Teenager does back-flip on skateramp with wheelchair (VID)

By EMILY SMITH
US Editor

DAREDEVIL teenager Aaron Fotheringham performs amazing acrobatic stunts — in a WHEELCHAIR.

Flippin' great ... mum Kaylene with Aaron

Aaron, 16 — known to pals as “Wheels” — is the first person ever to perform a backflip in a wheelchair.

He learned the feat at the age of 14 and had it accepted by the World Records Academy last month.

Aaron, who was born with spina bifida and has been in a chair since he was three, said: “It feels awesome to have the record.

“Being in a wheelchair is like carrying your skateboard with you.”

Click below to see more of Aaron's amazing tricks.

He began doing tricks at home in Las Vegas and invented the sport of hardcore sitting — a wheelchair combination of BMX biking and skateboarding.

Aaron can now do SIX backflips in succession and travels the world demonstrating his skills in a custom-built chair.

His mum Kaylene said: “It’s wonderful. We knew he’d get the record.”

e.smith@the-sun.co.uk