Check out this photo of pro skater, and fixed gear enthusiast, John Cardiel. This is an amazing photo for a number of reasons. First off, its a sick photo in general…cool action goin on. Second, if you know who John Cardiel is, you know he is one of the greatest skaters of all time, arguably the gnarliest, balls out skater in history. And third, this guy was hit by a car years back and was told by doctors that he would never walk again. Here he is now, hitting jumps on a fixie and is even back on the board, check out the photo below.
“Next thing I know, I wake up in the hospital and can’t feel my legs. I was tripping. I was trying to move them but couldn’t do it. I was thinking that maybe I had a spinal tap or something, like maybe they did something to me that made me unable to feel my legs. But then I see Matt Rodriguez and my dad and Julien Stranger, and they’re like, ‘Dude, you’re f**ked up.’ I was like, ‘Oh, shit. I really can’t feel my legs. This is real.’” —John Cardiel
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