This short film follows one of our main characters, Juanjo Méndez, on his victorious day at the Spanish Cycling Championships in Majorca this year, which was just one step in his journey to the 2012 London Paralympics.
We also get to know Juanjo, hear his inspiring story and find out how he overcame [...]
Our Pirates received an unexpected visit by Miguel Indurain, winner of the Tour de France five consecutive times, who spent the day with our protagonists.
We hope you like it.
Watch our short film telling the story of the Amazing Lyn Levitt. We asked her to compose the music for Imparables and after we got to know her we felt we had to share her story. She is a proud member of The British Paraorchestra. I hope you enjoy the film.
This is the amazing story of twin brothers Jubal and Guillem. Jubal had his leg amputated shortly after birth. Their mother met Juanjo Mendez who Invited them to the Velodrome.
Just a few years later, they are both on their way to becoming BMX champions. This is a moving story about family love [...]
A very different film from the previous one, “A Cadet’s Life” tells the story of Joaquim Rodríguez, the 88yo Pirate affectionately called “The Cadet”. It is a very special video about a very special person. We hope you will enjoy it.
Elisa is the newest girl in the team. As she tells us in this video, her journey to becoming one of the “Pirates” began a day she was stuck in traffic in a car with a friend, feeling a little down about life, and spotted Juanjo cycling along the road, racing past them. She [...]
On this video we introduce many of our main characters: Juanjo, Bernat, Raquel… It has been watched by more than 100,000 people so far.
Find out why!
Paco, a member of the Genesis cycling club in Barcelona, had a massive surprise the day he turned up at the Velodrome and found his hero Miguel Indurain there to greet him. (thanks Miguel)
Unfortunately shortly after the visit, Paco lost his battle with Cancer. He had managed to survive longer than the doctors [...]
Hero, icon, legend, and inspiration are just a handful of superlatives one can bestow on Alessandro (Alex) Zanardi, the two-time CART champion and more recently, Paralympic Gold Medallist in London 2012.
Zanardi’s car racing career never really got going despite several cracks at Formula One in the early 1990s before he was hired by [...]
This is Richie Parker. He’s a number of things: car enthusiast, engineer, employee, son. He’s a normal guy for his age, working a job in a field he loves. Oh, he also happens to have no arms.
After watching the video below (bottom of the post) from ESPN, we can’t help but think [...]
Our Unstoppable of the month for October is James Simpson. We are inspired by his recent competition in the Spartan Race (8th September 2013) where he became the first double amputee to compete at the event.
Lance Bombardier James Simpson lost his limbs after he stepped on an explosive device in Afghanistan in 2009.
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We are happy to introduce you to our new Unstoppable: Ade Adepitan!
Ade Adepitan MBE (born 27 March 1973) is a British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. He uses a wheelchair as a result of contracting polio as a child which led to the loss of use of his left leg.
Adepitan was [...]
We now have a new Unstoppable for August: Nobuyuki Tsujii.
A bit about him: Nobuyuki was born blind but with a talent for music. At the age of two, he began to play “Do Re Mi” on a toy piano after his mother had been humming the tune. He began his formal study of [...]
