I built the game I was already playing.

Low rims first

I didn't dunk on a real rim until I was 15. Before that I spent years on 8 and 9 foot rims, just messing around. Hit a dunk, then add something to it. I'd add a 360 to an East Bay, then finish it with two hands, then change the style. One dunk turned into five.

That's still how I train. It's also why Vertly lets you pick your rim. A kid on an 8 foot rim is running the same climb I am. Same cards, same game.

The game in my head

People always ask how I stay motivated. Honestly, how am I not motivated? I made the whole thing a game. Beat my squat max. Beat my best touch. Add one more twist. I was keeping score in my head the entire time.

You don't have to train. You get to. That's the idea the whole app is built on.

Three days after surgery

In January 2026 I shattered a bone in my hand. Plates and screws. Three days after surgery, Shaq's people called about DUNKMAN, his new pro dunk league. Two and a half weeks after I got cleared, I tested a 50 inch vertical.

DUNKMAN was my first dunk contest ever. I won my group in July. On August 25, 2026, in Atlanta, on TNT, I won the first DUNKMAN World Championship. My best dunk scored a 9.91.

Why I built Vertly

Every day people DM me asking how they can get my training. I'd love to help every single one of them. I just don't have enough time.

So I built a coach that does. Coach Cam is an AI trained on how I actually train: the program I run, the lifts I trust, the way I'd answer you. The more you use it, the more it learns about you, and the more your week becomes yours.

Then I built the part I wish I had growing up. Every dunk on its own card. A climb from touching the net to a 10 foot rim. A ceremony when you hit a new max, because a new max deserves more than a little checkmark. And a Crew, so your friends can call dunks on you the way mine did.

I built the first version in 28 days, between classes and training, and I'm still building it every week. If you've got an idea, I want to hear it: vertlyapp@gmail.com.