David Boden (he/him)
Head Coach • davidboden-shakleton@parkourvisions.org
David hails from the small Midwestern town of Quincy, IL, where he became immersed in parkour as a high school senior. David coached parkour for three years with APEX School of Movement Denver and also with Path Movement in Littleton, CO. Most recently, he worked as a 911 telecommunicator and helped save lives over the phone. Now he looks forward to changing lives through parkour. David is a ParkourEDU certified level 1 coach.
Ryan Sharbrough (he/him)
Lead Coach • ryansharbrough@parkourvisions.org
Ryan started coaching parkour at the age of 15 with Firestorm Freerunning in California. Ryan grew up playing team sports, but he felt stifled by the strict rules and limited definitions of success. In parkour, he finally found the creativity and freedom of expression that motivated him to excel. Ryan also enjoys immersing himself in storytelling of kinds, whether reading and writing, movies and cinema, or anime and manga. His other major passion is designing and playing video games, and he plans to study game design and production at AIE in the fall.
John Thomsen (he/him)
Lead Parkour Coach • johnthomsen@parkourvisions.org
John brings 27 years of skiing experience and 10 years of snowboarding, skateboarding, and surfing to his role as a parkour coach. He is a certified climbing and skiing instructor, and he has completed our Leap to Lead Coach Development Program. He gravitated to parkour six years ago because he wanted to stay active outdoors when it was too warm to ski and too wet to climb. John loves learning and attempts to pick up at least two new hobbies per year.
Haley Richardson (she/they)
Lead Coach • haley@parkourvisons.org
Haley has played team sports most of their life and has practiced parkour for the last three years. Before coming to PKV, they worked with children with autism as a Behavior Educator. And in 2017, they generated 2,000 shoes for Project Homeless Connect in Tacoma—the most shoes donated ever! Haley is a very team-oriented person. They also love playing Dungeons and Dragons, both as a DM and as a player.
Monica Chan (they/she)
Assistant Coach • monicachan@parkourvisions.org
Monica joins us as a former PKV volunteer with UW’s ECO internship program. They became interested in parkour as a form of play-based learning, and because it looked really cool in anime in video games. Monica graduated from University of Washington this spring with a BA in Psychology and Education, Communities and Organizations. Monica also enjoys drawing, dabbles in voice acting, and has the best dad jokes.
Adrien Hoshi (he/him)
Assistant Coach • adrienhoshi@parkourvisons.org
Adrien first tried parkour when he was 9 and became more passionate over time. He has been practicing parkour for 7 years now, with the majority of that time training with PKV. At the start of 2024, he participated in the Leap to Lead program to become an assistant coach. On top of parkour, he enjoys learning about game design, music production, and 3D printing.
Yoni Speizer (he/him)
Assistant Coach • yonispeizer@parkourvisions.org
Yoni started parkour with PKV towards the end of elementary school. He has loved to do parkour ever since, and now he is a junior in high school. In his free time, Yoni loves to do parkour, juggle, and balance on a slackline. He also does theatre at his school. Yoni is thrilled to be joining the team and hopes to help others enjoy parkour.