Sioux Falls TikToker Inspires Youth With Unique Stunts

A Sioux Falls TikToker is leaping, literally, into the spotlight!

His name is Darrell Beauchamp, but he goes by the handle pettymachettex23games on TikTok.

Beauchamp has developed quite a reputation for performing some jaw-dropping jumps while capturing all his extreme gravity-defying stunts and acrobatics on his phone.

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Beauchamp told Dakota News Now that he invented these new movements by using a combination of acrobatics, parkour, and extreme stunting.

He manages to do all that while performing catches and grabs using a video game controller. Wow! I can barely run the TV remote while reclining in my chair.

Beauchamp has labeled himself a professional controller athlete. You can see what he means once you watch a few of his TikTok videos.

Think of it as Cirque du Soleil meets Call of Duty, and the two have a Red Bull baby.

According to Dakota News Now, he's built up quite the following on TikTok; at last check, he had around 6.1 million likes, with his most popular video receiving in the neighborhood of one million views.

Beauchamp told Dakota News Now, he's not doing all this for internet fame; he has a much higher purpose behind it all.

According to Beauchamp, "Native Americans don’t have a lot of representation in sports. And I kind of want to show the youth that if you put your mind to it, anything is possible, and I’m just a different type of athlete.”

That's a powerful message made even cooler when delivered mid-backflip with a PS5 controller in hand.

Word surrounding his work has reached beyond the TikTok community; heck, even the folks at Mountain Dew have taken notice.

The popular soda brand has sent Beauchamp t-shirts, and frequently interacts with his videos.

How cool would it be if someday Beauchamp were able to make an appearance in one of those Mountain Dew "Get Off Your Ass" commercials that can be found all over television and the internet?

Beauchamp could do all of his extreme jumps and moves while doing the Dew!

He might very well become the first human energy drink!

Source: Dakota News Now

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