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Xtreme Wheelchairing for Teens?
We all know the saying “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” but how many of us really live it?
Enter the [brave new] world of hard-core sitting. To you and me, that’s doing skateboarding-type tricks. But while from a wheelchair. Which is why you have to see the story of 16-year-old Aaron Fotheringham, born with spina bifida. Oh, and he is also the first person to do a backflip.
In a wheelchair. Awesome.
Not to mention the fact that Aaron does tricks easily that I’ll never be able to do in a million years, wheelchair or no. I don’t think I’ll ever look at a kid in a wheelchair quite the same way after seeing this. I’m sure Aaron is inspiring to a lot of other kids. How many 16-year-olds can say that?
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2 Comments
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAaron is very talented and a good kid. You can read an interview with Aaron here:
steffmarcusky commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amDoes Tony Hawk know about this kid? How cool to have one cool guy introduce a differently-abled kid to his audience.
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