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Hurdling Adversity with Prosthetics: Guest Post by John Register

Sports have always been my passion. My athletic career started early when I began swimming competitively at the YMCA in Oak Park, Illinois, and then moved on to baseball, football and eventually track and field. I became an NCAA All-American three times in the long jump and twice on the 4×400 r...

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Plastics and Olympic Aerial Skiing: Guest Post by Fuzz Feddersen

Who Needs Snow? Plastics Help Winter Athletes Practice Year-Round Winter sports athletes have to train all year to be ready for winter. How do they do this without year-round snow? Plastics of course! Throughout the years, skiers have found inventive ways to practice their jumps year-round and have ...

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Plastics Help Amputees Participate in Sports

Prostheses have been used for centuries, dating back to Ancient Egypt, to help people who have lost limbs due to trauma, illness or birth defects. Early designs were made primarily from basic materials, such as wood, leather and fabric. Today, modern prosthetic limbs are lighter, stronger, and more ...

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Meet Designers Daniel Felt and Wesley Nault of WesFeld

Hi, We’re Daniel Feld and Wesley Nault, also known as WesFeld, the design team that won the Plastics Make It PossibleSM designer competition. The response we’ve been getting over the first few weeks, since winning, has been so wonderful! We are so excited to be part of this and begin our journey...

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QA With Daniel Feld and Wesley Nault of WesFeld

Hi, We’re Daniel Feld and Wesley Nault, also known as WesFeld, the design team that won the Plastics Make It PossibleSM designer competition. The response we’ve been getting over the first few weeks, since winning, has been so wonderful! We are so excited to be part of this and about participati...

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Skis Overcome the Snowboard Onslaught with Plastics

We all remember the 90s. Grunge culture was at its apex and nothing epitomized the spirit of youth and fun more than the snowboard. Teens and young adults flocked to the board like plaid to Seattle. Skis were passé; the snowboard seemed edgier, hipper, and hotter. Yet in recent years skis have made...

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Should Plastic Helmets Be Mandatory?

Every so often, tragic accidents in winter sports elevate public discussions of ski helmets—particularly debates on whether wearing them should be mandatory. International data show that although head injuries account for no more than 15 percent of injuries to skiers and snowboarders overall, they...

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