2009-2010 Competitors
| Competitor | Age | Hometown | Background | Parkour Team | Known For/Style | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pip Andersen | 19 | Taunton, England, UK  | Parkour trickster | Urban Freeflow | Despite being one of the most skilled and strongest Parkour athletes in the world, he is known best for his sense of humor and clownish antics | *One of 8 featured Athletes in MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, *Finalist in 2008 World Barclaycard Championships, *4th Place, 2007 World Freerunning Championships, *Appeared in a commercial for Swatch watches, Models for clothing and apparel companies |
| Daniel Arroyo | 23 | Tampa, Florida  | Freerunner | *One of 8 featured Athletes in MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, *Achieved YouTube fame as the inventor of the "Cast Bomb", a very high-risk move | ||
| King David | 26 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Freerunner | *Finalist, MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, *Underground YouTube sensation, *Most respected in the U.S. Parkour community | ||
| Ryan Doyle | 25 | Liverpool, England, UK | Martial Artist | Freerunner | Explosive corkscrew flips, spins, and other acrobatic moves harvested from a background as a renowned martial arts champion. | *1st Place, 2007 Redbull Art of Motion, the first ever international freerunning competition, *UK Martial Arts Tricking Champion for 4 years running, *Finalist, MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, *Appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , *Appeared on Discovery Channel's Fight Science , *Appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Ellen DeGeneres' stunt double |
| Daniel Ilabaca | 22 | Liverpool, England, UK | Freerunner | *1st Place in MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, *Raced against a Ferrari on German TV and won, *Appeared in numerous commercials for Toyota, Mercedes, & KSwiss, *One of the most watched freerunners, over 30 million YouTube views to his credit | ||
| Ben Jenkin | 19 | Blackburn, England, UK | Freerunner | Urban Freeflow | Nickname is "Jenx", a shortened version of his last name. Considered a protégé of fellow freerunner Daniel Ilabaca. Universally considered one of the next Parkour superstars. | *3rd Place, 2008 Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships, *Taught a Parkour workshop at Camp Woodward in summer 2009. |
| Brian Orosco (only in 2009 competition) | 25 | San Francisco, California | Stuntman | Team Tempest | Nickname: "Nosole". His "superman flips" while freerunning a course. | Featured as one of 8 featured Athletes of the 2009 premiere season of MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge. *Competed on several of Japan's popular athletic TV series Ninja Warrior competition on G4. |
| Tim Shieff | 21 | Derby, England, UK | Former professional breakdancer | Urban Freeflow | *1st Place, 2009 Barclaycard World Freerun Championships, *Finalist, MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, *2nd Place, 2008 World Freerunning Championships, *2nd Place, 2009 Red Bull Art of Motion Championships, *Appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , *Featured in the NY Daily News , *Collected over 3.5 million YouTube views in the last six months | |
| Mike Turner | 20 | Santa Barbara, California | Hollywood stuntman | This all-American, 6'2" former soccer player is famous for his incredible "ups", high jumps, athleticism, and fantastic dexterity. | *One of 8 featured athletes in MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, *Master Instructor of the WFPF/Equinox Fitness Parkour Program, *Appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | |
| Oleg Vorslav | 22 | Daugavpils, Latvia  | Internet sensation | *Featured dancer and stuntman in Madonna's "Jump" music video, *Also performed with the pop superstar on her globetrotting world tour, *Most viewed parkour video "ever"—his "Russian Climber" had collected over 50 million views | ||
