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Aaron Fotheringham practices Hardcore Sitting. Indestructible wheelchair by Colours in Motion. Previously, previously (after a manner of speaking).
posted by toodleydoodley (13 comments total) 6 users marked this as a favorite
 
Whoa. Tres cool.
What a treat to see someone taking a 'handicap' into another dimension.
posted by SLC Mom at 7:25 PM on June 11, 2010


The teeshirt with the international handicap symbol printed upside-down? Awesome.
posted by ardgedee at 8:02 PM on June 11, 2010 [1 favorite]


I came here to snark that just recently I started practicing hardcore lounging, but instead I found something awesome. Thanks for posting it.
posted by jimmythefish at 8:45 PM on June 11, 2010


Colours in Motion is OK, but sort of faux customized for the younger mass market. Blazing flames, leper-skin, tattoos. Lasher Sport makes some very nice stuff including Magnesium(!) frames. And then there is the Trekenitic a class of its own including a built-in umbrella :)
posted by stbalbach at 9:45 PM on June 11, 2010 [2 favorites]


leper skin!?
posted by ODiV at 10:01 PM on June 11, 2010 [2 favorites]


hardcore lounging

This could be done Jackass-style. I propose we rent a u-Haul and set the inside up like a cocktail lounge, fill it with Mefites and proceed to drive around a motorcross course.
posted by mannequito at 10:05 PM on June 11, 2010 [1 favorite]


Okay, so his stunts are super impressive, but sweartogod the only thing I can think is "I wonder how the English would pronounce his name."

Funjum? Would it be "funjum"?
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 12:37 AM on June 12, 2010


Well. I've always prided myself on being a hardcore sitter ever since I broke three drum stools in the course of a year. But these dudes put me to shame.
posted by molecicco at 4:36 AM on June 12, 2010


I wonder how the English would pronounce his name.

"Cholmondley"
posted by kcds at 4:58 AM on June 12, 2010 [2 favorites]


Hardcore Sitting.
posted by StickyCarpet at 7:55 AM on June 12, 2010


I found this while looking for a dance called The Wheelchair, which was introduced to mrdoodley by those mavens of up-to-the-minute fashion, his fifth-grade class. So, if anybody knows of a YouTube video of the Wheelchair dance (apparently you kind of shuffle-step around, while your arms, bent at the elbow and hands lightly closed, kind of jab this way and that in imitation of rolling and spinning your own wheelchair), I'd sure love to see it.
posted by toodleydoodley at 8:38 AM on June 12, 2010


ODiV: "leper skin!?"

Yeah all the rage, peel on and off.
posted by stbalbach at 11:43 AM on June 12, 2010


Colours in Motion is OK, but sort of faux customized for the younger mass market. Blazing flames, leper-skin, tattoos. Lasher Sport makes some very nice stuff including Magnesium(!) frames. And then there is the Trekenitic a class of its own including a built-in umbrella :)
posted by stbalbach at 12:45 AM on June 12 [2 favorites +] [!]


good to know. the chair they gave my mom sucked dog balls, but that was for temporary. if you're going to live in your ride, it should be a good machine that complements you, not a heavy, awkward, contrary-ass drag.
posted by toodleydoodley at 7:29 PM on June 12, 2010


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