Personal Best

How one man's backflip saved a CBC podcast (with the help of Shelagh Rogers)

Yaw loved action movies as kid. As an adult, he wants to land a backflip.
Can Yaw do a standing back-flip right over his mental hurdles? (Jesse Louttit/CBC)

"Time to flip the script. Literally." — Yaw

Yaw loved action movies as kid. As an adult, Yaw wants to land a backflip. Naturally, we made an action movie so he could learn how to backflip. 

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Yaw's Rumble in the Bronx

7 years ago
Duration 4:33
When producer Andrew Norton loses his recording equipment, the future of Personal Best rests on the shoulders of one man — and his backflipping skills.

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