Annijke Wade, mountain biker, on her recent spinal cord injury

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Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Annijke Wade is a mountain biker who was finishing her third season of racing when a crash on a familiar trail left her permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Now, almost three months later, she talks to Payson about coming to terms with her life-altering injury. Shortly before the crash, Annijke became a certified mountain bike coach and founded BIPOC AF, an organization that seeks to make the cycling community more inclusive and accessible to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. ...

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0:00.0	I remember like kind of floating in the air.
0:03.0	And the next thing I remember is being on the ground
0:06.0	in the middle of the trail.
0:07.0	One of the people that were riding with
0:09.0	was right behind me and, you know, asked if I was okay.
0:12.0	And I knew immediately at that point, I said, I'm paralyzed.
0:17.0	It's showtime, everybody! Showtime!
0:20.0	You've been living in a dream world, Neil. It's showtime, everybody! Showtime!
0:24.6	You've been living in the dream world, Neil. This is the world as it exists today.
0:30.6	Life moves pretty fast.
0:32.6	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:34.6	You could miss it.
0:36.6	Listen, we're talking about practice. and look around once in a while. You could miss it.
0:40.5	Listen, we talk about practice.
0:42.7	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:44.5	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:45.9	I see.
0:47.9	You think this has nothing to do with you.
0:51.9	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
0:57.0	This is the adventure stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:01.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. Today we have an interview that frankly was incredibly intimidating for me.
1:07.0	Onica Wade might not be a household name for many of you.
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