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March 03, 2006
Green may be Brooklyn's most able disabled skier
Bedford-Stuyvesant isn't given to much snowfall in the winter months (last February's 27-inch abomination aside). Its elevation (roughly 59 feet above sea level) isn't especially conducive to schussing down the slopes either -- which might explain why the Brooklyn neighborhood produces so few skiers of note. Bed-Stuy is better known for NBA stars like Connie Hawkins and emcees like Biggie than for standout skiers.
But Ralph Green is out to change all that. The 28-year-old Bed-Stuy native already made history four years ago when he became the first black man to make the U.S. Disabled Alpine team.
Posted by Michelle at March 3, 2006 05:39 PM