Wheelchair MotoCross Rail Jam

Just the Life Rolls On They Will Skate Again event was coming to a close, an unscheduled rail jam started up.










Check out The They Will Skate Again event coverage for more about the adaptive skate Clinics and Contest that went on prior to this rail jam.

There are over 200 more photos of the entire Life Rolls On event, check out these galleries:

Life Rolls On: They Will Skate Again

Skating the Venice skatepark "clamshells" with a little help from Aaron Fotheringham

Life Rolls On held their annual They Will Skate Again event on Saturday at the Venice Skatepark. This is a free event where individuals with varied levels of mobility can learn to shred the park. It's a full day of activities, there is a pro skate exhibition that basically runs throughout the day, where wheelchair and assisted skateboarding athletes are showing what is possible by throwing down tricks, grinds, and carves on all parts of the skatepark. While that is happening, there are adaptive skate clinics being held, where Top wheelchair-motocross athletes, like Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham, are on hand to coach how to safely ride the skatepark. Life Rolls On had all the proper equipment and safety gear available for participants who needed it.


Following the free lunch provided by Chipotle, there was an Adaptive Skate Contest. With contestants from all over the country competing, the crowd got to witness some awesome runs.

"Just need to find someone willing to push me very fast"

Her first time dropping in. She did take a fall, but she got right up and still spent the rest of the day skating. 

Fearless Abel Rose. He is only 2 years old.

Life Rolls On founder Jesse Billauer

As the contest wrapped, and the awards were about to be given out, an epic Wheelchair MotoCross Rail Jam started. More on that here.

There are over 200 more photos of the entire Life Rolls On event, check out these galleries:

Some past Life Rolls On Events:

Shogo Kubo Memorial Paddle Out

At noon on Saturday, July 19, family, friends, and fans gathered at the Venice Beach Pier for a paddle out in memory of legendary skateboarder, original Z-Boy Shogo Kubu who passed away last month.

Aaron Wheelz Fotheringham: Wheelchair Moto-Cross Athlete

Aaron Fotheringham was born with Spina Bifida, a birth defect of the spinal cord that resulted in him having no usage of his legs, but that didn't stop him from doing whatever anyone else could. At the age of 8, after watching his brother do it several times, he tried to dropped in on a quarter-pipe. He did fall, but not the type to give up so easily, he tried till he made it. He was now hooked.

With the encouragement of his parents, Aaron kept riding the skatepark, trying new things, inventing new tricks, progressing what he calls "Wheelchair Moto-Cross". Attempting such tricks, Aaron always wore a full face helmet, “Don’t be an idiot!” is his mantra. A broken wheelchair did almost ended it all, he was unable to afford a new one, until his friends raised money to get him a wheelchair strong enough to take the abuse. Soon Aaron got the attention of the wheelchair manufacturer, his bag of tricks, including a mid air 180*, got him a sponsorship. Taking advantage of social media, Aaron posted videos of his newest tricks to his Facebook Page, which rapidly gained fans world-wide. He now has several sponsors, has gotten preform all over the world, even gone on tour with Nitro Circus as a team member. Aaron also coaches and mentors at a camp for disable children, showing them that a wheelchair can be a toy, not a restriction.

"Always test your boundaries and don’t let the ‘disability’ restrain your capacities and possibilities."



Aaron's sponsors include Box Wheelchairs and Unit Clothing