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College Park Industries Announces the First O&P Extremity Games; Inaugural Event Takes Place July 28-30, 2006 in Orlando, Florida.


FRASER, Mich. -- College Park Industries is pleased to announce that on July 28-30, 2006 the inaugural O&P Extremity Games will take place at the Orlando Watersports Complex. The O&P Extremity Games is the first, extreme amateur sporting competition designed for individuals living with limb loss or limb difference.

"We are very excited about the inception of the O&P Extremity Games," said Eric Robinson, President of College Park Industries. "The event will give amputees the opportunity to not only demonstrate their skill, but to defy any preconceived notions of inability."

Organized to raise awareness of the ability of amputees to compete in extreme sports, the O&P Extremity Games includes four judged competitions in skateboarding, wakeboarding Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water behind a boat. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. , BMX BMX
abbr.
bicycle motocross


BMX
Noun

1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle

2.
 biking and rock climbing, for a $25,000 total cash purse. Individuals, 13 years and older, living with limb loss or limb difference are eligible to compete. For information on the games, go to www.extremitygames.com

"The O&P Extremity Games is the first time that amputee am·pu·tee
n.
A person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation.
 athletes, who participate in action sports, will get a chance to collectively show their stuff and gain recognition for their abilities. It's going to change the way some people think of us and what we can achieve," said Garry Moore, founder of Amped Riders. "Our skateboarding team, the Amped Riders, will be there and we encourage other amputees to come out for this landmark event."

O&P Business News has signed on to be the O&P Extremity Games Official Media Publication; the Amputee Coalition of America The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is a nonprofit organization based in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America. ACA's mission is to reach out to people with limb loss and empower them through education, support and advocacy.  (ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture ) has joined as Health and Education Partner. Disabled Sports USA and the Wounded Warrior Project have also joined as partners.

About College Park Industries

College Park Industries is a leader in the prosthetic pros·thet·ic
adj.
1. Serving as or relating to a prosthesis.

2. Of or relating to prosthetics.



prosthetic

serving as a substitute; pertaining to prostheses or to prosthetics.
 industry, providing the most anatomically correct prosthetic feet available. The company was incorporated in 1988 upon completion of the first TruStep Foot prototype, designed and built by David L. Robinson. Today, College Park remains committed to the research and development of the finest prosthetic products in the world.

College Park's customers include independent orthotic orthotic /or·thot·ic/ (or-thot´ik) serving to protect or to restore or improve function; pertaining to the use or application of an orthosis.

or·thot·ic
adj.
Of or relating to orthotics.
 and prosthetic facilities worldwide. End-users of College Park products are lower limb amputees of all ages and activity levels. For more information, visit www.college-park.com.
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