Free Running World Championships
Posted on Aug 28, 2008 under Free Running |London 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.