The company sells its chairs for around $12,000 — a particularly hefty sum considering that beach wheelchairs aren’t covered by Medicaid or Medicare. There also is at least one manual model that can be propelled by the user: the Hippocampe All-Terrain Beach Wheelchair, which retails for around $4,000 and is manufactured by Vipamat, based in France. Among the more economical options, Wheeleez offers kits to convert a street wheelchair into a beach wheelchair. Options range from around $300 to $1,000, depending on the size and number of wheels. “This was until I discovered two revolutionary inventions — the beach mat and beach wheelchair — that reopened the magic of my native Florida beaches to me again.”

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Persons: ”, Deming, “, Sylvia Longmire, ” Ms, Longmire Organizations: Vipamat, California Coastal Commission, Globe Locations: Florida, Ocean City, Md, France, California, Imperial, San Diego County, Laguna Beach, Orange County, Sanford, Fla