He's a kid from the streets, saved by the world of skipping. As a kid hanging out at "The Jump" in western Sydney, Arthur "Venom" Penington discovered skipping, and it was to change his life. As a child prodigy, he succumbed to the fast life of a champion roper - the women, the drugs and the hedonistic lifestyle. He triumphed through it all, introduced his street-style roping to the conservative skipping world, and became one of the most famous and accomplished skippers in the world.