Go Josie. The Self Discovery of Parathlete Josie Fouts
This is just the beginning The beginning of Josie the Paralympian. The beginning of evolving the bicycle industry to include all bodies. The beginning of a new cycling discipline without boundaries and limits: gravel. Before the making of Go Josie, selfproclaimed mad scientist Josie Fouts was normal: she worked a 9 to 5 job that was underpaid, she prioritized finishing her work over social events, and she commuted by bike 28 miles in a day. She did it all with only one hand. Even after quitting her dream job to train fulltime as a cyclist, she still considered herself normal entering ablebodied stage races, crits, circuits, and training without adaptations: staying in the big chainring or riding 1x, only using the front brake, and no prosthetics. This short film highlights a pivotal point not only of Josies cycling journey, but how the bicycle is helping her understand herself on a deeper level. When Josie sees what other paracyclists Katie Walker and Leo Ro
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