MIKE SCHULTZ

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

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

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

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

I know what it takes to make myself perform.

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 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 travel a lot. I didn't want to be stuck sitting in my office managing the business.

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.

I shattered the heel in my good leg, and it was an extremely bad injury. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to snowboard again.

It is definitely easier to deal with injuries on the mental side after you've had a few of them, since you are aware of the recovery process.

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 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.

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

I love being outdoors and trekking around.

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

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.

Building prosthetics that allow people to get back to the fun activities in life is as rewarding a job as I can imagine. It's just as fulfilling for me as winning at the racetrack.

I bought my first dirt bike when I was 12, and I started racing motocross when I was 15 and started getting pretty successful. Then I started racing snowmobiles at 17 and decided I wanted to focus on that and see if I can make a career at it.

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.

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

Snowboarding has taken me so many different places.

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.

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.