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After losing most of his right arm in a fishing accident in 1993, Denholm began designing prosthetics for water sports and other activities. Meeting the challenge of Maverick’s is a personal highlight.

Almost 20 years later, Jeff Denholm still remembers in detail the first time he got back on a surfboard after the accident.

It was a cold October morning at Gooch’s Beach in Kennebunk, Maine, when Denholm and his five remaining inches of right arm waded into the 30-degree water. Attached to his nub was a plastic cup stitched inside a wet suit   …  Pictures and more

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