adaptive sports

Noah Galloway – inspiring training machine

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“Noah Galloway: “Train like a machine”

 

On December 19, 2005, Noah lost his left arm above the elbow and left leg above the knee in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in Iraq.  He woke up Christmas Eve to find out he had lost two of his limbs and also sustained several injuries to his remaining leg and his jaw.

The depression that followed took him through pain killer addiction and then alcoholism and then he battled his way out and became the fiercely strong, competitive and supportive man who won the Men’s Health Magazine’s “2014 Ultimate Men’s Health Guy” and rocks the cover of the November issue.cover

“They ask why I push myself to the limit. I do it because I feel powerful, strong and tough.  I feel at home when I’m challenged.” 

Noah is determined to inspire others by his actions, by training like a machine and demonstrating that challenges are meant to be conquered no matter how big they might be.

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Shawangunk Ridge Trail Run/Hike

get-moving-stay-active-brooke-artesi-sunshine-prosthetics-and-orthotics-njBrooke Artesi, founder and owner of Sunshine Prosthetics and Orthotics is an avid outdoor sports enthusiast – hiking, rockwall climbing, kayaking, running – she lives her motto:

“Get moving and stay active!”

On Sunday, September 21st, Brooke will be hiking the 20-mile run/hike on the Shawangunk Ridge Trail.  The SRT is a 74-mile hiking trail that crosses the entire length of the Shawangunk ridgeline, from High Point State Park in New Jersey, where the SRT intersects the Appalachian Trail, all the way to the town of Rosendale, New York, where the trail ends at a restored railroad trestle high above the Rondout Creek.   Along the way, the SRT passes through rolling hills covered in hardwood forests, Southern New York’s largest wetlands, rare dwarf pine barrens, sky lakes, waterfalls, and the distinctive white quartzite conglomerate cliffs of the Shawangunk mountains, which were uplifted almost three hundred million years ago.

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Oscar Loreto Jr. – filmmaker, skateboard enthusiast, inspiration

Oscar Loreto Jr. is an action sport enthusiast, bringing his enthusiasm to the world of adaptive sports through film and his love of skateboarding Oscar was born with a congenital birth defect that caused him to be missing his left foot, left hand and four fingers of his right hand. Adaptation became his way of life and he learned not only to write with both his hands but discovered and conquered the challenge of skateboarding.

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Regas Woods and Nick Stilwell – inspiring founders and athletes

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Josh Kennison, Vice President of Never Say Never Foundation, Nick Stilwell, Regas Woods and young athlete

Founded by Regas Woods and Nick Stilwell , the Never Say Never Foundation is a non profit organization formed to help disabled youth overcome adversity with a positive attitude. Focusing on amputee athletes, their goal is to push the limits of adaptive sports and show the world that anything is possible!

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Jason Lester – unstoppable athlete with a mission

Jason Lester running at night

Jason Lester running at night

 

At the age of 12,  Jason Lester was hit by a car while riding his bike, resulting in 21 broken bones, a collapsed lung, and a paralyzed right arm.  His dreams of being a top athlete seemed to be broken as well.  As another strike against him, as he was lying in his hospital bed, his father, who was his sole guardian, died of a heart attack at the young age of 39.

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