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Wonky MS legs preventing you from mountain biking? Then check out this crazy video. And hold on tight! There's no pedaling, just insanity going downhill. Note: Stacy is a pro; do not just try willy-nilly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy1FeMXLi8I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy1FeMXLi8I
Who says you need working legs to go mountain biking? Canadian Stacy Kohut broke his back in 1992, but has never let his lack of lower body mobility hold him back.
In fact, if anything this born competitor has achieved even more in the years since his accident. In winter, he’s won multiple medals as a sit-skier, taking gold at the 1994 Lillehammer Paralympics and three silvers at the 1998 Nagano Games.
Meanwhile his summers have been spent wheelchair skateboarding and pushing the sport of Fourcross – the four-wheeled downhill mountain-bike style discipline shown here.
Fourcross is relatively unusual in that it’s one of the few sports in which able-bodied and disabled athletes can compete side-by-side.
Read more at http://mpora.com/articles/says-need-...rK9CTds65FH.99
In fact, if anything this born competitor has achieved even more in the years since his accident. In winter, he’s won multiple medals as a sit-skier, taking gold at the 1994 Lillehammer Paralympics and three silvers at the 1998 Nagano Games.
Meanwhile his summers have been spent wheelchair skateboarding and pushing the sport of Fourcross – the four-wheeled downhill mountain-bike style discipline shown here.
Fourcross is relatively unusual in that it’s one of the few sports in which able-bodied and disabled athletes can compete side-by-side.
Read more at http://mpora.com/articles/says-need-...rK9CTds65FH.99
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