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- xtroutzx, on 09/03/2008, -1/+22I suddenly feel the need to watch District B13
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -3/+24free running should be an Olympic sport. i try to do free running on the weekends. i free run through as many pubs as i can find.
- logic11, on 09/04/2008, -1/+16David Belle didn't want competition, Sebastian Foucan didn't want competition... This is exactly what everyone was afraid of. Now newcomers will push their bodies too far, injuries will accumulate, the whole spirit of the art will be compromised.
- ddotccDPU, on 09/04/2008, -0/+14Most important FREERUNNING != PARKOUR Just so you know....
- Eifandil, on 09/04/2008, -1/+15God dammit. This is just what we don't need.
Free-running: Moving freely in your environment. It's about taking full advantage of the things around you
Parkour: A discipline, which focuses on using the full potential of the body; on getting from point A, to point B as efficiently as possible.
Bringing competition amongst traceurs and free runners? It will do nothing but ***** things over, and turn it into the next X-games sport. That is NOT what we want. A little competition between friends in one thing, but trying to win by being better at parkour completely destroys the principles and ideas behind parkour.
Dugg for helping me realize I should have started parkour a few years earlier.
@Michaelwong38: No. - sbcea, on 09/03/2008, -1/+15"... you're seeing kids who are doing this 24/7, out there training their hearts out to be professionals ..." Where was this when my high school guidance counselor was trying to 'mold' my career choices?
- cornerback42, on 09/04/2008, -0/+7Cite your source.
- guhpol, on 09/03/2008, -2/+8It's a pity I won’t be there!
- logic11, on 09/04/2008, -0/+4We did. The reason the competition doesn't use it that David Belle owns trademark on the name and there is no way in hell he would agree to this competition. Those of us who practice the original art still use the name Parkour, free running was created for the Jump London documentary and has always included things like flips that were not part of the original. Free running (not parkour) was really created by Sebastian Foucan, and even he is against competition.
- P1um, on 09/04/2008, -0/+4Altair would be proud.
- teaaker, on 01/25/2009, -2/+5Those were the worst "free runners" I have ever seen... see below video for some real footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX4JJ5QuGNQ - aresgunther, on 09/04/2008, -0/+3goddamn cloverfield cam gave me a headache.
- Tomholius, on 09/04/2008, -0/+2cant wait for: "worlds first matrix rooftop building jumping championship" Last person alive wins!
- Tomholius, on 09/04/2008, -0/+2I like to practice my free running while running out of the taxi after the pub... Those things are free right?
- j4nj1m3n3z, on 09/04/2008, -0/+2I do some Free-Running and Parkour sometimes. It's pretty cool how the sport has grown. It's always awesome to show off by going to a public places and doing flips off benches and stuff.
- DamnMan, on 09/04/2008, -0/+2Just like Roller Skating. Skateboarding. Surfing. Skiing. ***** for that matter any sport in the world. how many people get hurt or die each year "and for what?" why does the addition of a scoreboard and multi-million dollar contracts make an acceptable risk?
- logic11, on 09/04/2008, -0/+2Yep, too bad about the music but anything featuring DB is worth checking out. He is the founder and still the best.
- LeonValentine, on 09/04/2008, -1/+3Saddest thing you've ever seen? I bet the only thing you've seen are videos of kids jumping off roofs. Parkour and Freerunning are disciplines just like martial arts. Any videos you see of people acting insane by dropping 2 stories and jumping roof gaps are just that - people acting insane. I've practiced Parkour for a few years now and it's my ideal way of staying in shape, learning to control my body and mind, and pushing myself to be stronger!
- bastion72, on 09/04/2008, -0/+2Looks like there's a winner.
http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/2743/1 ... - vigimice, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1How do you get started with something like this? I've seen it in the past and have been interested, but figured I'd probably just kill myself without instruction...
- mrblue182, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1I really have to see this. Free running makes me wish I lived in a city.
- Oxygen, on 09/03/2008, -1/+2I don't think there's really much of a future as a "professional" free runner.
- Eifandil, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1A buddy of mine used to run with Tempest. He'll be happy to hear that.
- logic11, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1It's pretty much mostly taught by local communities. Look online to see if there is a group in your city and then find out when they meet. This info will probably on the groups site. Usually parkour communities are very welcoming of newcomers and very open.
I have been training for almost two years now, it is the most open and accepting community I have ever seen. Of course, once you start to include competition you will start to do away with that open attitude (who wants to give away all your secrets to a potential rival...) but real parkour will still happen, no competition, just a discipline dedicated to movement. - J4k3, on 09/04/2008, -1/+2These people are amazing. They keep on going no matter what the obstacle, showing great flexibility of the human body. You gotta admire and appreciate that.
- DarkShadow791, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1Video's dead?
Either way I really wish I was able to do this. Any tips on how one would start this kind of practice/training/activity? - KingGorilla, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1something with a little more job security
- logic11, on 09/04/2008, -1/+2Flips are not Parkour. Damn I wish parkour.net was still around so there was a good resource I could point people to.
- zooey1234, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1I think they should name it On The Lam instead of Free Run.
- logic11, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1Try it, see how easy it is. A pop vault is a very, very specific thing that requires a great deal of skill. Having said that, I really don't want to see competition so maybe I should be encouraging your attitude.
- logic11, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1Yeah, and the first runner was hospitalized....
- JohnKappa, on 10/25/2008, -1/+2Free running is such a ***** name for this sport - they should have kept it as "Le Parkour".
- Shadic, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1You described it as "Jumping around like a monkey."
That's pretty condescending. - zingo70, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1I thought free running was a lot cooler than this...
- Eifandil, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1It's not a sport, you dope.
- Gravey9, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1No I never said it was easy... in fact I think it's very hard.
Read my comment again. - Pointman323, on 09/04/2008, -1/+2i used to do parkour...similar to free running but less showy
then i discovered rugby.... - logic11, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1Yes. The best way is to find a local parkour community. Probably a google search for parkour+the name of your city. Failing that, there are tutorials out there. A good place for some info is this post:
http://blane-parkour.blogspot.com/2007/11/when-wor ...
This site seems like they actually have a clue:
http://parkournorthamerica.com/
Stay away from Urban Free Flow and look at American Parkour with suspicion. Both seem to be looking too much to competition which is against the spirit of Parkour. - inactive, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1I'll have to second parkour north!
- Eifandil, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1No it shouldn't.
- TheGoat7, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1The volume goes all the way up to eleven. It's not ten. You see, most...most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here...all the way up...all the way up.... You're on ten on your guitar...where can you go from there? Where?
- Eifandil, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1[Citation needed]
- Eifandil, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1Jumping around like a monkey. Yeah, I suppose that's the easiest way to mock it.
Have YOU ever been ACCUSED of being a ninja? I THINK NOT. - LeonValentine, on 09/04/2008, -1/+1"We"? I doubt you speak for the entire community :) Please stop whining about semantics. Just practice and live it.
- homercles337, on 09/04/2008, -1/+1What a stupid idea. I have seen some stuff that is interesting, but overall its rather retarded.
- mrbambastik, on 09/04/2008, -3/+3This guy has no shame. Rip off Parkour, commercialize it against the will of its creators, rebrand it "freerunning" and pretend they invented the sport... in London of all places. What a scumbag.
- LeonValentine, on 09/04/2008, -0/+0http://www.AmericanParkour.com is also an excellent place to start. Just google "parkour" and check em out!
- passedoutghost, on 09/04/2008, -0/+0I've just seen some clips from it and trailers. Too bad it wasn't released in the cinemas here in Australia : (
- inactive, on 09/04/2008, -1/+1OMG their ninjas! In hiding, showing their face is their disguise. Really imagine what you would think if you saw someone do that wearing all black and a mask.
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