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Skier living with paraplegia completes back flip
Posted by
JLoWednesday, Febuary 08, 2012
In 2010, we told you about Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham who did a double back-flip in his wheelchair. Pretty awesome, have a look at the video.
Now meet Josh Dueck (pictured) who became the first skier living with paraplegia to complete a back flip on the slopes. From GrindTV.com:
That performance, at Whistler-Blackcomb resort in British Columbia, fulfilled a dream eight years in the making for Dueck, who has named his sit-ski the Freedom Chair and stars in a documentary with the same title.
In a recent interview he said, "The sensations that I get from movement in my freedom chair are so much greater than any of the sensations I had a an able-bodied skier. It's so much more liberating and freeing."
The flip must also have represented a redemption of sorts, as the accident that left with a broken back as a paraplegic, when he was 23, occurred during an attempted front flip.
Watch the video!
While you're at it, read about winter sports for individuals living with paralysis.
Janelle
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