Aaron “Wheels” Fotheringham
Aaron Fotheringham (Born with Spina Bifida on November 8, 1991) is an extreme wheelchair athlete who performs tricks adapted from skateboarding and BMX. 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”
Accomplishments:
– At the age of only 14, he was the first person to successfully perform a backflip in a wheelchair
– At the age of 18, he was the first person to successfully perform a double backflip in a wheelchair
