Red Bull Art of Motion explained

Red Bull Art of Motion is a parkour and freerunning competition, established in 2007 and created by Red Bull. It is an international competition with qualifiers being held in various regional competitions around the world throughout the year. Winners from the regional competitions each year earn their ticket to get to the finals, held towards the end of the year.

The inaugural competition was held in Vienna, Austria, and has since been held in various other countries, including England, Kuwait,[1] United States,[2] [3] Sweden,[4] Greece (Santorini), and most recently in Matera, Italy. Judging of the event is based on several criteria including creativity, flow, execution, and difficulty.[5]

The Red Bull athletes
Dominic Di Tommaso[6]
Jason Paul[7]
Pavel Petkuns[8]
Stefan Dollinger [9]
Alexander Titarenko[10]
Krystian Kowalewski[11]
Hazal Nehir[12]
Lilou Ruel [13]
Noa Diorgina [14]

List of winners

YearDateLocationChampionSecondThirdBest Trick
2007 6 October Vienna, Austria Ryan Doyle Victor Lopez Marcus Gustafsson Ryan Doyle
200922 May Vienna, Austria Paul Joseph Tim Shieff Marcus Gustafsson Delyan Dimitrov
2009 22 August Helsingborg, Sweden Delyan Dimitrov Jason Paul Tim Shieff Delyan Dimitrov
20107 May Vienna, Austria Jason Paul Yoann Leroux Pavel Petkuns Pavel Petkuns
2010 11 September Tampa, USA Yoann Leroux Jason Paul Kyle Mendoza Marvin Ross
2010 17 September Boston, USA Jason Paul Pip Andersen Marcus Gustafsson Jason Paul
2011 20 March London, Great Britain Tim Shieff Marcus Gustafsson Ryan Doyle Erik Mukhametshin
201130 July Yokohama, Japan Jason Paul Pavel Petkuns Kie Willis Kie Willis
201113 August São Paulo, Brazil Ryan Doyle Jason Paul Tim Shieff Cato Aspmo
201128 August Detroit, USA Marcus Gustafsson Tim Shieff Pip Andersen Marvin Ross
20119 October Santorini, Greece Pavel Petkuns Yoann Leroux Gaetan Bouillet Paulo Tavares
20128 September Lavertezzo, Switzerland Pavel Petkuns Slava Petin Josh Yadon Pavel Petkuns
201228 September Santorini, Greece Pavel Petkuns Marcus Gustafsson Jason Paul Alexander Zyulev
201314 September Santorini, Greece Cory DeMeyers Alexander Baiturin Jesse La Flair Jesse La Flair
20144 October Santorini, Greece Dimitris Kyrsanidis Pavel Petkuns Alexander Baiturin Alexander Baiturin
20153 October Santorini, Greece Dimitris Kyrsanidis Pavel Petkuns Jesse Peveril Alfred Scott
20161 October Santorini, Greece Bart van der Linden Alfred Scott Joey Adrian Alfred Scott
20177 October Santorini, Greece Alexander Titarenko Nathan Weston Dimitris Kyrsanidis Alexander Titarenko
20195 October Matera, Italy Didi Alaoui Edward Scott Dimitris Kyrsanidis Didi Alaoui
202110 July Pireaus, Greece Krystian Kowalewski Edward Scott Evgeny Aroyan Krystian Kowalewski
202212 June Astypalea, Greece Travis Verkaik Edward Scott Elis Torhall Elis Torhall

Best Female

YearLocationChampionSecondThirdBest Trick
2012 Santorini, Greece Luci Romberg Pamela Forster Erica Madrid
2013 Santorini, Greece Aleksandra Shevchenko Pamela Forster Erica Madrid
2014 Santorini, Greece Luci Romberg Aleksandra Shevchenko Pamela Forster
2015 Santorini, Greece Luci Romberg Pamela Forster
2016 Santorini, Greece Lynn Jung Sydney Olson Pamela Forster
2017 Santorini, Greece Aleksandra Shevchenko Pamela Forster
2019 Matera, Italy Sydney Olson Aleksandra Shevchenko Silke Sollfrank
2021 Pireaus, Greece Noa Diorgina Lilou Ruel Elise Bickley Lilou Ruel
2022 Astypalea, Greece Sydney Olson Lilou Ruel Noa Diorgina Miranda Tibbling

Video Competition 2011

Failaka Island, Kuwait

ChampionSecondThird
Team WarbahTeam QaruhTeam Miskan
Tim Shieff Ryan Doyle Tunc Uysaler
Will Sutton Kie Willis Anan Anwar
Sergio Cora Shaun Wood Justin Sheaffer
Kevin Fluri Vinnie Coryell Mohammad Al Attar

Best Trick Table

Men

RankCountryNumber
1 USA5
2 Russia 3
3 Great Britain2
3 Bulgaria2
3 Latvia2
3 Sweden2
7 Switzerland1
7 Germany1
7 Ukraine 1
7 Morocco1
7 Poland1

Women

Medal table (Countries)

Santorini Series (2011-2017)

2011

RankAthletePoints
1 Jason Paul494
2 Pavel Petkuns468
3 Pip Andersen454
4 Yoann Leroux450
4 Paulo Tavares450
6 Gaetan Bouillet449
RankAthlete
7 Kie Willis
8 Marcus Gustafsson
9 Sergio Cora
10 Luis Alkmim
11 Christian Harmat
12 Pablo Lopez
13 Tunc Leech Uysaler
14 Aral Loca Lopez
15 Zaza Markhulia
RankAthletePoints
1 Pavel Petkuns485
2 Yoann Leroux479
3 Gaetan Bouillet473
RankAthlete
4 Jason Paul
5 Paulo Tavares
6 Marcus Gustafsson
7 Kie Willis
8 Pip Andersen
Gaetan Bouillet & Paulo Tavares - The athletes did not participate on the AOM 2012

2012

Online qualification (Men)

Name
Alexander Zyulev
Kevin Fluri
Paulo Victor Freitas
Luis Alkmim
Online qualification (Women)
Name
Erica Madrid
Pamela Forster
Luci Romberg
Prizers AOM 2012 in Lavertezzo, Switzerland.
Name
Slava Petin
Josh Yadon
On-site qualification
Name
Jesse Peveril
Cory DeMeyers
Sergios Doumanis
Nathan Jones
First Run
RankAthletePoints
1 Pavel Petkuns449
2 Marcus Gustafsson 434
3 Ryan Doyle432
4 Yoann Leroux430
5 Luis Alkmim423
5 Alexander Zyulev423
7 Jason Paul421
8 Luci Romberg416
9 Cory DeMeyers412
10 Tim Shieff 409
11 Kie Willis405
12 Josh Yadon404
12 Pip Andersen404
14 Paulo Victor Freitas397
15 Sergios Doumanis395
16 Slava Petin384
17 Kevin Fluri382
18 Nathan Jones 370
19 Pamela Forster351
20 Jesse Peveril344
21 Erica Madrid308

Final Run

RankAthletePoints
1 Pavel Petkuns455
2 Marcus Gustafsson 436
3 Jason Paul434
4 Yoann Leroux419
5 Luis Alkmim404
6 Alexander Zyulev401
7 Luci Romberg372
8 Ryan Doyle366
Jason Paul, Luci Romberg & Ryan Doyle - The athletes did not participate on the AOM 2013

2013

NameCriteria
Tim ShieffCreativity
Victor LopezDifficulty
Anan AnwarExecution
Sergio CoraFlow
Patrick MorawetzHead Judge
Online qualification (Men)
Name
Bart van der Linden
Dimitris Kyrsanidis
Vincent Coryell
Online qualification (Women)
Name
Erica Madrid
Pamela Forster
Aleksandra Shevchenko
On-site qualification
Name
Cory DeMeyers
Alexander Baiturin
Joel Eggimann
Stanislavs Lazdans
Luke Madigan
Daniel Mircea

First Run

RankAthletePoints
1 Jesse La Flair517
2 Cory DeMeyers463
3 Joel Eggimann456
4 Stanislavs Lazdans452
5 Dimitris Kyrsanidis451
6 Daniel Mircea450
7 Alexander Baiturin432
8 Yoann Leroux426
9 Luke Madigan419
10 Vincent Coryell 412
11 Bart van der Linden404
12 Luis Alkmim401
13 Alexander Zyulev400
14 Marcus Gustafsson398
15 Aleksandra Shevchenko378
15 Pamela Forster378
17 Erika Madrid351
18 Pavel Petkuns Injury

Final Run

RankAthletePoints
1 Cory DeMeyers449
2 Alexander Baiturin 447
3 Jesse La Flair443
4 Yoann Leroux412
5 Joel Eggimann389
6 Stanislavs Lazdans382
7 Dimitris Kyrsanidis381
8 Daniel Mircea 378

2014

NameCriteria
Anan AnwarCreativity
Gabriel NunezDifficulty
Kie WillisExecution
Sergio CoraFlow
Patrick MorawetzHead Judge
Online qualification (Men)
Name
Zelimkhan Dzhabrailov
Pavel Petkuns
Alexander Schauer
Online qualification (Women)
Name
Luci Romberg
Pamela Forster
Aleksandra Shevchenko
On-site qualification
Name
Pedro Leon Gomez
Kamil Tobiasz
Alexandros Bilionis
Jesse Peveril
First Run
RankAthletePoints
1 Jesse Peveril471
2 Alexander Schauer445
3 Cory DeMeyers439
4 Stanislavs Lazdans438
5 Daniel Mircea396
6 Pamela Forster373
RankAthletePoints
1 Dimitris Kyrsanidis486
2 Alexander Baiturin480
3 Luci Romberg466
4 Pedro Leon Gomez464
5 Zelimkhan Dzhabrailov452
6 Joel Eggimann449
RankAthletePoints
1 Yoann Leroux460
2 Pavel Petkuns454
3 Jesse La Flair453
4 Kamil Tobiasz434
5 Alexandros Bilionis429
6 Aleksandra Shevchenko391

Final Run

RankAthletePoints
1 Dimitris Kyrsanidis494
2 Pavel Petkuns 484
3 Alexander Baiturin465
4 Yoann Leroux464
5 Jesse Peveril429
6 Alexander Schauer374

2015

NameCriteria
Anan AnwarCreativity
Gabriel NunezDifficulty
Kie WillisExecution
Sergio CoraFlow
Patrick MorawetzHead Judge
Online qualification (4 men & 3 women). From 3 to 9 August 2015 announced the winners of each day in the online qualification.
Date NameMan/Woman
3 August Pedro Leon Gomez Man
4 August Luci RombergWoman
5 August Didi AlaouiMan
6 August Pamela Forster Woman
7 August Dante GrazioliMan
8 August Lynn JungWoman
9 August Alfred ScottMan
Lynn Jung doesn't take part in competition.

On-site qualification

Name
Erik Mukhametshin
Jason Paul
Acraf Dibani
Johan Stahle
Dominic Di Tommaso
Bob Reese
First Run
RankAthletePoints
1 Yoann Leroux435
2 Alfred Scott417
3 Erik Mukhametshin415
4 Pedro Leon Gomez400
5 Alexander Baiturin386
6 Bob Reese 351
RankAthletePoints
1 Alexander Schauer472
2 Pavel Petkuns414
3 Luci Romberg396
4 Achraf Dibani358
5 Dante Grazioli355
6 Johan Stahle309
RankAthletePoints
1 Dimitris Kyrsanidis445
2 Jesse Peveril 429
3 Didi Alaoui425
4 Dominic Di Tommaso424
5 Jason Paul414
6 Pamela Forster343

Final Run

RankAthletePoints
1 Dimitris Kyrsanidis467
2 Pavel Petkuns 436
3 Jesse Peveril422
4 Alexander Schauer402
5 Yoann Leroux380
6 Alfred Scott317

2016

Judges

NameCriteria
Marcus GustafssonOverall Performance
Gabriel NunezDifficulty
Anan AnwarCreativity
Sergio CoraFlow
Kie WillisExecution
Patrick MorawetzHead Judge

Online qualification (Men)

Name
Pedro Leon Gomez
Joey Adrian
Pedro Salgado
Calen Chan
Online qualification (Women)
Name
Sydney Olson
Pamela Forster
Lynn Jung

On-site qualification

Name
Dominic Di Tommaso
Bart van der Linden
Nikita Teterev
Nathan Weston
Valtteri Luoma-aho
Cory DeMeyers
Alexander Schauer had injury and will not participate in AoM 2016. His place will take part Cory DeMeyers

First Run

RankAthletePoints
1 Calen Chan401
2 Nathan Weston384
3 Dominic Di Tommaso372
4 Cory DeMeyers339
5 Sydney Olson319
6 Jesse Peveril305
RankAthletePoints
1 Bart van der Linden369
2 Pedro Salgado367
3 Pedro Leon Gomez357
4 Pavel Petkuns348
5 Yoann Leroux331
6 Lynn Jung323
RankAthletePoints
1 Joey Adrian403
2 Alfred Scott402
3 Dimitris Kyrsanidis401
4 Valtteri Luoma-aho355
5 Nikita Teterev 342
6 Pamela Forster299

Final Run

RankAthletePoints
1 Bart van der Linden383
2 Alfred Scott379
3 Joey Adrian376
4 Calen Chan369
5 Pedro Salgado359
6 Nathan Weston350

2017

Judges:

NameCriteria
Marcus GustafssonOverall Performance
Gabriel NunezDifficulty
Anan AnwarCreativity
Sergio CoraFlow
Kie WillisExecution
Patrick MorawetzHead Judge

Online qualification (4 men & 3 women). From 12 to 18 July 2017 announced the winners of each day in the online qualification.

Date NameMan/Woman
12 July Dimitris KyrsanidisMan
13 July Sydney Olson Woman
14 July Jeff GarridoMan
15 July Aleksandra ShevchenkoWoman
16 July Stanislavs Lazdans Man
17 July Pamela ForsterWoman
18 July Valtteri Luoma-ahoMan

Top 20 On-site athletes :

Name
Charles Luong
Aaron Vivar
Edward Scott
Alexander Schauer
Pedro Leon Gomez
Yesay Ayala
Corbin Reinhardt
Bob Reese
Dominic Di Tommaso
Didi Alaoui
Matthias Mayer
Kirya Kolesnikov
Onni Pouhtari
Pavel Petkuns
Waldemar Muller
Kamil Tobiasz
Gabriel Mircea
Sato Kenichi
Alexander Titarenko
Benjamin Cave

First Run

RankAthletePoints
1 Pedro Salgado 397
2 Valtteri Luoma-aho 389
3 Alexander Schauer 384
4 Alfred Scott 377
5 Charles Luong 347
6 Pamela Forster 303
RankAthletePoints
1 Nathan Weston 400
2 Dimitris Kyrsanidis 391
3 Bart van der Linden 342
4 Edward Scott334
5 Kamil Tobiasz323
6 Dominic Di Tommaso 312
RankAthletePoints
1 Calen Chan 381
2 Alexander Titarenko 380
3 Joey Adrian 373
4 Jeff Garrido 364
5 Didi Alaoui 350
6 Aleksandra Shevchenko 342

Final Run

RankAthletePoints
1 Alexander Titarenko 418
2 Nathan Weston 386
3 Dimitris Kyrsanidis 384
4 Calen Chan346
5 Pedro Salgado330
6 Valtteri Luoma-aho 309

Matera 2019

12 men and 6 women will compete on AoM 2019 in Matera.Participants will include the winners of the 2017 Red Bull Art of Motion and other international competitions (Air Wipp Challenge, NAPC and Lion City), an Italian wildcard alongside winners of the online and onsite qualifications.

Judges:

NameCriteria
Marcus GustafssonOverall Impression
Gabriel NunezDifficulty
Anan AnwarCreativity
Sergio CoraFlow
Kie WillisExecution
Patrick MorawetzHead Judge

Participants (Golden Ticket):

Name of winnerCompetitionPlaceDateYear
Alexander TitarenkoRed Bull Art of Motion SantoriniOctober, 7 2017
Krystian Kowalewski Air Wipp Challenge HelsingborgNovember, 102018
Edward ScottNAPC 7 Style VancouverAugust, 182019
Nathan Weston*Lion City Gathering SingaporeSeptember, 152019
Fausto VicariItalian Wildcard All ItalySeptember2019

Online qualification (4 men & 4 women):

Name
Men
Didi Alaoui
Evgeny Aroyan
Montree Bowdok
Yurai Miyazaki
Women
Sydney Olson
Aleksandra Shevchenko
Lilou Ruel
Silke Sollfrank

On-site qualification (3 men & 2 women)

Name
Men
Stefan Dollinger
Joshua Malone
Dimitris Kyrsanidis
Women
Hazal Nehir
Camila Stefaniu

First Run

D - Difficulty E - Execution F - Flow C - Creativity OI - Overall Impression

RankAthletePointsDEFCOI
1 Krystian Kowalewski4107792857482
2 Nathan Weston3887487746786
3 Joshua Malone3708568707077
4 Silke Sollfrank3135578636057
5 Camila Stefaniu2885781583854
6 Fausto Vicari2866048655063
RankAthletePointsDEFCOI
1 Edward Scott4299089867490
2 Dimitris Kyrsanidis4138882837288
3 Evgeny Aroyan4057491817683
4 Montree Bowdok3688070796574
5 Lilou Ruel2777048545352
6 Hazal Nehir2374845613548
RankAthletePointsDEFCOI
1 Charles Luong4119192806286
2 Didi Alaoui4009551828488
3 Yurai Miyazaki3838865787379
4 Sydney Olson3537176736766
5 Dominic Di Tommaso3526874756075
6 Aleksandra Shevchenko 3205771 696261

Final Run

RankAthletePointsDEFCOI
1 Didi Alaoui4289181868090
2 Edward Scott4218889877087
3 Dimitris Kyrsanidis4138391817385
4 Krystian Kowalewski4038190777184
5 Nathan Weston4017582807886
6 Charles Luong3536783755078

Pireaus 2021

Red Bull Art of Motion is back in 2021! The best tracers will gather again in Greece to participate in the main international freerunning competition . The competition will take place in a new unexpected location - in the heart of Piraeus, in the port of Microlimano, where participants will have to show their skills on board two huge sailing yachts.

Judges:

NameCriteria
Jason PaulCreativity
Luis AlkmimOverall Impression
Sydney OlsonDifficulty
Sergio CoraFlow
Kie WillisExecution
Patrick MorawetzHead Judge
Participants:

TOP-3 of AoM 2019

Name
Didi Alaoui
Edward Scott
Dimitris Kyrsanidis

Online qualification (6 men & 6 women)

Name
Men
Krystian Kowalewski
Bob Reese
Evgeny Aroyan
Shea Rudolph
Elis Torhall
Davide Rizzi
Women
Noa Diorgina
Lilou Ruel
Elise Bickley
Lisa Schneider
Miranda Tibbling
Hanaho Yamamoto

Onsite qualification

Name
Travis Verkaik
Jarrod Luty
Mimis Theodoridis
First Run

D - Difficulty E - Execution F - Flow C - Creativity OI - Overall Impression

RankAthletePointsDEFCOI
1 Bob Reese3957858748276
2 Noa Diorgina3667178727872
3 Travis Verkaik3657983765374
4 Elis Torhall3617881686074
5 Joshua Malone3387064637368
6 Hanaho Yamamoto2766462356253
RankAthletePointsDEFCOI
1 Krystian Kowalewski4198692828079
2 Edward Scott3968280738477
3 Davide Rizzi3737580756677
4 Lilou Ruel3466979586773
5 Miranda Tibbling2996666643865
6 Jarrod LutyDNF-----
RankAthletePointsDEFCOI
1 Evgeny Aroyan4339093858382
2 Didi Alaoui4018778768179
3 Mimis Theodoridis4008088866779
4 Shea Rudolph3718370836075
5 Elise Bickley3196768655168
6 Lisa Schneider3035875584567

Final Run

RankAthletePointsDEFCOI
1 Krystian Kowalewski 4139285757982
2 Edward Scott4058478788580
3 Evgeny Aroyan4038889727678
4 Bob Reese3727979737275
5 Noa Diorgina3096172486068
6 Didi AlaouiDNF-----

Astypalea 2022

The new three-day contest format (June 9-12).

Judges:

NameCriteria
Jason PaulCreativity
Luis AlkmimOverall Impression
Luci RombergDifficulty
Alexander SchauerFlow
Kie WillisExecution
Patrick MorawetzHead Judge
Participants:
Name
Krystian Kowalewski
Edward Scott
Evgeny Aroyan
Name
Dominic Di Tommaso
Travis Verkaik
Bob Reese
Didi Alaoui
Ryuya Kuwasaki
Lilou Ruel
Elis Torhall
Stefan Dollinger
Sydney Olson
Name
Aiden Rudolph
Miranda Tibbling

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manx free-runner Will Sutton wins Kuwait competition. BBC News. 9 December 2011. 21 November 2011.
  2. News: Event to turn Detroit into urban obstacle course. 9 December 2011. Houston Chronicle. 26 August 2011.
  3. Web site: Mesquite Nevada Online News Source Mesquite Citizen Journal . Mesquitecitizen.com . 21 November 2011 . 12 December 2011.
  4. Web site: Art of Motion - Creativity Events . Red Bull . 12 December 2011.
  5. Web site: Red Bull TV - Red Bull Art of Motion 2013 . Red Bull . 14 September 2013 . 15 September 2013.
  6. Web site: Dominic Di Tommaso: Freerunning ++Red Bull Athlete Profile++. 2021-03-07. Red Bull. en.
  7. Web site: Jason Paul. 2021-03-07. Red Bull. en.
  8. Web site: Pavel Petkuns. 2021-03-07. Red Bull. en.
  9. Web site: Stefan Dollinger . 2021-03-07. Red Bull. en.
  10. Web site: Alexander Titarenko. 2021-03-07. Red Bull. en.
  11. Web site: Krystian Kowalewski. 2021-03-07. Red Bull. en.
  12. Web site: Hazal Nehir. 2021-03-07. Red Bull. en.
  13. Web site: Lilou Ruel. 2021-03-07. Red Bull. en.
  14. Web site: Noa Diorgina. 2021-03-07. Red Bull. en.