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SCI Superstar: Anne Wafula Strike
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar - the gorgeous Anne Wafula Strike! Born in Kenya, she contracted polio at 2 years old. After having a son in her 20s she moved to Great Britain, and it was here where she discovered wheelchair racing and became a Paralympic wheelchair racer; the first one from East Africa. From a mud hut to tea with the Queen of England, Anne's story of self-acceptance is one everyone should read.
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SCI Superstar: Robert Thompkins
Check out SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Robert Thompkins! A daredevil pre-injury and one of the first people to try chairskating, Robert is bringing this wicked cool sport to skate parks all around the San Diego-area, and he co-founded the nonprofit Looking Beyond The Wheels to make it happen.
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SCI Superstar: Monika Kuszyńska
Check out SPINALpedia's musically gifted SCI Superstar this week Monika Kuszyńska! A paraplegic pop singer who sang with Varius Manx for 9 years, she's now making history as the first person with a spinal cord injury to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Poland. Read her amazing story below! And good luck May 24th!
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SCI Superstar: Michael Graves
SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar the legendary architect Michael Graves. Michael sadly passed away last week of natural causes. He designed world-renowned buildings through the '70s, '80s and '90s before his injury, and after his injury he designed kitchen products for Target and taught design at Princeton. He was 80 years old.
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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)