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Ryan Doyle (born September 22, 1984)[1][2][3] is an international freerunner/traceur, stuntman [4], and actor.[5] He's a four-time UK national tricking champion ('06, '07, '09, '10),[2][1][3] and won the first international Red Bull Art of Motion freerunning competition in Vienna, 2007.[1][2][6][4]. Ryan is a founding member of the WFPF, the World Freerunning & Parkour Federation, invited in 2007.[2][3]

Officially sponsored by Red Bull energy drink, Doyle plays an integral role in parkour culture, promoting and competing in Red Bull's international Art of Motion competitions. In the 2011 Kuwait final, Doyle's team, Qarouh, won second place.[7][8] Most recently, he was victorious in the 2011 Brazil Art of Motion in São Paulo.[9][10]

Film and television appearances

Doyle was a cast member of MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge in 2010.[11][3]

He played the role of Finch in the 2011 movie Freerunner.[5][3]

Teaching

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The foundation of Doyle's teaching of parkour is a solid instinctual base for the decision making prcoess to revert to in split seconds where proper movement could be the difference between life and death.[12][13][14] While he strongly stresses the value of learning with proper safety equipment and professional instruction, his particular interest is the encouraging of freedom and risk-taking in scenarios where a failed risk has the fewest possible long-term consequences physically and mentally, and serves as an invaluable tool for learning and skill-strengthening. This ideology is incorporated in a microcosm in a stated motto, "Be safe. Have fun. -Ry",[14] and in a key statement in a philosophical and factual documentary commenting on one of his most notable recorded leaps in an official 30-second Red Bull television commercial[15] shot in Santorini, Greece: "It's not a bad thing to fall, because it's not a bad thing to progress". [16]

While rooted in personal instruction, Doyle has an evolving self-published collection of video tutorials, each carefully focusing on a particular technique applicable or integral to parkour. He inexpressably emphasizes the life-saving importance of drilling basic techniques before attempting more complex movements, the Roll being the most foundational (not simply starting) technique.

  1. The Roll [12] (or PK Roll)
  2. The Webster[13]
  3. The Cork[14] (or corkscrew)

Medical History

Doyle has poor eyesight, being officially legally blind, but he views this as an advantage in many ways, likening himself to the blind Marvel superhero Daredevil.[1][17]

Doyle snapped his tibia and fibula in the finals of the 2007 Art of Motion competition when he missed the landing mat from a 15-foot jump, for which he underwent 12 months of rehab, leaving him with a plate on his fibula and a 33cm bar with 14 screws down the core of his shin bone.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ryan Doyle - Adventure Sports Profiles". Red Bull. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ryan Doyle". WFPF.com. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Personal Autobiography". RyanDoyle.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  4. ^ a b "Red Bull Results from Santorini". American Parkour. 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  5. ^ a b "Freerunner The Movie". Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  6. ^ a b Posted May 7, 2010 9:19 am (2010-05-07). "The Marvel Life: WFPF's Ryan Doyle | Marvel Heroes | Comic News | News". Marvel.com. Retrieved 2011-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ December 3, 2011 (2011-12-03). "Red Bull Art of Motion Kuwait Final". Parkour.com. Retrieved 2011-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Acrobatic Parkour on Island- Team Warbah wins in Kuwait". Redbull.com. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  9. ^ "Art of Motion San Paulo - Results". American Parkour. 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  10. ^ "Freerunning: Red Bull Art of Motion São Paulo - Video Highlights". Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  11. ^ "MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge | Full Episodes, Photos, Episode Synopsis and Recaps". MTV. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  12. ^ a b "Ryan Doyle - Roll Tutorial". May 30 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ a b "Ryan Doyle - Webster Tutorial". 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  14. ^ a b c "Ryan Doyle - Cork Tutorial". 27 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  15. ^ "Ryan Doyle - World of Red Bull Commercial". 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  16. ^ "Ryan Doyle - Santorini Parkour". 1 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  17. ^ Added: May 7,2010 (2010-05-07). "The Marvel Life: WFPF's Ryan Doyle | Marvel Heroes | Videos". Marvel.com. Retrieved 2011-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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