Does struggling every day to get in and out of my new bathtub count as inspiring and thrilling? I just moved into a new house and it's my new adventure every day to get my butt out of the tub. Shoveling the driveway too.

Ok, these aren't really exciting, but it's what most of us are trying to simply do. It's enough work to try to be normal and get the needed chores done.

[Quad65]

Oh, you want thrills and adventure? Risk-taking? How about 40+ years hauling your ass in and out of a chair, bed, and toilet. How about dealing with inadequate accessibility issues, educational opportunities, and limited employment? Nothing like trying to drive to and from work on the freeway with whacked out drivers in all kinds of weather, blowing tires, fan-belts, radiators, and transmissions. I know, how about losing your job and then your house and filing bankruptcy? Or recurrent UTIs? Or pressure sores?

What!? Not sexy enough? It's much more glamorous watching some adrenalin junky do loops in his chair at a skate park and maybe finally attaining Quad status instead of mere Para status.

Sorry, I don't do loops, I have the other mundane life to live.

Edited by Quad65, 08 December 2009 - 07:05 PM.

[LeahC]

Oh my God what a bunch of whingers. She asked a simple request, I know of plenty of disabled people who do loads of stuff and I have forwarded the post to Louise at Visable Models. I know a guy with no legs who does wheelchair dancing, goes trekking aroud the globe AND cares for a woman with severe cereral palsy and deformities. Twisted Ophelia scuba dives and much more. How miserable are most of you who posted here? It's enough to make me want to swear at you, get over yourselves!

Edited by LeahCaprice, 08 December 2009 - 08:06 PM.

[silone74]

LOL I would want to see what others get up to I wish I could do some extreme wheeling I dont mind what any one does and I am sure it would make an interesting program.
I think every one has a right to put down what there thoughts are on this though it just may not be every ones idea of a good program



Si

[Tetracyclone]

leah,

you want me to give up whining??????

but that could make me a happier, healthier person! o, noooo, not that!

well... ok

[Quad65]

I'm not miserable at all. Quite content, in fact. Aside from all the stuff I posted, I have done some things over the years that might be considered daring. In the late 60s, my brother and I flew from Minnesota to the Canary Islands with the thought of moving there. Didn't work out, unfortunately. A wheelchair user flying in those days was and adventure; trust me. Especially during the layover in Lisbon when we looked like Che Guevara and his hippie brother and were questioned by the undercover military police. I've driven the Iron Mountain Highway in the Black Hills, South Dakota, the Beartooth Pass in Montana, been through Yellowstone, down to Texas and back, took the wheel while my friend dealt cards for Rummy during a road-trip to Colorado Springs. I've been sailing, dragged down riverbanks to fish, drank my weight several times in Tequila, and a few other things I don't care to mention.

But, no. I still don't do loops, so I guess I'm boring and wouldn't be a fit subject.

[The Black Sheep]

I'm not a grump, usually. I make up for my lack of excitement with sarcasm, but I don't mean to sound grouchy. I think it's great that a lot of folks get out and play sports, jump outta planes and all that other stuff, but I think those are the few who stand out from the rest... well, maybe not stand, or maybe they can, but anyway, I think the majority of people who have had a spinal cord injury find it a task to just get "normal" things done. It's not miserable, but accomplishing something small, like doing the laundry (the bottom of the washer is really hard to reach!) or walking 3 steps is exciting in my shoes.

Edited by The Black Sheep, 08 December 2009 - 08:49 PM.

[Skrads]

I wouldn't mind doing it, but I live all the way in Australia...

I had my accident 18 months ago and already I am playing basketball, shooting, hunting, quad bike riding and looking into both snow and water sit skiing and awhole heap of other things to keep me busy.

I was asked to be interviewed on a TV show a month or so ago. They cancelled it at the last minute because they said I was too independent and they wanted someone who needed 24 hr care. They didn't tell me why but from what the reporter was saying, they wanted to go for the sob story.

No wonder there is such a negative view about people with disabilities, the media only ever shows the negatives instead of the positives.

Edited by bradgrove, 08 December 2009 - 09:09 PM.

[silone74]

The last sock stuck in the washer thats as far as i get to an extreme sport in a chair.

Si

[Apparelyzed]

I do Extreme cooking ...

What, you never seen a Quad Flambéing a steak, or cooking a BBQ, that meat is cooked when my knuckles say it is, and not a minute before!

Simon

[Lucydog]

Having babies is quite extreme, obviously there is a disabled person having sex somewhere. Is that extreme enough do you think?

[ClaraTaylor]

Lucydog, on Dec 8 2009, 09:55 PM, said:

Having babies is quite extreme, obviously there is a disabled person having sex somewhere. Is that extreme enough do you think?

Gosh what a thought.
While we're sat here quietly minding our own business some where some cripple is having full blown hot and sweaty sex.

KEEP THE NOISE DOWN!!

[Ratticis]

Me thinks the op is never going to reply and the only way to get in contact is via the provided e-mail addresses.
And boo hoo, life's so hard. Deal with it, maybe you don't do this or that or whatever, but some people do. Obviously a program like this would show that life doesn't end just because of an sci. My goals in life havn't changed, just how I gotta go about some of them. And if others find that 'inspiring' so be it.

[dangerousdave]

Doing stuff, doing extreme stuff
Doesn't come anywhere near doing every day stuff
Alas that every day stuff is never seen by non disabled
But I remember a show on some wheelie trekkers mentioning toileting needs and fingers up bum
So if every day stuff is included......it's gotta be a good thing
It is a hard slogg for us all, every day, just to exist
Thats no excuse to be negative though

[ajl338]

This is one of my first posts on here and i am amazed at how much energy most you guys have. Apparently life is so hard but you still manage to spend time and energy slating someone elses post.
The lady was just wanting to hear from anyone doing extreme sports, if that isnt you then you actually dont need to reply, use you energy to improve your life in another way.

Either doing extreme things is something for you or it isnt, a spinal injury doesnt necessarly mean who you are changes. I did a lot of mad things pre injury and i do more things post injury. Actually being disabled opens doors interms of sports. In the UK there are a lot of sailing, fishing, waterskiing, snow sports and other clubs set up for disabled people where you pay a fraction of the price an abled bodied person would.

The hardest thing is to motivate yourself, for some people it takes a lot of motivation and effort to get out of bed and get through the day. I'm not someone who can exist like that. I have a lot of nerve pain and the thing that helps me most is exercise and getting endorphins going. I am a thrill seaker and always have been. I like white water canoeing, rafting, flying, sailing and abseiling among other things.
I'm seeing this opportunity for me to have yet another fun day doing what i like doing and someone filiming, i dont really care what people thing about me, if they think its good because i am a "poor" chair user, i do what i do for me and only me.

The whole sad bit about this is that although i can kayak etc i still cant push a shopping trolly or hover my house or get up stairs so i still struggle with normal people things. People like Social services only see the extreme bit and it seems the more you do to push yourself the less help they think you need.

[qbounce]

The Black Sheep, on Dec 8 2009, 01:49 PM, said:

I think the majority of people who have had a spinal cord injury find it a task to just get "normal" things done. It's not miserable, but accomplishing something small, like doing the laundry (the bottom of the washer is really hard to reach!)

I recommend you get a front loader clothes washer. Not only do they save water and electricity, but they're more accessible to reach. Put it on your Christmas list.