FOUNDER

Michael was doing parkour back in the ‘80’s, before it was a ‘thing’; his background in gymnastics and martial arts made him a natural. His inspiration was the godfather of parkour, Jackie Chan.

He began coaching bootcamp-style classes almost 15 years ago on Vancouver island. Over time, this endeavour grew into working with numerous parks and rec programs, various schools, and several youth initiatives, including the RCMP sponsored drug prevention program.

By the time the Kleyn family moved to Penticton in 2018, Michael had vision for an exclusive parkour gym, which was finally realized in Jan 2020. His standard of excellence has made the gym what it is today.

When not at the gym working on a new project, you might find Michael in a hot tub, going out for wings night, sleeping in a snow cave in the mountains with his kids (not wife🥶), or getting beat by his wife in pretty much any card game. His arch nemesis is cold water.

Heather is responsible for pioneering the ‘behind the scenes’ at Ethos Parkour, and makes the business management and administrative world go ‘round. She is the friendly person on the other side of the email, text, or phone call, or, on Saturday mornings, the front desk😊

When Heather isn’t creating an invoice, responding to an email, or getting caught up with Quickbooks, you are likely to find her attending too many fitness classes, sitting in the hot tub with Michael, playing soccer, going for coffee with a friend, washing dishes at home for hours, or spending time with her family💙

We are so blessed to have Luke at our gym as lead coach! Although he is unlikely to mention it, Luke is one of Canada’s top parkour athletes, having placed 5th in the recent world competition in Vancouver last summer. He regularly shocks us with seemingly ‘impossible’ movements, inspires his students to excel, and has an amazing gift of breaking down skills for his students to understand.

When Luke isn’t climbing around the gym, you might find him cliff jumping, hunting small creatures with his homemade sling shot, hanging out with his wife Bree, creating random additions to the gym, or swimming in the lake with his cats.

We so appreciate all Selah does to make our parkour camps AMAZING! When she’s not racing around the gym whipping dodge balls at the boys, you might find her paddle boarding on Skaha, playing piano in her room for hours, star gazing on a clear night while camping, or spending too much money at the mall…😬

We love the energy Gideon brings to classes, camps, and birthday parties! When he’s not swinging around with the buds during youth open gym, you might find Gideon winter camping, stomping on opponents on the rugby field, jumping in the frozen Lake Okanagan on a dare🥶, or squeezing the oversized family cat, Princess.