TREVOR KENNISON – DAY ONE (2020)
About the Film
Documentary, Sports | 3 MIN | US
Five years after breaking his back in a snowboarding accident and being left paralyzed from the waist down, Trevor Kennison returns to the backcountry facing a new set of challenges.
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