Video Gallery
Whirlwind's YouTube Channel
Wheelchair Users in the USA Enjoy the RoughRider
August 12, 2011 - After years of success serving wheelchair riders in the developing world, the RoughRider is available in the USA.
The Way Premier with The Walkabout Foundation and Bill Clinton
October 7, 2011 - President Bill Clinton speaks about his support of The Walkabout Foundation, the benefits of the RoughRider, Walkabout's work in Haiti and around the world with wheelchair users.
Haiti Project with Whirlwind and the Walkabout Foundation
May 26, 2010 - After the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, Whirlwind recognized that there would be a great need for the RoughRider wheelchair which is specialized for rough terrain. We offer our special thanks to the Walkabout Foundation and the other donors who made this project possible.
Wheels of Change by PBS Frontline/World
June 23, 2009 - This beautiful 10 minute video covers Whirlwind, our Vietnamese manufacturing partner, and the personal stories of Tong Geong a post-polio wheelchair rider and his friend Quan Dien who lost his legs in the war with Cambodia. These two guys work together and have an out standing ping pong game.
Whirlwind on PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer reported by Spencer Michels
Feb 18, 2010 - PBS NewsHour covers Whirlwind Wheelchair International's efforts to send low-cost durable wheelchairs to Haiti for amputees after the January 2010 earthquake. Whirlwind has worked in 40 countries since 1979 to deliver the best wheelchairs for rugged developing world riders. Ralf Hotchkiss, is speaking from Whirlwind headquarters at San Francisco State University.
Whirlwind and the RoughRider
Whirlwind Wheelchair International's all-terrain wheelchair built in developing countries for use in developing countries.
ABC7 Morning News Whirlwind Wheelchair
July, 2009 - Wheels of Change done by ABC7 local San Francisco with Kristen Sze. This piece does a great job giving an overview on Whirlwind and our project to get RoughRider wheelchairs to people in Iraq in the Spring of 2009 in partnership with Brad Blauser and wheelchairsforiraqikids.com
Video Silla De Ruedas Totem
2006 - This is a Spanish language video made in Colombia, South America, showing the Whirlwind RoughRider, known there as the TOTEM (Todo Tereno Movilidad). The riders in this video are very experienced and have exceptional control of their wheelchairs. The stunts they perform such as descending stairs are highly dangerous and should not be attempted. Whirlwind does not recommend reckless riding.
Whirlwind Wheelchair project with CIR in Afghanistan
June 2005 - Whirlwind and the Center for International Rehabilitation conducted a six-day training workshop in Kabul, Afghanistan, in June 2005 that focused on skills such as wheelchair assembly and repair, fitting and user assessment. The goal of this project was to test a distribution strategy that combined central fabrication with local assembly, fitting and delivery. During the initial phase, wheelchair kits were manufactured by Workshop for Rehabilitation and Training of the Handicapped Trust (or WORTH Trust, a social enterprise with the goal of employing people with disabilities), in a regional facility in Katpadi, India. The kits were then delivered to Afghanistan, where they were assembled, distributed and maintained through the cooperation of a local nongovernmental organization, the Kabul Orthopedic Organization.