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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·7 days agoI know a couple wheelchair users who would send it. There are guys here in medellin that ride their wheelchairs in the skate parks.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up52·7 days agoI wonder how those guys ended up in wheelchairs.
minus-squareThePyroPython@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 days agoI would love to see that, is competitive wheelchair skateboarding a thing? Because I’d watch the shit out of that!
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·7 days agoIt’s a thing. It’s called WCMX like BMX but wheelchair instead of bike. https://www.worldwcmx.org/
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·7 days agoFound a video. Legit looks pretty sick. I just can’t help but think that the tech still looks pretty primitive, and wonder what future iterations of these chairs will look like.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-27 days agoThe chairs are essentially full suspension bmx frames and wheels in the form of a wheel chair. They’re legit.
minus-squareEchoCranium@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoFuck, that’s amazing! That guy is pretty impressive.
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoThe “let me just jump into a new wheelchair” was fantastic
minus-squarebaines@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoi was digging the grind down the center of the chair but i wish he wouldn’t do flips, those chairs are heavy and he barely had clearance
minus-squarebaines@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoawesome vid but that dude is chasing a serious injury
minus-squareAlaik@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 days agoAbout to say, some guy in a wheelchair with the ol Popeye forearms is gonna break records on that ramp.
I know a couple wheelchair users who would send it. There are guys here in medellin that ride their wheelchairs in the skate parks.
I wonder how those guys ended up in wheelchairs.
I would love to see that, is competitive wheelchair skateboarding a thing? Because I’d watch the shit out of that!
It’s a thing. It’s called WCMX like BMX but wheelchair instead of bike.
https://www.worldwcmx.org/
Found a video. Legit looks pretty sick. I just can’t help but think that the tech still looks pretty primitive, and wonder what future iterations of these chairs will look like.
The chairs are essentially full suspension bmx frames and wheels in the form of a wheel chair. They’re legit.
Fuck, that’s amazing! That guy is pretty impressive.
The “let me just jump into a new wheelchair” was fantastic
i was digging the grind down the center of the chair
but i wish he wouldn’t do flips, those chairs are heavy and he barely had clearance
awesome vid but that dude is chasing a serious injury
About to say, some guy in a wheelchair with the ol Popeye forearms is gonna break records on that ramp.