One-Legged Surfer Rips Padang w/a Homemade Prosthetic Limb

Shredding Padang Padang doesn’t come easy even with two working legs. Fabrizio Passetti has overcome all kinds of obstacles to drop in with just one and a homemade prosthetic.

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Fabrizio Passetti is an Italian surfer who grew up on the picturesque coastline of the football boot. Tragically, he lost his leg during a bike accident at just 17-years-old – he’s 36 now. So, when a video dropped into our inbox of Fabrizio surfing Padang Padang, we were stoked to see adaptive surfing in Indo and that the surfer was from Italy – which can be a hotbed of setups, if the time and conditions align.

Anyway, turns out, Fabrizio has quite the inspiring story. He is determined to push adaptive surfing after going through a hell of a rough few years coming to terms with the amputation of his leg. Love, life, grief and acceptance are all driving factors in Fabrizio’s surfing. We tapped him up to ask a few questions.

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Click to MAGIC SEAWEED for the interview twin Fabrizio Passetti

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let your dreams happen, Padang I want to thank you, you are my greatest fear, my greatest joy, you are my whole life , my biggest challenge we have made the impossible possible , Respect has to be earned 🙏🏻❤️🌊 📸 @photoinwater @ocean_earth79 @sector_nolimits @itop_spa_officine_ortopediche @gopro #padangpadang #padangpadangcup #surf #surfer #surfer #passion #barrel #wave #waves #surfingpics #dream #goodvibes #photography #photooftheday #amputee #adaptiveathlete #adaptivesurfing #ocean #balibagus #standwalksurfrepeat

A post shared by Fabrizio Passetti (@fabriziopassetti) on Jul 18, 2019 at 4:42pm PDT

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