I'm motivated by the same things that would motivate any Olympic hopeful to try so hard

for this.

But then there's also that aspect of like by doing what I'm doing.

I am being the person that I needed to see when I was younger to show myself that who

I am is okay.

This is Game Changer, a series from Death, Sex, and Money about how to lives in livelihoods

of American athletes have been upended this year.

I'm Anna Seale.

Chelsea Wolfe has been riding BMX freestyle since she was a teenager growing up in Florida

and she's got the battle scars to prove it.

I had an accident where I flipped over the handlebars, smashed out my front six teeth, crushed

my jaw, split my lip in two places, broke my nose, and fractured a vertebrae in my neck.

I also have metal rods throughout my left leg.

The injuries in our sport are kind of unreal.

That's definitely a tough thing to get yourself over the fear of, especially as you know,

when you're in your mid 20s, you start to just naturally develop a sense of self preservation

that you didn't have when you were younger.

Chelsea is 27 now.

I talked with her from the condo near West Palm Beach where she lives today, not far from

where she grew up.

We talked mid day before it was cool enough for her to get back out on the ramps at the

local skate park where she normally trains.

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