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Motocrosser with one leg

Posted: July 11th, 2007, 11:15 pm
by Uzi
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59

A guy from another board that I hang out on that is headed to do a motocross race he drove 52 hours from cali to florida.
He had one leg amputated from a motocross accident and is still competeing. I just thought that this was a great inspiration and an interesting read.

Link to his story http://www.extremitygames.com/assets/pd ... idgway.pdf

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Posted: July 12th, 2007, 10:36 am
by ou812
man must be hard to shift gears with no feeling in a false foot

Posted: July 12th, 2007, 11:20 am
by mxracr121
Thats cool. There used to be a guy in AZ. who raced MX with one arm. He raced a KDX 200 (not sure why), and had the throttle, front brake, and clutch all on one side of the handlebars. He was a back of the pack beginner, but really cool to watch, and I'm sure took alot of courage, as he jumped the smaller jumps and such too. Can't remember his name, only his nick-name, the "one armed bandit".

Posted: July 12th, 2007, 11:55 am
by AlisoBob
ou812 wrote:man must be hard to shift gears with no feeling in a false foot
Ellett has some tendon damage in his shifting foot... He raises his whole left leg to shift I beleive...


Dude still hauls ass....

Either your fast , or you not. Handicaps dont seem to change that fact...

Cool Story!