Logan Aldridge
Encyclopedia
Wesley Logan Aldridge is a lacrosse
player and wakeboarder in Raleigh
, North Carolina. He is most well known for rebounding after losing his left arm in a wakeboarding accident in June 2004 in Lake Gaston
on the Virginia-North Carolina border, returning to his favorite sports, and achieving at even higher levels.
Logan founded an organization called Beyond Expectations to coordinate his motivational speaking engagements throughout the U.S. and to encourage other people to reach beyond their own expectations. During the summer of 2007, he shared his inspirational story at professional lacrosse player Mark Millon
's camps for youth.
With the help of his family and marketing team, he is also launching the Logan Aldridge Foundation to support youth who have experienced sports-related injuries. Logan's first goal is to donate Wii
gaming systems to all the children's hospitals throughout the Southeast U.S. to aid patients in their recovery.
Logan placed second in wakeboarding at the first annual Extremity Games
held in 2006. He placed third in wakeboarding at the second Extremity Games
in 2007, out of 35 competitors.
He has received media coverage for his friendship with teenage pro surfer Bethany Hamilton
who likewise lost her left arm. Her limb loss was due to a shark attack
.
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
player and wakeboarder in Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
, North Carolina. He is most well known for rebounding after losing his left arm in a wakeboarding accident in June 2004 in Lake Gaston
Lake Gaston
Lake Gaston is a hydroelectric reservoir in east United States of America. Part of the lake is in the North Carolina counties of Halifax, Northampton, and Warren. The part extending into Virginia lies in Brunswick and Mecklenburg counties...
on the Virginia-North Carolina border, returning to his favorite sports, and achieving at even higher levels.
Logan founded an organization called Beyond Expectations to coordinate his motivational speaking engagements throughout the U.S. and to encourage other people to reach beyond their own expectations. During the summer of 2007, he shared his inspirational story at professional lacrosse player Mark Millon
Mark Millon
Mark Millon is an American lacrosse player currently playing for the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse.Millon was a college player at the University of Massachusetts, where he gained honors as a 3 time All American , leading UMass to three births in the NCAA tournament...
's camps for youth.
With the help of his family and marketing team, he is also launching the Logan Aldridge Foundation to support youth who have experienced sports-related injuries. Logan's first goal is to donate Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
gaming systems to all the children's hospitals throughout the Southeast U.S. to aid patients in their recovery.
Logan placed second in wakeboarding at the first annual Extremity Games
Extremity Games
The Extremity Games is an adapitve sports competition, similar to the X Games, for athletes with amputations and limb differences. The Extremity Games was started by College Park Industries, a manufacturer of prosthetic feet, in the summer of 2006 in Orlando, Florida...
held in 2006. He placed third in wakeboarding at the second Extremity Games
Extremity Games
The Extremity Games is an adapitve sports competition, similar to the X Games, for athletes with amputations and limb differences. The Extremity Games was started by College Park Industries, a manufacturer of prosthetic feet, in the summer of 2006 in Orlando, Florida...
in 2007, out of 35 competitors.
He has received media coverage for his friendship with teenage pro surfer Bethany Hamilton
Bethany Hamilton
Bethany Meilani Hamilton is an American professional surfer. She is known for surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm, and for overcoming the injury to ultimately return to professional surfing. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of...
who likewise lost her left arm. Her limb loss was due to a shark attack
Shark attack
A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year around 60 shark attacks are reported worldwide, although death is quite unusual. Despite the relative rarity of shark attacks, the fear of sharks is a common phenomenon, having been fueled by the occasional instances of serial attacks,...
.