Greg Roe

Roe began teaching at the age of 12 as a ‘Coach in Training’ (CIT) at Bramalea Gymnastics. He began to host coaching clinics and now trains athletes and other coaches around the world such as Cirque du Soleil performers, Lords of Gravity; a popular basketball dunk team in Hungary as well as many others. Roe is currently the head trampoline coach for Snowboard Germany's national Slopestyle and Half Pipe teams. He works with all three sectors of the industry; garden trampolines, trampoline parks and traditional trampoline.

in 2018 Roe created the very first Indonesian Trampoline Team for the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. He continues to remotely train the team through online videos and webinars as they develop. He has worked with many of the Nitro Circus athletes who tour the world performing amazing stunts and utilize his 'out of the box' thinking to help with their extreme stunts, which is also his specialty.

In 2017 Greg and Trish created the first-ever official Freestyle Trampoline competition called the Garden Trampoline Games (GT Games). The event was a huge success with international media recognition and sparked the creation of Freestyle Trampoline as a new sport that was grown online according to the New York Times. Greg and Trish quickly created the Freestyle Trampoline Association (FTA) to govern these events worldwide and have operated for several years offering a new way to compete and train acrobatics for the new generation. The FTA has many partners around the world and has their own educational platform called the GRT Network and offer a certification for freestyle athletes and coaches to learn his 3-dimensional model of acrobatics. The FTA runs several series around the world for all different levels of athletes such as Freestyle Frenzy for the top athletes and Tramp Champ for the new athletes. The FTA is the first-ever association for these kinds of events and has been cited in media around the world for their innovation within a traditional industry.

He was named Senior National Synchronized Champion along with teammate Sebastien St-Germain in 2013. He also received a Highest Difficulty Award at the Aalsmeer Flower Cup in The Netherlands in March 2011.

Around this time in 2013–2014, Roe was officially kicked off of Team Canada because they felt he did not fit the culture of Team Canada. After receiving an official letter from Dave Ross, Roe looked at the situation as an opportunity to reinvent the sport in his own image and went on to create Freestyle Trampoline as a new community and sport.

In his book "Coaching Creatures – The Unsolved Circuits," he describes the science and practical experience behind this 'build up' approach. It builds confidence in the athletes and gives them complete control over their training whether they are inside a controlled gym or outside in a foreign environment.

In 2013 he partnered with Trish McGeer from inGear Productions and leading airbag manufacturer Bagjump Action Sports GmbH (Austria) and began a series of training clinics across Europe. He also performed at the Baltic Games in 2014 (Poland), Bravalla Festival(Sweden), on Das Supertalent (Germany) in 2014, and on America's Got Talent in 2015. He effectively became a social media influencer and was the first for his industry.

Once Roe began to compete in trampoline, he quickly moved through the levels, winning Canadian Nationals in his first year at the Junior National Level. He earned his way onto Team Canada, head coached by Olympic coach Dave Ross only two years later and was consistently placing top three nationally. In 2010 he began to compete internationally, representing Canada at several World Cup competitions.

Greg Roe found his calling in college in the fitness industry and began to dive into the literature. He attended Humber College (North Campus) in Etobicoke, Toronto from 2009 to 2010. Roe then applied to University of Guelph-Humber’s Kinesiology program (2011–2013) to obtain his Bachelor's degree. His trampoline career was taking off at the same time and he was named to Team Canada in 2010.

Roe began training for Junior and senior National competitions but decided the strict environment did not give him the freedom to train the way he wanted.  He then made the decision to move out of the gymnastics program and into trampoline in 2008. From there he began competing in trampoline full-time and excelled with his gymnastics background.

After leaving gymnastics in 2008, Roe quickly adapted to the sport of trampoline. During his gymnastics career he had attended SkyRiders Trampoline facility in Richmond Hill Ontario, just north of Toronto. He trained only once a week as a recreational athlete to complement his gymnastics training.

Bramalea Gymnastics eventually closed due to lack of funding and Greg was forced to move to another gym. This time when he went back to Gymnastics Mississauga with Alex Bard and this time he was accepted because he was now highly focused. Roe then began working with Men's coaches Chris Foo and Gary Isaacs. He won a gold medal at the Canadian Nationals on the Parallel bars in 2007 in Level 6 Open National Level.

Gregory Vladimir Roe (born May 17, 1990) is widely known as the developer of Freestyle Trampoline which is a new branch of acrobatics in which the athletes take a leading role in their training and competitive structure compared to the coaching-centred approach that has traditionally been the prevailing narrative in acrobatics for its entire history. Canadian acrobatic specialist, coach, social media influencer and athlete who has won several national gold medals in the gymnastics and trampoline disciplines. Greg is well known in the acrobatic industry for his daring skills and stunts on social media. He has appeared on numerous television shows including America's Got Talent (2015), Discovery Channel, Daily Planet, and Das Supertalent (Germany), showcasing his unique acrobatic talents. He currently is co-founder of the Freestyle Trampoline Association and works on many acrobatic based projects around the world.

Vladimir Demidov was born on May 17, 1990 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, (now Moscow, Russia). Roe spent the first five years of his life in an orphanage until he was adopted by a Canadian family. Maureen and Randy Roe, from Brampton, Ontario, Canada, welcomed Roe into their home along with their son, Douglas. Roe embraced his new Canadian culture but would keep his Russian name as a middle name, becoming Gregory Vladimir Roe.