Life's New Normal Podcast With Host Long Jump Silver Medalist John Register

What would you do if you broke your back?  How would you feel if the doctor told you, "you will never walk again."? What action would you take next? These questions and more are answered in my next segment of Creating Life's New Normal as I interivew the amazing Alana Nichols. Alana is a two-sport phenomenon in wheelchair basketball and alpine skiing. She grew up in Farmington, N.M., and was an avid snowboarder throughout her youth. In 2002, however, Nichols landed back-first on a rock while attempting a backflip on her snowboard. The injury caused her to be paralyzed from the waist down. Nichols didn’t let her athletic career stop there, though, as she began playing wheelchair basketball just two years later. Her talent in the sport ultimately took her to the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, where she and Team USA earned gold. Shortly after the Beijing Games, Nichols moved to Colorado and picked up adaptive alpine skiing through the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park. At the Vancouver 20