Description
Aaron Fotheringham is an extreme wheelchair athlete who performs tricks adapted from skateboarding and BMX.
Fotheringham has spina bifida; he has used a wheelchair since the age of three and although he used crutches early on, he has been a wheelchair user full-time since the age of eight. He would watch his brother riding his BMX at the skate park, and one day his brother told him that he should try riding his chair in the park. Aaron later noted that ?I did, and I was hooked?.
Fotheringham uses a customized WCMX wheelchair designed by Box Wheelchairs, which is both lightweight and features four-wheel suspension. This enables him to perform the same sorts of tricks that skateboarders and BMXers can do, as the suspension cushions his landings. Fotheringham has worked with Box Designs Wheelchairs to help refine the design in real-world situations, resulting in a custom-made chair that is in his words "pretty much indestructible".
He competes in the Vegas Am Jam series in skate park competitions, usually against BMX riders. He placed fourth in the intermediate BMX division in a competition held at Sunny Springs Skate Park on August 26, 2006.
Born
November 8th, 1991 in Las Vegas (Age 33)
Last Changes
2021/10/03
New Response (Success): Sent complimenting letter to this unbelievably gif..
2021/10/03
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)
2021/10/03
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)