Jump City: Seattle
| Jump City: Seattle | |
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| Genre |
Reality sports |
| Directed by | Matt Bartley |
| Starring |
Blair Herter Brady Romberg |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Gabe Landau John Moore |
| Location(s) | Seattle, Washington |
| Cinematography | Sebastian Jungwirth |
| Editor(s) | Carl Cramer Paul Sadowski Chris Sam Eli Sentman Stephen "Buzz" Wein |
| Camera setup | multiple |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Pro Parkour Little Pond Television Inc. |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | G4 |
| Picture format |
NTSC 480i HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | February 15 – April 5, 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Jump City: Seattle was an American television series that formerly aired on G4. It featured four of the top freerunning and parkour teams in the United States participating in a parkour competition. Each week, the athletes competed in different parkour challenges spread out across the streets of Seattle. The series ran for eight episodes and was not renewed for a second season. Team Tempest, led by Levi Meeuwenberg and Brian Orosco of American Ninja Warrior fame, won the competition.
Jump City: Seattle was promoted as the first American championship parkour competition. It was hosted by G4 correspondent Blair Herter and Parkour veteran Brady Romberg. Filming of the show was based in Seattle, and the show was produced by Fremantle Media, North America. The series premiere aired on February 15, 2011 with the season finale episode airing on April 5, 2011.
The show follows four teams participating in the Pro Parkour League (PPL), which was created specifically for the show. Four locations were used for the competition: Seattle City Hall, Freeway Park, Pioneer Square, Seattle Center, and Qwest Field.
After the show aired, several athletes competed in the subsequent season of American Ninja Warrior, which then aired on G4. Two of the show's participants, Drew Drechsel and David "Young Flip" Rodriguez, remain top competitors to this day.
Each episode featured two of the four teams competing in a parkour "match", which consisted of two rounds: the Speed round and the Freestyle round. Should the teams split the two rounds, a sudden death tiebreaker would be used.
During the Pro Parkour League regular season, the four teams competed in a round-robin format, with the second and third placed teams competing in the semifinal match for the right to face the first place team in the Championship match at Qwest Field.
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