Aaron Feinberg

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Aaron 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.

[edit] Career

Feinberg initially had success as a park skater, skating skateparks and halfpipes, but progressed into a high-energy street skater. 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. Salomon were so impressed with the talent of the young skater that they released the Salomon Aaron Feinberg Pro Skate. This skate became one of the most popular selling skates of all time, and catapulted Salomon to a brief domination of the rollerblade market.

Feinberg split from Salomon in controversial circumstances that remain unclear. In the Mindgame video "Words", 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.

Feinberg still skates for the USD Team and is widely regarded to be one of the greatest skaters of all time. He 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).

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

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

[edit] 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 March 1^st, 2007, Mindgame closed its doors
due to conflicting interests.The abrupt halt to the company also signified Feinberg's retirement from skating professionally.