Going to try out snowboarding on a beginners course at chill factore in manchester.
I have cerebral palsy which means one foot is smaller than the other - left is size 10 and right is size 8. Will this present a problem when I try to rent boots or will they lock onto my feet enough so that their is no difference.
Thanks for any help
Jon
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JonLaw, Welcome to snowHeads
I am sure yoou will be fine at chill factore. They should give you 2 pairs of boots. If they don't then let us know and we can start a hate campaign.
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Right. Now all I have to do is get down the slope once and ill be happy
Disability Sports UK have an office in the Chillzone and should be able to help. Having different sized feet is not a problem as they should size you accordingly and the board will easily accommodate it.
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I have a friend with a son with cerebral palsy. He wants to learn to ski but can only seem to turn in one direction due to his condition. He also finds snowploughs almost impossible. Would snowboarding be a better option for him?
Malcolm51, I'd suggest your friend has a chat to the Adaptive Instructors at?? Would the Snow Centre at Hemel be the closest to you?
They could look at how the son walks, see how he stands in his ski boots and give advice on what would be the best way forward.
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Thanks, I'll pass on the advice.
There's a great article about adaptive snowboarding by Ryan Mayo on enabledonline.com
After all it is free
After all it is free
JonLaw, should be fine, go for it and welcome to
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Hi guys,
My daughter has cerebral palsy, she is a left hemi (her left side is affected). She learnt to ski at the tanworth snow dome, in the uk. They had an excellent instructor who specialised in teaching the disabled. Like your friends son Malcom 51, she has a good turn to the left but her right turn is much weaker, this doesn't stop her though, to her it's just part of her learning, her stance isn't perfect either, in fact it's a little lob sided but that's how she has over come her balance and control issue. She wears the same size boots as the boots adjust so well and can tighten right up so though her left foot is two sizes smaller she has no problems- we now live just a few km from borovets in Bulgaria and she loves to ski.
Just to add to the snowboard question, I think the snowboard boots will be a little more forgiving as they are much softer and more padded than the ski boots, I think snow boarding may be a little easier too as you tend to have one foot fixed and you use the other to control your turns etc Hope that's helpfull
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Hi Skidemon,
My daughter has cerebral palsy too, (hard hypotonic spastic quadruparesis) I´d like to found here some experiences or some tools for improvement her stability.
You could try using a ski bra (connects the tips of the skis) to keep her skis tips an equal distance apart? Other than that you could see if DSUK can offer any help, or you could have a lesson with one of their adaptive instructors.
I hope that helps!
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Malcolm51, Hello there I have CP and cannot snowplough to save my life! I have been having lessons at SNOWZONE, Leeds with disability snow sport where I have gone directly into parallel skiing. Best advice speak to a adaptive ski instructor.
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