Active Amputee

Living life on a limb.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Golf: Manuel De Los Santos

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Attached here is the story of a truly inspiring individual: a golfer from the Dominican named Manuel De Los Santos. Here's an excerpt fr...
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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Snowboarding, Part 2

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When I first started down the mountain, I felt nervous and unsure... You might imagine the mechanics of snowboarding with a prosthesis are a...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Snowboarding, Part 1

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After many long months wondering and worrying about whether I'd still be able take on my favourite pastime, the time and opportunity fin...
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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Blade Running

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After months of anticipation, seeking insurance approvals, going for fittings and taking cautious test flights indoors, I went for my first ...
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Amusing Social Experiment

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I'd often wondered if I'd be allowed on a particular type of rollercoaster; you know, the type where your legs hang down because the...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Reader Comments

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I've had some really inspiring comments on some of my past blog posts lately and I thought I'd share them here! Comments are a great...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

The Elmer Fudd Conundrum

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Things have been a bit quiet lately (too quiet) thanks in part to a ridiculous "Cease and Desist" order I received on one of my tr...
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Racing Bike

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If you're an amputee and a motorcycle enthusiast, check out the June issue of "Bike" magazine, a British racing bike publicati...
Monday, June 14, 2010

The Chicken and the Egg

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The next time someone says "you know, it's like the chicken and the egg thing", referring to that "classic circular refer...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

French Riviera

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Life is hard sometimes. For example, this week I had to go visit a customer site on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea in the French Riviera....
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Mike
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Originally from Canada, I grew up in a small frozen prairie town called Innisfail, Alberta before moving to Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island, finally getting my fishing boat. In a never ending quest to beat my sister to at least one country in my life, I've travelled to Japan, Hong Kong, China, England, Germany, France, Italy and Brazil most recently taking a much needed rest in Brisbane, Australia, for the past year. In October of 2008 my left ankle was crushed in a motor vehicle accident. This is the creepy part: after eleven surgeries, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at approximately eleven in the morning my left leg was amputated below the knee. I won't say that I lost my leg; it's not like I misplaced it; but I am in the market for a new one.
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