hard core sitting == awesome wheelchair stunts!

[rmd]

a 16 year old kid is apparently the first person to do a backflip in a wheelchair.

dailymail.co.uk link

youtube of him.

Comments

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Strange, the article was published yesterday, but I saw that video (or a video like it) a year ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5nuZwacvQ (uploaded last year)

And I just found another that says it happened two years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5B5iB67Ld0 (uploaded two years ago, same name)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

yeah, i'm not sure what's up. i think maybe the "yeah, you were the first" certification is what's new?

i hadn't seen any of it before and was impressed -- the boy has moves.

[drglam]

The article you referenced said he's been doing it since 1996.

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Right at the beginning of the article it says (emphasis mine) "Aaron Fotheringham, 16, who is known to friends as ‘Wheels’, finally landed the official world record after learning the amazing acrobatic stunt two years ago."

So you are both right! :-)

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

Damnit, that made me cry. Just watching him take the younger chair-bound kid for a ride and show him a bit of freedom.... Wow

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

That was one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen. And I love the bit at the end where he's showing moves to the younger kid.

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

That totally ROCKS! Murderball players, check this kid OUT!! :-D