TEDxOrangeCoast - Amy Purdy - Living Beyond Limits
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Uploaded on Jun 8, 2011
Amy Purdy talks about the power of imagination. She explains how our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but by the choices we make. Imagination allows us to break down borders, to move beyond our circumstances, to create and constantly progress.
Amy Purdy has been through hardships that most of us will never face -- or can even fathom. But what makes her story so incredible is not that fact that she lived a "normal" childhood and spent her high school years as a passionate artist and snowboarder, then traumatically lost both her legs at age 19, but how she has persevered, taking implausible challenges and rising above them.
Today, Amy is an athlete; currently the top ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world. Amy also spends a good amount of time helping others; specifically those with physical challenges get involved with snowboarding, skateboarding, wakeboarding and other action sports through the organization she co-founded Adaptive Action Sports. Challenging herself while making a positive impact on the world is a true testament to Amy's spirit.
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Top Comments
mcfc98 2 weeks ago
What a woman; bright, optimistic, beautiful and driven yet humble and inspiring. So rare.
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Adrian Durrant 1 week ago
Pure Inspiration !!!
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Laurent Depuydt 9 hours ago
Absolutely amazing! Most inspiring young woman I've ever seen in my life.
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jnifrdub 11 hours ago
Flippin beautiful!
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Mariedtiger 23 hours ago
Authentic, vulnerable, moving. <3
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NuclearWinter99 1 day ago
Wow. Just wow. What a girl. She is a true inspiration in every way.
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flower1984nectar 3 days ago
you are very cute & smart ..God bless you honey .. Go ahead in your positive life :)
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Kg277 4 days ago
..if you got money to do those things.. sure!
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braithmorgan 5 days ago
when she said what if your life were a book and you were the author...I had heard this before & thought I knew what she would speak abt...but, I was so wrong...she blew me away, and inspired me by telling me her story...
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