Storror

Storror (stylized as STORROR) is a group of seven parkour and freerunning athletes from Britain. They have produced two documentaries and run a YouTube channel that has over 6.5 million subscribers and 720 million views.

Full STORROR team in Masada desert 2019

History

Storror was established in 2010 by seven parkour athletes from Horsham (West Sussex), who grew up together.[1][2] The team started with the Cave brothers and Drew Taylor, who were inspired by Jump London (2003) and Jump Britain (2005) documentaries. They began uploading videos to their YouTube channel, originally called StorrorBlog.[2][3][4] They later met other members of British parkour communities and in 2010 established the Storror group and YouTube channel.[3][5]

In 2011 and 2012 the team filmed two cliff jumping videos in Malta that included jumps from Azure Window.[1][6] In 2016, team member Max Cave leaped between the roofs of two Hong Kong skyscrapers and uploaded it to Instagram.[7][8] They also filmed several other videos in Hong Kong which were published later.[9][10]

Max Cave performing a jump in Hong Kong (2016)

In May 2017, Storror apologized for stunts performed at Joshua Tree National Park.[11][12]

In September 2017, the team released their first documentary Roof Culture Asia, which features stunts made on the rooftops of Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul.[3][13] They monetized this video through Vimeo.[14]

Storror made their feature film debut in Netflix's 6 Underground, released on December 13, 2019. They worked closely with director Michael Bay to perform parkour stunts on famous sites, such as the Florence Cathedral in Italy.[15]

Media appearances

In December 2019 the team joined actor Ben Hardy on the red carpet of the New York premiere of 6 Underground.[16]

In winter 2018 Drew Taylor appeared in adverts for Italian sportswear brand Ellesse alongside actress Jessica Barden.[17]

In June 2018 the team shot and starred in a global campaign for Canon filmed in Istanbul, Turkey.[18][19]

In December 2017 the team flew to Singapore with Asics to lead parkour workshops and demonstrations.[20]

Toby Segar appeared on ITV show Ninja Warrior UK in 2015, 2016 and 2019.[21][22]

Team members

As of January 2020, the Storror team are:

  • Max Cave (born December 23, 1991)
  • Benj Cave (born January 28, 1994)
  • Drew Taylor (born July 25, 1994), world record holder[23]
  • Toby Segar (born July 21, 1994), Ninja Warrior UK 2015 winner[24][2][22]
  • Callum Powell (born August 8, 1991)
  • Sacha Powell (born June 16, 1994)
  • Josh Burnett-Blake (born February 13, 1992)
Team STORROR at 6 Underground premiere in New York (2019)

References
  1. Patrick Cooke (September 14, 2012). "'It's not reckless... we know what we're doing'". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 2012-09-16. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  2. Jamie Millar (November 28, 2017). "This Extreme Parkour Team Is Taking Streetwear to the Rooftops". Highsnobiety. Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. Vicky Wong (February 12, 2018). "Four days of shooting, three minutes of footage, two decades of practice, and one 'nutter' security guard: Storror in HK". Coconuts HK. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  4. "World-Class Parkour Artists Jump Around With 'Langurs' In India". News World India. March 22, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  5. Sam Gutelle (April 19, 2018). "YouTube Millionaires: For The Athletes Of Storror, "Anything Is Possible"". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  6. Patrick Cooke (August 22, 2013). "'Cliff jumping is safe if you take precautions'". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 2017-05-08. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  7. Casey Quackenbush (July 8, 2016). "Parkour Runner Appears to Make Insane Leap Between Hong Kong Skyscrapers". TIME. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  8. Harley Tamplin (July 11, 2016). "It's too early in the week to cope with this insane parkour video". Metro. Archived from the original on 2018-03-15. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  9. Adam Wright (February 2, 2018). "Parkour in Hong Kong: 17 storeys up, freerunners leap across roofs of Tsim Sha Tsui's Chungking Mansions". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  10. James Chrisman (February 4, 2018). "Watch These Lunatics Barely Land Terrifying Jumps Across Rooftops in Hong Kong". Thrillist. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  11. Chris Clarke (May 24, 2017). "UPDATED: Parkour Team Apologizes for Joshua Tree Spree". KCET. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  12. Brian Calvert (June 12, 2017). "Hooligan Island; Tree-hoppers in Joshua Tree; Kanye for president? Mishaps and mayhem from around the region". High Country News. Archived from the original on 2017-08-21. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  13. Marta Beveridge (September 5, 2017). "Storror's Roof Culture Asia Out Now". teneightymagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  14. David Waywell (May 26, 2018). "Enter the thrilling and daring world of parkour". The National. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  15. Gates, Christopher. "The truth about those parkour scenes in 6 Underground". Looper.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  16. Darmon, Aynslee (2019-12-10). "Ben Hardy, Ryan Reynolds Dress To Impress At Action-Packed '6 Underground' Premiere In NYC". ET Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  17. "Ellesse". Sarah Laird. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  18. Europe, Canon. "Canon Europe challenge elite Parkour athletes Storror to cross continents by any means possible - Canon Europe". Come and See. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  19. June 25; 2018. "Canon Europe "What's your next first?" by VCCP". www.campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-22.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. "世界のクリエイティブなアスリートたちがシンガポールの SMSB イベントに集結". HYPEBEAST.JP. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  21. Harper, Paul (2015-05-04). "'Toughest assault course on television,' DONE." getsurrey. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  22. Nick Schwartz (May 3, 2015). "British freerunner absolutely crushes 'Ninja Warrior' course". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2016-07-13. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  23. "Longest forward jump flip / somersault (parkour)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  24. Becca Taylor (September 18, 2015). "Ninja Warrior daredevil performs death-defying leap off Norway cliff". getsurrey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-01-07. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
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