Greg Roe

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Gregory Vladimir Roe (born May 17, 1990) is widely known as the developer of Freestyle Trampoline which is a new branch of acrobatics in which the athletes take a leading role in their training and competitive structure compared to the coaching centred approach that has traditionally been the prevailing narrative in acrobatics for it's entire history.

Canadian acrobatic specialist, coach, social media influencer and athlete who has won several national gold medals in the gymnastics and trampoline disciplines.

Greg is well known in the acrobatic industry for his daring skills and stunts on social media.

He has appeared on numerous television shows including America's Got Talent (2015), Discovery Channel, Daily Planet, and Das Supertalent (Germany), showcasing his unique acrobatic talents.

He currently is co-founder of the Freestyle Trampoline Association and works on many acrobatic based projects around the world.

Early life

Vladimir Demidov was born on May 17, 1990, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, (now Moscow, Russia). Roe spent the first five years of his life in a Russian orphanage until he was adopted by a Canadian family. Maureen and Randy Roe, from Brampton, Ontario, Canada, welcomed Roe into their home along with their son, Douglas. Roe embraced his new Canadian culture but would keep his Russian name as a middle name, becoming Gregory Vladimir Roe.

The orphanage has had lasting effects on Roe's mentality and how he views the world. The orphanage was rough on him and he took that rough mentality to Canada and struggled to fit in. He was regularly disciplined at school and got into physical altercations often. Diagnosed with ADHD, Roe found it hard to keep focused on one thing and was kicked out of his first gymnastics class by Alex Bard, former Gymnastics Women's National coach, and was told he would never make it in the Industry. Roe was able to use his ADHD to get creative and was quickly able to learn anything he set his mind too. Roe would learn to use sport and his creativity to his advantage for what would become his future lifelong passion.

Education

Greg Roe found his calling in college in the fitness industry and began to dive into the literature. He attended Humber College (North Campus) in Etobicoke, Toronto from 2009 to 2010. Roe then applied to University of Guelph-Humber’s Kinesiology program (2011–2013) to obtain his bachelor's degree. His trampoline career was taking off at the same time and he was named to Team Canada in 2010.

During his last year at university, Roe interned at the Canadian Sport Centre Ontario (CSCO) where he would test Olympic athletes from across Canada. He later worked at CSCO as a fitness tester and worked with different teams on a contract basis.

Along with his Kinesiology background, Roe is certified by the National Canadian Coaching Program for Level 2 Gymnastics, Level 3 Trampoline Coach, Weightlifting, and International Society for the Advancement of anthropometry Level 1. Greg is also CanFit Pro Certified and has a valid CPR and Risk management Certification.

By far, Roe's experience traveling has given him insights into different cultures' views on the sport that has shown to be a crucial element in the educational process. He takes these experiences and utilizes them to be able to see from many different points of view which is crucial in coaching any athlete.

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Career

Roe was 11 years old and moved to Bramalea Gymnastics under head coach Doron Kernerman and Titus Ruddock after the incident with the former head coach, Gymnastics Giants, closed. Since being focusing more on his training, he was eventually named the best male athlete at Bramalea and began winning medals at tournaments.

Bramalea Gymnastics eventually closed due to a lack of funding, and Greg was forced to move to another gym. Alex Bard and his friends returned to Gymnastics Mississauga this year, this time being fully focused. Roe then began working with Men's coaches Chris Foo and Gary Isaacs. In 2007, he was awarded a gold medal at the Canadian National Parallel bars in Level 6 Open National Level.

Roe started training for Junior and Senior National Championships, but decided that the tight environment did not allow him to train the way he wanted. In 2008, he decided to drop the gymnastics program and into trampoline. He began competing in trampoline full-time and quickly excelled with his gymnastics experience.

Roe adapted to trampoline after leaving gymnastics in 2008. He had attended the SkyRiders Trampoline Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario, just north of Toronto, during his gymnastics career. He did gymnastics training for a week a week as a recreational athlete.

Roe was quickly promoted to national championships in his first year at the Junior National level as he began to compete in trampoline. He earned his way into Team Canada, was head coach Dave Ross, just two years later, and was consistently ranked among the top ten nationally, with head coach Dave Ross consistently placing top four players. He began competing internationally in 2010, representing Canada at numerous World Cup tournaments.

In 2013, he was named Senior National Synchronized Champion alongside teammate Sebastien St-Germain. In March 2011, he received the highest Difficulty Award at the Aalsmeer Flower Cup in The Netherlands.

Though Roe was quickly proving he was a good contender on the international stage, teammates and coaches point out that "Greg never really liked to compete, he just picked up the challenge so he would bounce on the supertramp." Roe's true passion was inventing new skills and experimenting with new techniques and coaching methods that were clearly out of the norm and often looked down on by his coworkers, mentors, and the wider market. Roe, who had an independent attitude from birth, had no immediate problems with these struggles, but then, his militant attitude, as well as his natural aggression, led him to enter political conflict with his federation.

Roe was on social media and was quickly becoming well-known for his online videos on Facebook and Instagram at the same time. With the unveiling of a trampoline video on YouTube by well-known YouTuber and film producer Devin Supertramp, his online success took off. It was the first video of a traditional trampoline celebrity receiving international attention thanks to an online platform, and it opened Roe's career as a social media influencer.

Roe was officially kicked out of Team Canada during 2013–2014 because the team's culture did not match Team Canada's culture. Following Dave Ross' official letter, Roe considered the situation as a chance to reimagine the game in his own name and developed Freestyle Trampoline as a new culture and sport.

Roe began teaching at the age of 12 as a "Coach in Training" at Bramalea Gymnastics. He began teaching clinics and now educates athletes and other coaches around the world, including Cirque du Soleil performers, Lords of Gravity; a well-known basketball dunk team in Hungary and several others. Roe is currently the head trampoline coach for Snowboard Germany's national Slopestyle and Half Pipe teams. He works in all three segments of the industry; garden trampolines, trampoline parks, and traditional trampoline. He has worked with many companies outside of the acrobatic arena, as well as the establishment of an Official Certificate that encourages all sports to benefit from trampoline training.

In 2018, Roe formed the very first Indonesian Trampoline Team for the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. As the team grows, he continues to remotely instruct the staff through online videos and webinars. He has worked with many of the Nitro Circus celebrities on tour, doing amazing stunts and using his 'out of the box' thinking to help with their extreme stunts, which is also his specialty.

Trampoline parks are a relatively new segment of the global acrobatic industry, and Roe has been working with park managers and owners to help promote safety and education in trampoline parks. Parks have long been known for poor safety conditions, and many traditional coaches have left their careers, so Roe and his staff have played a key role in the development of this new market.

His teaching philosophy is unmatched among other coaches in the industry. Traditional acrobatics is based on a two-dimensional trial and error procedure led by a coach. With this top-down strategy, Roe believes that it creates athlete dependence, and he has shown that the athletes have no ability to cope with new situations. According to Roe, the athletes will learn to take charge of their own training and therefore be more likely to properly self regulate in any situation whether a coach is present or not. He believes that, as the industry expands into new markets of uneducated people working acrobatics without a mandatory education, it is more important to develop self-regulatory training plans.

Roe's unique 3-Dimensional model of learning acrobatics examines acrobatics as a'map' that must be loaded and athletes can 'load' the various sections of the map by varying axes. An athlete gains spatial awareness by going through the movements and creating neural pathways appropriate to each skill. Every recognized skill, according to him, is simply a series of degrees of rotation within the body joints and around the body's various axes. He teaches athletes how to 'build' their skills as a tower in a controlled manner by simply stacking the different degrees on top of each other in different orders.

He writes "Coaching Creatures – The Unsolved Circuits," describing the science and practical experience behind this 'build up' strategy. It boosts morale in the athletes and gives them absolute control over their training whether they are in a controlled gym or outside of a foreign country.

With the new Freestyle Trampoline sector of the industry, where people are proud of having complete control over their own education, this hands-off strategy is extremely popular. Greg simply shows them how to manage their training on their own terms in a safe manner. Roe has worked with many athletes and may well be one of the most diverse coaches in the acrobatic field. As part of his Global Holdings, Roe has also established a dedicated Research and Development department. This division is dedicated to further study in the fields of Athlete Growth, Parental Development, Economics, Psychology, and several others that intend to examine the acrobatic industry from a complete 3D model.

Roe, after leaving Team Canada, wanted to explore marketing and company growth. Rather than going to school, he began traveling and gathering valuable practical experience by speaking with many executives in the industry as well as outside of it. He combined his theoretical research education from University with his industry expertise and recruited business-minded people to help him learn how to market his unique teaching style and social media presence in order to have a global view.

He began training clinics around Europe in 2013 with Trish McGeer from InGear Productions and leading airbag manufacturer Bagjump Action Sports GmbH (Austria). He also appeared at the Baltic Games in 2014 (Poland), Brava Festival (Sweden), on Das Supertalent (Germany) in 2014 and America's Got Talent in 2015. He was effectively a social media influencer and was the first for his field.

Greg helped brands reach their audience and help spread education around the world in all three sports of acrobatics and Wind Tunnel Flying, among other sports that utilize aerial movements such as Flyboarding and Wind Tunnel Flying. Greg is on the road going to meet with different members of his staff to collaborate on various projects.

On the first-ever 3D Mobile Trampoline Simulator, Roe was the team leader. The simulator includes a free version as well as a Premium version, where Gamers can explore the GRT Trampoline Park on their phones, bounce freely, train tricks, and even compete with Live Leaderboards as well as IRL (In Real Life) tournaments. Roe has introduced a cryptocurrency token and a whole market of NFTs (Non-Fungible Token) as well as plans to develop a Metaverse from his esports arm's control. The simulator is still in production, but it is still available in most app stores.

Roe officially converted all of his assets into a holding company named GRT Holdings, Inc. in 2018. He has developed his network of companies and resources, including stocks, cryptocurrency, real estate, acrobatic devices, equities, and others. During the Covid Pandemic, GRT Holdings, Inc. conducted over ten Mergers and Acquisitions of other start-up companies that encourage Roe to adapt to the pandemic. GRT Holdings are expected to be in the $33 to $50 range, and Roe has expressed interest in a Series A in 2023. Roe has many new ventures each year as he enters a global B2B network and is always looking for new markets.

The Garden Trampoline Games, Greg and Trish' first-ever official Freestyle Trampoline competition, was held in 2017 (GT Games). According to the Los Angeles Times, the festival was a huge success with international media coverage, and it prompted the introduction of Freestyle Trampoline as a new sport that was growing online. Greg and Trish founded the Freestyle Trampoline Association (FTA) in order to manage these events around the world, and have been operating for many years as a new way to compete and prepare acrobatics for the new generation. The FTA has many affiliates around the world, as well as the GRT Network's own educational website, where students can complete his 3-dimensional model of acrobatics. The FTA has arranged several tournaments around the world for various categories of athletes, including the Freestyle Trampoline World Championships for the best competitors and the T.R.A.M.P. Champ for the young athletes. The FTA is the first-ever association for these events, and has been lauded in international media for their efforts in a traditional industry.

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