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  • megoscott
    Founding Partner
    • Nov 17, 2006
    • 8710

    Parkour--amazing athletics

    This is pretty wonderful to watch...

    Parkour athletes hurl themselves around the Presidio | Richmond District Blog of San Francisco (richmondsfblog.com)

    …a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible, using only their bodies. Skills such as jumping, climbing, vaulting, rolling, swinging and wall scaling are employed. Parkour can be practiced anywhere, but areas dense with obstacles are preferable, and it is most commonly practiced in urban areas.

    In other words, people jumping off things. High things, sometimes. It’s pretty amazing to watch.
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  • Mr.Krusher
    Banned
    • Oct 25, 2010
    • 569

    #2
    That was pretty neat. We used to do the same thing as kids/teens....mess around on rooftops and jump from stupidly high trees and such.

    Batroc the Leaper is also French.....coincidence?

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    • Hector
      el Hombre de Acero
      • May 19, 2003
      • 31852

      #3
      Ah...to be young and agile...lol.

      Yes...pretty awesome stuff...didn't know it had taken off in San Francisco.

      If you wanna check out the grandaddy of Parkour flicks...look no further than District 13 (French: Banlieue 13)...the two lead actors...David Belle (co-founder of Parkour) and Cyril Raffaelli...are simply amazing...



      District 13 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


      David Belle...



      Here he is doing his stuff...the guy is a beast...

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWJHSyjVMY8

      David Belle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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      • MegoSteve
        Superman's Pal
        • Jun 17, 2005
        • 4135

        #4
        My favorite parkour video

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        • megoscott
          Founding Partner
          • Nov 17, 2006
          • 8710

          #5
          Ha, that was great.

          Pretty amazing stuff, I could do that if I wanted, of course, but I don't want to show off.
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          • Hector
            el Hombre de Acero
            • May 19, 2003
            • 31852

            #6
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            • SlipperyLilSuckers
              MeGoing
              • May 14, 2003
              • 9031

              #7
              Ah, makes me feel like exercising.

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