Parkour Shoes
Posted on Jul 07, 2010 under Free Running, Pakour Shoes | No CommentCool vid on the new shoes.
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Parkour Motion Reel Video
Posted on Jan 04, 2010 under Free Running, Parkour | No CommentCool little motion reel video.
Parkour Kids
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 under Free Running, Parkour, Parkour Running | 1 CommentI think all you hardcore fans out there will appreciate this!
Parkour Kids
Parkour Running - Barclaycard World Freerun Championships Update
Posted on Sep 04, 2008 under Free Running, Parkour | No CommentThe people at Urban Freeflow have been able to provide us a little recap of yesterdays events at the Barclaycard World Freerun Championships - so for all you parkour and freerunning fanatics here is a snippet:
Tags: parkour, parkour running, pk, freerunning, free running, barclaycard world freerun championships
Parkour and Freerunning Accident From 5 Meters Up
Posted on Sep 01, 2008 under Free Running, Parkour | No CommentFirst of all, this is my disclaimer, I do not advise anyone to jump from buildings.
The stunts that you can perform from rooftops can also be done from the ground level.
Even trained professionals should be leery of doing these acts.
A 22 year old man was seriously injured while trying to jump a three meter gap between two buildings. Australian Parkour Spokesperson states that the young man was not involved with the extreme sport of Parkour / Free Running.
He sustained life threatening injuries after falling about five meters from the building he was trying to land on. This incident occurred in Cairns around 1:45 pm on Sunday.
A Royal Flying Doctor services rushed him into the intensive care unit of the Townsville Hospital where he is listed as in serious condition.
The Australian Parkour Association spokesman announced that:
“To my knowledge he was not a trained participant in parkour….our association has no influence in Cairns whatsoever … there’s nobody in Cairns who teaches the sport,” Mr Forstpointer said.
“There is no way he could have been properly trained, because a properly trained person would have never attempted a jump under such circumstances.”
Sergeant Caroline Barker of Cairns police said officers did not believe the man had been practising free running or parkour.
“From our point of view it wasn’t that kind of behaviour, it was a fall from a building,” Ms Barker said.
“Until we gather statements we’re not sure but at this stage we think it was a single jump.”
Members of an internet forum dedicated to parkour today reacted angrily to local media reports the young man had been practising the discipline.
“Well it’s finally happened up here in Cairns,” one person wrote on the Parkour Australia Queensland forum.
“After all of our efforts to keep parkour in a good light, some fool has dropped off a roof and hurt himself.
“I’m going to write a letter to the editor straight up to try to disassociate these morons from any other traceurs in the area.
“I’m just so annoyed because I haven’t even seen any other groups of tracuers operating up here yet.
“If I had known that they were training then I would have talked to them about correct training.
“I hope this doesn’t turn too bad for us all up here.”
Police would not release security camera footage of the man trying to make the building jump however they are still collecting statements for the people who were present at the time.
To Learn more about his fall please visit: Brisbanetimes
Parkour Used To Teach Teens of Their Surroundings
Posted on Sep 01, 2008 under Free Running, Parkour Running | No CommentParkour and Free Running. Well it’s not only a great what for our youth to get in shape but it can also teach our young’ens a thing or two.
This sport teaches one about their surroundings and will give them a better understanding of their environment. Those that practice in this sport usually have more of a feel for their surroundings as they look at every object as some type of structure that they can overcome.
Be it a stair well, a boulder, trees, or anything that they come across on their path these partipants will use their honed skilled to know what is the fastest and possibly the best way to get from point A to point B.
Example, a non trained person in the park may see a rock or object in their way and will go out of their way to find an alternate path. While one that practices parkour or freerunning (tracuers) may just leap over or climb on top of it to get to the other side.
So I personally think that those who practice this sport will not only be in better health than those whom are lethargicand don’t get out to exercise regularly will also have a better understanding of what is going on around them.
David Belle and Sébastien Foucan, who are these guys?
Posted on Aug 30, 2008 under Free Running, Pakour Shoes, Parkour, Parkour Running | 3 CommentsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Founder of Parkour - David Belle
David Belle (born 29 April 1973 in Fécamp, France) is the founder of parkour (PK). He is also a physical educator, stuntman and actor. His military training and early athletic, climbing, gymnastic, and martial arts training acted as the foundations for the discipline he has developed
Belle was born and raised in Seine-Maritime, France. He descends from a modest family in the suburbs of Paris. His grandfather Gilbert Kitten, father Raymond Belle, and brother Jeff Belle have been highly skilled rescuers in the French military fire service.
He spent the first 14 years of his life in his birthplace Fécamp and later in Les Sables d’Olonne, a time during which he demonstrated a taste for action and fast movement. He excelled in athletics, climbing, gymnastics and martial arts. He was strongly inspired by his maternal grandfather Gilbert Kitten who evoked in him a passion for heroism and helping other people.
In 1988, at the age of 15, Belle left school and moved to Lisses, Paris to begin his national service. In this time he obtained his French national First Aid certificate and UFOLEP certificate of gymnastics leadership. He made close friends with a group of teenagers with a similar physical passion, who later became the Yamakasi (Yann Hnautra, Frédéric Hnautra, David Malgogne, Sébastien Foucan and Kazuma). After joining the fire brigade with aspirations of following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, he was temporarily discharged due to a wrist injury and did not return for personal reasons.
He later joined the Troupes de marine in Vannes, where he received a promotion, a gymnastic agility certificate of honour, and champion records for Regimental rope-climbing (which his father had once held) and the Essonne obstacle course. He has however said that his taste and love for adventure and freedom did not go well with the regimented life of the military.
Upon completing his national service he worked in a number of various professions including a warehouse worker, security guard and furniture salesman. He then flew to India and obtained a Black Belt in Gong Fu. After his return he began promoting his discipline by filming footage of his capabilities. In 1997 the Stade 2 team (Francis Marroto, Pierre Sleed and Pierre Salviac) were shown a video and decided to create a film about Belle and parkour, in a series of his collaborations with ‘the speed-air man’, ‘catmen’, ‘la Reléve’ and ‘les traceurs’. The word ‘traceur‘ has since been used to define a practitioner of parkour.
Belle was first introduced to his acting career in a meeting with Hubert Koundé (La Haine), in order to discuss the success of parkour on the big screen. He then began developing his acting ability with the play Pygmalion, and has since been successful in obtaining a number of roles mostly in French films and promotions. Belle has been featured in promotional videos for Tina Turner, and Iam. He has starred in “Les gens du voyages” and “Un monde meilleur”, followed by “L’Engrenages” and “Femme Fatale”, as well as “Les riviéres pourpres 2″, starring Jean Reno. After filming several more advertisements and promotions for the BBC, Nissan and Nike, Belle was contacted by Luc Besson (director of Nikita, and The Fifth Element) regarding co-starring as lead actor with Cyril Raffaelli in the action movie District 13.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Founder of Free Running
Sebastien Foucan
Sébastien Foucan (born May 24, 1974 in Paris, France), an Afro-French, is one of the founders of freerunning. He created the sport along with his friends including David Belle. He has been influenced by the art of parkour and is generally considered to be a “second generation” founder of parkour along with David Belle. He is well known as an ambassador for free running to many countries and is generally considered to represent free running. Well known for his views on the philosophy behind free running, he also stresses the need for proper training in the basics of free running, not only for safety, but also to maintain the positive appearance of the activity in the public eye.
He came to prominence in the United Kingdom after the showing of Mike Christie’s Jump London documentary on Channel 4 in September 2003, and the subsequent documentary Jump Britain.
In addition to leading these programs, Sébastien also appears as Mollaka in the 21st James Bond film, Casino Royale. He spent three months in the Bahamas filming his role in the movie. A stunt double was used for portions of the opening chase scene. Besides this, Sébastien appears in the music video for Madonna’s 2005 single, Hung Up.
Foucan helped K-Swiss develop the Ariake, the first free running and parkour running shoe in a line of 5 models.
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Free Running World Championships
Posted on Aug 28, 2008 under Free Running | No CommentLondon to host first Free Running Championships next week.
Free Running (started by Sebatian Foucan) participants will be gathering next week to test their skills, creativity, and endurance while leaping from balconies, buildings and any structure they have in their way to become London’s First Free Running Champion.
This contest will grab the attention of not only free runners but traceurs, people who are known to practice parkour (PK - started by David Belle). Which is a similar form of Free Running, but with the added bonus of flare, such as flips, twists, and turns.
Many stunt professionals or some call modern day ninjas will also be paying close attention to this event since some of the contestants are stunt actors themselves.
Athletes from Brazil, South Africa, Turkey and the U.S. will be among
those taking part and the organizers hope spectators will pay $37 to
watch a sport which can also be seen on the streets for free.
During the event, each competitor - with only a pair of trainers for
assistance - will have 90 seconds to dazzle judges with a routine
likely to be inspired by martial arts, skateboarding and their own
imaginations.
“There will be no judges dressed in suits . . . it’s the free runners
who will judge themselves,” he stressed, adding that the scoring
criteria would focus on “the flow” shown by competitors.
To learn more about this competition please visit Francois Becker’s article here.
Barclaycard World Freerun Championship with Skipper
Posted on Aug 25, 2008 under Free Running | No CommentBilly “Skipper” Hughes (From APK and the Tribe (http://www.tribalmovement.com)is heading off London to compete in the the 2008 Barclaycard World Freerun Championship.
He’ll be reppin’ the US alongside some of the guys from Team Tempest.
I am such a fan of Team Tempest.. sorry to be biased but I’ve seen their work all over and they have some of the sickest moves around
Back to London and the competition. Not only will they house a wicked set of obstacles to play on, the competition is being handled in a great spirit; all the athletes will stay in one hostel together for the whole time - the idea is that friendship and getting together is more important than the competition aspect.
I think this a great idea because now with all these minds together I am sure that we will see a collaboration of tricks that we’ve never even dreamed out.
If you want to know more details about this event, check out Urban Freeflow ). Skipper’s extensive diving and professional Free Running experience will ensure that his run will be something you don’t want to miss!
Here’s a glimps of some Parkour Running and what to expect this year!
Here is what this year’s course will look like:
Image from the great people at www.urbanfreeflow.com
Parkour Running
Posted on Aug 25, 2008 under Free Running, Parkour Running | 1 CommentI am that guy who goes to all the action movies just to see the latest in stunts, tricks, fighting, and mostly Parkour .
I wanted to provide you with a little more insight about this sport.
- So what is Parkour?
- How did it get started?
According to wikipedia,
Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) or l’art du déplacement (English: the art of movement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment—from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls—and can be practiced in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceurs, or traceuses for females (the verb tracer “to trace” is French slang for moving with extreme speed).
Founded by David Belle in France, parkour focuses on practicing efficient movements to develop one’s body and mind to be able to overcome obstacles in an emergency.
Then you have Free Running Almost similar but not.
Now that you know what Parkour is, Free Running can be thought of as cousin of Parkour.
This style or art form includes moving in ways that would be characterized as acrobatic.
Many of these moves include flips, twists, and turns. Which you could see a gymnist do while on performing floor exercises. (Except they are doing this on our everyday surroundings.)
So if you want to look at it like this, think of Parkour as getting from A to B as effectively as possible, while Free Running is getting to B but while flipping, twisting, and turning in stylistic ways.
Since these two sports tie so close to each other I decided to start this site which will house a mixture of both. I call this Parkour Running! And I will give you all the lastest info and updates on this sport.
David Belle at the
New York Festival