The Inspiring Adaptive Athletes Who Create Their Own Gear

The following article first appeared in POWDER's Fall 2024 print issue, 'Not Another Gear Guide'. Get a copy shipped directly to your home, or look for it on a newsstand near you.Adapt & FlySanti Vega Castro was perched precariously, high on the Grand Teton. Balanced on a tiny ledge, the slope dropping off below him at 50 degrees, he started to do something that made his partner, Mark, a little uneasy. He took off his prosthetic leg.
“I wear a silicone liner because if my stump gets sw