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Daredevil teenager Aaron Fotheringham has just made history by completing the first double back flip - in a wheelchair.After months of practice and painful attempts - and one broken wheelchair - Aaron nailed the dangerous stunt for the first time on August 26.'I feel so happy to have finally done it,' said the 18-year-old, who goes by the name of aka Wheelz.No stranger to breaking records, he was the first person in the world to successfully complete a single back flip back in 2006 when he was 14.'I tried it so many times but kept on landing on my head, neck, back or shoulders. Each fail was pretty painful.'I'm covered in bruises and I've hurt my wrist but I really don't care,' he said.The stunt, performed in Woodward, Pennsylvania, involved Aaron being propelled at high speeds from a bungee cord onto a ramp. He then used his immense upper body strength to make the double spin before landing hard back on his wheels.Aaron called his mum, Kayleen, soon afterwards to tell her the good news.'She was really pleased,' he said. 'She worries about me getting hurt but I've been doing this since I was a kid so she knows she can't really stop me. It's what I love to do. Mrs Fotheringham, 51, said: 'I'm very proud of him but I do find it hard to watch when he falls.' Aaron was born with spina bifida but refused to be classified as 'disabled'. A self-confessed adrenaline junkie, he spent most of his childhood at the local skate park in his hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada.He said: 'I'd practice all the same tricks and stunts as my friends but on my chair. 'I grew to like my chair because it was like having a skateboard with me all the time.'After his first as-yet undefeated world record, Aaron shot to fame.Aaron is currently on a world tour for the American TV show Nitro Circus, where stuntman Travis Pastrana and his friends perform nail-biting stunts in different countries. In news that will trouble his mother, Aaron said: 'The next stunt I want to do is a front flip and then a double front flip I'm not going to stop. There will always be another stunt to try.'
