Marine Veteran Invents Powered Beach Wheelchair
Ziggi | Jul 10, 2010 | Comments 1
| Chance Blaker, a 6 year veteran of the Marine Corps invented a powered wheelchair that is able to easily access beaches.
Blaker states that he was inspired and motivated by his Marine buddies, some of whom suffered injuries that made mobility difficult. |
“I worked on cobras and hueys the avionics systems, so that’s where I got all my understanding of electronics and what not,” explained Blaker.
Blaker served six-years as a Marine, and was stationed all over the world, and after finishing his service, he now spends his time building wheelchairs that work on the beach. He was inspired to extend the freedoms non-handicapped people enjoy to those who still want to experience the beach.
“The ultimate goal is to get people that can’t go out there and enjoy the beach get them back out there again you know. A lot of my friends I was in the military with lost legs and what not and you know a lot of them were athletic of course and loved to go to the beach and you can’t do that with a regular wheelchair,” Blaker said.
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Wow! What a great thing! I suffered a spinal injury last year, and would love nothing better than to get back on the beach next summer! Can these be rented anywhere on the west coast? Oregon, preferrably?