Adaptive Sports and Recreation Breakdown Oct 31, 2012

The "Breakdown" features the best of the web from the recent past on adaptive sports competitions, disability sport, videos, news, information and more.

For submissions of video, sports reporting, articles, pictures and all things news worthy please send submissions for consideration to adaptivesportandrecreation@gmail.com

Video of the week:

Unstoppables

Get up, get out, get active.  

International:

Egyptian Paralympic Team is Looking for Recognition

After medaling at the London 2012 Paralympics the Egyptian National Paralympic Team is trying to gain recognition in their home country.

Gambian Paralympians: Where are They Now?

The Gambian Paralympic Team has a long history of competition but their numbers are down in  recent years.  

British Forces News

The British Forces keeps a website which has loads of great information on sport and recreation including adaptive activities.  

Competition:

Ten Things you Didn't know about the Paralympics

The US Government site Let's Move has released this list to educate you about the Paralympics.

Five a Side Visually Impaired Shootout

US National Disabled Sailing Championship

Last week in San Diego the best adaptive sailors from the US competed for the crown .  Check out the results here.

Bonner Paddock Sets World Record at Ironman World Championship

Dancing across the finish line following a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run Bonner Paddock has focused the world on his abilities with Cerebral Palsy.

Eye Candy

Adaptive Action Sports Mid Year Review

Live London Dream Rio

A Paralyzed Guy, Blind Guy and an Amputee go Climbing

Humans

Throwing first pitch in all US Baseball Parks with no Arms

Ellie Simmonds Paralympic Superstar

British Paralympic Swimming Star Ellie Simmonds speaking about her life in Fabulous Magazine.

Chris Waddel "Names Tags"

A sailor, a tragic disease - and a courageous story

Mary Kate Scandone tells her husband's incredible story as a Paralympic sailor in a new book, "Nick of Time: The Nick Scandone Story."

Education

Australian Paralympic Education Program

If you live in Australia or anywhere for that matter you can learn about Paralympic Sport and more by visiting this website.  

Where to find the Nations best Outdoor Adaptive Programs

An independent survey of some of the best outdoor adaptive sports programs in the US.  

How to run Marathons Blind

If you have a visual impairment or what to learn how to become a guide click here.  "Eddie Montanez lost his vision as a teenager. But if it weren't for the guide runner at his side, you wouldn't know it from jogging with him."

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-RAM

Extreme Adaptive Sport: Video Blog

This blog post is about getting extreme with adaptive sport and recreation. For instance this is what happens when your average person decides to strap a parachute on their back and jump off a perfectly good bridge.  I call this the "Red Bull Effect". Take a great past time like skiing add Red Bull and people might start doing backflips.  Now I am not saying that Red Bull is the answer.  What it does take is a lot of practice, training and guts to do what these individuals are doing.  I thought that it might be fun to shed some light on those individuals in the Adaptive Sport and Recreation community who are raising the bar.

The is a video of a paraplegic base jumping off a bridge

Josh Dueck hucks the first ever backflip in his sit ski

Aaron Fotheringham first ever double backflip in a wheelchair

Blind Skier breaks world speed skiing record

Clay Egan, who is a Quadriplegic,  Rock Crawling

Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer

All of these activities can be done at an introductory level and are very safe and fun.  Extreme adaptive sports are not for most people but they do make for great entertainment and to see where a sport can really go.  

I hope you enjoyed these videos of trained professional athletes with disabilities pushing themselves and their sport.

Knowledge is Empowerment!

-RAM