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" Having already used a Fox shock in my Moto Knee, the prosthetic leg I developed, I knew that I would take advantage of Fox's superior suspension dynamics in the Versa Foot as well. "

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" When you walk, you need the leg to swing back and forth underneath you. It needs to flex at a certain point, then extend as you follow through your gait. Now, that function doesn't really help at all while I'm standing on my dirt bike or snowmobile. "

Mike Schultz

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" I am the owner of my prosthetic manufacturing business, BioDapt, which manufactures lower-limb prosthetics for sports. "

" It is definitely easier to deal with injuries on the mental side after you've had a few of them, since you are aware of the recovery process. "

" I ended up winning a silver medal at the Summer X Games Adaptive Supercross seven months after my injury - on a leg that I built. "

" I'm very fortunate that I get to make people smile by creating. "

" I loved to go hunting out in the woods and hiking, and that's just not easy anymore. For me, to walk up and down hills in the rough terrain, it just doesn't work very well. It can, but it's three times as hard as it used to be. "

Mike Schultz

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Loved

" I remember my dad telling me that if I wanted to start racing motocross, I had to get a job and pay for it myself. So I did. As soon as I was able to drive myself to work, I got into racing motocross at age 15. "

" As a kid growing up in a rural area, I was always tinkering with parts and machinery. "

" I'm from Minnesota and have always lived there. And my competitive career actually started in the late '90s racing motocross, which then turned into racing snowmobiles professionally. I turned pro in 2003, racing with the best in the world and living my dream as a professional athlete. "

" A lot of the jobs I had revolved around metal fabrication and creating and building and maintaining equipment. "

" Snowboarding has taken me so many different places. "

" When I originally started looking at different prosthetic components, most of them were just set up for walking. "

Mike Schultz

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Looking

" Building prosthetics that allow people to get back to the fun activities in life is as rewarding a job as I can imagine. It's just as fulfilling for me as winning at the racetrack. "

Mike Schultz

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" The crazy part, with all of the surgeries I had, I retained water from the IV fluids, and I gained 60 pounds. I was 247 pounds at my maximum. I couldn't even touch my face because my joints were swollen. I was so big, it was ridiculous - just insane. "

" Sometimes people say, 'Oh, you're doing better now than before the accident.'That irritates the hell out of me. "

Mike Schultz

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People

" Being an athlete, my job was to physically perform. "

" Snowboarding and skiing are big adaptive sports, so that's kind of a market that I wanted to make our equipment used for. "

" I'm out of my comfort zone every time I'm on the race course. "

" Once I started feeling better and healthier and learned to walk on my first prosthetic leg, I realised I'm not going to be satisfied with just walking around. "

" You know you've made it to the big time when you're on a cereal box. "

" It's kind of mind-blowing what some of us adaptive athletes can accomplish as far as physical sports. "

" I had a wreck during a race in Michigan, which led to the hyperextension of my left leg and subsequent amputation. "

" After snowboarding a fair bit in 2011 and 2012 to test equipment, I got pretty good at it, and some friends at Adaptive Action Sports talked me into competing at the exhibition event at the Winter X Games in the adaptive boardercross. I was able to step up my game pretty quick and compete. I took last place, but knew I could improve. "

" For the most part, if you're willing to work hard enough, you can recover from most injuries. Having that mentality really helps you keep moving forward. "

" I know what it takes to make myself perform. "

" I was always out wiping around on the farm with three-wheelers and four-wheelers. I loved the speed and the adrenaline rush that followed. "

" I didn't even think about snowboarding until after my accident. "

" I'm a huge fan of Fox, and I'm honored to be officially joining the FOX team with them as my title sponsor. "

" The thing that really stands out is that my parents taught me right from the start, if you want something in life, you need to work for it. "

" To me, there's two symbols for Team U.S.A.: the national anthem and the American flag. "