Parkour

Ya man, I’m a huge fan. I can’t do much beyond a handstand or flips on trampolines but I’ve seen every video out there. Just saw on today called “Rollercoaster Parkour” where these kids climbed on a rollercoaster at a fair and were jumping from level to level. Complete insanity. Favorite video of all time is the one called “Russian Climbing” — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQNt64PxfE
In that video one of the guys does this backflip from 3, maybe 4 stories up and lands with a smooth back somersault. AWESOME

I’ve never done it seriously, but it’s so much fun just climbing on/jumping over shit when you have the opportunity. I skateboard, and to me the whole point of it is exactly like skateboarding except without the board.

I always loved it, respect if you can do it. I think its one of those things you would love to do but you know noone who can, not sure how to start and you just don’t go outside and try to run and jump all over the place. But damn cool either way!

Bryan, I’m guessing from your picture you do Parkour?

Sounds awesome. How did you get your start? I know a lot of the amazing guys out there starting doing gymnastics or at least have access to pads and all that.

That’s awesome Bryan. I wish I had started doing gymnastics at an early age so it’d be a bit easier to jump into. Parkour is the ultimate sport as far as I’m concerned

Southern California. Actually I’m going to start a discussion for stating where you are from, good idea

What is a good first move to get down? And after that?

Thanks Bryan, I’ll go out tomorrow and try to find a suitable practicing ground nearby

There are a lot of gymnasiums that will let you use their foam pits and equipment, which is a great place to practice! Parkour is an art if you ask me, and it has this crazy tendency to help us in the most random situations… The other day I feel down the stairs and rolled out of it at the bottom, saves your body a lot of hurt by transferring the impact throughout your body.

Here’s a cool link explaining it if anyone’s interested:

Pretty sweet stuff!

This is ironic that this came up on this site. My friend Kenny does this all the time. I’ll see if I can get him to sign up on this site now, haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVo146dZrSc

@jordan That video’s soo sick, the best one i’ve seen. This one’s also pretty cool, except for the last minute.

Haha yea Damien is beast. I’ve always thought the monkey man video was incredible, though it’s more freeclimbing than parkour, I felt it had a place in this thread. I’ve always been fascinated by parkour, it really utilizes the potential we have within our bodies. David’s video was particularly informative.

@ Bryan- I do parkour too! I love it!

@ everyone- PKLA- join it if you’re interested through meetup.org. We meet every Saturday. This Saturday is at UCLA. It’s free and the teachers are amazing. You learn at your own pace and it’s a really diverse crowd.

My Favorite, Their Lifestyle Just Seems So Free

OUT OF TIME from Андрей Скурьят DREE on Vimeo.

David,

It is good that you mentioned how parkour can be useful even when you are not expecting it to be, like if you get into a dangerous situation and need get out of it safely. I had a similar experience recently where I was biking along and clipped my tire of the curb, causing my bike to crash sideways. I somehow managed to “run” out of the crash completely unscathed with my bike laying on the ground a few steps behind me. Basically, I managed to put my foot down as my bike was falling and continued moving forward as soon as my foot hit the ground. I am still shocked at how effortlessly I saved myself from a nasty scrape.