The PKE Team

Chair of the board
(Term 2022-2026)

Christina has more than 12 years of experience working with volunteer development and motivation.

Christina was introduced to parkour in 2007 in Copenhagen and was drawn by the spirit of the community. Whilst Christina is no longer an active parkour practitioner, she has taken the parkour ethos with her in other sports she’s passionate about (skiing – cross country and alpine - rock climbing, kayaking, hiking, and yoga) as well as in her professional life. She is using the methodology of parkour in her leadership, such as working with overcoming fear and working with personal development and progress.

Christina is passionate about the union of body and mind. She believes that in setting the body free we can also set our minds free. If we are open to trying new things in our movement practice, we will also open our minds in other aspects of life and this leads to better tolerance and understanding among people.

Elected Director
(Term: 2023-2027)

Chris started parkour after seeing the seminal documentary Jump London and became inspired to see what his body was capable of with the London and wider UK parkour community. He has a degree in Political Science and a background in teaching steel pans before focusing on coaching parkour.

Chris is currently the Elected Director for England with Parkour UK, and has been involved with Parkour UK in coaching and tutoring since it was founded. He is a senior coach with Parkour Generations and has 10 years of experience tutoring the ADAPT certifications around the globe.

Elected Director
(Term: 2023-2027)

Since Tomasz saw parkour in 2005, he realized that parkour had been in him for a long time. Since then, he has been actively practicing parkour with undying passion.

Over the course of several years, he was involved in the development of parkour in the city of Gdańsk but also throughout Poland. In 2011, he co-founded the KS Movement organization, which brings together parkour enthusiasts, and since 2016 it has had its own indoor space. The activities of Tomasz and his team members also influenced the parkour parks industry, thanks to which there are already several dozen of them in Poland.

Since 2008, Tomasz has maintained the tradition of the annual Parkour Festival in Gdańsk, hosting traceurs and freerunners from all over the world. Tomasz is also the founding president of the Polish parkour federation, which supports the activities of parkour organizations throughout Poland. His knowledge and commitment to the development of the Polish parkour community is implemented by running the Parkour Portal account on social media.

Elected Director
(Term: 2025-2028)

Panda’s parkour journey started as a kid in 2006, inspired and guided by the parkour pioneers of Finland.

From 2010 onwards he has done parkour as his work by coaching, performing, organizing events, running the national association, training new coaches and so much more.

 Panda has a burning passion for bringing the whole global international parkour community closer together and making it accessible and welcoming for everyone and all kinds of people.

Independent Director
Term (2024-2028)

Carles Vera is the director and co-founder of Motion Academy and president of Valencia Movement.

Carles discovered parkour in 2007 and since then has been training, learning or thinking about it. As a Political Scientist and youth participation facilitator, he is interested in developing the parkour community at all levels.

Elected Director
(Term 2025-2028)

Melissa started parkour classes in 2015 after watching her kids' classes and thinking it looked like fun.

Melissa spent 20 years teaching and after retiring early, she worked as a Regional Coordinator for USA Climbing, helping organize youth competition. When her son quit competitive climbing, she looked to bring the skills she learned with USAC and bring them to parkour.

Since 2022, she's served as the Event Director and a board member for the United States Parkour Association. She helped USPK organize their national competition circuit. Melissa and her daughter still practice parkour and love traveling to events and making friends in the global parkour community. 

Elected Director
(Term: 2025-2028)