Monster Mike Schultz

The Story

Known in the racing community as “Monster” Mike, the 36-year-old from St. Cloud, MN has transformed the world of adaptive action sports in more ways than one. In 2008, Mike suffered a terrible knee injury during a snowmobile competition resulting in the amputation of his left leg above the knee. Shortly after his accident, Mike was back doing what he loves but the regular prosthetic wasn’t cutting it for the competitive, rigorous sports his body at one time couldn’t handle. Mike engineered a durable and versatile mechanical knee. Within seven months, Mike was again competing on the national stage at the ESPN X Games, receiving a silver medal in Adaptive Motocross.Ten years and eight X Games gold medals later, Mike has made a name for himself in the sports of Motocross, Snocross, Snowboard (and soon to be a name) in the sport of Snow Bike.

This year, Mike added one of his biggest accomplishments to his list of honors and brought the U.S. a gold and a silver in snowboarding from the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang. Mike was voted as the U.S. flag bearer for the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies, and this year won an ESPY Award for “Best Male Athlete with a Disability”.

The Story

Known in the racing community as “Monster” Mike, the 36-year-old from St. Cloud, MN has transformed the world of adaptive action sports in more ways than one. In 2008, while living his dream as one of the top professional Snocross racers in the world, Mike suffered a terrible knee injury during a snowmobile competition resulting in the amputation of his left leg above the knee. Shortly after his accident, Mike was back doing what he loves but the regular prosthetic wasn’t cutting it for the competitive, rigorous sports his body at one time couldn’t handle. Mike engineered a durable and versatile mechanical knee. Within seven months, Mike was again competing on the national stage at the ESPN X Games, receiving a silver medal in Adaptive Motocross.Ten years and eight X Games gold medals later, Mike has made a name for himself in the sports of Motocross, Snocross, Snowboard (and soon to be a name) in the sport of Snow Bike.

Motocross

3x ESPN X Games Medalist

2015- Created, managed and compete in the MSA (Moto Sport Adaptive) Adaptive Motocross Championship series.
2013 – ESPN Summer X Games Adaptive Super-X Gold Medalist
2010 - ESPN Summer X Games Adaptive Super-X Gold Medalist
2009 - ESPN Summer X Games Adaptive Super-X Silver Medalist
2009-2012 - Extremity Games Adaptive Motocross Gold & Silver Medalist
1998 D23 250B Points Champion

Snowboard

2X Paralympic Medalist – 20 World Cup medals – 3x points Champion

2018- Pyeong Chang Paralympic GOLD medalist Snowboardcross
2018- Pyeong Chang Paralympic Silver medalist Banked Slalom
2018 – IPC Overall Champion in Boardecross, Banked Slalom and Combined
2014-2019 – IPC World Cup medals in Snowboardcross and Banked Slalom; 11-Gold, 2-Silver & 7 Bronze
2017 USA National Champion- Boardercross
2017 World Champs- Banked Slalom- Silver
2012 ESPN X Games Adaptive Boardercross- 5^th

Snocross

6x X Games Gold Medalist – ISOC National Champion

2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 & 2017 ESPN X Games Adaptive Snocross Gold medalist
2012 ISOC National Champion – Pro Vet
2005-2008 - 5 National WPSA Pro podiums & Top 10 Season finishes in Pro Stock & Open
2008 - 6th place FIM World Championship in Mala, Sweden
2006/2007 - Most Improved Pro (WPSA)
2002 – WSA MN Regional Racer of the Year