11.26.08 LET’S JUST GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY
I originally posted this video over two years ago, but right now a lot of sports blogs do this thing where they take videos that have been around for ages and present them like they’re brand new (see here and here), so I figured it’s worth revisiting the story of Aaron Fotheringham, especially considering the Sun U.K. is just getting around to realizing he exists.
Fotheringham, 16, was born with spinal bifida, which has kept him in a wheelchair almost his entire life. But that hasn’t stopped him from inventing “hardcore sitting,” the only exxxtreme sport designed specifically for the disabled. The first person to ever do a back flip in a wheel chair (intentionally, anyway), he can now do six in a row.
Pretty badass. “Oh no, Aaron! Stairs without a wheelchair ramp!” “That’s okay, I’ll just do a rail slide down.”
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LET’S JUST GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY
Elsewhere, my exxxtreme shitting videos are a big hit in Germany.
Btw, did you see him drift that shit?
Whoop-tee-doo. You want extreme sitting? Try making spreadsheets all day…SITTING ON A GOVERNMENT-ISSUED CHAIR!!!!
@Hugh: No shit! We’re the real heroes!!! Actually, my chair isn’t government-issued, but still, I’ve been sitting for like, an hour now!
I guess I should point out that watching this kid reminds me to give thanks tomorrow for my working legs, among other things.
awww fuck… you americans are taking the day off tommorow aren’t you? you do this to me every year!!!
This site has been around for over two years?
*reflects*
Eh, not like I was gonna do anything special with that time anyway.
That’s pretty sweet but can he swim? Or hand me that box of Mac and Cheese off the top shelf?
Extreme sitting is eerily reminiscent of extreme falling/rolling over things.
The backflip was pretty cool tho…
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