Hi my name is Jess! I am one of the top freestyle calisthenics athletes in Canada. I started out in gymnastics at 7 years old and learned the basics. I only competed for two years before making the switch to cheer at age 13. My drive took off in cheer. I was a 4x Team Canada athlete, winning worlds in 2012. I have also competed at the IASF worlds with my all star gym 8 times, medaling twice. I quit at age 25 and stumbled into a gymnastics open gym to play around with my tumbling and see if I could still do any of my gymnastics skills. I re-learned my glide kip on the first day, after a long session with a lot of effort. I attended open gym twice a week, every week for the next few years teaching myself new calisthenics and gymnastics skills, and keeping up my tumbling. I found an online community of calisthenics athletes via Instagram that kept me inspired to keep learning. In November 2019 I showed up to a calisthenics meet up in Mississauga, ON, where I met some of the best athletes in the country. There were very few women there, but we made our presence known, and the community couldn’t have been more welcoming. They say home is a feeling, and I found my new home. I trained with and learned from some of the best athletes in the country. They saw my potential before I did and I really stepped it up. In the fall of 2020 I moved to Vancouver and created the Calisthenics Vancouver community to grow the sport out west. In the summer of 2021 I started my own business coaching calisthenics in person. With years of personal training, group fitness coaching, coaching tumbling and cheer, and calisthenics experience, my success was immediate. My clients are learning skills they never imagined they could do, and they are having so much fun doing it. My goal is to inspire others to have fun with their training. I want you to learn new skills, and love your body for what it can do. We can all be athletes, regardless of gender or athletic background. Let’s send it!