First 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
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