14 240 countries and territories around the world have bought
MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge - so look out for it where you live any time from
late August!
10 MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge finale
goes out today.
MAY
6 MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge part
1/6 aired
I was one of 8 athletes in 2 teams for the
video round. I was in team 1 with Tim Shief, Daniel Arroyo and Ben
Jenkins. We went through to the speed round because our
video was judged to have the best teamwork
1 Official advert for MTV's Ultimate
Parkour Challenge
APRIL
30 Shooting of WFPF team for Samsung advert
19-23 Mountain Dew advertising shoot
Me, Ben Jenkins and King David. Great locations
like the Mojave Desert, Mission
Beach in San Diego and Alpine Mountain in Lake Tahoe
11 Flew out to LA for four months shooting
MTV Ultimate Parkour Challenge 6-part series
Show due to air 6 May 9.30pm
A few shots of us in LA settling in to a really
tough assignment
8 Latest Plain Lazy catalogue with
modelling shots for
Spring/Summer
4 Asked if I was inspired to perform at Red
Bull Art of Movement Vienna 2010
Had to turn it down due to MTV schedule – great
to be asked – thanks guys
MARCH
27 Premiere of ‘Zomblies from the Moor’ film
Appeared as a zombie/stuntman
22 Modelling job with MOT modelling agency
for Vicks Sinex
12 First of six coaching sessions for local
Youth group VIBE
FEBRUARY
27 Delivered training session for staff of
Wells
Leisure Centre
Showing them BPCA coaching methods
4-11 Holiday/promotional trip for WFPF to
Los Angeles
2009
NOVEMBER
5 Plain Lazy's Autumn/Winter catalogue
OCTOBER
22 Finally - airing of MTV Ultimate Parkour
Challenge 1hr pilot!
Featuring me and the WFPF guys...almost a
million viewers... check it out
if you're in the States. Here are
links for
my WFPF profile, Youtube (below), the
WFPF
website and a live
blog
Piptrix promoting the Ultimate Parkour
Challenge
And this is the flyer
17 Worked with Prodigal Theatre on a
performance with Escape Parkour for Take Art at Taachi Morris
AUGUST
17-31 Coaching for WFPF at Camp Woodward in
Pennsylvania and Equinox in New York
12-16 Set up and delivered workshops with
Danny Ilabaca and Liverpool crew at Soul Survivor Christian Youth
Conference
4 & 11 Coaching for Top Dog
Promotions
JULY
18 Got home just in time to marry Becky!
Run your mouse over the pictures...
JUNE
28 Passed British Parkour Coaching
Association Parkour Coach Level 1 qualification
8 - July 15 Trip to Hollywood to do
castings, acting lessons
11 Invited to take part in Red Bull Art of
Movement 2009 in Vienna
I accepted as I think that it will be a great
experience and will be amazing to train with all my friends from other
countries who I never get to train with. And I want to go to Vienna ha
ha...
5 Modelling for Nike Footlocker/Kirstin
Prisk
This photo-shoot included me jumping off a swing
about 400 times. Yeah that's it
MARCH
22 Filming of the pilot for MTV's Ultimate
Parkour Challenge
Spent two weeks in LA, first week spent filming
for the pilot. The set was amazing, really realistic in terms of what
we would normally train on. It was a great privilege to train and work
alongside some of the most recognised traceurs. The pilot's being aired
in the US soon, but still awaiting dates for the UK. Second week I
stayed at Travis Wong's house and spent most of the time training with
The Lost Boys, absolutely amazing guys and by the end of the week felt
like family rather than fellow traceurs. Can't wait to go back and see
them all again!
Met with The Brewhouse to discuss the programme
for the coaching session the following day
20 Chosen for pilot for MTV’s Ultimate
Parkour Challenge!
Only one day to pack!
12 Just joined forces with the World
Freerunning & Parkour Federation
Became a founding member of WFPF along with friends Daniel Ilabaca,
Ryan Doyle, Oleg Vorslav, Tim Shief, Victor
Lopez, Gabriel Nunez and King David to name a few.
I have joined because I think it is a massive stepping stone into the
USA and we can spread the word about what
parkour/freerunning is all about
4 My 18th birthday jam!
Was well excited to finally be 18, and celebrate
my birthday with loads of my freerunning mates. Was insane, did some
sick moves. Here’s
the vid, take a look!
FEBRUARY
2 Walkers adverts shown on TV
Here’s the link and footage of
the Walkers job.
Hope you enjoy having a laugh at me dressed as fish, chip, squirrel and
chilli, the costumes were pretty impressive.
JANUARY
31 Completed British Parkour Coaching
Association’s Training Course
Went up to London to the BPCA’s Headquarters for
the first stage of assessment in becoming a qualified Parkour coach.
The day involved going through the BPCA’s coaching standards document
so that I had the relevant knowledge to progress in becoming a Parkour
coach.
23 Daniel Ilabaca’s surprise 21st birthday
jam!
Was invited along by Nathan Ilabaca. First time
of driving any real distance alone (227 Miles!!!). Scared the life out
of Danny, he completely didn’t expect it but was pleased to see us all
even though we attacked him with silly string. Spent two days up there,
had an awesome time and did some filming for his birthday jam video.
20 Joined MOT, 2MA and Casting Suite
After joining some new agencies, I was asked
along to several castings. One of which involved high-diving off a
10 metre board, then later progressing to flips! First jump was
probably one of the scariest things I’ve done in a long time. But
incredible experience and met some cool guys.
17 First of weekly coaching sessions at
Chilton Leisure Centre
First week was promising, all the kids were well
behaved. Looked like there was some real potential.
10 Demo for Knightstone Housing Family Fun
Day
Asked along with Escape Parkour, by Knightstone
housing, to put on a short demo. Really enjoyed collaborating with
Elements dance group, we decided for the performance to do a street
dance vs tricking face-off. Which we won ☺
10 Chilton Leisure Centre launch evening
Went with Escape Parkour to do a short demo to
launch the new parkour coaching which is taking place every Saturday
evening. Had a great time, got lots of kids joining in. Cool seeing
young guys taking an interest in Parkour.
2008
DECEMBER
30 New Year’s Eve Eve Jam
Was a great jam. Met up with a couple of my best
friends - Daniel Ilabaca and Philip Doyle and many, many more. We all
had a great time in the cold training it up on Southbank.
18 Completed First Aid at Work qualification
Thanks to The Youth Bank funding, my fiance and
I had a fun four days learning first aid. Quite possibly the longest
I’ve ever managed to concentrate on one thing other than parkour.
13 Parkour Generations/UF jam
Went up to London with Kie knowing that bad
weather was in store. Arrived before everybody else and spent the next
2 hours hiding from the rain under the Imax bridge. Despite the weather
me and a couple of the guys had an awesome scaffolding sesh. Great to
see everyone.
12 Awarded Somerset Youth Bank funding for
training to coach Parkour
NOVEMBER
18, 19, 21, 26 & 28 AMV/Walkers
Crisps. ‘What’s my flavour’ television commercials
Asked back to shoot another commercial for
Walkers Crisps. Great fun working with well-known celebrity Gary
Lineker and director Paul Weiland. Opportunity to experience stuntwork
as all shoots involved stunts in restrictive costumes. More details and
photos to follow after public release in early 2009.
13 YMCA. Demo and coaching session to
senior Youth Group
Asked along with Escape Parkour to talk about
the origins of Parkour and introduce basics to a group of 13-16 year
olds. Kids were enthusiastic and leaders hoping we can set up up
regular sessions.
1 Fuse Performance. Aller Fireworks show
Worked with Escape Parkour again to do a
performance for the annual Aller Fire Show. Theme this year was Gotham
City with us all dressed in black. Lazers, pyrotechnics etc but rain
meant safety had be one of our main considerations.
OCTOBER
27 Plain Lazy Ltd. Sponsorship
Really pleased to be back as an Undercover
Genius with the guys at Plain Lazy Ltd. Love their clothes and if any
of you want the new mail order catalogue in time for Christmas just use
this link.
21 Passed driving test - advanced driving
next!
SEPTEMBER
24 Fuse Performance/Somerset College of
Arts & Technology. Freshers festival demo
Fuse Performance asked me with Escape Parkour to
do some demos for the Freshers Festival. Used the college buildings inc
40ft staircase which was cool. Also met up with Elements, a local
streetdance team - appreciated each others’ skills.
22 Sky Sports 2&3. Worldwide
coverage of World Freerun Championships
Really pleased at how heavily featured I was in
the highlights on Sky TV. Not sure Parkour ‘saved me from a life of
crime’ but it sure has given me a focus and ambition to keep on
improving and treat every obstacle in life as a challenge to be solved.
15 Urban Freeflow.
I have left UF to pursue personal projects and
my solo career. I’ll still be working with Escape Parkour who are
sponsored by Debenhams and Energise. Looking for more sponsors and
clients - so get in touch if you are looking for international
exposure! Contact me to make a booking for workshops, demonstrations
and displays, promotional advertising and commercials, internet, TV and
film work including modelling, acting and stunts.
3 Barclaycard/UF. World Freerun
Championships
An amazing experience – I got to meet loads of
freerunners from all around the world. The standard was high and it was
good to learn from really skilled guys. The stage was great and had a
lot of opportunity for movement. I was happy with my first round but
when I picked up an ankle injury in the semi-final it seriously
affected my performance, although I still got through to the final
five. I tried to keep going in the final but I was in too much pain by
about the 3rd move to finish well. I really appreciated the crowd and
the guys’ support all the way through. It gave me the motivation to
train hard, be more creative and most importantly, have fun. I’m taking
a short rest now and will be back to training soon. To see Pip
in
action on the night.
AUGUST
29 Bridport & West Dorset Sports
Trust. Day indoor workshop at Bridport Leisure Centre
together with Escape Parkour
27 The Independent/UF. Promotional shoot for World
Freerun Championships
Interviewed and photographed with Tim in London
by The Independent newspaper.
27 BBC/UF. Radio interview in
London
Did an interview with BBC Radio One which was
sick - being heard on Newsbeat!
24 PK Sanchez/UF. London jam
Chilled out at PK Sanchez jam 24th August. Great
to meet
up with UF guys again. Had fun jamming with everyone who turned up.
Also got interviewed and filmed by NBC!
11-16 Soul Survivor. Parkour
demos & workshops at Christian conference
Just got back from Soul Survivor. No four star
hotels
here! Camped in the mud & rain for a week with Daniel Ilabaca
(and family), Jin, Rob, Kie, Phil, Neil etc. Set up a pilot Parkour
‘park’ in one of the Bath & West Showground buildings for one
of the conference weeks. Delegates (it’s a Christian camp mainly for
teenagers) could come and watch demos, try PK moves and flips in a safe
environment ... with coaching tips! All very well received so we’ll
probably do it full on next year for both weeks of the conference.
9 Sony Ericsson/UF. ‘Off the Wall’ tour. Live
parkour displays
It chucked it down at the ‘Off the Wall’ tour
for Sony
Ericsson in Covent Garden but got to do some stuff and had fun with the
joke shop there - stupidly good demonstrator...
1-3 Honda/UF. See July 22
JULY
22-3 Aug Honda/UF. British International
Motor Show. Honda promotional shows
It was good to work with UF team mates Bam,
Livewire,
Blue, Sticky and Spidey on the British International Motor Show
displays for Honda. Got to meet Asimo the world’s most advanced
humanoid robot! Gruelling in the end though, doing four shows a day for
two weeks!
16 Canterbury High School/UF. Training
workshops
I spent a day at Canterbury High School helping
supervise
everybody attempt various parkour exercises and games on assorted gym
equipment... quite a fun day in the end.
11 Honda/UF. British International Motor
Show. Honda promotional show rehearsals
6-10 Realm pictures. Stunt
performances in zombie movie
Spent a few days in Devon, helping out with a
movie
featuring zombies. It was a good experience working with make up
artists, pyrotechnicians etc. Anyway, there should at least be a few
grotesque shots for the photo gallery.
2 AMV/Walkers Crisps. ‘What’s my
flavour’ television commercial
Just hitting your TV screen and internet is a
new commercial for Walkers Crisps shot on July 2nd. It features me
finishing celebrating a goal by flipping, sliding and pulling my shirt
over my head to reveal my new crisp flavour ‘Toasted cheese’, written
on my stomach! Sorry, too late to check it out now at the
Walkers
website
JUNE
25-26 Barclaycard/UF. World
Freerun
Championships. Promotional
photoshoot
20-22 Wi-tribe/UF. Promotional
show performed in Jordan
Worked with Tim and breakdancers, Steady and
Sonic, in outdoor show - too hot inside!
14 Weilands. Parkour display and
tuition at private party
Made really welcome by director Paul Weiland
and great house!
MAY
28-31 Swatch/UF. Chrono
Plastic New Collection commercial shot in Prague
The watch face set was actually
built full-size, not CGI, though there are a couple of bits where the
background was changed or the image flipped. Apart from me, wearing
black with orange shoulder details and of course the orange Swatch, the
rest of the crew are: Tim, Neil, Sticky and Bam, and a female Czech
sprinter named Michella. This is on the Piptrix
videos page titled 'Pip and the team promoting Swatch's
Chronoplastic range'
27 Sony Ericsson/UF. ‘Off the
wall’ photoshoot
9-10 Sony Ericsson/UF. Phone
tutorials
12 Kirstin Prisk. Parkour
photoshoot for Wedding magazine
My first video commercial appeared on the
internet for
Hewlett Packard which was filmed back in May. The day started early and
was pretty tough but it was cool meeting the video production company,
Scorchlondon. This is on the Piptrix
videos page titled 'Internet advertisement for
Hewlett-Packard'
17 SCC/Escape Parkour. Energize project. Display
15-17 Plain Lazy Ltd. ‘Old man’
modeling session and video
2 Brewhouse/Pretty Good Girl Dance
Company/Escape Parkour.
‘Dyin’ 2 b Drunk’ curtain raiser
MARCH
24 Plain Lazy Ltd. Action video
for website
18 Young People’s Film Council/Jack
& Boris Thompson-Roylance. Release of ‘Rush’ film. Acting/parkour
