Aaron Feinberg

Aaron Benjamin Feinberg (June 27, 1981) is an American inline skater, born in Gainesville, Florida. Feinberg resides in Portland, Oregon and has been skating since he was 12 years old.

kating career

Feinberg initially had success as a park skater [p.66, Noworyta] , skating skateparks and halfpipes, but progressed into a high-energy street skater. [p.35, Rinehart, Sydnor] Feinberg is defined by his fluid style, combined with a high power skating and constant innovation.

Feinberg rose to the very top of the skating world after being sponsored by Salomon Group. Salomon were so impressed with the talent of the young skater that they released the "Salomon Aaron Feinberg Pro Model Inline Skate Model 2001". [p.143, Koff, Ertel] This skate became one of the most popular selling skates, and catapulted Salomon to a brief domination of the rollerblade market.Fact|date=August 2008

After participating in the X Games, Feinberg secured several competition medals during three years of participation [p.49, Kaminker] : :1997 - 1st Place Park (Gold) :1998 - 3rd Place Park (Bronze):1999 - 3rd Place Park (Bronze)

Feinberg ended sponsorship and product development contract with Salomon in controversial circumstances that remain unclear.Fact|date=August 2008 In the Mindgame video "Words" [2003 DVD release] , Feinberg skates for the first time in a video for Universal Skate Design Team. In the non-skating portion of the video, he indicates his frustration and disgust towards Salomon.Fact|date=August 2008

Feinberg has been a part of a group of rollers who, over the last two decades, have been responsible for the progression of roller-blading as a spectacle, as well as a sport. During this time, roller-blading has been in the shadow of skateboarding in terms of popularity.

In October 2000 he was ranked fifth in the ASA World Championships. [ [http://www.asaskate.com/members/profiles/aaronfeinberg/] Aaron Feinberg]

Feinberg has received a total of four professional skates throughout his career, the first from Salomon (the same model was also the first skate to feature the Universal Frame System) and the rest being released by USD, including the "USD Aaron Feinberg aggro skates".

Feinberg no longer skates for the USD Team [ [http://www.usd-skate.com/team.html] team composition as of August 2008] , but is widely regarded to be one of the best current skaters.

Career as a businessman

In 2000, Feinberg left his longtime wheel sponsor, Senate, to join the newly founded wheel company by Shane Coburn, Dustin Latimer, and Brian Enrich, Mindgame.
Feinberg and Latimer were the only two people that had both owned a part of, and rode professionally for Mindgame. On 1 March 2007, Mindgame closed its doors due to conflicting interests of the partners.Fact|date=August 2008 The abrupt end to the company also begun Feinberg's retirement from skating professionally.

Film career

Feinberg has appeared in videos such as "Hoax 5", "Brain Fear Gone" (which is an anagram for the name Aaron Feinberg), "Videogroove 9" (VG9), Senate's 1999 team video "Standfast", Salomon videos "Focused" (1999) Saltless Water (2000) and "Burning Bridges" (2001), "USD Legacy" (2005), and Mindgame videos "Words" (2002), "Bang!" (2004), and "Accidental Machines" (2006).

Personal life

Feinberg and his girlfriend Cristina are known to frequent a local lounge in Portland called "The Crown Room" located in the Old Town District.

Citations and notes

References

* Rinehart, Robert E., Sydnor, Synthia, "To the Extreme: Alternative Sports, Inside and Out", State University of New York Press, 2003
* Kaminker, Laura, "In-Line Skating! Get Aggressive", The Rosen Publishing Group, 1999
* Noworyta, Paul, "Transplant to Handplant: In Pursuit of a Dream ...", iUniverse, 2006
* Koff, Stephen, & Ertel, Karen, "The Shopper's Guide to Washington, D.C.: Where to Find the Best of Everything", Capital Books, 2004
* Words (Mindgame), Produced by Trendkiller/Mindgame, Dustin Latimer and Shane Coburn editors, starring: Aaron Feinberg, Chris Farmer, Dustin Latimer, DVD media, 2003 Rollingvideos.com