Paralyzed Motocross Rider Makes
X-Games
This video is a short news story
about Shane Shipley, a paraplegic who actively participates and competes in
motocross. As a future coach, this video
is a reminder of how we can’t always take things at first glance. If I was to pass Shane Shipley on the street
and was told he raced motocross, my first thought would be, “no way, no
how.” Shane races a specialized bike
that straps him in and holds his legs in place.
Shane injured himself racing motocross, so I’m sure when he lost the
ability to race, he was devastated. With
his new bike and the adaptions made to it, he’s able to have a sense of
normalcy that I’m sure he had missed. My
take away from this video is that just because a person can’t participate in a
sport in the, “normal,” sense, doesn’t mean that adaptions can’t be made so
that they can still compete.
