Who is Vinny Grosso?


For those who want to know a little about the founder of Learn Parkour Now, here is a brief autobiography.

305615_10150685452903301_1775385873_nHi! I’m Vincent (Vinny) Grosso. I was born and raised in Haddam, Connecticut. Having always enjoyed physical activity, I never liked conventional “sports” (ie. baseball, basketball, soccer, etc.) because of all the rules and the competitive nature of such activities. At the age of 16 I started breakdancing, which helped me be able to quickly pick up parkour when I was introduced to it about two years later.BYU BS diploma

I have never been complacent with conformity, so at the age of 15 I withdrew from high school and enrolled in a community college located near my family’s home in CT. After earning an associate’s degree in General Studies at age 17, I transferred to Brigham Young University in Utah. From age 19 to 21 I took a break from school, work, and parkour to volunteer as a full-time church representative in Arequipa, Peru. At the age of 22 I earned a bachelor’s degree in Recreation Management and Youth Leadership from BYU in the spring of 2011.

FLAG 001During my senior year of college I instructed parkour and freerunning classes at the Provo City Community Center and Arete Gymnastics in Lindon, UT. After that, I moved to Southern California where I completed my Rec Management internship for which I set up a parkour training business. From January 2011 to January 2015 I initiated, organized, promoted, and instructed parkour programs at several gyms and outdoor locations around Southern California.

In addition to parkour, I have also coached gymnastics, tumbling, cheer, breakdance and hip-hop. The California gyms I worked at include: Kips Gymnastics in Anaheim and Corona, New Hope Gymnastics in Fountain Valley, Studio EFFECT Training in Laguna Hills,  and Cal Elite Kids in Rancho Santa Margarita.

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Baylee & Vinny-34Shortly after getting married in August 2014, I accepted a job as a Youth Counselor at a Residential Treatment Center in Provo, Utah. I trained coaches to take over my California classes before my wife and I moved to Orem in January 2015. I have returned to Arete Gymnastics to teach parkour again while continuing to promote and grow my California classes from a distance.

In addition to parkour I enjoy breakdancing, rock climbing, snowboarding, skim boarding, wake boarding, and slacklining..movement is life! I also enjoy some less physical activities such as cooking and eating all types of food, watching movies, reading, washing dishes, and doing anything at all with my beautiful wife.

So, now you know probably more about me than you ever wanted to. Thanks for reading!

 

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