It's been almost two decades since Mike Coots lost his left leg to a shark, but he wants the world to know that he's still in the water -- and he's still stoked about it. When he recently got a new prosthetic leg -- one custom-made with carbon fiber by Össur, an Icelandic orthopedics developer -- Coots filmed the 18-second video above with his Go Pro to show how surfing with it made him feel. "I was surfing on my previous legs, but it was uncomfortable because they were made of wood and metal," Coots told HuffPost.
Shark Attack Survivor Says Surfing With A Prosthetic Leg Keeps Him 'stoked'
Carla Herreria, Huffington Post
Fri, 11/21/2014 - 1:29pm
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