Name: Ash Randall
Nickname: AshFreestyle
Location: South Wales/South Yorkshire
Learning his football freestyle skills growing up in Cardiff, Ash Randall has refined them and put together an amazing, unique football freestyle display.
Ash first decided to try football freestyle at the age of 16 after seeing a TV commercial where professional footballer Edgar Davids was performing football skills while talking on the phone, this moment caught Ash’s imagination and inspired him to teach himself the skills.
After a year of training Ash was offered the chance to showcase his skills at a local talent show in Cardiff, he performed his skills on stage for the first time in front of a live audience of 350 people. Ash realised after this he could take his talent further than just a hobby so he started training up to 5 hours per day and making contacts in the local community.
Ash has since become one of the best football freestyler entertainers in the world and has taken his skills on show all around the world in countries such as Egypt, Greece, America, Turkey, India, Kuwait & Canada to name a few. Regularly performing half time slots at football stadium around the UK in front of crowds up to 40,000, also being involved in festivals across Europe with some of the biggest music stars in the industry! Other events Ash regularly performs at include Corporate Events, Schools, Colleges, Kit Launches, Promotions, Parties, Charity Events, Private Events and more!
Performing at events is one thing but Ash has also featured in various TV productions including Live TV Interviews and performances on ITV, BBC, Sky Sports and appearances on Soccer Am, Officially Amazing, Who Let The Dogs Out, Let’s Get Gold, Guinness World Records Show and much more! Commercials include Blackberry, Disney, Pringles and SKY 1′s Wayne Rooney’s Street Striker. Ash was flown out to Beijing, China by Guinness World Records to appear on the Guinness World Records China Special TV Show also known as ‘Zhen Da Zong Yi’ – A viewing audience of over 50 million people across China witnessed Ash successfully break one of his own Guinness World Records live on the show.
Ash has taken his Football Freestyling to the next level by achieving a total of 25x Guinness World Record titles and will aim to continue to set and break new world records in the future.
Some of Ash’s achievements include:-
- Juggling a football for 13.1 miles during Cardiff Half Marathon.
- Climbing 42 floors and 932 stairs while balancing a football on the back up Tower 42.
- Breaking a Guinness World Record on Live TV in China in from of over 50 Million people.
- Juggling a football on the roof of a moving car down Cardiff Airport runway to set a new Guinness World Record.
- Performed in over 30 countries around the world.
- UK Freestyle Champion with, Pringles, Gillette, Seat, PES & ITV.
- Appeared in a Bollywood movie football free styling with one of Bollywood’s biggest stars Shahrukh Khan.
- Ambassador alongside Wales & Swansea FC captain Ashley Williams for social inclusion charity Street Football Wales.
- Speaker & performance at TEDx event.
- Invited to perform at a charity football game alongside one of the world biggest bands, One Direction.