Comments on: Free Sledding http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/free-sledding/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:48:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: artbot http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/free-sledding/#comment-430301 artbot Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:49:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/free-sledding/#comment-430301 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. 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.

]]> By: malcreant http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/free-sledding/#comment-429594 malcreant Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:34:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/free-sledding/#comment-429594 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) 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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