This fall term at school saw me taking Design 393, the fundamentals of visual communication design, at the University of Alberta. In this class we worked with typography, photography, and how to combine them both to convey and evoke emotions, ideas, and information etc. The final project in this class was to create a booklet…Read more Precision
Healing Journey
Posts related to Stefan’s healing and recovery from the crash on August 30, 2018 which resulted in him sustaining a severe traumatic brain injury.
My Journey, Five Years Later
I was on a trajectory to the top of the track cycling world when an unthinkable crash at the 2018 Pan-American Track Cycling Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico, would set me on another path: a path of physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury. This video is that story of my healing…Read more My Journey, Five Years Later
A Beautiful Ride
On Saturday evening, January 25, 2020, at the Track Cycling World Cup in Milton, Canada, Stefan was given a heart-felt honouring. The announcers welcomed Stefan onto the track to a standing ovation - see video below. He rode five laps around his national home track for the first time since the August 30, 2018 injury.…Read more A Beautiful Ride
My Track Cycling Career
photo credit: Cycling Canada Instagram Story It has been over a year now since my crash on August 30, 2018. The road to recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury is long and challenging. Although my recovery is going incredibly well, I still have the final portions of it ahead of me. With that being…Read more My Track Cycling Career
7th Month Healing Update
The healing and rehab continues steadily and Stefan is in great health. Today, March 29th, is about 7 months since Stefanβs accident, and as the doctors have said, βThe brain heals but it takes time.β Now what has Stefan been up to . . . The Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital here in Edmonton continues to stand…Read more 7th Month Healing Update
3rd Month Healing Update
picture taken on December 4th, 2018 Stefan's brain injury and body continues to heal daily in small, stable, and steady ways. We continue to see subtle improvements in vision, voice, memory, left arm movement and left leg movement. True to Stefan's dedication to training as an elite athlete, he uses these skills towards bringing about…Read more 3rd Month Healing Update
Healing & Thanks π
Thanks Be To God and YOU !!! Thank YOU for being part of Stefan's Healing Journey to date and also thanks for in whichever way you have participated in the 21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer!!! May you all be so incredibly blessed with abundant love, health, happiness and strength!!! We are so very…Read more Healing & Thanks π
21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer
Healing from a brain injury is an unknown journey. In the unknown lies unlimited potential. Out of unlimited potential arises the creation of a new possibility. We invite you to participate in Stefan Karl Ritter's healing journey by praying/asking the 21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer below. With love, gratitude and blessings, The Ritter…Read more 21 Day Stefan Karl Ritter Healing Prayer
High Performance, High Risk, High Healing
Above is a picture of Stefan at age 12 in June, 2010 at the Juventus Cycling Club. This is when Stefan first learned to ride on the velodrome track. High Performance From a very young age like about 4 years old, it was quite clear to Norm and I that our son Stefan would become…Read more High Performance, High Risk, High Healing
2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship
Stefan crashed on August 30th at theΒ 2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship inΒ Aguascalientes, Mexico. We (Barbara, Norman and Carsten Ritter) would personally like to thank the Cycling Canada for all their love and support at this time. As well as the love, outreach and support from lots of family, friends, Edmonton and world wide cycling communities,…Read more 2018 Pan-Amercian Track Cycling Championship