{"id":2284,"date":"2006-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t284b12|5"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:42:01","slug":"tip-adapted-kayak-284","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/tip-adapted-kayak-284","title":{"rendered":"Adapted kayak"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/284_12_kanu1_600.jpg\" alt=\"User in kayak\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">User in kayak<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Beskr\">The A K:1 Basic kayak (one-person kayak) was adapted for people with disabilities. The Basic was chosen because it has a larger cockpit for easy moves and allows the person to slide out when the kayak capsizes.<br \/>\nAdaptation:<br \/>\n&#8211; Customized \u201cSlimskate\u201d seat aids balance for persons with poor trunk stability<br \/>\n&#8211; Lever to handle the rudder with hand<br \/>\n&#8211; Weights in bottom of kayak (removable) to stabilize the kayak<\/p>\n<p class=\"bkom\"><strong>Users comments<\/strong><br \/>\nThe boat is one of several different kayaks that belong to the organisation RG Acitve Rehabilitation, Stockholm, which offers kayak lessons. RG Active Rehabilitation uses two-person kayaks for beginners. An experienced kayaker accompanies each beginner. For more information please see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rgaktivrehab.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rgaktivrehab.se<\/a> (in Swedish) or contact RG Active Rehabilitation, Friluft (last checked November 2021).<\/p>\n<p>Adapted seat: RG Active Rehabilitation has standard seats in various heights and widths. It is also possible to custom-design a seat based on individual needs.<\/p>\n<p>Kayakers use ordinary life jackets.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/284_12_kanu2_600.jpg\" alt=\"Adapted kayak with scaled seat\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adapted kayak with customized seat<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/284_12_kanu3_600.jpg\" alt=\"Lever to handle rudder\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lever to handle rudder<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/284_12_kanu4_600.jpg\" alt=\"Weights in bottom of kayak\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weights in bottom of kayak<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RG Active Rehabilitation offers kayak lessons for persons who have a spinal cord injury<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":49155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[365],"tags":[465],"class_list":["post-2284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-about-water-sports-and-boats-65","tag-authors_v6","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/284_12_kanu1_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253264,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions\/253264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}