On December 16th, 2000, I lost my left leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident. Luckily, I was already an avid bicycle rider and runner with a small grassroots sponsorship with Fox Racing at the time and they called Willowwood who is a manufacturer in prosthetics telling them my story. Got a call from them on my morphine drip bed saying that they wanted me and my wife to come out to Ohio to get a leg and try out an amazing foot at the time called the Pathfinder which used a Fox Shock. Got fitted and many sockets later got back on the bike again and started racing. I got back on a stationary bike 3 weeks post op and an actual bike race 10 months later. I have not looked back since.

Now looking back, I have raced in hundreds of cycling events and running events also. I got into Triathlon racing and competed in countless Xterra Off Road Triathlons and competed in the Escape From Alcatraz 3 times. I officially retired from racing in 2016 but I still compete locally and participate in mountain biking and trail running. I also work in the O&P Industry for Fillauer who is a manufacturer of prosthetic feet and upper arm systems.