#wcmx

I'm fundraising for a wcmx wheelchair to let me continue skating and as my condition progresses it will become a full time need

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how do i do WCMX. how do i do it. i used to skate but now my arms/abs are so weak so i don’t think i could do anything in my chair besides like slowly roll around the skatepark which would also be very fun and cool but.

i want to skate again i cry so much it was (is) a pivotal part of my personality and the idea that i can do it in a wheelchair is so hopeful

but idk what’s wrong with my body and idk how to get strong again or if it’s even safe to workout like sometimes just reaching high up for a cup and then pouring water fully winds me and i can’t move for a while afterwards (and am grateful for when i can even do that)

atm i have a hospital transport chair that was crowdsourced and i’m going to get a custom one (not WCMX, for daily use) but it’s all going to be based on research and crip knowledge bc i have no doctors. so im hoping that wheeling around won’t take so much out of me and that using a custom chair will be a lot easier (point being that i hope my chair alone doesn’t wind me so much and it’s just bc this one is heavy and my arms are at the wrong angle etc)

i know i need a PT i have not seen a doctor in nearly a decade and no doctor is aware of what’s been happening to my body listen im working on it im very underinsured right now im just really going off of collective knowledge and doing what i can with what i have

also i know there are specific chairs for this but that’s not happening anytime soon

literally any input would be helpful i love u all

Luzi Castillo is an amazing, 13 year old, wheelchair basketball player, surfer and skater from California.

Luzi has been a wheelchair user for all her life. She was born with an incomplete spinal cord due to spina bifida. This is a congenital disorder which caused her to be paralyzed from the waist down and left her without any sensation in her legs.

In 2019, Barcroft TV made a beautiful short film about her life and about her sporting activities. Luzi is contagiously positive about her condition. She told Barcroft TV: “If you’re in a wheelchair, you can do anything you want. I’m faster than all the boys at the skatepark.”