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Blind skateboarder uses Detroit city home for stylish tricks

Skateboarder Dan Mancina, is seen at the Wigle Recreation Center (AKA The Wig) in Detroit, Michigan on October 10, 2017. Image credit: / Jacob Lewkow / Red Bull Content Pool

Friday, April 3, 2020
Dan Mancina cannot visually make out a ledge or ramp, but that didn't stop him from tackling them in 2018 on a skateboard in Detroit.

Inspirational Mancina uses cane to judge right take-off place.

Here is all you need to know:

- He was just 13 when a routine eye check-up saw him diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, which has robbed him of 95% of his vision.

- Recording clips of him doing things blind people shouldn't be able to – a darts bullseye, a mini golf hole-in-one and some skateboarding – went viral and he never looked back as he returned to his childhood love.

- The American has just 5% vision but, with the use of a cane to judge his take-off, he has continued to perform some of the tricks he revelled in before losing his sight.

- He revealed: "Now, skating is more scary and more demanding. I'm not thinking about being blind, but how am I going to do this and make it happen. Everything else fades away and it's the best feeling you can have. I may have lost my sight but through skateboarding I've gained a vision and I want to share that with the world."

- The inspirational Michigan native can now effectively only see perception, shadows and contrast but has his heart set on building a skatepark for blind people.

Source: Red Bull Content Pool

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The Story Of The Blind Skateboarder: Dan Mancina
Meet Blind Skateboarder Dan Mancina | OUT OF FRAME


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