18-year-old Jed Anderson is riding the wave and relishing every moment.

“So now we’re trying to get next year an amputee side of the wake surfing competition,” he smiles.

His prosthetic lower left leg is fitted with a waterproof, shock-absorbing attachment that works just fine, even in a several-foot-high wake, generated by a powerboat.

“It has a hydraulic shock that compresses,” Anderson explains.

That’s far from the only watersport the active Willmar teen takes part in.

“Today I learned how to ride in an efoil, which is like a surfboard with an electric motor on it, and you float in the air,” Anderson says. “I would rather be like, what’s the next thing I can accomplish, what is the next obstacle I can get over?”

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