Less than two weeks ago, Kevin Pearce strapped in and rode his snowboard for the first time since suffering a traumatic brain, he sustained nearly two years ago. Pearce's injury garnered a lot of media attention and his return to boarding has captured the attention of mainstream outlets as well.

On Sunday, a story about Pearce and his triumphant return to the slopes appeared on People.com. Kevin tweeted about the Christmas-day story saying, "I have a real nice story on the home page of people.com under the latest headlines. Check it out, Merry Christmas!"

Here's an excerpt from the story.

The Vermont-based athlete - who says if it were up to him instead of the doctor, he would have been back at his craft a year ago - explains the difficult recovery he continues to undergo since his life-changing injury.

"I've been working hard at a lot of things, whether it's physical therapy or eye therapy," Pearce says. "I got eye surgery about a month and a half ago. Even though my eyes are a lot better now, they're not perfect, so I have been doing exercises with them. And I've been in the gym, working out. I've been getting everything together and working on my balance."

Still, he faces significant challenges that will never go away.

"A brain injury is always a brain injury, and unfortunately I'm always going to be a brain-injured kid," Pearce says. "The real issue I have is my memory. It's hard to explain, because everyone's always like, 'Oh, my memory sucks, too.' But nobody has any idea how much my memory affects me on a day-to-day basis."

Read the rest of the story at People.com