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Two years after surgery left Emma Dieters an incomplete quadriplegic, she's found new purpose in para surfing

Always active, Emma Dieters wanted to get back in the water with her kids, but neck pain sometimes made it too hard to move. (ABC Sport: John Gunn)

When life throws you a curve ball, it's the way you handle it that often gets you through. And two years ago, life threw Emma Dieters a huge one.

The 41-year-old mother of two from Sydney's Northern Beaches had been experiencing debilitating neck pain due to a bulging disc for years, sometimes going for weeks on bed rest.

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