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- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid growing up in a rural area, I was always tinkering with parts and machinery.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having adaptive events televised in the X Games is huge. There are people out there who might want to do this but don't think they can. They can see us out here tearing it up. That's going to help people realize that if you want something bad enough, you can get there.
- Fox
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having already used a Fox shock in my Moto Knee, the prosthetic leg I developed, I knew that I would take advantage of Fox's superior suspension dynamics in the Versa Foot as well.
- Firsthand
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know firsthand the way that Fox supports their athletes because they've been there for me since the beginning. I know that I can count on them.
- Fox
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a huge fan of Fox, and I'm honored to be officially joining the FOX team with them as my title sponsor.
- Had
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not a day goes by when I don't wish I had both legs.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes people say, 'Oh, you're doing better now than before the accident.'That irritates the hell out of me.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Moto Knee shows people what's possible. It's about guys getting back in action in a sport they love.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The crazy part, with all of the surgeries I had, I retained water from the IV fluids, and I gained 60 pounds. I was 247 pounds at my maximum. I couldn't even touch my face because my joints were swollen. I was so big, it was ridiculous - just insane.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an amazing feeling when I have a customer who tries a leg on and is able to go snowboarding for the first time.
- Farm
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always out wiping around on the farm with three-wheelers and four-wheelers. I loved the speed and the adrenaline rush that followed.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from Minnesota and have always lived there. And my competitive career actually started in the late '90s racing motocross, which then turned into racing snowmobiles professionally. I turned pro in 2003, racing with the best in the world and living my dream as a professional athlete.
- Leg
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a wreck during a race in Michigan, which led to the hyperextension of my left leg and subsequent amputation.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Snowboarding and skiing are big adaptive sports, so that's kind of a market that I wanted to make our equipment used for.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's kind of mind-blowing what some of us adaptive athletes can accomplish as far as physical sports.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never did I ever think I would be competing on a snowboard out here in X Games.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what it takes to make myself perform.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing that really stands out is that my parents taught me right from the start, if you want something in life, you need to work for it.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my dad telling me that if I wanted to start racing motocross, I had to get a job and pay for it myself. So I did. As soon as I was able to drive myself to work, I got into racing motocross at age 15.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am the owner of my prosthetic manufacturing business, BioDapt, which manufactures lower-limb prosthetics for sports.
- Adaptive
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- Nov 07, 2020
After snowboarding a fair bit in 2011 and 2012 to test equipment, I got pretty good at it, and some friends at Adaptive Action Sports talked me into competing at the exhibition event at the Winter X Games in the adaptive boardercross. I was able to step up my game pretty quick and compete. I took last place, but knew I could improve.
- Patriot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a huge patriot, and what holds a lot of value for me is to be part of Team U.S.A.
- Creating
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the jobs I had revolved around metal fabrication and creating and building and maintaining equipment.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in the garage fixin' things, and I'm like, what better project than building your own leg?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved to go hunting out in the woods and hiking, and that's just not easy anymore. For me, to walk up and down hills in the rough terrain, it just doesn't work very well. It can, but it's three times as hard as it used to be.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love being outdoors and trekking around.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an athlete, my job was to physically perform.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I originally started looking at different prosthetic components, most of them were just set up for walking.
- Many
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- Nov 07, 2020
Snowboarding has taken me so many different places.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's kind of crazy how one thing can lead to another if you keep your eyes open to it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm helping people do things they haven't done since they had two good legs, and that's worth it right there.
- Colors
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be able to wear your country's colors and compete in the Paralympics for the snowboard team... it's pretty powerful.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I shattered the heel in my good leg, and it was an extremely bad injury. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to snowboard again.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I bought my first dirt bike when I was 12, and I started racing motocross when I was 15 and started getting pretty successful. Then I started racing snowmobiles at 17 and decided I wanted to focus on that and see if I can make a career at it.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had several broken bones and sprains throughout my career, but the one that really changed things was when I wrecked in 2008 during a Pro Snocross competition. I was thrown from my machine and landed on my left leg and caused a 180 degree hyperextension of my knee joint.
- Games
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ended up winning a silver medal at the Summer X Games Adaptive Supercross seven months after my injury - on a leg that I built.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is definitely easier to deal with injuries on the mental side after you've had a few of them, since you are aware of the recovery process.
- Follow Through
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you walk, you need the leg to swing back and forth underneath you. It needs to flex at a certain point, then extend as you follow through your gait. Now, that function doesn't really help at all while I'm standing on my dirt bike or snowmobile.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I started feeling better and healthier and learned to walk on my first prosthetic leg, I realised I'm not going to be satisfied with just walking around.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020