{"id":161219,"date":"2017-09-15T12:13:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T12:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=161219"},"modified":"2017-09-27T13:29:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T13:29:58","slug":"one-armed-bmx-rider-refuses-give-beloved-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/09\/15\/one-armed-bmx-rider-refuses-give-beloved-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Armed BMX Rider Refuses to Give Up His Beloved Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Everybody expects the 19-year-old Jack Dumper to have some wild story about losing the lower part of his left arm, but the truth is he was born without it. And to his credit, he didn\u2019t let this condition affect his life at all. When Jack fell in love with BMX about 4 years ago, he didn\u2019t hesitate and jumped right in.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161223\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/09\/profimedia-0294356983.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161223\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/09\/profimedia-0294356983.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Dumper has learned how to perform a series of jaw-dropping stunts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The young Brit simply ties his left hoodie sleeve to the handlebar for stability and pulls off the same tricks as his friends. Damper\u2019s ultimate dream is to become a pro BMXer, although he\u2019s aware of the fact that it might never happen. He doesn\u2019t despair though and is trying his hardest, eager to find out what the future holds for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything is possible, and you don\u2019t need two arms to ride a BMX. BMX is for everyone,\u201d Damper told Huffington Post and added an inspirational message for anyone with disabilities who hesitates to take up an active lifestyle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161221\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/09\/5957a0881500006303bfbb8d.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161221\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/09\/5957a0881500006303bfbb8d.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">huffingtonpost.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t let anything stop you or anyone tell you that you can\u2019t do it, because you can do anything that you set your mind to. You just need to find a way of doing it that works for you, as the only thing in your way is yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out Jack\u2019s mad skills in the video below.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=aBx9tm4yyJs params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/aBx9tm4yyJs\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody expects the 19-year-old Jack Dumper to have some wild story about losing the lower part of his left arm, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":161224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328],"tags":[1350,1351],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-161219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoor-mountain","tag-jack-dumper","tag-one-armed-bmx-rider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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