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 In a Video Games
Posted on Nov 28, 2008 under Parkour | No Comment
Mirror's Edge Bai Ling
Don’t Look Down!
Ready for something completely different? First parkour game brings roof jumping to life
By DOUG ELFMAN
THE GAME DORK
In the real world, parkouring is a young man’s street sport where they run across rooftops, jump across dangerous gaps between rooftops and land in a rolling tumble to absorb the fall. If you’re unfamiliar with this way of life, you should type “parkour” into YouTube and be prepared to be amazed.
At times, parkour moves resemble Jackie Chan action flicks. They find two walls close to each other, and they run one foot up one wall, then run the other foot up the other wall, and they keep doing this until they have reached the top of the walls.These are movements you master in “Mirror’s Edge,” which is not exactly a masterpiece, but it is the game that excites me more than any other this year. It is a fresh action-adventure that offers something new to the gaming world. It is beautifully drawn. And it is very fun.
You portray a beautiful parkour woman named Faith who works in a somewhat nefarious job called being a “runner.” You run and run, like Lola does in “Run, Lola, Run,” in a futuristic, anti-utopian city.
Soon enough, you discover you are being set up for a crime you did not commit. Suddenly, you are not running for your job. You’re running for you life.
You are racing from cops, across rooftops, jumping great distances across vast rooftops. Sometimes, you have to land on a storm drain pipe (bam, ouch!), grab it, and climb to the roof. You scale walls and vault off them. You jump from a roof to a gymnast-esque bar and swing to another roof.
The visual perspective is first person. At times, you run to the edge of a building and look straight down the 20-odd stories below. If you fall, you see yourself plunge to your death. This game would be your worst nightmare if you fear heights or suffer motion sickness.
It’s tempting to say this is an entirely unprecedented subgenre of action games, except we already learned to climb, jump and shimmy similarly in the Lara Croft “Tomb Raider” and “Prince of Persia” titles.
But there is a difference. Lara Croft and “Prince of Persia” are superheroes who pull off inhuman stunts. The Faith of “Mirror’s Edge” has perfected the real parkour moves of real life, and the stunts of Buster Keaton and Jackie Chan (who once produced a Chan-like game).
And unlike most games with cops, you don’t shoot back. Well, if you’d prefer, you can strip a gun from a cop and blast him. But that’s not the intended purpose of “Mirror’s Edge.” The intended purpose is journey its wondrous landscape of sights and stunts peacefully.
The look of it is a lovely feast of minimalist artistry. The game’s sprawling city is illustrated in broad-stroke, primary colors in the style of clean, two-dimension street art, conjuring a somewhat more realistic feeling than the sleek paintings of Shag, as well as the cel-shaded, 2002 skateboarding adventure, “Jet Set Radio Future.”
Some critics complain a hardcore gamer could finish “Mirror’s Edge” in less than 10 hours. True. And some think it’s a bit repetitive, but I disagree. To stave off monotony, you also race up and down subway trains, giant city water tunnels, warehouses, and various other locales.
I am a huge fan of “Mirror’s Edge.” It takes us to a place and a feeling we haven’t seen in games before, and the execution of its elements is stellar. At the very least, you should rent it to see what a bold, non-sequel looks like when great game designers break away from convention.
Each week, award-winning writer and columnist Doug Elfman sorts through the video game world with his syndicated package, The Game Dork. He reviews games, tells you what’s hot, what’s renting and what’s coming down the pipeline. E-mail Doug at dougelfman@ Pay now, return later
Here are the top 10 best-renting video games, according to retailer Blockbuster. Games are listed by title, company, the gaming system and rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board:
1. “Call of Duty: World at War” (Activision) for Xbox 360; also available for PS3, Wii, PS2, DS; rated “M” (blood, gore, intense violence, strong language).
2. “Fallout 3” (Bethesda) for Xbox 360; also available for PS3; rated “M” (blood, gore, intense violence, sexual themes, strong language, use of drugs).
3. “Gears of War 2” (Microsoft) for Xbox 360; rated “M” (blood, gore, intense violence, strong language).
4. “Call of Duty: World at War” for PS3.
5. “James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace” (Activision) for Xbox 360; also available for PS3, Wii, PS2, DS; rated “T” (alcohol reference, mild language, violence).
6. “WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009” (THQ) for PS2; also available for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS; rated “T” (blood, mild language, suggestive themes, violence).
7. “Saints Row 2” (THQ) for Xbox 360; also available for PS3; rated “M” (blood, gore, intense violence, strong language, use of drugs, sexual content).
8. “WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009” for Xbox 360.
9. “Fallout 3” for PS3.
10. “Far Cry 2” (Ubisoft) for Xbox 360; also available for PS3; rated “M” (blood, drug reference, intense violence, sexual themes, strong language).
Parkour Generations: GoGirls!
Posted on Sep 23, 2008 under Parkour | 25 Comments
Short film by Julie Angel.The ladies from the Parkour Generations academy take to the streets of London.
Duration : 0:3:9
Parkour Generations: NYC
Posted on Sep 23, 2008 under Parkour | 25 Comments
New York Training Day led by Parkour Generations. www.parkourgenerations.com A film by Julie Angel featuring Stephane Vigroux, Dan Edwardes and Chris Keighley.
Duration : 0:19:32
Parkour Faceplant at Barclaycard World Championships
Posted on Sep 15, 2008 under Parkour | No CommentParkour Faceplant - this is why only professionals should attempt these stunts.
http://www.dumpalink.com/videos/Parkour_faceplant-db1a.html
This sucks and it took a toll on him, however he did get up and was able to walk away without any broken bones.
Freerunning joins sport establishment
Posted on Sep 10, 2008 under Parkour | No Comment- The Guardian,
- Thursday September 4 2008
- Article history
A competitor in the world freerunning championships. Photograph: Ben
Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
Five years ago, outside Liverpool Street station in London, a group of 13 young men gathered for what was, at the time, the biggest meeting of freerunners in history. The sport, in which participants perform balletic leaps and flips using walls, bars and any other street furniture available, was still in its earliest infancy, mushrooming spontaneously across Britain among young people who had seen films of the French urban sport parkour and wanted to adapt it into a freer and more expressive form.
How times change. Last night, the once underground pursuit declared itself firmly in the sporting establishment by holding its first world championships, hosted in one of London’s top venues, sponsored by a major credit card company, and filmed by Sky Sports.
“I never, ever thought we’d get to this place so quickly,” said John Kerr, or “Kerbie”, one of the event’s organisers. Present at that inaugural gathering at Liverpool Street, he finds himself, at 21, one of the sport’s elder statesmen.
“We all feel amazingly blessed. Freerunning is so young and so new. A few years ago we were getting chased by police on a regular basis and property owners would shout at us. Now they pay us to come and perform on their properties.”
Fifty feet above him, one of the event’s 23 competitors was warming up by balancing in a handstand on the edge of an enormous black box, part of the equipment on which he would later compete, before flipping on to a nearby bar, spinning around it, and dismounting. Below him, his peers - those not already performing “gainers” and “loser flips” and “layout backflips” from a lattice of steel poles - murmured approvingly. The sport might be said to combine the best qualities of gymnastics, cat burglary and teenage mucking about, but the skill of the participants is unarguable.
Few underground activities can claim to have made it into the mainstream with such dazzling speed. Many participants trace the birth of freerunning to a BBC “ident” in 2002, showing a parkour runner adapting his skills on the rooftops of London.
Urban Freeflow, the sport’s central organisation, was founded a year later. Though closely related to parkour, which originated in the Paris suburbs a decade ago, that pursuit prizes speed and efficiency of movement, in contrast to the expressiveness of freerunners. As such, though it is practised worldwide - last night’s competitors hailed from 17 countries - freerunning could reasonably be described as a brand new British sport.
Urban Freeflow now trains the Metropolitan police and Royal Marines, as well as organising workshops in schools, and estimates that 15,000 people now practise the sport in Britain (95% are male).
The organisation choreographed action sequences for the films Casino Royale, the Bourne Ultimatum and 28 Weeks Later, and performs at civic events - an outlet so lucrative that it is able to support 30 professional athletes.
As the founder of Urban Freeflow and the organiser of last night’s competition, Paul “EZ” Corkery could be considered the grandfather of freerunning - at 34, he considers himself retired. He is in discussions with the 2012 Olympic organisers over how freerunning might be involved, perhaps in the opening ceremonies, or in workshops.
“The organisers are really eager to collaborate with anything that gets the kids off their arses,” he said. Does he see a day when freerunning might be an Olympic sport? “I don’t really think it fits. You’d need to put in place a national governing body, things like that, and it would kill the sport, really.”
While there was no doubting the competitors’ eagerness to excel yesterday, freerunners may also have something to learn about Olympic competitiveness. The world champion was to be selected by a vote among his peers. Was there any risk of tactical voting?
“Oh no. These guys are my YouTube idols, it means everything to be here with them,” said Franck “Cali” Nelle, from France. How badly did he want to win? “I’m not really thinking about the podium. It’s just being here alongside the best of the best. The first ever freerunning world championships? That’s a big event. That’s history books.”
Tags: parkour, freerunning, urban freeflow
one of the greatest parkour jumps
Posted on Sep 07, 2008 under Parkour | 25 Comments
FOLS please help!!!! please tell me the name of the song in this video please please please !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNo3K9JX2s
Duration : 0:1:52
Best Of Parkour/Flips/Tricks
Posted on Sep 07, 2008 under Parkour | 25 Comments
This video is some of the best parkour/free running/stunts that I can find and download from google.com/video.
Yeah, the music is by Rise Against, songs are Life Less Frightening, Injection, Give it all. Please no comments about the music because i know Rise Against with parkour/flip vidoes are everywhere.
ALSO NOT ALL OF THIS IS PARKOUR, SO DON’T COMMENT ABOUT “this isn’t parkour” -some of it is, maybe most 
Please check out FR33 $TYLE on youtube. Not as good as this video, but we’re workin on it. New videos on the way- keep your eyes peeled. They’re gonna be sweet.
Duration : 0:9:31
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
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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