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Deeply thoughtful, honest and riveting story of a high-achieving sportsman who became a quadriplegic.
Brad Smeele's thrill-seeking, fast-paced life as a professional wakeboarder came to an abrupt halt when an accident caused him to become a quadriplegic.
Wakeboarding is like waterskiing, but on a single board with aerial tricks added in. It's a freestyle sport for super athletic adrenalin junkies. Brad was at the height of his career, pushing the sport to new limits and perfecting tricks that no one else could achieve. He was also a sought-after model and relished his free-wheeling lifestyle.
But in July 2014, while practising his latest trick, he landed badly. Catastrophically, in fact. He landed on his neck, completely crushing his spinal cord and becoming a quadriplegic immediately.
For someone whose whole life was built around his physical prowess, this was completely and utterly devastating.
Brad has had to work through a great deal, from being an incredibly physical person in all senses of the word to being someone with very limited use of his body. The struggle has been monumental, but he's come to a place of acceptance.
In this book he shares his epic story and the lessons he has learned through an unexpected teacher. He brings the same focus and determination he brought to his wakeboarding career to inspiring others.
Brad Smeele's thrill-seeking, fast-paced life as a professional wakeboarder came to an abrupt halt when an accident caused him to become a quadriplegic.
Wakeboarding is like waterskiing, but on a single board with aerial tricks added in. It's a freestyle sport for super athletic adrenalin junkies. Brad was at the height of his career, pushing the sport to new limits and perfecting tricks that no one else could achieve. He was also a sought-after model and relished his free-wheeling lifestyle.
But in July 2014, while practising his latest trick, he landed badly. Catastrophically, in fact. He landed on his neck, completely crushing his spinal cord and becoming a quadriplegic immediately.
For someone whose whole life was built around his physical prowess, this was completely and utterly devastating.
Brad has had to work through a great deal, from being an incredibly physical person in all senses of the word to being someone with very limited use of his body. The struggle has been monumental, but he's come to a place of acceptance.
In this book he shares his epic story and the lessons he has learned through an unexpected teacher. He brings the same focus and determination he brought to his wakeboarding career to inspiring others.
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Publisher
Allen & UnwinYear
2022eBook ISBN
9781761060274Edition
0Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ONE: TESTING THE WATERS
- TWO: TOTAL IMMERSION
- THREE: THE SACRIFICE
- FOUR: DAMAGE CONTROL
- FIVE: ON THE UP
- SIX: THE HOLY GRAIL
- SEVEN: UP IN SMOKE
- EIGHT: REHAB-RECOVERY-REPEAT
- NINE: KEEP ON TRUCKIN’
- TEN: FINDING MY VOICE
- ELEVEN: RIDERS’ PARADISE
- TWELVE: WHERE I’M SUPPOSED TO BE
- THIRTEEN: DREAM TO NIGHTMARE
- FOURTEEN: ICU (AKA HELL)
- FIFTEEN: SHEPHERD CENTER
- SIXTEEN: HOME, BUT FAR FROM IT
- SEVENTEEN: WHO AM I? (MONDAYS WITH SUSIE)
- EIGHTEEN: FUMBLING AND FAILING
- NINETEEN: RETURN TO THE SCENE
- TWENTY: BREAKDOWNS TO BREAKTHROUGHS
- TWENTY-ONE: WHAT CAN I DO?
- TWENTY-TWO: BREATH OF FRESH AIR
- PICTURE SECTION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR