Project: Disabled Skiing Local Partner: Calderdale TV Medium: video Round: 4

A video which challenges pre-conceptions about what disabled people are able to do. The film focuses upon disabled skiing and includes action footage and interviews with disabled skiers at basic and competitive levels.

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Upon completing his video David said it has "opened my eyes into how much stuff is needed to be shot just to fill a few minutes". Regarding the impact of the video he says that he hopes "the effect will be to educate people regarding disabled skiing, and motivate more people to do it."

Copies of David's video have been distributed to BASI (British Association of Snowsports Instructors) who have started to use the video as part of their instructor training course for adaptive (i.e. disabled) skiing