WORLD CLASS ATHLETES
The inaugural FTA World Championships held on August 4, 2022 was a historic event for the athletes who love freestyle trampoline. Highlighting the best 20 freestyle trampoline athletes from around the world in a freestyle battle, they competed over two rounds in front of our panel of international judges.
The selection process included 10 athletes who pre-qualified to attend based on their past performances and results at our previous events. Another 8 athletes received invitations by winning one of our Official World Champs Qualifier events. Then, another 2 athletes were awarded our 'WILDCARD' picks from our judges and from the community.
We congratulate all of them for their high level of skills and the wonderful performances that our live audience and on-line audience were treated to. . . history was made on August 4, 2022!
Sebbe Wennmalm
WORLD CHAMPION @sebbewennmalm 1ST PLACE
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@sainioaleksi 2nd place
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Juri Ifflaender
@_ju_flips_ 20th place
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Sebbe Wennmalm
WORLD CHAMPION @sebbewennmalm 1ST PLACE
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MEET THE ATHLETES
Louis Hillier
LOUIS is from the UK and is a BERG 'Masters of Bounce' athlete, known for his high degree of skills, both flipping and twisting. He is an 18 year old Freestyle Trampoline athlete from England. Louis is a flipper by day and rockstar by night. He fell in love with freestyle trampolining because of the supportive community and the fact that it’s a self taught sport.
Louis is in a band called ‘Another Day’ which he is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and a song writer.
Louis trains on both the BERG Airflow Trampoline or the Five Square Freestyle trampoline from Eurotramp™ and trains about 15 hours per week. He also is one of the founders of the popular UK flipping team, Radial Flipz, which is wants to grow into a full time business in the future.
Follow Louis and support him on social media, or attend the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, wearing your Louis tee!
Follow Louis: @louis.flipz
Follow Radial Flipz: @radialflipz
Follow BERG: @berg_masters_of_bounce
Louis is in a band called ‘Another Day’ which he is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and a song writer.
Louis trains on both the BERG Airflow Trampoline or the Five Square Freestyle trampoline from Eurotramp™ and trains about 15 hours per week. He also is one of the founders of the popular UK flipping team, Radial Flipz, which is wants to grow into a full time business in the future.
Follow Louis and support him on social media, or attend the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, wearing your Louis tee!
Follow Louis: @louis.flipz
Follow Radial Flipz: @radialflipz
Follow BERG: @berg_masters_of_bounce
Johannes Luethi
JOHANNES is from Austria and is known for his high degree of skills, both flipping and twisting. He is an 18 year old Freestyle Trampoline athlete from Austria. Johannes wants to spread the sport over the whole world and make it grow. As he says, "Motivating other people to do the sport makes me feel good. Creativity is the key in freestyle trampoline - hard training and dedication is why I am at this point in the sport now."
Before Johannes started Freestyle Trampoline he was in a synchronized ice skating team in Kufstein for a few years. Meanwhile my focus went time by time more on freestyle trampoline. In 2017 I left the team to fully put my focus on freestyle trampoline.
Johannes trains on the North Athlete from North Trampoline or the Five Square Freestyle trampoline from Eurotramp™ and trains about 15 - 20 hours per week. He also trains at both ARL Park and AirParc in Austria to have more time on the large 'supertramps.'
Follow Johannes and please support him on social media and by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, wearing your Johannes tee!
Follow Johannes: @johannesluethi
Follow North Trampoline: NORTH
Before Johannes started Freestyle Trampoline he was in a synchronized ice skating team in Kufstein for a few years. Meanwhile my focus went time by time more on freestyle trampoline. In 2017 I left the team to fully put my focus on freestyle trampoline.
Johannes trains on the North Athlete from North Trampoline or the Five Square Freestyle trampoline from Eurotramp™ and trains about 15 - 20 hours per week. He also trains at both ARL Park and AirParc in Austria to have more time on the large 'supertramps.'
Follow Johannes and please support him on social media and by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, wearing your Johannes tee!
Follow Johannes: @johannesluethi
Follow North Trampoline: NORTH
Luca Wolfarth
LUCA is from Germany and is one of the youngest athletes invited to compete in this year's World Champs, at just 15 years of age. Luca trains between 5 & 8 hours per week, diving his time between garden trampoline training and supertramps. He is a a very talented young flipper, who loves the more technical and sketchy skills, pushing himself to the limit every time he trains.
Luca trains at home on his Rebound Supertramp as well as at Airtime Trampoline Park, in Nuremburg, Germany, to have more time on the large square Eurotramp freestyle trampoline.
Follow Luca and please support him on social media or by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, sporting your special Luca t-shirt!
Follow Milco: @flipz_by_luca
Follow AIRTIME
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Luca trains at home on his Rebound Supertramp as well as at Airtime Trampoline Park, in Nuremburg, Germany, to have more time on the large square Eurotramp freestyle trampoline.
Follow Luca and please support him on social media or by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, sporting your special Luca t-shirt!
Follow Milco: @flipz_by_luca
Follow AIRTIME
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Sebbe Wennmalm
SEBBE (Sebastian) from Sweden is a BERG 'Masters of Bounce' athlete who is known for his high degree of skills and is one of the best gtramp athletes in the world. Sebbe has amazing control in his rotation. Sebbe is the first athlete to land "Septuple Full," 7 twists with one flip, with no extra harnesses or equipment. Sebbe also trains in Team Gym for the Swedish National Team, which gives him a strong work ethic. He trains over 20 hours per week, with both his team and in his backyard.
Sebastian is Swedish, but he was born in New York City in 2006, where his Danish mother and Swedish father lived for two years. In 2007 they moved back to Stockholm, Sweden. Sebbe did his first front flip on his neighbour's backyard trampoline when he was just five, and soon thereafter his parents bought a round trampoline for their own backyard. He did his first back flip on is seventh birthday, and the same year he also started with Team Gym, which together with trampoline and tricking now is his main interest, although he also enjoys swimming, skating and golf.
Sebbe now trains on both the EUROTRAMP™ 5 meter square supertramp and on his BERG backyard tramp.
Follow Sebbe and support him on social media or by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, wearing your Sebbe t-shirt!
Follow Sebbe:@sebbewennmalm
Follow BERG: @berg_masters_of_bounce
Sebastian is Swedish, but he was born in New York City in 2006, where his Danish mother and Swedish father lived for two years. In 2007 they moved back to Stockholm, Sweden. Sebbe did his first front flip on his neighbour's backyard trampoline when he was just five, and soon thereafter his parents bought a round trampoline for their own backyard. He did his first back flip on is seventh birthday, and the same year he also started with Team Gym, which together with trampoline and tricking now is his main interest, although he also enjoys swimming, skating and golf.
Sebbe now trains on both the EUROTRAMP™ 5 meter square supertramp and on his BERG backyard tramp.
Follow Sebbe and support him on social media or by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, wearing your Sebbe t-shirt!
Follow Sebbe:@sebbewennmalm
Follow BERG: @berg_masters_of_bounce
Milco Abrahams
MILCO is from the Netherlands and is a National trampoline athlete who competes at the Senior level in FIG World Cup events, as well as freestyle trampoline through the FTA. He has competed in 6 World Cups and 2 European Championships to date. Milco is known for his control, great aerial awareness and high level of skills, both flipping and twisting, and his hard work ethic. At 20 years old, Milco has been doing traditional trampoline since the age of 5 and now freestyle for the past 4 years.
Milco wants to inspire the next generation learn the control and technique he was taught, as well as the fun side of exploring new skills through freestyle. In his own words, he says, "With my traditional technique and freestyle fun side, my goal is to be the most varied trampoline athlete in the world! Being a respected traditional flipper inside of the Gtramp community means the world to me, and I hope to close the gap between those worlds."
Milco trains on both of Eurotramps™ the Olympic model and the freestyle 5 x 5 m supertramp and trains 23 hours per week at Flik Flak Gymnastics and at his parents trampoline gym, where he also coaches the next generation of young trampolinists. He also trains at Crossjumps Trampoline Park in Breda, to have more time on the large square supertramp.
Follow Milco and please support him on social media or by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, sporting your special Milco t-shirt!
Follow Milco: @milco_abrahams
Follow EUROTRAMP
@milco_abrahams
Milco wants to inspire the next generation learn the control and technique he was taught, as well as the fun side of exploring new skills through freestyle. In his own words, he says, "With my traditional technique and freestyle fun side, my goal is to be the most varied trampoline athlete in the world! Being a respected traditional flipper inside of the Gtramp community means the world to me, and I hope to close the gap between those worlds."
Milco trains on both of Eurotramps™ the Olympic model and the freestyle 5 x 5 m supertramp and trains 23 hours per week at Flik Flak Gymnastics and at his parents trampoline gym, where he also coaches the next generation of young trampolinists. He also trains at Crossjumps Trampoline Park in Breda, to have more time on the large square supertramp.
Follow Milco and please support him on social media or by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, sporting your special Milco t-shirt!
Follow Milco: @milco_abrahams
Follow EUROTRAMP
@milco_abrahams
Max Mcquoid
MAX is from New Zealand and is known for his technical skills, especially the 'Zach.' Max is currently 18 but will be 19 in February. He lives in Hamilton, New Zealand and will travelling the farthest for the World Champs. In 2019 he flew all the way to California to attend the GTGamesUS where he won the 2-Trick Combo category and was named 'Most Valuable GTramp Athlete.' He is currently a first year plumbing apprentice. He also enjoys snowboarding throughout the winter, bridge/cliff jumping and swimming in the summer. In Max's own words, "I am insanely stoked on the opportunity I've been given to come and compete at the first World Championships and finally meet heaps of my UK and Euro mates."
Max trains 8-12 hours a week and usually starts by warming up each day training basics then moving to harder skills after 20 or 30 minutes, then an hour or so of training fun new combinations after that.
Support Max by purchasing one of his athlete t-shirts and cheer him on at the live event or one of the official live stream events at an official World Champs Park near you.
Follow Max: @max.mcquoid
Max trains 8-12 hours a week and usually starts by warming up each day training basics then moving to harder skills after 20 or 30 minutes, then an hour or so of training fun new combinations after that.
Support Max by purchasing one of his athlete t-shirts and cheer him on at the live event or one of the official live stream events at an official World Champs Park near you.
Follow Max: @max.mcquoid
Julien Siau
JULIEN is from France and is a BERG 'Masters of Bounce' athlete, known for his high level of creativity in his skills, both flipping and twisting. He is a 23 year old Freestyle Trampoline athlete from France who has been on flipping and trampoline training since the age of just 8 years old. Julien wants to be a professional acrobat and help to spread the sport of freestyle trampoline around the world.
Julien is also a very good tennis player, tricker and loves cliff jumping and can often be seen at the water parks performing amazing flips off of the large ramps.
Julien trains on both the BERG garden trampoline or the Freestyle trampoline from Eurotramp™ and trains about 10 - 15 hours per week. He also trains at FULL In Park near his home in France to have more time on the large 5 meter square Supertramps,
Follow Julien and please support him on social media or by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, sporting your special Julien t-shirt!
Follow Julien @jucrewsade
Follow BERG: @berg_masters_of_bounce
Julien is also a very good tennis player, tricker and loves cliff jumping and can often be seen at the water parks performing amazing flips off of the large ramps.
Julien trains on both the BERG garden trampoline or the Freestyle trampoline from Eurotramp™ and trains about 10 - 15 hours per week. He also trains at FULL In Park near his home in France to have more time on the large 5 meter square Supertramps,
Follow Julien and please support him on social media or by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, sporting your special Julien t-shirt!
Follow Julien @jucrewsade
Follow BERG: @berg_masters_of_bounce
James Openshaw
JAMES is from Texas in the U.S and known for his high level skills, on both supertramps and garden trampolines (gtramps). James is 18 years old and lives in Texas in the US. In 2021 he attended the GTGamesUS where he won the Game of TRAMP category and was named 'Most Valuable GTramp Athlete.' He is very skilled at both twisting and flipping tricks but enjoys the twisting a bit more. But he prides himself on being good at both, especially difficult combinations. James has a very consistent training routine. He works on his trampoline tricks approximately 1-2 hours per day and then trains in the gym for 1 hour.
In James' own words, "My biggest inspiration is really my friends and the community of flippers at large. I love how supportive they are of me and I try to be a support to them also."
Support James by purchasing one of his athlete t-shirts and cheer him on at the live event or one of the official live stream events at an official World Champs Park near you.
Follow James: @jamer_open1
In James' own words, "My biggest inspiration is really my friends and the community of flippers at large. I love how supportive they are of me and I try to be a support to them also."
Support James by purchasing one of his athlete t-shirts and cheer him on at the live event or one of the official live stream events at an official World Champs Park near you.
Follow James: @jamer_open1
Ernest Brenchley
ERNEST is from the UK and is a BERG 'Masters of Bounce' athlete, known for his amazing rotation. Having been the first human to ever do more than 7 flips on a trampoline with no extra harnesses or equipment, as is customary in Freestyle, Ernest throws down his highest tricks when double-bounced. This allowed him to get many World First's in both the traditional trampoline world, and the quickly growing Freestyle Community.
Ernest did martial arts for 9 years before starting Freestyle Trampoline and clearly uses that mental focus in his training and his business.
His business mind, even at a relatively young age, has shown that he is equally calculated when he flips. This quick thinking has helped him make his World First's circulate virally over social media to MILLIONS all over the world.
Ernest co-created Radial Flipz in the UK with a group of young flipping friends, to help develop freestyle trampoline both locally and Internationally. Ernest, a valued member of the Radial Flipz Team is quickly gaining International Status for his amazing control on his rotational flips.
That is NOT to say he can't twist! Ernest has demonstrated many times his ability to 'spin' with the best of them, but finds he is especially interested in developing rotational combinations.
Follow Ernest and please support him on social media and by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on wearing your Ernest.tramp tee!
Follow Ernest: @ernest.tramp
Follow Radial Flipz: @radialflipz
Follow BERG: @berg_masters_of_bounce
Ernest did martial arts for 9 years before starting Freestyle Trampoline and clearly uses that mental focus in his training and his business.
His business mind, even at a relatively young age, has shown that he is equally calculated when he flips. This quick thinking has helped him make his World First's circulate virally over social media to MILLIONS all over the world.
Ernest co-created Radial Flipz in the UK with a group of young flipping friends, to help develop freestyle trampoline both locally and Internationally. Ernest, a valued member of the Radial Flipz Team is quickly gaining International Status for his amazing control on his rotational flips.
That is NOT to say he can't twist! Ernest has demonstrated many times his ability to 'spin' with the best of them, but finds he is especially interested in developing rotational combinations.
Follow Ernest and please support him on social media and by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on wearing your Ernest.tramp tee!
Follow Ernest: @ernest.tramp
Follow Radial Flipz: @radialflipz
Follow BERG: @berg_masters_of_bounce
Evan Rocha
EVAN is from Austria and is known for his versatility and hard work ethic. He is a professional Freestyle Trampolinist from Austria. Evan started GTramp back in 2015, when he was first inspired by YouTubers like Tanner Braungardt and Xtreme Flipp3rs. He immediately fell in love with this sport because, as he says, "You can fully embrace your creativity, skill level and the opportunities that come with it are tremendous."
What Evan love most about the sport is that you can 100% be yourself and do what you enjoy. There is no strict rules or paths you have to follow - You create your path. Evan's favourite skill is Full Full and he is working on some new skills for the World Champs.
Evan trains and also coaches at ARL Park in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria. He loves working with young athletes and teaching them proper progressions. At home, Evan trains on the 'North Athlete' trampoline and is a valued member of the #GRTCrew, where he helps run the Freestyle Merch Shop and the# GRTCrew IG account.
Follow Evan and please support him on social media and by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on wearing your Evan tee!
Follow Evan: @evanjrocha
Follow ARL Park: @ARLPark
#FTAworldchamps
What Evan love most about the sport is that you can 100% be yourself and do what you enjoy. There is no strict rules or paths you have to follow - You create your path. Evan's favourite skill is Full Full and he is working on some new skills for the World Champs.
Evan trains and also coaches at ARL Park in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria. He loves working with young athletes and teaching them proper progressions. At home, Evan trains on the 'North Athlete' trampoline and is a valued member of the #GRTCrew, where he helps run the Freestyle Merch Shop and the# GRTCrew IG account.
Follow Evan and please support him on social media and by attending the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on wearing your Evan tee!
Follow Evan: @evanjrocha
Follow ARL Park: @ARLPark
#FTAworldchamps
Robin Steiner
ROBIN is from Switzerland and is known for his high degree of skills, both flipping and twisting, especially 'killers' and 'full-full-full' skills. He is 17 years old and lives in Berne, Switzerland. He started a few years ago on a garden trampoline, doing his first basic flips. Then he got into freerunning, but mainly liked the part about the flips. Robin says, "I saw lots of freestyle trampoline videos on YouTube, mainly by Robin Hager (Swiss freestyle trampolinist) that inspired me to get into this sport as well. So i went to the nearest trampoline parc and started working on my skills. And here i am 3.5 years later - after hundreds of hours of training, frustrating moments while practicing, extremely hard work and dedication to this amazing sport - presenting the results of all these efforts. Hope you are going to like what you will see at the FTA World championships 2022!"
Robin trains on both the NORTH Trampoline or the Five Square Freestyle trampoline from Eurotramp™ while at Bounce Lab Belp and trains about 5 hours per week due to his school studies. Robin also enjoys snowboarding, tricking and cliff diving.
Follow Robin and support him on social media, or attend the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, wearing your Flips_by_Robin tee!
Follow Robin: @flips_by_robin
Robin trains on both the NORTH Trampoline or the Five Square Freestyle trampoline from Eurotramp™ while at Bounce Lab Belp and trains about 5 hours per week due to his school studies. Robin also enjoys snowboarding, tricking and cliff diving.
Follow Robin and support him on social media, or attend the World Champs on August 4 in London to cheer him on, wearing your Flips_by_Robin tee!
Follow Robin: @flips_by_robin