12-year-old California amputee surfs again with 3-D-printed ‘water leg’

A boy with a prosthetic leg surfs. — San Diego, CA – June 22: Jonah Villamil wears his 3-D printed prosthetic limb successfully stands up on his board in the low surf at La Jolla Shores on Thursday, June 22, 2023 in San Diego, CA. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

PUBLISHED: August 8, 2023 at 1:08 PM MDT | UPDATED: August 9, 2023 at 5:24 AM MDT

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Limber Prosthetics and Orthotics is a startup that grew out of UC San Diego. The company makes 3-D printed prosthetic limbs

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