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" It was a true honor to have represented my country at my first Paralympic Winter Games and proud to bring home gold and silver medals for the U.S. "

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" To be able to wear your country's colors and compete in the Paralympics for the snowboard team... it's pretty powerful. "

" 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. "

" I'm helping people do things they haven't done since they had two good legs, and that's worth it right there. "

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

" I know firsthand the way that Fox supports their athletes because they've been there for me since the beginning. I know that I can count on them. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Not a day goes by when I don't wish I had both legs. "

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

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

" Having adaptive events televised in the X Games is huge. There are people out there who might want to do this but don't think they can. They can see us out here tearing it up. That's going to help people realize that if you want something bad enough, you can get there. "

" The Moto Knee shows people what's possible. It's about guys getting back in action in a sport they love. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" For riding a snowmobile, you need to have your knee bent. It needs to absorb the impact of riding over bumps, to allow yourself to stand up or sit down, balance side to side. "

" I take a ton of pride in what our flag and our anthem stands for. "

" 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. "

" Never did I ever think I would be competing on a snowboard out here in X Games. "

" It's an amazing feeling when I have a customer who tries a leg on and is able to go snowboarding for the first time. "

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

" I love being outdoors and trekking around. "

" It's kind of crazy how one thing can lead to another if you keep your eyes open to it. "

" I'm a huge patriot, and what holds a lot of value for me is to be part of Team U.S.A. "