i crashed in whistler, and ifinished paralysed from my chest down. be an official sport at this year's olympic games, it's not yet been made an official sport in the paralympic games. that's partially because the bikes needed to race simply haven't existed. many traditional handcycles are built to be ridden on the road and feature wide wheelbases. 0ccasionally, they even place riders kneeling forward. this position puts their centre of gravity higher — something that would make sharp turns difficult on a loose dirt mountain bike trail. but a canadian company think they've developed a solution. i broke my back in 1996 snowboarding, and prior to that, i loved mountain biking. i loved snowboarding and climbing, i was, like, a kid who loved the outdoors in canada. and very early on in my injury, i recognised that i was going to be 100% reliant on technology. so, a machinist by trade, christian began building experimental adaptive mountain bikes at home. the problem was always that i would tip. i would tip over, or, like, i would go fast down a hill and c