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SCI Superstar: Dror Cohen
Dror Cohen is an ex-Israeli F-16 jet fighter pilot who went on to become a motorsport rally racer who completed the Paris-Dakar Race, as well as the co-inventor of the Softwheel, a brand new wheel design that detracts and contracts automatically. Check out how this tough-as-nails pilot persevered past an injury that happened 22 years ago on SPINALpedia!
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Wheelchair-User’s GoPro Extreme Adventures
The simply amazing GoPro camera can go ANYWHERE. Check out three insane wheelchair perspectives shot with this brilliant camera - a paralyzed pro-surfer in Costa Rica (omg!), a Canadian TV reporter bungee jumping while in her chair and get inside a heated wheelchair lacrosse game (eeks!).
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SCI Superstar: Therese Riedel
Therese Riedel was a rising basketball player with her sights set on the 2012 US Women's Olympic Basketball team, but after a diving accident in 2008, she went on to transfer her amazing physical abilities into Jing Chen Kuoshu, a self-defense program. She's now an instructor AND is headed back to school.
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Never Before Seen Wheelchair Elevators
Two sweet wheelchair-specific elevators that will undoubtedly impress you on SPINALpedia - one is a funicular-inspired elevator for subway stops in Seoul, South Korea, the other - an "Escavator" made for a basement in a home in Everywhere, USA.
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SCI Superstar: Capt. Stewart McQuillan
Meet Captain Stewart McQuillan - the amazingly smart veteran of the Royal Air Force, paralyzed in combat in 1988, is the world's first paraplegic to independently fly a helicopter. He invented the "Aeroleg," an external leg brace that moves via a thumb control, allowing paralyzed pilots to use the essential helicopter foot pedals. Learn that & more on SPINALpedia!
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Adapted Skydiving Part Deux: The No Fear Club
Three sweet skydiving videos from wheelchair-users - a quad, a para, and a 19 yr old with CP - all showing how they can still skydive, as well as a video of a quad driving the sportscar, a Nissan GT-R, on SPINALpedia!!
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SCI Superstar: Jessica Kruger
Jessica Kruger, a 21 year old from Canada paralyzed 6 years ago, is on a mission to change the way the world thinks of beauty. She won the modeling contest for 2013 spokesperson of Canadian makeup giant Lise Watier Cosmétiques Inc., and she's now setting her sights on joining Canada's Paralympic wheelchair rugby team for 2016. Read all about this inspiring Rick Hansen Foundation ambassador on SPINALpedia!
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Give That Skin Some Love, and Pressure Relief
What have you found to be the most effective pressure relief techniques as a wheelchair-user? Check out three methods - including the Forward Lean - helping wheelers maintain beautifully healthy skin no matter how long they sit on SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Travis Roy
Paralyzed 11 seconds into his first game playing for Boston University, Travis Roy has gone on to found one of Boston's biggest non-profits that's also become one of the most prolific SCI research charities in the US - the Travis Roy Foundation. Find out that and much more about this now-38 year old speaker on SPINALpedia!
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Getting Even Smarter: More Ways to Climb Stairs From Your Wheelchair
How do you climb stairs?? Hill-Holders in reverse to hoist yourself up stairs, a C7 quad bumping curbs like a rockstar and a para showing the delicate process of climbing steps in braces. Check out these fascinating up-stairs tips from wheelers on SPINALpedia!