Paraplegic sit-skier conquers the back flip [video]
As former freestyle coach Josh Dueck laid in the hospital following the accident in 2004 that left him a paraplegic, he dreamed of sailing over the snow again despite his disability, and at long last, he’s made that dream come true.
"I totally have a passion for doing this type of thing," he said Thursday in a phone interview. "In the powder, I'm just floating around. It feels like I've got no weight in the world. I'm just literally skipping off a cloud. The sensation I got when I was flipping, it really brought me back to a life without barriers."
Though he warns this is a stunt no one should try on their own, he’s hoping to start a sit-ski camp to give others the incredible feeling of freedom the sport has reopened to him.
"I love being able to downhill ski and ski race and powder ski and everything in between, but even if I was just a cross-country skier or just breathing the mountain air, that's the big thing, just being up there."
Full story at Huffington Post.
