- [Announcer] The Milwaukee Flyers!

(crowd cheering) (upbeat techno music) - [Charles] The Milwaukee Flyers is a nonprofit organization that we formulated along with my brothers Allen and Terrell Grant.

We started in 2005 to give the kids something positive, productive to do.

The reason being, we know firsthand, because we were troubled youth growing up in the inner city of Milwaukee.

(upbeat techno music) Th Milwaukee Flyers, you have two, two missions.

One of course, as you can see acrobatic tumbling team.

(upbeat techno music) Now we got the kids' attention.

Now it's our job to mentor them, you know and try to guide them in that direction that, the reason why we started this program.

(upbeat techno music) - [Curtis] With this organization, it's power tumbling, power gymnastics.

So we do multiple floor gymnastics tricks.

We do trampoline tricks that you might've never seen before.

(upbeat techno music) - [Keantae] We do a lot of tricks, like dangerous tricks it be keeping me out of trouble, it be keeping me out the streets, all that.

It's like, it's like my second family.

(upbeat techno music) - [Delano] I wanted to get into it because, you know, I liked, I already liked flipping, I've been doing this since I was four.

And so, yeah, it was just another way to, you know, put my talents out there.

And instead of, you know, keeping them to myself.

It changed my life because, you know, sometimes I go through a lot, and then, and then when I would start performing, you know, it's really like an escape from reality.

You know what I'm saying?

(upbeat techno music) - [Keantae] This program has been putting me in towards like a right direction.

Because it's like, we got, we got love for each other.

- [Delano] Coach Charles he's not really like only a coach.

He's also, you know, a mentor, a father figure to some, you know.

- [Charles] At the end of the day, it's about love that I provide to them, you know, and just keep, you know, making them feel wanted and special.

And just being a part of something positive, you know, in the community of Milwaukee.

(upbeat techno music) - [Delano] Sometimes it's scary when we try to, you know, do new, do new tricks.

You know what I'm saying?

But most of the time it's, most of the time it's like you zoned out you and your, you know what I'm saying?

You focused.

You not really thinking of nothing.

- [Curtis] Yeah it's been a good experience for me.

And it really helped me shape my life.

You know, I came a long way, you know, I could have been anywhere else, but you know, God chose this path for me.

And to have these men around me, they really tutored me and mentored me in the right direction of becoming the man that I am today.

- [Charles] As you can see Curtis Chambers, he was part of our team when we started in 2005.

The kid has, did a tremendous transformation from, uh, in and out of bad choices and decision making to eventually going to college and making a life for himself.

- Whatever you put your mind to you can do it.

You can exceed that if you want to, as long as you got the thought of, you know, being better and bettering yourself, you can do it.

(upbeat techno music) - [Charles] They're fearless.

They're daredevils, like they are just, have no fear.

If you see them flying real high, it's like, how do you get so high?

Like how do you even do that?

It's just fearless kids you know, they're just so determined.

And to you know, put that spark, you know, in others lives like, you know, the people that watch us perform.

(upbeat techno music) If you look at, you know, uh, the Milwaukee community, a lot of kids have zero activities outside of school.

And so we're just provide, provide something to do for the kids.

Just provide them with that opportunity to be a part of something other than just idle time in the inner city of Milwaukee.

(upbeat techno music) (crowd cheering) - [Announcer] Give it up for the Milwaukee Flyers!

(crowd cheering)