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Shop online at bambooclothing.co.uk Interview: Sean Rose Paralympian and former World Champion Sean suffered a spinal cord Injury in a freak accident whilst teaching a group of RAF pilots to ski in Feb 2000. Since then he's realised his dreams, surpassed expectations and enjoyed his new life as a wheelie! World and European Disabled Water Skier Champion, Britain’s First World Cup Gold medal Downhill Ski racer, Winter XGames medallist, a Double Winter Paralympian (Turin and Vancouver), Paralympics GB Athlete Ambassador, TV presenter and guest speaker. Not only is Sean a leading force in the world of disabled skiing and water skiing but pioneering seated kite sports. Designing, developing and testing equipment to allow him and others to kite surf, kite buggy and snow kite. The latter taking him on a World’s first adventure to snow kite 300kms across the largest glacier in Europe (Vatnajokul). With a life-long passion for motorbikes, Sean’s recently passed his private pilots license and developing a Paramotor trike to go on expeditions in support of Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation. 16