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.
To me, there's two symbols for Team U.S.A.: the national anthem and the American flag.
I love being outdoors and trekking around.
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.
Never did I ever think I would be competing on a snowboard out here in X Games.
To be on the world stage carrying our flag and representing the U.S. Paralympic Team is a huge honor.
As a kid growing up in a rural area, I was always tinkering with parts and machinery.
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.
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.
I've had several broken bones and sprains throughout my career, but the one that really changed things was when I wrecked in 2008 during a Pro Snocross competition. I was thrown from my machine and landed on my left leg and caused a 180 degree hyperextension of my knee joint.
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.
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.
Fox and I go way back... I got to know the Fox folks pretty well as the result of spending time at races with them over the years.
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.
I'm a huge fan of Fox, and I'm honored to be officially joining the FOX team with them as my title sponsor.
I take a ton of pride in what our flag and our anthem stands for.
I travel a lot. I didn't want to be stuck sitting in my office managing the business.
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.
