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Support : Disabled
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Extreme Wheelchair Sports
Extreme Wheelchair
Sports are sports not for the faint of heart, in fact, with all
that adrenalin pumping around in your system as you hurtle down
the side of a mountain, or jump our of a plane, you better make
sure you're pretty fit befor you even think about any of these sports.
Needless to say, these sports are dangerous, so don't say we didn't
warn you!
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| UK Four Cross Downhill Mountain
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The primary reason for launching this club is to give anyone the
opportunity to enjoy the thrills of 4-wheel off-road downhill mountain
bike racing, promoting it as an integrated sport nationwide.
By raising awareness, we are looking to drum up a
great deal of interest in this new activity, thereby creating a
vibrant and inclusive MTB racing scene here in the UK. We are very
enthusiastic about this project, and have already been in touch
with various organisations, who have all reacted very positively
to these new bespoke 4 wheel downhill bikes, the integrated racing
scene and the club's ambitions.
We want to start a fully inclusive 'downhill racing
community' here in the UK, to help us to spread the knowledge and
different experiences of the various people involved. As our membership
grows we hope to create enough interest to open a dialogue with
the relevant organisations with a view to developing more accessible
fourcross friendly sites across the country.
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| TankChair - Extreme Off Road
Wheelchair |
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This isn't exactly an extreme sport as such, but it is an extreme
piece of wheelchair engineering!
Tank Chair is a Custom off-road wheelchair that can
go anywhere outdoors. Conquers Streams, Mud, Snow, Sand, and
Gravel, allowing you to get back to nature, and can also climb up
and down stairs.
The seat is self levelling so people that are paralysed
from the chest down are able to go up steep slopes, and down, with
no fear of falling out and low enough to transfer with a board.
I'm not sure it's very good as an indoor chair though,
it would probably shred your carpets!
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| Extreme Wheelchair Racing
and Jumping |
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This video contains extreme four wheel mountain wheelchair racing,
wheelchair stunts and wheelchair tricks. The guys in the wheelchairs
are believed to be paraplegics.
Watch
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| Wheelchair Jousting with
Cattle Prods |
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This video clip was filmed for JackAss,
so don't blame us!
The guys in the video were part of the USA Quad Rugby
team, and the guy in the background is Mark Zupan, the captain of
the team, and the guy who starred in the film Murderball.
Wheelchair
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| SitSki |
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What is adaptive skiing? Well in the
simplest terms, it is to bypass your limitation and adapt your self,
be it with training and or special equipment to go on and ski. There
are many types of adaptive skiing, but with one thing in common,
it's skiing!
The mono-ski was developed for individuals who ski
in a sitting position. A mono-skier should have good upper body
strength, balance and trunk mobility. An individual with double
lower extremity amputations, spina bifida, or with a spinal cord
injury of T-6 or below is a good candidate for the mono-ski.
The bi-ski was developed for individuals who ski
in a sitting position. This may include those with multiple sclerosis,
muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, brain injury or
individuals with spinal cord injuries.
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| Amped Riders |
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Our mission is to create an organization
for amputees and people with related disabilities that will encourage
them to be more active in aggressive sports such as skateboarding,
surfing, and snowboarding, and to establish a network of resources
that will allow them to achieve their goals.
Rob Nelson, right - Nice bean plant to tail, higher
than the rail. Rob suffers from Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injury
- his right arm is paralyzed. You would never know from this picture.
By pushing beyond the perceived limitations associated
with being an amputee we will create new opportunities for all amputees
to be more active. These opportunities will be realized directly
through advocacy, and indirectly by causing prosthetic and insurance
companies to adjust to the demands of the highly active amputee.
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| No Limits |
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An accomplished wheelchair athlete,
Mark is best known for the first historic paraplegic ascents of
the sheer granite faces of El Capitan and Half Dome, in Yosemite
National Park.
His notoriety has been acclaimed on national television,
by congressional commendation and meetings with two Presidents of
the United States. The first paraplegic to sit-ski unassisted across
the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, Mark has also carried the flaming
torch up the 120-foot rope, shocked by thousands of spectators,
and lit the cauldron for the opening of the Paralympic Games in
Atlanta.
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| Wheelchair Junkie |
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When you discover WheelchairJunkie.com,
you may initially experience shock - who knew there was a globally-united,
wacky, wheeling community of over 100,000 wheelchair users, industry
professionals, family, and friends, all hanging out at this one
web gig?
This stage is often compounded by your first visit
to the WheelchairJunkie.com Message Board, where over 2,000 registered
members voice issues and experience similar to your own - profound,
inspired, empathetic, and warped, really warped.
Overwhelmed by the unabashed celebration of disability
culture, wheelchair technology, and mobility mayhem, you may find
yourself unable to fully comprehend the site during your first visit,
and that's normal - each person must address WheelchairJunkie.com
at his or her own pace, from 4mph to 12mph.
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| Team Tyler |
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Ty is one of the most extreme people
you'll ever meet.
The purpose of Team Tyler is to promote activity
to disabled and fully able people alike.
Along the way we hope to break down barriers, break
records, break hearts
and elevate the sports world to a whole new level.
Please e-mail us with comments, We welcome all supporters.
Check the site out to see a video of Tyler hurtling
through some half pipes, quite mad!
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| Extreme Chairing |
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This site and club is created for
all people who enjoy watching or participating in extreme sports.
This site focuses on the new sport of Power Wheelchair
Racing and Chairing. There are also other extreme sports that are
done by wheelchair bound athletes found on EC.
The riding consists of trail riding, stunting, and
street rides. We are also trying to setup organized racing and hope
to in the near future.
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