Mono ski used by the Adaptive Sports Association to teach skiing to disabled athletes
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Red fiberglass mono ski consisting of a sled body with two black plastic handles on each side near the back of the sled and two red nylon handles on each side, near the front of the sled. The sled body is mounted on one fiberglass ski with a metal shock absorber in a semi circular shape. This is an original Mono-Ski, manufactured in 1984 by the patent company, GFL Technik of Germany. Invented by Hans Olpp and Henie Braun, both of Germany, it was one of the first models to be created and used by people with spinal cord injuries and significant mobility issues to participate in downhill skiing for therapy and recreation. The final patent was approved on December 30, 1986, patent number 4,632,408. This particualr mono ski was used by the Adaptive Sports Association in Durango, Colorado to teach skiing to disabled athletes in the 1980s to the present.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Adaptive Sports
label: name of sport
content: Skiing
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0191.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0191
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0191.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mono ski
label: Object Name
content: mono ski, adaptive sports, skiing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 64 cm x 175 cm x 41 cm; 25 3/16 in x 68 29/32 in x 16 5/32 in