Without legs to success

This ist the story of a young men who lost his legs in a tragic accident, Italo Romano.
As a 13 year old boy, he was playing with his friends when he fell between carriages and nearly lost his life.
The first years, it was very difficult for him to live without legs, and his classmates in school didn't make it easier.
But he never gave up this one big dream, he always wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But everyone tought that it was impossible, how could a teenager without legs be a skateboarder?
So he followed his dream, not listening at his friends or family, and just tried his luck. He gave up the studying and began to train very hard, about 8 hours every day.

Now, with 23 years he made it to the finals at the Tampa Pro 2012  ( skateboard competition)