Marlon was on a junior high school class trip to Italy in 2007 when he fell from a 3rd story balcony of the hotel he was staying at. The 35-foot fall resulted in a complete T4 (vertebrae) Spinal Cord Injury. The 23 year-old skier is currently an intern at the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (for adaptive skiing and other sports) and has a goal of passing along his skills to others and becoming the best instructor he can be.