For riding a snowmobile, you need to have your knee bent. It needs to absorb the impact of riding over bumps, to allow yourself to stand up or sit down, balance side to side.

Mike Schultz

Categorized in : You Yourself Balance Riding

For the most part, if you're willing to work hard enough, you can recover from most injuries. Having that mentality really helps you keep moving forward.

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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.

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To me, there's two symbols for Team U.S.A.: the national anthem and the American flag.

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I love being outdoors and trekking around.

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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.

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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.

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It was a true honor to have represented my country at my first Paralympic Winter Games and proud to bring home gold and silver medals for the U.S.

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As a kid growing up in a rural area, I was always tinkering with parts and machinery.

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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.

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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.

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Fox and I go way back... I got to know the Fox folks pretty well as the result of spending time at races with them over the years.

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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.

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I'm a huge fan of Fox, and I'm honored to be officially joining the FOX team with them as my title sponsor.

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I take a ton of pride in what our flag and our anthem stands for.

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I travel a lot. I didn't want to be stuck sitting in my office managing the business.

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Not a day goes by when I don't wish I had both legs.

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Sometimes people say, 'Oh, you're doing better now than before the accident.'That irritates the hell out of me.

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The Moto Knee shows people what's possible. It's about guys getting back in action in a sport they love.

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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.

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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.

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