This interview is taken from the site superando.it
Herbert Albert Knaus and Michael are two techniques of skiing for disabled people, some time ago, on behalf of the association predazzese SportABILI. 'S interview with Tata is reported by Albert Herbert, who from 1988 to 1998 he was responsible for technical alpine skiing in the FISD, Italian Federation of Sports for the Disabled (mental and physical sector)
And the disabled? When they met skiing?
"The first reliable data from the Second World War, veterans of the many amputees who could ski came up with a way to continue to do so, despite their physically modified.
Three ski for a racket and the third for the healthy leg, have enabled amputees to ski to above the knee. Wedges under the boots and cables and pulleys to bend the articulation were the first aids for the disabled amputated below the knee.
In 1947 the sport has spread very year after the first courses were organized for the disabled. At this point, the war disabled were added with disabilities, but until the Seventies amputees and the blind were the only ones to ski. "
"The first reliable data from the Second World War, veterans of the many amputees who could ski came up with a way to continue to do so, despite their physically modified.
Three ski for a racket and the third for the healthy leg, have enabled amputees to ski to above the knee. Wedges under the boots and cables and pulleys to bend the articulation were the first aids for the disabled amputated below the knee.
In 1947 the sport has spread very year after the first courses were organized for the disabled. At this point, the war disabled were added with disabilities, but until the Seventies amputees and the blind were the only ones to ski. "
and disabled people in wheelchairs?
"The desire to ski and fantasy have driven them to produce several prototypes for skiing until the invention of mono.
"The desire to ski and fantasy have driven them to produce several prototypes for skiing until the invention of mono.
How does it work?
"The mono-skis, a seat with Kevlar suspension is attached to a ski normal means of a device. The disabled wake using the balance of the body, aided by two outriggers. Stabilizers and suspensions, over time, have been refined, so that now, with the mono-ski, you can do high-level slalom. "
"The mono-skis, a seat with Kevlar suspension is attached to a ski normal means of a device. The disabled wake using the balance of the body, aided by two outriggers. Stabilizers and suspensions, over time, have been refined, so that now, with the mono-ski, you can do high-level slalom. "
"This question touches on a sensitive button. In fact, those costs need to add equipment, travel, accommodation and time devoted to training, often stolen to holidays or work permits. It is very difficult to find sponsorship in this field, even if the situation is improving. "
Paralympic athletes also participate in the blind, to compete must rely on their guides. In the photo, the skier behind it is blind and listens to the instructions of his leadership that lies ahead.
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