Alexa Loo, a Canadian snowboarder's story

    Alexa Loo is a snowboarder from Canada. She grew up next to the mountains and took her first ride on a board at the age of 15, not racing until 6 years later. In the Olympics of 2006 she was going down her second run when she took a nasty fall and came in 20th place. Then, in early 2007 she tore a knee ligament. She then partnered up with two humble business men, the Kin brothers, and made herself into a hero and idol to young people everywhere. The Kin brothers became wealthy business owners and Loo's story was published and she went from school to school telling her story. She also won a World Cup silver medal in Australia, and will once again represent Canada at the Winter Olympics.
    This article shows how people like the Kin brothers or Alexa Loo can start off from something small or difficult and reach and strive for their goals. The Kin brothers came from China, didn't know any English, and yet still managed to start a small business which later grew off into several stores. Loo started as a kid just messing around, went to the Olympics, got injured, and still managed to push past that and reach her ultimate goal of competing in races (and another Olympics), on top of all that she teamed up with the Kin brothers and got a book published about her story which she now goes around and tells to other people. If something as hard as an injury like hers had happened to me, or even moving to a completely different country, I would have found great strength in this article. I find strength in it regardless. It just goes to show you that giving up is never the answer. No matter how hard life gets for you, you need to push past the pain and hardships to make something great out of them. I don't think that you should ever let something like this limit you or what you do in life, your goals can always be accomplished. You just have to try and work for them, and that's exactly what the Kin brothers and Loo did. 
   If I felt the need to see more into this article I would definitely look up her book, or even just look up Alexa Loo online. I'm sure you could easily find information about her and her life, her hardships, and her successes. We set goals to achieve them, she set goals to strive for them.