We need to invade Germany again, seriously. It's obvious that they are planning to overtake the world via advanced engineering and a few battalions of wheelchair warriors carried across the battlefield by all-terrain, electric hybrid wheelchairs armed with lasers.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
You may of noticed the little Flickr RSS feed in the sidebar, well this displays random photo's from our group on Flickr and we want you to join us in showing how you push the limits in a wheelchair.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
It's not even a concept so dont get too excited, but even though it's nothing more than a crazy photoshop dream, it's still gone straight to the top of our wheelchair wish list.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Getting in the mud, snow or rough terrain is normally where the best fun is to be had, unfortunately most wheelchairs just cant cope with much more than a couple of mole hills. That sucks because we like moles and dont think they should be blamed for making huge parts of the world inaccessible to [...]
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
"Former" quadriplegic Aaron Baker is hitting the road, in style. The world youth motocross champion and professional biker who broke his neck to join the quad club in 1999 has gone on to defy the odds and make a remarkable recovery. Able to walk with a cane, the paralysis still affects him physically (technically he is still a quadriplegic, with severe muscle weakness) but not to the extent that he had feared when lying in the dirt after a crash, with no feeling below his neck. Or indeed to the extent that his doctors told him, their diagnosis was that the quadriplegia and paralysis would be irreversible.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Wilderness Discovery Family Resort and Conference Centre in north wetsern Ontario, Canada is a completely wheelchair accessible group of lodges on the banks of Lake Shebandowan. This place could act as a perfect base camp for adventures in the area or as a regular holiday destination with fishing (which it's famous for), kayaking and hiking all right on the doorstep.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Willgo is a UK based wheelchair company making manual wheelchair with geared transmissions powered by hand-cranks rather than traditional wheel pushing. We've talked about hand-crank powered wheelchair before with the Renegade, but the Willgo manages to integrate the gearing and mechanics without the extra bulk of a chain.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
We like making things, lets face it even just having game of basketball in a wheelchair requires a special chair that'll probably cost thousands, so being able to make things at home that let us feed out inner desire to risk life and limb without going bankrupt is pretty cool.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Hilary has been a quadriplegic for the last 7 years thanks to a progressive degenerative disease called reflex sympathetic dystrophy and has no movement below her neck, but she's already set sailing records. She became the first quadriplegic sailor to cross the English Channel to France in 2005, and then last year she completed a solo circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight.
Monday, June 30, 2008
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