Team 9Lives and Parkroar Participants

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Name: Ali Kadhim
Birth: 1986 - Year of the Tiger
Bloodline: Iraqi - Thai
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning · Wu Chu Chuan Shaolin · Tae Kwon Do · Goju Ryu Karate · Breakdance · Skateboarding · Capoeira
Words: "Parkour is the essence of our lifestyles. The way we live, the way we overcome the obstacles in our daily struggles and the way we respect other people and our environment. All of this is a result of understanding parkour and its limitless philosophies. It teaches us to always keep an open mind and to never limit oneself."


Name: Sam Gosper
Birth: 1981 - Year of the Rooster
Bloodline: Lebanese
Skills: Parkour · Breakdance · Hwa Rang Do · Kung Fu - Tai Chi, Paqua and Shing Ei styles
Words: "I love parkour for the freedom of movement, martial arts for the discipline and breaking for the love of dance. All of these arts are connected in some way or another, through creativity, movement and constant training." 

Name: Chris Merriman
Alias: Kamikazi
Birth: 1988 - Year of the Dragon
Bloodline: Australian
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning · Breakdance

Name: Kevin Swami
Alias: Regal
Birth: 1989 - Year of the Snake
Bloodline: Fijian - Indian
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning
Words: "Parkour training is all mental. All the pain and everything you feel is just in your mind. When we learn to push our mental barriers and believe in ourselves, we finally progress."

Name: Cheng Vuong
Alias: C2K
Birth: 1987 - Year of the Rabbit
Bloodline: Chinese
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning · Wu Chu Chuan Shaolin
Words: "Parkour poses challenges to one's mind, body and spirit and helps an individual better understand those three equally important facets of their life. Parkour has given me a unique perspective of life and has made me feel alive."

Name: David Vo
Alias: Vvd
Birth: 1988 - Year of the Dragon
Bloodline: Vietnamese
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning · Vovinam · DongTam Lion Dancing

 

Name: Nicholas Newton
Birth: 1985 - Year of the Ox
Bloodline: German - Serbian
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning · Kung Fu · Rockclimbing

 

Name: Ngoc Lam
Alias: Julie
Birth: 1988 - Year of the Dragon
Bloodline: Chinese - Vietnamese
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning
Words: "Parkour is a great exercise and an excellent confidence booster. I find myself less afraid of things I used to fear. You learn to become a carefree kid again and make new friends along the way."

Name: Thanh Vu
Birth: 1992 - Year of the Monkey
Bloodline: Vietnamese
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning
Words: "Everybody grows up doing parkour as kids and we lose this ability as we grow older because of the way we are raised. We become more afraid of simple things like climbing and jumping because of the simple fact that we were conviced that it is dangerous, when all it really is, is natural human movement."

Name: Francois Luong
Birth: 1992 - Year of the Monkey
Bloodline: Chinese
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning
Words: "Power and belief is needed in order to get over an obstacle whether it's mental or a physical object. Getting over an obstacle in your everyday environment can play as a metaphor for breaking through a mental thought and thus will allow you to prosper and move on."

Name: Michael Pham
Alias: Starkskyy
Birth: 1992 - Year of the Monkey
Bloodline: Vietnamese
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning
Words: "One day I went out to find something different. I found it, and I like it!"

Name: Wisam Pauls
Alias: Wisabi
Birth: 1987 - Year of the Rabbit
Bloodline: Iraqi
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning · Karate
Words: "I love being able to use the buildings around us to climb on as well as do tricks and spinning moves off. There are new tricks from all around the world which continue to evolve every single day."
 

Name: Joseph Carbone
Birth: 1992 - Year of the Monkey
Bloodline: Italian
Skills: Parkour · Freerunning · Breakdance · Poppin' & Lockin'
Words: "The biggest sense of achievement I get is from training parkour and breaking. It is the greatest challenge."