42 | January/February 2015
Photography
by
Matthew
Wonderly
business
BY MIRIAM LANDRU
O
ne of the most popular
fitness crazes within
the last five years is
not a three-hour drive
to Charlotte, but just a few miles
east in downtown Fayetteville.
at craze is aerial fitness, which
is acrobatics in the air performed
on silks, trapeze and ropes among
other apparatuses.
What became Air Born Aerial
Fitness first began in Fayetteville
around 2007 when Lindsey Lind-
berg, a "strongwoman" and Guin-
ness World Record holder known
for ripping phone books and bend-
ing cast iron frying pans began
holding small "word of mouth"
classes at e Climbing Place.
Zahra Harvey moved to Fay-
etteville in 1999 from Clearwater,
Florida. At first, Fayetteville was
just a stopover to Asheville for
the performing arts fiend, but she
soon found her niche in the grow-
UP
IN
THE
AIR
Air Born
Aerial Fitness
expands
Crystal Butler, Aerial Yoga Instructor
