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Showing posts with label lro. Show all posts

8/14/15

Wheelz

The biography on Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham is out now:

"The effect that Wheelz has on the crowd is out of this world. I mean, we have the best in the world of action sports, and more people come to see Wheelz than anybody else." Travis Pastrana, -X Games gold medalist and Nitro Circus organizer, leader and performer.

Many people succeed in spite of great challenges. Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham is not one of those people. When asked by ESPN, "How do you define spina bifida?" Aaron responded, "A great opportunity." Consumed by the simple but logical belief that riding is more fun than walking, Aaron took his wheelchair and turned it into a toy, playing and practicing on it until there was no place he couldn't go. After beating his peers in all the BMX competitions he could enter, Aaron became the unicorn of the Nitro Circus team, the ultimate dream of many BMX riders and skateboarders.

Aaron's biography so far includes pain, determination, failure, motivation, and unimagined success. And yet these things are incidental to the real story. What makes his story great is that his attitude is contagious, and Wheelz is anything but quarantined.



The kindle edition is just $3.99, or you can read it for free if you are a member of Amazon's Kindle Unlimited




7/29/15

LRO Wheelchair Rail Jam


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.






A ton more photos in the Rail Jam Photo Gallery.



Currently editing the video footage of the Rail Jam, it will be online soon, subscribe to our YouTube channel to get updated on when it goes live. Last year's Rail Jam Video is on our channel.


Also, check out Adaptive Skate Clinic portion of They Will Skate Again, and Life Rolls On's They Will Surf Again: