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2 Comments to "Free Sledding"
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malcreant
February 2nd, 2008 at
8:34 am
Yeah… That should be just about as popular and enduring as kneeboarding.
“They” want you to believe that wakeboarding killed kneeboarding (too 80’s-ish) but the truth is that knees aren’t meant to be folded under the body to act as shock absorbers. At least mine weren’t.
Imagine jumping of a cliff and landing on your folded knees… ouch.
OTOH, this probably open up huge woods and backcountry opportunities for paraplegics. (seriously)
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artbot
February 2nd, 2008 at
6:49 pm
You are close, #1. But you have it the other way around. This is nothing more than people with healthy legs (presumably) adopting a technique/gear used by paraplegics for almost 30 years. I recall seeing things like this when I skied a lot back in the early 80s. Sometimes they would sit with legs extended, a la kayaking. Depends on the level of leg/hip use they have.
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