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United States Paralympian "Monster" Mike Schultz joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about Paralympic snowboarding, prosthetics, and more. What events are unique to the Paralympic Games? Can Paralympics athletes participate in Olympics? What sports are the hardest to make prosthetics for? How are advanced prosthetics changing the world of sports? Answers to these questions and many more await on Paralympics Support.
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Read more about Mike and his self-made custom prosthetic knee:
0:00 Paralympian Support
0:19 USA Paralympic performance
0:33 Unique events in the Paralympics
1:40 Fairness within Paralympian disabilities
2:58 Ideal snowboarding conditions
3:26 Amputation recovery time
4:53 How to snowboard or ski as an above-knee amputee
6:30 What sports are the hardest to make prosthetics for?
7:42 How do snow conditions compare across the world?
8:13 Why not both
9:31 How does your prosthetic attach to your leg and board? How does it work?
10:45 Why do snowboarders sit in the middle of the slope?
11:09 Building a prosthetic that functions at freezing temperatures
12:47 How it feels when you can’t feel it
13:43 Most important snowboard qualities
14:36. Black runs
15:19 Paralympics vs Olympics
16:20 Mike’s Moto Knee
18:41 Common Paralympic misconceptions
19:03 Qualification
19:24 The next great a
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