Education
Born in Juneau, Alaska, McBride graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 2001.
Born in Juneau, Alaska, McBride graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 2001.
During the same year he got into a skiing accident which left him paralyzed and with two broken vertebrates in his neck. After his accident he began to attend the University of Oregon from which he got a degree in international studies in 2005. But that didn"t stop him from winning gold and by 2010 he earned three more.
In his spare time he plays harmonica, rides a bike and travels to El Salvador where he teaches English.
Currently he attends Portland State University where he pursuing master"s degree in non-fiction writing.