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I would like to collect some stories of people that have overcome enormous obstacles. If you or someone you know has a story to tell, post it here. I will be featuring stories on my website. You can make it as long or as short as you would like =)

My New Life


Part 1




I began a new style of life when I was 10, this new life began at a Free Style Racing Competition at Big Mountain, in Montana. I was amoung the youngest at that compition at that time, anyway.. I had been practicing all day, the conditions were great, perfect snow, sunny, cold.... The Perfect Day. When it was finally my time to race, I went full out, going faster than I had before, and pulling bigger air than I had before, I was almost finished, and I only had on more jump to do on the floater, but I wanted to do something a little different for a change, so I hit the lip of the floater launching myself about 20 or 30 ft into the air, I was hoping for a Iron Cross double backflip, while I got through the first flip, and then something happen, I don't remember all that well, but I remember just all of a sudden dropping 20 feet and hittig my back on the hard packed snow, rolling down the hill and hitting a tree with my head. I turns out that I broke 3 vertabrae in my lower back when I hit the ground and cracked 2 in my neck when I hit the tree, after that I was in a coma for 2 weeks, and finally when I did wake up, I got to look foward to that wonderful thing called Rehab....




will write part 2 when I get more time

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I would like to collect some stories of people that have overcome enormous obstacles. If you or someone you know has a story to tell, post it here. I will be featuring stories on my website. You can make it as long or as short as you would like =)

What a story! Thank you for sharing it and I look forward to the next edition.

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My New Life


Part 1




I began a new style of life when I was 10, this new life began at a Free Style Racing Competition at Big Mountain, in Montana. I was amoung the youngest at that compition at that time, anyway.. I had been practicing all day, the conditions were great, perfect snow, sunny, cold.... The Perfect Day. When it was finally my time to race, I went full out, going faster than I had before, and pulling bigger air than I had before, I was almost finished, and I only had on more jump to do on the floater, but I wanted to do something a little different for a change, so I hit the lip of the floater launching myself about 20 or 30 ft into the air, I was hoping for a Iron Cross double backflip, while I got through the first flip, and then something happen, I don't remember all that well, but I remember just all of a sudden dropping 20 feet and hittig my back on the hard packed snow, rolling down the hill and hitting a tree with my head. I turns out that I broke 3 vertabrae in my lower back when I hit the ground and cracked 2 in my neck when I hit the tree, after that I was in a coma for 2 weeks, and finally when I did wake up, I got to look foward to that wonderful thing called Rehab....




will write part 2 when I get more time

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I would like to collect some stories of people that have overcome enormous obstacles. If you or someone you know has a story to tell, post it here. I will be featuring stories on my website. You can make it as long or as short as you would like =)

My New Life

PART 2



I know its been a while since I last wrote, but here it goes...



After my accident and awakening from a 2 week long coma, I thought my life was over. I figured I was ruined, never to do a single thing ever again for the rest of my life. and knowing what I know now, I was indeed mistaken. Rehabilitation for me was much more than just relearning basic life skills, it was learning how to except what has happened and make the best of it. I am not going to say that rehab was the coolest thing I ever did in my life, but it was one of the best experiences I had and probably will ever have. After 14 grueling months of rehab and pt, I learned that my life was far from over, but yet, for me, there was still something missing. For me, sports had been a major part of my life, between skiing, volleyball, basketball, waterskiings, blah, blah, yeah... while anyways you get the point and after my accident, I didn't beleive I would ever be able to succeed in any sport, and once again I was rather mistaken. For me, it started of learning to play basketball with my sister and parents, and then it went to taking a shot at wheelchair racing, and then came the biggest challenge of my life. I once again was going to try to ski... a little differently, but it was still skiing. For me, the hardest part wasn't actually going down the slope, but bringing myself to get back on the slopes. I found it rather hard at first, and it times, asked myself how stupid I really was, putting myself in the same place I was 3 years before, but at the same time, I knew I must do it, for me, it had become a great fear that I knew I must overcome, and no longer mattered weather I suceed or fail at the sport itself, but just that I actually try. And from that day on, I began to look forward to the winter months - as long as sidewalks were shoveled .



will write the conclusion when I get more time

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I would like to collect some stories of people that have overcome enormous obstacles. If you or someone you know has a story to tell, post it here. I will be featuring stories on my website. You can make it as long or as short as you would like =)