Ultimate Parkour Challenge
Ultimate Parkour Challenge | |
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Genre | Sports |
Starring | Andy Bell Travis Wong |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
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Production location | California |
Camera setup | multiple |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | MTV |
Release | October 22, 2009 June 11, 2010 | –
Ultimate Parkour Challenge is a mini-series that premiered on October 22, 2009 on
freerunning competitors from around the world expressing their styles against each other in a series of themed challenges filmed in California.[1] It was originally aired as a special, but a full miniseries aired in May 2010.[2] The series is hosted by freestyle motocross and parkour enthusiast Andy Bell, and stylish freerunner/martial artist Travis Wong. The first season's episodes aired on Thursdays at 10 pm EST on MTV with repeats airing on MTV2
. While the second season's time slot moved to 11 pm EST.
Hosts
- Andy Bell: A former "Nitro Circus" FMX (freestyle motocross) rider.
- Travis Wong: A former nationally ranked "forms and weapons" martial arts competitor.
2009-2010 Competitors
Competitor | Age | Hometown | Background | Parkour Team | Known For/Style | Achievements |
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Pip Andersen | 19 | 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 | Martial Artist
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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
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Daniel Ilabaca | 22 | Freerunner | *1st Place in MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, *Raced against a KSwiss, *One of the most watched freerunners, over 30 million YouTube views to his credit
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Ben Jenkin | 19 | 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 | Stuntman
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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 G4 .
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Tim Shieff
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21 | Former professional breakdancer
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Urban Freeflow | *1st Place, 2009 Barclaycard World Freerun Championships, *Finalist, MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, *2nd Place, 2008 World Freerunning Championships, *2nd Place, 2009 NY Daily News, *Collected over 3.5 million YouTube views in the last six months
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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
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Episodes
Season 1 (2009)
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Season Two (2010)
Ep. # | Episode Title | Challenge Location | Winner | Original Airdate |
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1.1 | "Queen Mary" | Long Beach, California | Ben Jenkin | May 6, 2010 |
1.2 | "Venice" | Venice Beach, California | Mike Turner | May 13, 2010 |
1.3 | "Melody Ranch" | Hollywood, California | Ryan Doyle | May 20, 2010 |
1.4 | "Hollyridge Castle" | Hollywood Hills, California | Daniel Ilabaca | May 27, 2010 |
1.5 | "Urban Jungle-Downtown Pershing Square" | Los Angeles, California | Pip Anderson | June 4, 2010 |
1.6 | "Westfield Culver City Mall" | Culver City, California | Ben Jenkin | June 11, 2010 |