"Last One Standing"

THE COMPETITORS

RAJKO

British All-Rounder and ex-world record holder.

Rajko Radovic is a musician and fitness professional.  He’s played college-level volleyball and basketball in both the U.K. and United States, but cares just as much about writing songs and performing on stage.  He never travels anywhere without his guitar.

Rajko’s goal is to perfect himself—in mind, spirit and body.  He used both his physical and mental strength to break a world record in endurance dumbbell curls.

He never enters anything without believing he can win, and his combination of strength and aerobic fitness makes him a powerful all-around competitor.  A self-professed mental toughness makes him an especially dangerous competitor.  He’s in LAST MAN STANDING to prove he can beat anyone—both his fellow competitors and local tribes.

At 29 he’s the “big brother” of the team.  And Rajko’s strong spiritual beliefs and soul-searching often have a deep impact on his fellow travellers.

JASON

Florida State BMX Champion, 2006

Jason Bennett makes his living cutting trees in his native Florida, but his passion is BMX racing.  He’s one of the best, and is hoping one day to make the Olympic squad.

Jason took up BMX as a teenager to escape the pain of a family break-up…and also the fights in which he was finding himself.  Part of the reason he participated in LAST MAN STANDING was to discover how families live around the world, untouched by so many of the pressures he grew up with in his home town of Sarasota. 

The youngest of the athletes, Jason turned 21 years old during the production of LAST MAN STANDING.  He’s one of the fittest, fastest and strongest.  BMX training has given him an awesome explosive power, and, like Rajko, he’s difficult to beat in most sports—especially since he comes from the “if you can’t beat, cheat” school of sport.  And it’s Rajko who he looks to as a big brother…and who is also his biggest rival.

RICHARD

Oxford University sportsman—Cricket, Rugby and Croquet 

At 21, Richard Massey is the same age as Jason, but has grown up in a very different world of country houses, boarding schools and Oxford University.  As well as competing at the college and university level, Richard has completed a degree in theology and is likely to go on to study law after LAST MAN STANDING.

As a sportsman, Richard plays firmly by the rules, and he wants to compete against the best to prove that just because he’s from a privileged background, he’s not as soft as he might look. 

Richard’s academic background gives him a particular interest in the cultural activities and beliefs of other societies, and in LAST MAN STANDING he’s looking forward to “throwing himself blindly” into tribal activities. 

The lightest of all the athletes, his best chances will come in sports involving technique and aerobic fitness, especially if rugby, cricket or croquet is part of the mix.  But he’s more than willing to give his best shot at anything involving fighting. 

BRAD

AMERICAN PRO LIGHTWEIGHT STRONGMAN

Bradley Johnson is one of the top lightweight strongmen in America—and for Brad, “light” means a little less than 240 lbs of pure muscle.  There are few things he can’t lift, shift or throw.  And he’s out to show just what strongmen can do!

Until he joined the team of LAST MAN STANDING, Brad, 28, had never travelled out of the United States.  He had no cell phone, no passport, not even a credit card.  Now, he wants to discover what being a man is really about in tribes around the world.  He’s sure of one thing: with his dreadlocks, tattoos and sheer scale, no one will have seen anyone like him before.

Brad is the only married athlete.  He lives in Oklahoma with his wife and baby.  All his life he’s dreamt of being a superhero, and now he has a chance to make his little girl proud of him.

Brad is tough to beat in any strength event.  But endurance is another matter—that’s where he’s going to have to dig deep and tell himself, “My body wants to give up, but I’m not listening.  I’m Brad.” 

MARK

BRITISH SALSA DANCER AND KICKBOXER

By day Mark Hoban is a project manager for a construction company.  By night he’s a ruthless competitor—on the dance floor and in the ring.

Mark, 26, proclaims that he’s “pretty good at just about anything he does.”  And as a sportsman, he believes his speed and aggression will prepare him for most tribal events.

But if being both a dancer and a fighter sounds like a contradiction, Mark’s complexities don’t end there.  On the surface he appears to be the joker of the team, often ready with a one-liner.  But deep inside he’s only recently realized what is really driving him to compete so hard: Mark’s still trying to make his father proud—even though his father died unexpectedly eight years ago.  

COREY

HARVARD NATURALIST AND SKIIER

Corey Rennell is a Harvard student with a passion for the outdoors.  At school, he’s studying biology and geology.  When he’s off duty he’s running, climbing or skiing.

At 22, Corey has lived a life chasing his fears.  His goal is always to push himself one step further than anywhere he’s been before.  On LAST MAN STANDING, Corey thinks he has the background to win.  Growing up in Alaska, he’s accustomed to living close to nature and thrives on cold weather and high altitudes.  And the opportunity to travel and live with tribes will enable this intellectual to read “a few more pages of the book of life.”

Physically he’s by far the best endurance athlete on the team, and he wears his intelligence on his sleeve.  But when it comes to strength events, he might face difficulties.

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