Please help support my mission and make a donation to Prostate Conditions Education Council. http://www.prostateconditions.org/donate
Thank you to the following sponsors:
Crocs (www.crocs.com)
The Transition Companies (www.transitioncompanies.com)
GoLite (www.golite.com)
Rollerblade (www.rollerblade.com)
Primal Wear (www.primalwear.com
One Life Radio (www.oneliferadio.com)
A Drift Float Spa (www
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Kota Longboards (www.kotalongboards.com)
Roots Pressed Juices (www.rootspressedjuices.com)
Zico (www.zico.com)
Herbalife (http://performancenutrition.herbalife.com)
Beeken Biomedical (www.beekenbiomedical.com)
Thank you to the following supporters:
Dr. Kevin Lutz (www.drkevinlutz.com)
John Wayne Cancer Institute (www.jwci.org)
Jim Talaric Photograhpy (www.talaric.photoshelter.com)
Bunny Foxhoven, Sports Nutritionist
Cascade Sports (www.csinjuryprevention.com)
Here's my story:
At the age of 44 years old I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Before I was diagnosed, I knew something was wrong with my health and visited the doctor for frequent testing. My primary physician never thought to give me a PSA or DRE exam due to the common practice of denying younger men prostate screenings. Only by intuition and seeking out another doctor, was I able to be diagnosed. Moreover, given the nature of my aggressive tumor, I possibly could have died from this disease before the prescribed prostate screening at age 50. I elected to have surgery in November of 2011. Due to complications after, I spent 19 days in the hospital battling 3 serious infections. I had plenty of downtime to reflect on life and what I wanted to do when I fully recovered. I felt a call to make a difference by raising awareness and funds for the early detection of prostate cancer programs. I am a very active individual and have been inline skating for 17 years. In fact, just two days after my prostate cancer diagnosis, I went on my longest skating trek ever, a 60-mile skate from Boulder to Greeley, CO. I had been planning it for months and wasn’t about to let cancer stop me from doing what I love. Clearly I have a passion for inline skating and now a new intensity for helping others afflicted with this same disease. Therefore, in September 2012 I combined these two passions and raised at least $17,000 for the Prostate Conditions Education Council (PCEC), based in Centennial, CO. I accomplished this by accepting pledges, donations and sponsors for a 395-mile inline skate across Colorado. On September 8th I started at the Wyoming border and ended at the Oklahoma border on September 14th, 2012. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and the timing of my event coincided with PCEC’s Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, which provides free screenings to men in Colorado and around the nation. In 2013, I skated across Texas from Corpus Christi to the Oklahoma border north of Dallas. In 2014 I skated 100 miles in one day around Denver.
