Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Michael Braxton Jr.! Police Officer / Public Speaker / Motivator Left Below Knee Amputee Mays Landing NJ, United States Member Since June 9th, 2013 Michael’s Amplife® Story: “When I was on a nice ride, I entered an intersection & was going to collide with a car. Trying to avoid it, I struck a pole, broke my right foot & traumatically amputated my left leg below the knee. I was riding with my friends, angels on earth, they placed a tourniquet & saved my life. I spent the next month recovering in the hospital. When released, I spent almost a year in physical therapy to return back to work full duty as a police officer. Almost a year after my accident, I was back serving my community. In 2015 & 2016, I competed & attained many medals as a track & field para athlete to make Team USA. I did not make the team, but met many influential people & had wonderful moments & memories. I continued living life, & even after becoming an amputee, I found my someone who became my wife on June 1st, 2019, who saw me for me, not my disability, proving that there’s still love after amputation. In 2022, I graduated from the K9 Academy & became New Jersey’s 1st Amputee K9 Officer. A lifelong dream & accomplishment that I hope will help open doors for the rest of our amputee community. Wearing Amplife feels the same as my boots for duty. I can walk with my head held high & a strong sense of pride. Several times I’ve been told how motivating I am just by them observing my gear. I’ve been able to hear stories of what they’ve gone through, & told them my story, sharing special moments to inspire each other. I don’t know what’s next but I’m ready! When you stay ready, you never have to get ready! I want to motivate & inspire all!” Connect with Michael - amplife.co/michael-braxton-jr Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Michael rockin’ his Amplife®.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
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Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Oscar Loreto, Jr.! Skateboarder / Filmmaker / Broadcast Engineer Congenital Below Knee & Below Elbow Amputee Downey CA, United States Member Since July 18th, 1986 Oscar’s Amplife® Story: “I was born with a congenital birth defect that caused me to be missing my left foot, left hand, and four fingers on my right hand. As a child, I quickly adapted to my prosthesis and learned to write with both hands. During my high school years, I formed a skating team called VOID with my friends. I am now a skateboarding icon on my Venture Prosthetic Foot. My positive spirit, determination, and talent make me a powerful force in both the limb loss and adaptive skate communities. I graduated from California State University Long Beach with a degree in Documentary Filmmaking, which I use to film, edit, and produce skating videos. Currently, I work for a Regional Sports & News network and have broken the mold for disabled individuals by working in the TV and film industry. I’m a proud husband and father who continues to live out my pro skater dream by being part of a prestigious board of directors for organizations such as The Sheckler Foundation, Bridge To Skate, and Poseidon Foundation. My sponsors include Amplife®, College Park, Legends Boardshop, Bones Wheels and Bearings, Chronic LB Pain and Relief Center, Geesource, and Stickerwallets.” Connect with Oscar - amplife.co/oscar-loreto-jr Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Oscar Loreto, Jr. golfing, laughing during his backswing, and sinking a putt with his prosthetic leg as a putter, skating and competing with his kid cheering him on, showcasing his Signature Skateboard, “An Oscar Story” with Ryan Sheckler’s Sandlot Times, and rockin’ his Amplife® while wearing the Amplife® Allover Polo and Amplife® Born and Built Champion T-Shirt.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
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Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Andrew May! Mountain Biker / Runner / O&P Professional Left Below Knee Amputee Dublin CA, United States Member Since December 16th, 2000 Andrew’s Amplife® Story: “On December 16th, 2000, I lost my left leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident. Luckily, I was already an avid bicycle rider and runner with a small grassroots sponsorship with Fox Racing at the time and they called Willowwood who is a manufacturer in prosthetics telling them my story. Got a call from them on my morphine drip bed saying that they wanted me and my wife to come out to Ohio to get a leg and try out an amazing foot at the time called the Pathfinder which used a Fox Shock. Got fitted and many sockets later got back on the bike again and started racing. I got back on a stationary bike 3 weeks post op and an actual bike race 10 months later. I have not looked back since. Now looking back, I have raced in hundreds of cycling events and running events also. I got into Triathlon racing and competed in countless Xterra Off Road Triathlons and competed in the Escape From Alcatraz 3 times. I officially retired from racing in 2016 but I still compete locally and participate in mountain biking and trail running. I also work in the O&P Industry for Fillauer who is a manufacturer of prosthetic feet and upper arm systems.” Connect with Andrew- amplife.co/andrew-may Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Andrew May enjoying the park with his dog, working out, riding his mountain bike, advocating for the orthotics & prosthetics industry, volunteering by explaining what prosthetics are to an elementary class, and rockin’ his Amplife® while wearing the Amplife® Flat Bill Snapback, Amplife® Innerstrength Skull Tank Top Death Cheater™ Halo Beanie, Amplife® Death Cheater™ T-Shirt and Severed Society® Drip T-Shirt, Flat Bill Snapback & Sticker.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Tomás De La Mora! Entrepreneur / Public Speaker / One Legged Wonder Left Above Knee Amputee Long Beach CA, United States Member Since February 7th, 2015 Tomás’ Amplife® Story: “I was a 20 year federal agent when I had my motorcycle accident & became an amputee on February 7th, 2015. I love bikes. My buddy & I were working on a bike for SEMA. I was on my way to his shop to finish it when I got cut off by a diesel truck with spiked lugnuts, which is what took off my leg. After they reattached my leg that same night, my body went septic. My doctors said to squeeze their hand, cause I couldn’t talk with tubes in my mouth, if they could amputate my leg & I just kept squeezing & didn’t stop in order to give my authorization. I spent 2015 rehabilitating, & didn’t receive my prosthetic leg until that December. My nephew approached me & said that he wanted to train me. I told him that my lifting days are over and that training was only for young people. But I started working out with him, because I hated staying home. Then, I fell in love with fitness. I began thinking what am I gonna do now, as an amputee. My nephew said let’s get a gym together & asked if I could help run it. I accepted & as time went on, being in the gym everyday, it helped a lot. That’s what got me into lifting. I did it, but wasn’t dedicated to the point where I am now. As cliche as it is, never give up. Because once you give up, that’s it, it’s done. Have the attitude that you will not lose, no matter what you do, even if it’s getting up and taking a shower.” Connect with Tomás - amplife.co/tomas-de-la-mora Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Tomás De La Mora working out, competing at NPC MUSCLECONTEST LA Championships, flexing, pulling a plane, and rockin’ his Amplife®.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Cassidy Esty! Survivor / Prosthetic Technician / USA Stand-up Amputee Hockey Player Right Below Knee Amputee Veneta OR, United States Member Since September 1st, 2017 Cassidy’s Amplife® Story: “On September 1st 2017, I lost my right leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident. It has been a long road with 9+ surgeries. I am back to riding motorcycles every day now. Got back into playing ice hockey, a sport I grew up playing but hadn’t played in many years. I now play with the USA Stand-up Amputee Hockey Team, and play multiple times a week at my local arena during the season. I have gotten back into riding BMX bikes which I enjoy doing with my kids. It’s all about living and learning to do the things I love, ‘just a little differently now’.” Connect with Cassidy - amplife.co/cassidy-esty Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Cassidy Esty playing hockey & shooting a hockey puck, getting dressed in his hockey gear, flexing his rust painted hockey helmet with “HOPALONG CASSIDY” on the front, standing next to his truck, sitting on his motorcycle, and rockin’ his Amplife® while wearing the Severed Society® Drip T-Shirt & Flat Bill Fitted.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Justin McDevitt! Volunteer / Project Manager Left Below Knee Amputee San Clemente CA, United States Member Since May 13th, 2022 Justin’s Amplife® Story: “My motorcycle accident was January 4th, 2022, and my amputation was May 13th, 2022. Since then, I have refused to stop. I completed my advanced open water diving certifications in Jamaica, went cliff jumping, paddle boarding, sky diving and many other activities.” Connect with Justin - amplife.co/justin-mcdevitt Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Justin McDevitt working for his non-profit, getting ready to go diving, showing his 5 prosthetic legs with the Amplife® Death Cheater™ logo & Severed Society® Members Only Amplife® logo on the sockets, and rockin’ his Amplife® while wearing the Amplife® Death Cheater™ T-Shirt and Severed Society® Drip T-Shirt & Flat Bill Snapback.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Happy Death Cheater™ Day to #TeamAmplifeAmbassador Christopher Scott Ashley! Regional IT Manager / Motocross Racer Left Above Knee Amputee McCalla AL, United States Member Since April 22nd, 2012 Christopher had a terrible car accident. He died 3 times over the next 4 days and the doctors told his family, “he will not come off life support”. After multiple surgeries, they put him back together. Now, he completed a MX Hare Scramble & is the Region IT Manager for a large auto supplier. Connect with Christopher and grow from his Amplife® Story - amplife.co/christopher-scott-ashley Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co About #DeathCheaterDay - amplife.co/death-cheater-day Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Portrait of Christopher Scott Ashley.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Shane Workman! Pipefitter / Welder / Fabricator / Welding Inspector Bilateral Below Knee Amputee Blue Mound IL, United States Member Since December 1st, 2017 & June 3rd, 2020 Shane’s Amplife® Story: “Infections that couldn’t be controlled initiated me into the Amplife. I fought them for several years until the final straw of Osteomyelitis took my right leg on December 1st, 2017. Three years later on June 3rd, 2020, my left leg succumbed to the same fate.” Connect with Shane - amplife.co/shane-workman Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Shane Workman riding his motorcycle, testing prosthetic feet and rockin’ his Amplife®.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Tracy Metzger! Entrepreneur / Life Coach / Veteran Left Below Knee Amputee Cedar Rapids IA, United States Member Since July 16th, 2016 Tracy’s Amplife® Story: “Hi! I’m Tracy Metzger, a wife and mother of 2 grown. I lost my left leg due to a 6” blood clot in the artery of my calf in July of 2016 at the age of 49. After 23+ surgeries and months at a time in the hospital, I don’t live in the past or dwell on things I can’t do. I live life to the fullest with what I have and slide in sideways when I can. My mission is to help as many amputees, people with disabilities, families and friends to find their new footing, to become happy and learn how to have fun again. 2 years after losing my leg, I decided to put my life coaching skills to work. I founded Life After Limbs to help others just like me. Finding resources to help with prosthetics, how to exercise, tips in the shower, daily activities, words of encouragement and my best skill of all, listening.” Connect with Tracy - amplife.co/tracy-metzger Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Tracy Metzger getting ready to paraglide, shoveling snow and showing her colorful prosthetic leg, and rockin’ her Amplife® while wearing the Amplife® Born and Built chAMPion T-Shirt.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
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Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Ashley Schrute! Cannabis Activist & Grower Right Above Knee Amputee / Skin Graft Oregon IL, United States Member Since July 25th, 2016 Ashley’s Amplife® Story: “In 2016, I was giving an ex a ride home and that’s the last I remember. From piecing together some things I knew, friends remembered , and the police, they said he threw chemicals on me, redressed me to cover the burns and left me to die. I have such a traumatic injury that I haven’t been able to fit a prosthetic yet. Im a single mother of a young boy and I use and grow marijuana for the medical benefits for phantom limb pains. It’s been a lifesaver and I will always speak out positively on the matter!” Connect with Ashley - amplife.co/ashley-schrute Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Ashley Schrute trimming cannabis with her cat, inspecting a bouquet of cannabis, working in her indoor cannabis farm, and rockin’ her Amplife® while wearing the Ampstrong Tank Top.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Celebrate 420 with us for Amplife® Awareness Month! We are proud to share our support for cannabis, it’s medical & healing properties and all the benefits it provides. Share how cannabis has helped you and your favorite way to medicate, like #TeamAmplifeAmbassador Ashley Schrute, Jonathan Lewis, Oscar Loreto, Jr., SuZanne Jacobsen, Steven Hill and Amplife® Founder Abdul Nevarez 🍃 Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Abdul Nevarez showing a Flora & Flame joint, Ashley Schrute engulfed by two bouquets of cannabis, Jonathan Lewis enjoying cannabis while showing his “ONE LEG” tattoo across his knuckles and prosthetics on his pinky knuckles, and Oscar Loreto, Jr., SuZanne Jacobsen & Steven Hill enjoying cannabis.] PUFF PUFF PASS 😶🌫️ #420 CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Cole Neely! Entrepreneur / Race Car Driver Left Below Knee Amputee Palmyra PA, United States Member Since October 20th, 2017 Cole’s Amplife® Story: “My left foot was crushed with a skid loader at work when I was 32 years old. I have overcome all this and still own my own fabrication shop and drift my Nissan 240SX. I build race cars all day and love showing people life isn’t over after a tragic accident. I learned how to do everything just as good, if not better than before my amputation.” Connect with Cole - amplife.co/cole-neely Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Cole Neely drifting his Nissan 240SX, working in his fabrication shop, next to his Ford Focus ST at a car show, and rockin’ his Amplife® while wearing the Severed Society® Drip Flat Bill Snapback and Severed Society® Never Surrender T-Shirt.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, John Turoldo! Survivor Left Below Knee Amputee Malvern OH, United States Member Since March 8th, 2021 John’s Amplife® Story: “I had my amputation below the left knee. It was due to having a rare form of cancer called Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor. I am now cancer free, have been running again and looking forward to a 24 HR trek.” Connect with John - amplife.co/john-turoldo Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of John Turoldo golfing, chilling with friends in the city, hanging with his dog, and rockin’ his Amplife® while wearing the Amplife® Death Cheater™ T-Shirt, Amplife® Logo PVC Patch Curved Bill Fitted and Ampstrong Hoodie.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM
Celebrate #TeamAmplifeAmbassador, Jonathan Lewis! Entrepreneur Left Below Knee Amputee Platte Woods MO, United States Member Since June 24th, 2004 Jonathan’s Amplife® Story: “I lost my leg in a car accident after spending 8 years in the Army in 2004. Since then I have fought for cannabis legalization, started a production company, and spend most of my time on a Harley. I am a left below the knee amputee. I’ve created a TV series about motorcycles and amputees. Always remember, Pain today and strength tomorrow.” Connect with Jonathan - amplife.co/jonathan-lewis Team Amplife® Ambassadors - amplife.co/ambassadors Join Team Amplife® - team.amplife.co Get involved with Amplife® Awareness - amplife.co/awareness [Alt text: Collage of Jonathan Lewis working on productions, riding his motorcycle with his dog, and rockin’ his Amplife® while wearing the Death Cheater™ Halo T-Shirt, Hoodie & Patch, Amplife® Curved Bill Snapback, Amplife® Logo PVC Patch Curved Bill Fitted, Amplife® Death Cheater™ T-Shirt and Severed Society® Members Only Amplife® Sticker & Severed Society® Drip Sticker on the back of his motorcycle.] CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP. #AMPLIFE #TEAMAMPLIFE #AMPLIFEAMBASSADOR #AMPLIFECLOTHING #AMPLIFEFOUNDATION #AMPLIFEAWARENESS #AMPLIFEAWARENESSMONTH #AAM