STANISLAV LAZDAN
- Freerunning
- Born in 1991
- Latvia
Stanislav will be a new jury member for Street Diving with plenty of jury experience in freerunning. Stanislav is the master of new moves and always finds fun ways to make new combinations. Not only will he be a jury member for The Nationals, but he will also be a Jury member at The World Championships! See him in the big seat, first stop: The Nationals.
GIJS LELIE
- Diving
- Born in 1990
- The Netherlands
Gijs is an experienced diver in High diving, X-diving, and Cliff Diving. Gijs started out as a freestyle snowboarder but soon rolling into Diving. With his expertise in diving, everyone can be rest assured that they will get the best jury member you can ask for. You can meet Gijs at the Nationals!
THE STREET DIVING ATHLETES
CHRISTIAN VAN SCHIJNDEL
- Slackliner
- Born in 1999,
- The Netherlands
- Competitions: 2017 & 2018 Street Diving Competitions
Winner 1st Street Diving event and Street Diving: The World Championships 2018 1st place. Not only is Chris our best Street Diver as of yet, but he also set a world record from the RAI tower with a whopping 60-meter jump into the BigAirBag!
Martin Drumev
Tricker
Born in 1998,
Bulgarije
MEES VAN LIEROP
- Freestyle Skier
- Born in 1995,
- The Netherlands
- Competition: Street Diving 2017 and The Nationals & The World Championships 2019
Mees is a pro Freestyle skier but has no problem converting his skills for the Street Diving competitions. He has won many titles and competitions with Freestyle skiing and will be a great athlete for the upcoming competitions.
ROBIN ROUX
- Highdiving
- Born in 1998
- France
- Competition: The Nationals & World Championships 2019
Robin has been a gymnast since he was 15 and had to switch to trampoline because of a wrist injury after 5 years. This was when he started to dive for fun with his friends! His friend Ismail is also competing and together they have been training for high diving and Street Diving competitions. With a background in gymnastics and a year of serious training in high diving he is confident in getting a podium spot. This summer he will be competing in the high diving championships as well to his aspirations are high! We are looking forward to see what Robin can do and what he will be showing for that number one spot!
ROBIN GEORGES
- Cliff diving, trampoline, and gymnastics
- Born in 1995
- France
- Competitions: The World Championships 2018, The Nationals & The World Championships 2019
From the age of 8, he started doing gymnastics and when he was 13 he got into the trampoline. He also started to discover cliff-diving and found his calling. He practiced every summer and became a member of the cliff diving team: Olivers water show. He performed all over the world with his team. He got really serious about cliff diving the last four years so Robin is one keep an eye out during the competitions. Even with a lot of injuries that slowed him down, he is one of the greater cliff divers and made impressive progression. Last year he made it to the podium with second place, this year we might even see him grab the title!
BOGDAN PASCAL
- Parkour
- Born in 1995
- Romania
- Competitions: The Nationals & The World Championships 2019
New as he may be in the Street Diving world, Bogdan is going to be one hell of a competitor. With his wish to invent a game with tag and obstacles he discovered: Parkour. He has been doing it for over 12 years now, and it shows! He is the best in Parkour in his home country and was even in the Semi Finals of Britain’s got talend and was 2nd in Romani’s got talent. Be careful of this guy because he will sneak up on that podium like the ninja warrior he is. As a very diverse athlete you can see him in multiple Commercials, tv/reality shows and events and festivals all over the world. He never had the opportunity to compete in his sport so he hopes to hit the podium at both Street Diving competitions.
BRETT VAN DEN BOOGAART
- Freestyle trampoline
- Born in 1999
- The Netherlands
- Competitions: The Nationals 2019
Meet Brett de raket. Brett got into contact with Street Diving at our demo at Cross jumps were he is a trainer in freestyle trampoline. He has been working in trampoline parks since he was 15, so with 10 years of experience, he will be on to look out for. Watch this rocket go for the sky as he will try a Tsuka and some Full ins at the competition. You will see him at the Nationals, representing Cross Jumps Breda!
LARS PETERZON
- Freerunning
- Born in 1997
- The Netherlands
- Competitions: The Nationals 2019
From jumping on a trampoline in his own backyard Lars has developed his skills over the last 13 years. With video’s of freerunners as his guidance, he started to train in different locations and mastered a lot of tricks. After he started working in a trampoline park, transformed it to his own Freerun/trampoline park in Heerhugowaard. Visit his park FreeStyle Motion to learn from the best! We will be expecting some creative and funky tricks from Lars and are looking forward to see him in action at The Nationals.
TOM GREEN
- Parkour and Urban climbing
- Born in 1998
- Great Britain
- Competitions: The Nationals 2019
Tom’s inspiration came from watching Jackie Chan movies and parkour clips. This inspired him to get out of the house and start moving. He practiced Parkour since he was 13 years old and will bring an arsenal of tricks to the Nationals. Given that he has not had experience with Street Diving he will make sure he will give it his all and stick new tricks!
TODOR SPASOV
- Red Bull Cliff Diver
- Born in 1978
- France
- Competition: The World Championships
Todor is a member of the Cliff Diving scene for 18 years now and has been diving since he was just 6 years old. He won a wildcard in 2011 for the RedBull Cliff Diving World Series and won 5th place in the World Cup. He won the 3rd place in the Street Diving: World Championship in 2018. He is highly motivated for the World Champi0onships and his experience will make him a fierce competitor.
MILCO ABRAHAMS
- Trampoline (traditional & freestyle)
- Born in 2001
- The Netherlands
- Competitions: The World Championships 2018 & 2019
With both parents being coaches in gymnastics and trampoline, he was a protegee waiting to happen. With over 13 years of experience and a ton of skill, he is one of the big names in trampoline. With the 3rd place in European synchronization trampoline, 1st and 3rd place at the cross games, and the title of national champion in traditional trampoline, Milco is very talented. It is not for nothing that they call him Mr. NoFear with his insane tricks that he easily transitions into Street Diving. We are for one very thrilled to see him in action again at the World Championships at Vestiville.
LUKAS EGLSEDER
- Splashdiver
- Born in 1994
- Germany
- Competition: The World Championships 2018 & 2019
Lucki, as his friends call him has been a great athlete and is not new to Street Diving. After a skateboarding accident, he was unable to continue and had to find another sport. Through YouTube, he found Blobbing and Splashdiving in which he has now over 7,5 years of experience with. With Splashdiving he is three times silver medalist in the world competitions. With his other sport Blobbing, he is even more successful with a stunning 4 times gold medal in extreme blobbing competitions. He even has made a world record with the first Sextruble Gainer from the Blob. With no fear of heights, his aspirations are to reach a podium place at the World Championships. To read more about him, check out the article about Street Diving in our news section.
YENDOR LAMBRECHTS
- Parkour
- Born in 1996
- The Netherlands
- Competitions: The Nationals 2019
Yendor will be competing in the Street Diving competition for the first time and is excited to use his Parkour skills in Street Diving. Experiences are best and he doesn’t need to compete to prove he is good in what he does. He will be giving us his best in the competition and wants to do a few doubles from 20 meters. Fun fact: he likes mangos
TUDOR ASAFTEI
- Freerunning
- Born in 1996
- Romania
- Competitions: The Nationals & The World Championships 2019
Tudor has always been surrounded with friends who were into parkour and freerunning so it was only a matter of time before he made the jump into Freerunning. For over 12 years he has been pushing the limits of what he can do with his body and learning new tricks everyday. We has won the best trick and 3rd place in The Freerunning championship in his country. By joining the Street Diving competition he wants to overcome his limits on the BigAirBag. With all the amazing competition around him he is sure that he will push himself even harder.
ARMANDO HENDRIKS
- Freerunning
- Born in 2004
- The Netherlands
- Competitions: The Nationals 2019
Our young Street Diver will show us what he got in the Nationals. Through YouTube, tricking became his sport and later Freerunning as well. For 1,5 years he has been training hard and made some serious progression. Armando wants to inspire people about flipping and wants to make the Nationals a great day for everyone.
JOB RAU
- Freestyle trampolinist
- Born in 2001
- The Netherlands
- Competitions: The Nationals 2019
Job surprised us with his skill on the Freestyle Frenzy competition with his daring tricks and even made second place in the best trick competition! Job has been a gymnast since he was 6 years old and always liked to learn new tricks but didn’t like to perfect every detail about his form. That’s why he decided to quit gymnastics after 7 years and started doing tricks on the trampoline. He has been doing it for over three years now and was even club champion last year. We have seen a little sneak peek of what he can do, and with his wildcard, we want to see more at the Nationals!
PAUL MÜLLER
- Trampoline, Splashdiver
- Born in 2002
- Austria
- Competition: The World Championships 2019
Paul has been trampolining since he was a little kid and wanted to expand his arsenal of skills with diving. He easily transitioned his skills into the diving sport and has been doing it for 3 years now. He has won the Trampchamp competition in Stubay in his new found sport. At the big days on the World Championships ,we will see a lot of progression from Paul pushing the limits with sending new tricks.
TIM HOFFMEISTER
- X-diving
- Born in 1995
- Germany
- Competition: The Nationals 2019
Hoffi, as his friends like to call him was into diving since he was 6 years old. He stopped after 2 years but still loved the thrill of jumping off heights. That is when he discovered X-diving and Splashdiving and it has been a blast ever since. With the first Big Cat dive from 20 meters, he set a record in 2017 and couldn’t be prouder. Since he is new to the Street Diving scene he will be finding new possibilities of what he can do in the BigAirBag and throw a few new personal tricks. His plans for the future? Jump from greater heights and get stocked & loaded with a ton of new tricks.
MANUEL HALBISCH
- High Diving
- Born in 1998
- Germany
- Competition: The Nationals 2019
Manuel is a world-class high diver who will be a force to be reckoned with. When he saw high diving on tv at the Olympic games, he became inspired and started his high diving career 4 years ago. The Nationals will be his first Street Diving competition and we are eager to see to what heights he will be taking the competition.
JOEP VAN DER WETERING
- Trampoline
- Born in 2001
- The Netherlands
- Competition: The World Championship 2019
Joep loves the feeling of flying in the air, and with the Street Diving competitions, there will be plenty of that. He has won the 1st and 3rd place at the international trampoline competition. With his young age and 10 years of experience, he is going to be a remarkable athlete at the World Championships. We heard a rumor about a few castaways as tricks, so we are excited to see what he will be bringing to the competition. Make sure you follow him on his Instagram account to see his progress and tricking video’s you won’t believe.
JORDY VAN DEN BEEMD
- Freestyle trampoline jumper
- Born in 1995
- The Netherlands
- Competition: The Nationals 2019
Jordy, or also known as Jurds on the block is not that long ago introduced to the freestyle trampoline scene. With only 3 years of experience, he learned himself all the tricks he can throw. With his job at trampoline park: Spacejump, he has been practicing for competitions like Street Diving a lot. He is known to be a boss at flipping competitions so will see a lot of great energy from Jordy. Although he doesn’t have a lot of years in experience he made incredible progress, so definitely don’t underestimate him! He was 1st in the Skyland game championships in Norway and 2nd at Street Diving: The Nationals 2018! He also won the 3rd place for an indoor cliff-diving competition and an X-diving competition. We can’t wait to see what title he will grab this year!
TOM DIJKHUIS
- Trampoline, diver, and Freerunner
- Born in 1999
- The Netherlands
- Competition: The Nationals 2019
By going to open gymnastic events, Tom got more and more involved with his sports. With 10 years of experience, he now teaches others and is going to be a great athlete to see at the Nationals. His goal is to have a great day and to improve his skills.
SEBAS VAN BAARSEN
- Cliffdiver and X-diver
- Born in 1990
- The Netherlands
- Competition: The Nationals & The World Championships 2019
The new sport X-diving has made its debut in The Netherlands thanks to Sebas. He organizes several training days every week and competitions for X-divers and cliff divers with Indoorcliffdiving. Not only is he a great X- and Cliff Diver, he also has a few records on his name. He is the national champion on the 10-meter platform and he holds the Dutch record for highest gainer into the water, 27-meters to be exact! As or now we don’t have Dutch Cliff Divers on the international tournaments, so his goal is to be the first Dutch Cliff Diver to accomplish this. To get some training in, join him at the Indoorcliffdiving classes throughout the Netherlands.
MELVIN DOKTER
- Trampoline
- Born in 1994
- The Netherlands
- Competition: The Nationals 2016 & The World Championships 2019
Melvin is a very experienced trampolinist and is always busy with new adventures. He recently started his own company, Springisintheair. He will give you a trampoline show to remember just as he always makes a Street Diving demo or competition unforgettable with his tricks. He has won several podia spots in the elite national trampoline competitions and made it to a few finals in the international competitions. As an experienced Street Diver, we have high expectations and we can’t wait too what he will show us at the World Championships. His mission for the future: Make Dutch trampoline great again!
JIMMI ANDERSEN
- Gymnastics and Diving
- Born in 1978
- Denmark
- Competition: The World Championships 2019
With almost 30 years in experience, we are in for a treat when it comes to Jimmi and his tricks. Inspired by a diving show in 2002, Jimmi got into High Diving and never looked back. He is two times the Danish champion on the platform (diving) and won 2nd place at the European cliff diving championship. He even got 3rd place in the World Championships Splashdiving! We look forward to having Jimmi back with us for the World Championships to represent the Danish.
ISMAIL DHIF
- Cliff Diving
- Born in 1998
- France
- Competition: The Nationals & The World Championships 2019
Ismail has always loved to jump off cliffs but only decided a year ago that he wanted to do tricks and focused more on the acrobatic side of Cliff Jumping. This 20-year-old Cliff Jumper will te competing alongside Robin with whom he has the Instagram account: French.divers with. Together they have been training all summer and will be showing us what they got! His goals for the competitions? Simply: sending it.
HEINZ HOSP
- Trampoline athlete and Splashdiver
- Born in 2003
- Austria
- Competition: The Nationals & The World Championships
Heinz is one of our youngest Street Diving competitors and will be making history in 2019. He got inspired by street dancers and started his pursuit of greatness in his freestyle sports. With only 4 year of experience he has broken a few records already. To name a few he was the first person to land a sextruple verttwist, did a full in quadtriffus and many more. His goals are to improve his aerial awareness and to meet new people at the Street Diving events. We have great expectations for Heinz and will surely be amazed.
YANNICK SURKAU
- Airtrack, Trampoline
- Born in 2000
- Germany
- Competition: The Nationals 2019
Yannick was only 6 years old when he began with gymnastics and 6 years later he started making flips on the trampoline. He has won several local competitions when he was a bit younger and is eager to try and win more. He wants to have new experiences with different sports and Street Diving will be the ultimate challenge to test his skills. He is going to be the only air track specialist in the competition so he will has his own style for sure!
STEFAN MIHALACHE
- B-boy, Freerunner, parkour, acrobat, and stuntman
- Born in 1988
- Romania
- Competition: The Nationals & The World Championships
Stefan aka Mostef, is a very versatile athlete and will be a great Street Diving athlete in our 2019 competitions. His journey began with his curiosity for what the human body is capable of. He is in for pushing his boundaries because this is his first Street Diving competition ever. He has won loads of breaking and power moves competitions and with his 19 years of experience, he has a lot to offer and will make the crowd go wild for more. He is there to inspire and entertain, so let’s be entertained!