The Monkey Gainer, or similarly the Kong Gainer, is a vault used in freerunning which involves a practitioner performing a monkey vault/kong vault and using the leverage from their arms to push themselves immediately into a gainer without their feet coming into contact with the ground. Due to the high level of difficulty regarding this trick a distinction is generally not made over whether the practitioner uses a monkey vault (hands touch first) or a kong vault (jump before hands touch).
History[]
The move was created by Daniel Ilabaca who first landed the move outside on grass in April 2007. After landing the move Daniel coined the name "monkey gainer" to refer to the trick.[1] Only a few months later in July 2007, Ryan Doyle would become the first person to land the trick on concrete.[2][3]
Since then numerous more difficult variations have been created. Notably in February 2018, Travis Verkik became the first person to land the trick with a double gainer. Calen Chan became the first to land the trick with a 360 full twist.[4][3]
Guide[]
Prerequisite[]
It is necessary to have a good understanding of both the monkey vault/kong vault and gainer before attempting to learn the kong vault.
Technique[]
Tutorials[]
Basic Variations[]
Double Kong Gainer[]
A double kong vault instead of a single kong.
Frog Gainer[]
A kong gainer where you do a ground kong into the gainer where there is a drop. No ledge is needed.
Advanced Variations[]
Double Gainer[]
The athlete stays tucked after the first flip in order to complete a second one before landing.
Gainer 360[]
The gainer includes a 360 spin or full twist.
References[]
- ↑ Monkey Gainer 2007. Daniel Ilabaca (2007/04/15).
- ↑ Kong Gainer (Summer 2007). Ryan Doyle (2007/07/22).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Who Invented The Kong Gainer & It’s Variations?. ParkourTalk (2021/09/25). “The good ol’ Monkey Gainer (it was originally called)! The Kong Gainer was first performed in Moreton town on the Wirral, UK. Daniel Ilabaca’s childhood hometown and a place with strong Parkour history. The first video on YouTube showing the Monkey Gainer was uploaded on Daniel & Chris Ilabacas channel on the 15th April 2007. Daniel first released the video as the Monkey Gainer which is why I want to mention this throughout the blog. For many years in the early days, everyone called it the Monkey Gainer, but over time people called it different things.”
- ↑ Kong Double Gainer - Behind The Jump - Travis Verkaik. The Motus Projects (2018/02/06). “Travis invited us to London's South Bank to capture the process & final send of the first ever Kong Double Gainer to be done outside of a gym! Madness!”