Levi Meeuwenberg
Founder & CEO
Hog The Web
Education
University of Michigan
Philosophy
2018Podcasts
42:5153: Parkour and Ninja Warrior Star to Permaculture Entrepreneur With Levi Meeuwenberg, Hog the Web [Main T4C Episode]
In his teens and early 20s, Levi Meeuwenberg was flipping off of walls, somersaulting over railings, and performing impossible stunts across the US as a professional parkour and stunt man. His extraordinary acrobatic skills helped him land gigs as a parkour dancer on one of Madonna’s World tours, as a..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“That’s just the path to happiness for humans, it’s not necessarily just personal or professional achievement, but finding something meaningful.”
Best Career Advice
“If you’re so driven towards success in monetary terms or in professional terms, you might actually sacrifice some of the more important things such as family or your local community.”
Career Challenge
“When I was working on the Bourne Legacy in Manila, there were many different things going on in my life and in my mind at the time that I was starting to feel disillusioned, not with parkour, more so the professional aspect of the entertainment business and stunts. Seeing all the poverty that was happening in Manila and seeing all the corruption and also the pollution, it was just really sad and jarred me and made me think, what am I doing here?… All these things and many more came together in my mind and helped me to realize I don’t think this is the best use of my skills and of my time.”
Skills
Parkour, Stunts, Acrobatics, Choreography, Television, Video, Event Planning, Sports, Advertising, Film, Editing, Personal Training, Creative Direction, Martial Arts, Directing, Boxing
Professional Interests
Tempest Freerunning Academy, Hog The Web | WordPress Website Services, University of Michigan
