What's in a birthday
With a standing-room-only crowd packed into the street "stadium", Feinberg rose above the showmanship of Edwards and Eisenberg's flare for the dramatic. Two of the most decorated in-line skaters in the history of the sport couldn't keep pace with the "mighty mite" from Portland, Ore.
In skating, nobody looks at your age," he said. "Every once in a while I get picked on, but it's no big deal."
The crowd of thousands busted out the "Happy Birthday, Aaron" tribute to the champion as he enjoyed his victory lap on his fellow competitors shoulders. "That was great. I was so embarrassed."
"This is an awesome birthday," Feinberg said, with a hoard of photographers clicking on his every expression. "I went out there and had fun. That's all I know how to do. I didn't plan anything I did out there."
Feinberg says he didn't get a car or his driver's license yet, but he did get gold, and that was the best present he could've received.
"It's the only thing I wanted," he said. "I got it."
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