Storror
| STORROR | |
|---|---|
 Storror in the Masada desert, 2019. Front left to right: Max Cave, Josh Burnett-Blake; standing: Benj Cave, Toby Segar, Drew Taylor, Sacha Powell, Callum Powell | |
| Website | www |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Genre(s) | Parkour and freerunning |
| Subscribers | 10 million April 2024 [1][2] |
| Contents are in | English |
Storror (stylized as STORROR) is a group of seven parkour and freerunning athletes from the United Kingdom. They run a YouTube channel. Storror was established in 2010 by brothers Max Cave and Benj Cave, as well as Drew Taylor. They were later joined by Toby Segar, Callum Powell, Sacha Powell, and Josh Burnett-Blake. Storror have made the documentaries SuperTramps: Thailand (2015) and Roof Culture Asia (2017). They made their feature film debut in Netflix's 6 Underground (2019).
History
[edit]Storror was established in 2010 by seven parkour athletes from Horsham (West Sussex), and Peacehaven (East Sussex) who met as teenagers.[3][4] The team started with the Cave brothers and Drew Taylor, who were inspired by Jump London (2003) and Jump Britain (2005) documentaries. They began uploading videos to their YouTube channel, originally called StorrorBlog.[4][5][6] They later met other members of British parkour communities and in 2010 established the Storror group and YouTube channel.[5][7]
In 2011 and 2012, the team filmed two cliff jumping videos in Malta that included jumps from the Azure Window.[3][8] In 2016, team member Max Cave leaped between the roofs of two Hong Kong skyscrapers and uploaded it to Instagram.[9][10] They also filmed several other videos in Hong Kong which were published later.[11][12]
In May 2017, Storror apologized for stunts performed at Joshua Tree National Park.[13][14]
In September 2017, the team released their second documentary (the first being SuperTramps: Thailand) Roof Culture Asia, which features stunts made on the rooftops of Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul.[5][15] They monetized this video through Vimeo.[16] Storror made their feature film debut in Netflix's 6 Underground, released on 13 December 2019. They worked closely with director Michael Bay to perform parkour stunts on famous sites, such as the Florence Cathedral in Italy.[17]
Team members
[edit]As of January 2024, the Storror team are:
- Max Cave
- Benj Cave
- Drew Taylor – Guinness world record holder[18]
- Toby Segar – Ninja Warrior UK finalist in 2015 and 2016[4][19][20]
- Callum Powell
- Sacha Powell
- Josh Burnett-Blake
References
[edit]- ^ "STORROR". YouTube. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "About STORROR". YouTube.
- ^ a b Patrick Cooke (14 September 2012). "'It's not reckless... we know what we're doing'". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Jamie Millar (28 November 2017). "This Extreme Parkour Team Is Taking Streetwear to the Rooftops". Highsnobiety. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Vicky Wong (12 February 2018). "Four days of shooting, three minutes of footage, two decades of practice, and one 'nutter' security guard: Storror in HK". Coconuts HK. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "World-Class Parkour Artists Jump Around With 'Langurs' In India". News World India. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Sam Gutelle (19 April 2018). "YouTube Millionaires: For The Athletes Of Storror, "Anything Is Possible"". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Patrick Cooke (22 August 2013). "'Cliff jumping is safe if you take precautions'". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Casey Quackenbush (8 July 2016). "Parkour Runner Appears to Make Insane Leap Between Hong Kong Skyscrapers". TIME. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Harley Tamplin (11 July 2016). "It's too early in the week to cope with this insane parkour video". Metro. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Adam Wright (2 February 2018). "Parkour in Hong Kong: 17 storeys up, freerunners leap across roofs of Tsim Sha Tsui's Chungking Mansions". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ James Chrisman (4 February 2018). "Watch These Lunatics Barely Land Terrifying Jumps Across Rooftops in Hong Kong". Thrillist. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Chris Clarke (24 May 2017). "UPDATED: Parkour Team Apologizes for Joshua Tree Spree". KCET. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Brian Calvert (12 June 2017). "Hooligan Island; Tree-hoppers in Joshua Tree; Kanye for president? Mishaps and mayhem from around the region". High Country News. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Marta Beveridge (5 September 2017). "Storror's Roof Culture Asia Out Now". teneightymagazine.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ David Waywell (26 May 2018). "Enter the thrilling and daring world of parkour". The National. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Gates, Christopher (13 December 2019). "The truth about those parkour scenes in 6 Underground". Looper.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Longest forward jump flip / somersault (parkour)". Guinness World Records. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Becca Taylor (18 September 2015). "Ninja Warrior daredevil performs death-defying leap off Norway cliff". getsurrey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Nick Schwartz (3 May 2015). "British freerunner absolutely crushes 'Ninja Warrior' course". USA Today. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2018.