[Sportsandrec] Blind skateboarder

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Jody, and others,
A
He was very young, born in I think '87. I didn't like to use a cane 
at that age either.
Cart 01:22 PM 2/15/2013, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
>Jody,
>I heard of Ben. He did some great things but unfortunately I don't think he
>accepted a cane. You need a cane to augment echo location.
>Ashley
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Jody Ianuzzi
>Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 2:16 PM
>To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'
>Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Blind skateboarder
>
>Hello all,
>
>I have been offline for a week so this may be old news.  Ben Underwood had a
>remarkable echolocation ability.
>
>I am sad to say he died a few years ago at only 16 years old.  His blindness
>was caused by cancer of the retina and his eyes were removed when he was 2.
>Unfortunately the cancer returned and he died of brain cancer.
>
>JODY
>
>
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