User:Devon Bardole

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Devon Bardole was born May 1st 1990. He is an amateur stuntman, freerunner, traceur, gymnast, martial artist, and tumbler. Devon began his career by taking tumbling classes when he was very young. He "only wanted to learn how to do a back handspring". He progressed in his tumbling classes very quickly and rose to be one of the top tumblers in his gym. Only participating in state competitions he quit, feeling that tumbling "was to strict and uniform". After he quit, he dedicated the next 2 years to his passion of martial arts. He sampled many including Karate, Jujitsu, Boxing, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, and Kung Fu, but he said "they never really felt totally fulfilling, i felt i needed more".

How it All Started
  While in 9th grade, Devon had a close 

friend named Casey Blandford. Casey's uncle had recently found a video of "building jumping". Casey in turn showed it to Devon and he was instantly

hooked. He started dedicating all of his
free time to training for "jumping and doing flips". 

After a year and a half, Devon came upon the website SLCPK.org. This is a website for traceurs and freerunners in the northern Utah area. At this time Devon realized that there were others interested in this crazy new sport. He decided to make a big decision in his life and turn this sport into a career. At the time, he was only 16. He met up with a fellow freerunner named Ronnie Shalvis. Ronnie seemed to have the same passion for freerunning and parkour and the two instantly became training partners. Devon decided to start a stunt team to be able to make money doing this. Ronnie was the first person to join Devon's team because of his skill and passion. Many others joined the team afterwards.

Current Team Members -Devon Bardole -Ronnie Shalvis -Nik Sartain -Jared Fadel -Amanda Mcintyre -Gary Hansen -Thomas Edwards -Jesse Broccious

Former Team Members -AJ Cuevas

After some deliberation the team came up with their current team name, "Team StreetStunts." They are based in Heber and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Now Devon and his stunt team are doing performances, birthdays, promotions, and plan on touring in summer 08. One of the big attractions that the team has organized are "Superhero Birthdays." The idea was originally thought up by Ronnie Shalvis. The team dresses up as kids favorite super heroes including, Spiderman, Venom, Elektra, and Green Goblin. The team has a set routine that they have choreographed ahead of time and then they perform a storyline. Devon Bardole has said "i love to see kids and even adults enjoy our performances, it really lets me know that this is what i want to be doing for a job."

With his multimedia background, Ronnie Shalvis created the team website (Team StreetStunts.com). The team is currently pursuing sponsorships and hopes to get sponsored by Red Bull sometime this year.