11 year old wheelchair athlete Jaylee Dutcher drops into the bowl for the first time at the Venice Skate Park, during the Life Rolls On They Will Skate Again event. With some encouraging words from her idol, Nitro Circus star Aaron Wheelz Fotheringham, and her father standing by below, she successfully overcomes that fear of dropping into a bowl for the first time.
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Once again there was a Rail Jam at the end of Life Rolls On's They Will Skate Again event. But unlike last year's Rail Jam, which was an spur-of-the-moment session on one of the sketchiest makeshift ramps ever, this year a real ramp was brought out and it was made an official mini contest in the They Will Skate Again schedule of events for the day.
The contest was held in the standard jam format, where all the competitors just went when the wanted as many times as they felt like, and at the end, the judges would pick who had the best overall hits on the rail. Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham's 180 over the rail was the trick that basically crowned him the contest's champ.
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Also, check out Adaptive Skate Clinic portion of They Will Skate Again, and Life Rolls On's They Will Surf Again:
The Life Rolls On Foundation held their annual They Will Skate Again event this past weekend at the Venice Skate Park. Just like their They Will Surf Again events, They Will Skate Again is a free event where individuals with varied levels of mobility can participate in clinics to help them learn the sport. Top wheelchair-motocross athletes, like Nitro Circus' Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham, were on hand to coach kids of all ages on how to safely ride the skate park.
Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham in the snake run. In between coaching, Aaron was tearing up the park with tricks like this.
Nose wheeelie carve by Jesse Swalley, who also competes in the OG JAM Series.
Oscar Loreto out of the snake run and over Quinn.
Taking a solo run into the deep end of the snake run bowl. Now she is teaching Aaron. 360's on the rear wheels.
Just like last year, there was a Rail Jam towards the end of the day. More on the Rail Jam in the next blog post.
Closing the event was the awards ceremony. Plaques were given out to the stand out participants. More shots from the awards Ceremony in the Awards Photo Gallery.
There are over 100 more photos, which is way too many for this blog post, but they can all be viewed in the photo galleries linked below:
Video of the They Will Skate Again will be online soon, subscribe to our YouTube channel to get updated on when it goes live. Last year's videos are on our channel.
Don't forget the Rail Jam: :
Also, check out Life Rolls On's They Will Surf Again:
