Today I got the opportunity to ride Crested Butte, Co! What an amazing magical place! Not just because I met my boyfriend here 9 years ago and had the opportunity to live up here for a year but because the wilderness here is so huge, it reminds you just how small we are.
We decided to take a detour here on our way to the ESPN X GAMES where our organization Adaptive Action Sports is running the first X Games Adaptive Snowboard Competition!
Today we woke up to bluebird sky's and perfect runs! I swear that the Udo's Oil I am religiously taking has helped my snowboarding! I haven't rode for weeks and today in 10,000 ft elevation I rode all day without any muscle soreness during the day or after. It is supposed to be amazing for endurance and recovery and today was a test of that for me! Since I am missing the lower half of my legs I mainly snowboard using my thigh muscles and upper body! I use so much energy just to walk (a double leg amputee can burn up to 60% more energy then the average person)so you can imagine how much energy I blast through in a day of hard snowboarding! My muscles were actually feeling so good that at one point during the day I leaned against the wall to do some wall squats to try to get some burn, then at the end of the day took a hike to grab some extra pow and still... no burn and endless energy! It's amazing what a difference the oil is making for me! ESPN X Games and French Adaptive World Cup here I come!Adaptive Snowboarding, para-snowboarding, ESPN X GAMES ADAPTIVE, Adaptive Action Sports
Unbelievable. Just at the end of an 18 month recovery from minor but damaging spinal surgery. Wish I had read your story a year ago. I can't wait to finally backpack again. Any more of the T-shirts you mention?
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