She has won four consecutive world championships on the International Surfing Association and is currently top-ranked in her division
At events she abandons her wheelchair and crawls from the edge of the sand to the ocean while pushing her five-foot-plus surfboard alongside her. Once in the water she is a strong paddler and swimmer and through exhaustive rehab learned to climb onto her knees and kneels as she chases a wave.
At 16, she begged her mother to take her surfing in Tofino for her birthday, took one lesson and fell in love.At the time of her injury, she was training to become a backcountry skiing tour guide. It wasn’t until she had major surgery that she realized that would be impossible. She was unable to participate in impact-level sports until her spine healed. Two years later, she travelled to Hawaii and surfed again for the first time with an instructor to make sure she would be safe.At one point, as he held her by the feet, she did a handstand on her board. She figured she could still surf a little bit for fun, but never competitively.and Hawaii and is among only a few wheelchair users to do so.
“I love the analysis of movement and I like working with people. If you really love something you can often find a way to have it in your life.”
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