Ken Minds (Instagram profile, 19 Mar 2020)

Athlete, Coach, Photographer

English, French, Italian

Scuola Parkour: Bellinzona, SUI

He was bothered by muscle injuries during the 2022 World Cup event in Montpellier, France. (tio.ch, 17 Aug 2022)

He began training in 2002.

"From an early age I was looking for something that made me different - I'm not talking about things to have, but about personal skills and qualities. I was nine when one day, by pure chance, I sat upside down on the sofa. The funny thing is that I continued to do it for days and I started walking on my hands every day."

"Optimists see opportunity in every danger. Pessimists see danger in every opportunity." (Facebook page, 23 Mar 2021)

BUSINESS OWNER
In 2014 he established a parkour gym and shop called Scuola Parkour in Gorduno, Switzerland. "As it is quite a risky sport since it is played outside, on concrete, I thought of giving the opportunity to many kids to do parkour safely and so I opened the school. The first location was in Gorduno, with about 50 members. Then it took off, and now I have two classes in Lugano, two in Locarno and two in Bellinzona." He also runs a photography and videography business called Minds Production in Giubiasco, Switzerland. (LinkedIn profile, 29 Sep 2022; Minds Production Instagram profile, 06 Jan 2022; Scuola Parkour Instagram profile, 16 Dec 2021; azione.ch, 28 Sep 2020; Scuola Parkour Facebook page, 28 Aug 2014)

TV APPEARANCE
In 2016 he competed on the TV show 'Ninja Warrior Italia'. (Kevin Delco YouTube channel, 20 Nov 2016)

WORLD RECORD
In 2016 he set a Guinness World Record for the fastest time to descend 50 steps walking on hands, completing the challenge in a time of 14.58s in Yichun, People's Republic of China. (guinnessworldrecords.com, 23 Sep 2016)