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SCI Superstar: Wes Bandemer
SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar Wes Bandemer: Wow what a difference a change in diet makes! He's a former motocross racer turned Vegan and he's regained monumental return over 5 years post-injury by combining a new diet with embryonic stem cell treatments in India. Read his story of an unflappable will to get better below!
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SCI Superstar: Carolyn Pioro
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar: Carolyn Pioro! A former circus performer for Cirque Sublime in Toronto, she's reinvented herself as a writer and editor (as well as a model for IZ Adaptive) and has some great insight into moving on after a SCI. Check her out!
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SCI Superstar: Bethany Hoppe
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week - longtime college instructor and wheelchair bling creator, the cutie Southern "Rolling Diva" Bethany A. Hoppe! Born with spina bifida, this wife of 15+ years and mother of two is passionate about the rights of women with disabilities, speaking at TEDx last year on the topic. She hopes to "wake up" the world to this underserved minority that she and millions of other American women belong to.
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The “Best of the Best” WCMX Videos
The sport is on fire, so SPINALpedia has decided to profile 3 of the craziest WCMX (wheelchair motocross/skateboarding) videos they could find! From an epic handrail contest on Venice Beach from Life Rolls On to a WCMX Throwdown from RISE Adaptive Sports, here's some of the best WCMX footage around.
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SCI Superstar: Shaun Doss
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Shaun Doss! An 11 year WCMXer phenom (wheelchair skateboarding), sled hockey player for the Grand Rapids Sled Wings and a wheelchair b-ball player for the Grand Rapids Jr. Pacers, this little dude is proving a getting t-boned in a Dodge Durango accident that Chrysler should've been sued for (but got exempt status from; watch the CNN link) can't hold him back.
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SCI Superstar: Amanda McGrory
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Amanda McGrory! She's one of the fastest wheelchair racers in the world, and at the age of 28, this professional athlete paralyzed at the age of 5 (who has 22 marathon wins worldwide!) is determined to keep up her stride (no pun intended)
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SCI Superstar: Jan Scheuermann
Meet SPINALpedia's last SCI Superstar of 2014 Jan Scheuermann! A quadriplegic pioneer, she spent the last two years as a "lab rat" at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center helping test mind-controlled prosthetics and Hector the Robotic Arm. Paralyzed from the neck down from a rare condition 12 years ago, Jan is determined to use her situation for a greater purpose.
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Fire Dance: Best of Wheelchair Salsa
Salsa, the dance of lovers. Watch three amazing wheelchair salsa videos from SPINALpedia to start your weekend off right! Including a video from the newly created Wheelchair Dancepiration in California, as well as a group salsa performance from Israeli veterans. Amazing stuff!
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SCI Superstar: Kevin Brooks
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Kevin Brooks! A youth prevention and drunk driving speaker from Canada, this 30 something man who became paralyzed at the age 20 shares his wisdom with thousands of high school students around the world each year. We love this guy!
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SCI Superstar: Ashley Lyn Olson
Have you heard about SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar Ashley Lyn Olson? She's the epic voice behind one of the BEST wheelchair travel blogs online, Wheelchair Traveling. She shares her travels from Japan to Napa Valley, and she also gives accessible travel seminars at the Abilities Expo! Injured at 14 in a car wreck, she has perfected the art of fearlessness.