MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Jumping to the beat of the music in local parks and gyms across South Florida is all part of a “bounce” movement led by a man known as the Tramp King.

But behind the high-energy music and the electric moves known as “The LeBounce Experience,” the fitness coach is currently being lifted up by the very people he’s inspired for years.

“It’s nothing like it -- it is one-of-a-kind. It sets itself apart by simply the experience of being up on a trampoline,” Kendall Roach said.

In South Florida, Roach is the undisputed “Tramp King.” He teaches at Club Studio in downtown Miami, along with Ingraham Park in Coral Gables and South Pointe Park in Miami Beach.

Roach doesn’t just teach bounce classes, he creates an experience driven by pure energy.

“The music, the co-movement, the hype and the energy that comes with the territory of moving in sync in that way is really something that sets itself apart by nature,” he said.

“I had never met someone with such high energy all the time. The focus is always on, like, how other people feel,” Hanna Calvo, the regional studio coordinator for Club Studio, said.

And that focus on others meant Coach Kendall was constantly on the move, trucking his trampolines from Coral Gables, to Miami Beach, to downtown Miami, and as far north as West Palm Beach.

“I get in a truck, I stack up my tramps, and I get around,” Roach said.

But on March 1, Roach crashed full force into a concrete pole on the Don Shula Expressway after a long day.

His trampolines were left mangled on the ground.

“On the way home, I unfortunately fell asleep on the wheel. And I remember instances prior to the moment when it happened. I could feel myself getting tired on the road, and that moment when your eyes close for a little bit of a too long of a blink,” Roach explained.

That “too-long blink” nearly cost him his life.

Roach was pulled from his car and rushed to Jackson South Medical Center.

“I had this thought that I was done,” he said.

“He’s super lucky to be alive,” Dr. Steven Kalandiak said. “I assume you are going to show pictures of his crash, but the destruction of his vehicle is incredible and to think that he walked away is really remarkable.”

But he didn’t walk away uninjured.

Aside from a fractured clavicle, he also fractured his sternum and foot, and also sustained lung and hip contusions, bruising and other injuries.

“I think for somebody who makes his living off of physical activity, it’s going to be a long time before he can get doing what he was doing before,” Kalandiak said.

And for Roach, that road has been just as mental as it is physical.

“Being patient, being still, being in one place for so long,” he said.

For someone who lives in motion, stillness has been the real test.

“All the things that help me stay regulated, stay balanced, so without it, things get topsy turvy and I felt timeless in this phase where days just seem to last forever,” Roach said.

But the community he built never left!

The same people he lifted up are now lifting him.

And even now, his spirit still finds a way!

On the day we visited, he couldn’t help it -- he hopped on a trampoline for just a minute! A small step toward everything he’s working to get back!

“He’s just such a valuable human, and that’s very hard to find in any industry, someone that cares so much about what they do,” Calvo said.

After coming so close to losing his life, there’s one thing he wants people to understand.

“Driving tired is as bad as being under the influence,” Roach said. “In a moment, everything can really just change for you. It’s just not worth the risk.”

“If he had been 2 feet to the right, if his truck had been 2 feet to the right when he got hit, he wouldn’t be here,” Kalandiak said.

Coach Kendall has been a fitness instructor for 10 years, and while his recovery is far from over, he says he’s determined to get back to doing what he loves.

And his students say they’ll be right there waiting for him when he does.

Roach says he is also lucky to have his parents nearby living in Princeton, and during this recovery time, he has been staying with them.

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