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ponyaccess New Member Posts: 5 Post Likes Received: 3 Date Joined: February 2016 Member is: Offline Send PM	Wheelchair Accessible Beach Dec 26, 2016 9:47:33 GMT -8 via Inspired Mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ponyaccess on Dec 26, 2016 9:47:33 GMT -8 Pony Axe S makes any beach accessible for any person in any wheelchair. ponyaxes.com/on-the-beach/

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Wheelchair Accessible Beach Dec 26, 2016 10:41:21 GMT -8

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I think the chair hoists on jetties/rocky areas for open sea access pictures already posted here, sandy beach ramps and plastic wheelchairs for sea access have made Malta one of the most sea accessible islands in the EU. Again we also installed ramps and good parking facilities too. At first i campaigned alone but a great thanks also goes to the chair man of disability rights, the Amputee 4 Amputee group and also the prime ministers wife Mrs Michele Muscat who pushed for funding. Below is a picture we took with the PM's wife at his office.

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Wheelchair Accessible Beach Dec 26, 2016 16:08:52 GMT -8

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Post by ponyaccess on Dec 26, 2016 16:08:52 GMT -8

Ramps and mats work much better in the Med than on tidal coastlines. I am really glad that Malta is doing so much to make their beaches accessible. Where Pony Axe S scores is that we can take anyone, whatever wheelchair across any conditions. Soft sand, dunes, mud, stones, shingle or whatever, pony power has no problem. And on many UK beaches, once you are over the soft sand, quite a lot of the beach is OK to move around.
I have taken people using powered chairs and manual chairs to places you wouldn't believe.
Sorry can't find most of the pictuires, but will put some up tomorrow.
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Wheelchair Accessible Beach Jan 22, 2017 16:17:59 GMT -8

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I know this thread is slightly old, but I saw these rubber paths at three of the ebaches here on Cape Cod this past summer (2016). One of them is the beach in Provincetown, and it takes you all the way down to the water. It's a smooth trek, and pretty easy on the flat. The one at Wellfleet is on a steep sand dune, and very difficult to get up alone. They are really great, though, and I hope we see more.

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Wheelchair Accessible Beach Jan 23, 2017 1:17:42 GMT -8

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The ramps work brilliantly in places. The Mediterranean with no tides and places like Cape Cod where the tidal range is around 4 feet are fine. Exmouth in the UK, where I do most of my work has 14 foot tidal range. That's a lot of beach you miss out on. With Pony Axe S I can take you anywhere. Estuary mud or or Dartmoor in the snow, and take you across the beach. This video shows some of the places. My website gives more details.

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Wheelchair Accessible Beach Jan 23, 2017 8:34:11 GMT -8

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Jan 23, 2017 1:17:42 GMT -8 ponyaccess said:

The ramps work brilliantly in places. The Mediterranean with no tides and places like Cape Cod where the tidal range is around 4 feet are fine. Exmouth in the UK, where I do most of my work has 14 foot tidal range. That's a lot of beach you miss out on. With Pony Axe S I can take you anywhere. Estuary mud or or Dartmoor in the snow, and take you across the beach. This video shows some of the places. My website gives more details.

Oh wow! This brings back memories. I grew up in Newton Abbot, then moved to Torquay when I was about 12. Dartmoor is one of my favorite places in the world. I'd love to live there in a little cottage (I know, I know... dreaming again). A pony pull sounds pretty awesome, too, though. If I ever get back that way I'll give it a whirl.

tajones2442 New Member Posts: 3 Post Likes Received: 4 Date Joined: July 2017 Member is: Offline Send PM	Wheelchair Accessible Beach Jul 9, 2017 11:50:00 GMT -8 via Inspired Mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by tajones2442 on Jul 9, 2017 11:50:00 GMT -8 A lot of beaches have sand wheelchairs where they rent the sand bikes!

delboy Advanced Member Posts: 967 Post Likes Received: 796 Date Joined: July 2013 Member is: Offline Send PM	Wheelchair Accessible Beach Jul 9, 2017 13:24:29 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by delboy on Jul 9, 2017 13:24:29 GMT -8 I'm happy using this chair hoist in open sea.

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