Phoenix, Arizona · Age 7

Finn Dearing
swings from stuff to stuff.

Ninja courses. Basketball. Every sport with a ball in it. Finn is seven, blond, blue-eyed, very fast, and funnier than everyone at the table.

Finn’s Swing · tap to let go, catch the next bar

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NINJA STREAK

Finn’s Swing

Tap to let go. Catch the next bar. That is the whole game.

Finn’s course.

A few things about Finn Dearing, measured the way Finn measures things.

Every gameBasketball first. Then whatever has a ball, a net, or a finish line.
Bar to barMonkey bars, rings, anything hanging. If it swings, he is already on it.
Fastest on the blockAsk anyone on the block. Then ask Finn. Same answer.

What Finn is into.

Ninja warrior courses and obstacle shows on TV are the big ones. He watches them like homework, then builds the course in the backyard.

Ninja coursesObstacle showsBasketballWarped wallsMonkey barsBackyard coursesAnything with a finish lineMaking everyone laugh

Finn’s rules.

In his words, roughly. He is seven, so the rules are final.

  1. You can rest when you are at the top.Not the middle. The middle is where you fall.
  2. The floor is lava, but the mat is fine.Everyone knows this.
  3. If you are going to jump, jump big.Small jumps are just standing with extra steps.
  4. Basketball counts as a ninja course.There is running, jumping, and a buzzer.
  5. Being funny is a sport too.He is undefeated at dinner.

About Finn Dearing.

Finn Dearing is a seven-year-old in Phoenix, Arizona. He is blond, blue-eyed, and built for motion: basketball, sprinting, climbing, and the ninja-style obstacle courses he watches on TV and then rebuilds in the backyard out of whatever is lying around. He is quick, he is smart, and he is the funniest person in most rooms he walks into. This page is his, drawn rather than photographed, so the internet gets the cartoon and the family keeps the kid.

Finn is one of five Dearing kids. His sister Rosalyn Dearing hosts a drawing show, his mom is Leeann Dearing, and his dad, Matthew Dearing, runs Dearing Acting Studio.