The 22-year-old performs in the popular ‘Nitro Circus Live’
While some people might feel bad for Aaron Fotheringham, who was born with spina bifida and cannot use his legs, the 22-year-old wheelchair athlete from Las Vegas who is also known as “Wheelz” wouldn’t change his situation for the world.
Fotheringham is genuinely stoked to be in his wheelchair and grateful for the opportunities it has provided him him. Currently, he is traveling around with some of the top action sports athletes in the world performing in the “Nitro Circus Live” television show … More
Stoked News has posted a number of Aaron’s videos on the web site. Use the search box on the top right corner of the page and search for “Fotheringham” Aaron’s a very impressive guy.
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At the end of sixth grade I found myself on a plane with my fellow students from Denver, Colorado, traveling 1,500 miles to Jacksonville, Florida. We were en route to Cumberland Island, a barrier island on the Georgia coast, just a stone’s throw away from that north Florida city. The backpacking trip was an initiation of sorts into my future life of adventure. For a chubby pre-teen from landlocked suburbia, it was also an eye-opening journey to an exotic place, replete with chance encounters with wildlife seldom seen in Colorado: possums, armadillos and, yes, gators.
My mission to map mountain bike routes across the country recently brought me back to this part of northern Florida. Returning the area evoked memories of that decades-ago trip and … More
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After overcoming doubts, his quest for two gold medals in Sochi is alive and well
Two-time Olympic halfpipe champion Shaun White secured his spot on the inaugural U.S. Olympic snowboard slopestyle team Thursday at the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, held at California’s Mammoth Mountain. Two of the three remaining Olympic slopestyle qualifying events—there are five in total—were run, bringing America one step closer to naming its 2014 team heading to Sochi, Russia, in a few short weeks … More
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Emerica and Brandon Westgate proudly present his Side-B from MADE Chapter One.
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