A car accident could have ended the young pro skier’s life. Instead, it gave him a second chance.

Dispatches: News from the Field, November 1996 Sport: Could This Be the World’s Greatest Athlete? Meet Chris Waddell, Paralympic skiing legend cum sprinting hopeful By Katie Arnold At his home in western Massachusetts, 28-year-old Chris Waddell is mulling a decision that a year ago wouldn’t have…

“When you sit down on an exercise machine, with your back against chair, you tend to shut down the rest of your body,” warns Laird Hamilton. “You want strength that you can actually control and apply.” It’s called functional strength, and it dictates the way you should lift weights. Here’s…

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Christian Thomas, a.k.a. Buddy Backpacker, finished the Continental Divide Trail on September 18, becoming the youngest person to complete all three of the nation's longest hiking trails

WHEN TONY KANAAN lines up for the Indianapolis 500 on May 29, chances are he’ll have one of the slowest heartbeats on the grid—and not because of overconfidence. The 30-year-old Brazilian uses triathlon training to prep for the rigors of his 200-mile-per-hour workdays. And it’s paying off. Kanaan won the…