Biografi
Jade Kindar-Martin began walking on the wire at age 14 with the renowned Vermont children’s circus, Circus Smirkus. In 1992, he enrolled at the École Nationale de Cirque in Montreal. A year later, Jade met Rudy Omankowsky Jr., an eighth-generation high-wire walker, and relocated to France to study at L'École Nationale des Arts du Cirque under Rudy’s guidance. After completing his training, Jade performed his unique art of skywalking, setting records in London above the Thames and across the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. He spent four years with Cirque du Soleil as a featured solo artist in La Nouba, where he met his wife, Karine Mauffrey, an acrobat and gymnast. Following their time at Cirque du Soleil, the couple moved to Los Angeles so Karine could pursue a career as a stuntwoman. Jade also entered the film industry, serving as Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s stunt double in Robert Zemeckis’s film The Walk, and had the honor of portraying the 9-foot-tall blue killer bunny, Bonnie, in Blumhouse’s adaptation of the popular video game Five Nights at Freddy’s. Recently, Jade invented FireWire, becoming the first person to walk, perform, and ride a bicycle on a 100-foot-long cable completely engulfed in flames. Jade and Karine now divide their time between their 400-year-old stone farmhouse in southern France, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, where they live and work as actors and stunt performers alongside their three children.
