Running jumping standing still

Categories: Culture

If you happened to read Global Frequency this week, you might be interested to hear that Le Parkour is not something Warren Ellis made up — it’s a real little urban subculture, originating in France but spreading to England, Russia (original), and no doubt other places.

If you didn’t read Global Frequency, Le Parkour is a sort of extreme athletic activity that involves doing incredibly foolhardy things on rooftops without a net. If you’ve seen those Nike commercials (original), that’s Le Parkour. And of course Luc Besson’s gotten his hands into it. Cool looking stuff.

Comments

  • kodi

    "Some advices:
    - Train everyday.
    - Good shoes are essential!!
    - ...don't forget that you are not a professional
    - Be careful with the police. They are quite cool over here but we don't know about your country ;-)
    - Private properties usually have massive dogs, and they are not as cool. :-("

    Some cool videos on the le-parkour.com site, as well.

  • InXeo

    http://www.urbanfreeflow.com

    Check it out.. English Le Parkour website..

    Great Community.

  • spacman

    i'm looking for some good shoes, maybe the puma disc turn hiking boots but every where i look online has them in only one size 6.5 which is half of my foot can you point me in the right direction.....

  • spacman

    hey i want to know if there are any Parkour communities in canada? if so email me.....

  • drunkmonk

    chk this site for parkour...

  • Fred

    check out www.pkto.ca for a torotno based parkour website

  • anonymous

    It's called freeflow for a reason.......... DON'T GIVE MOVES NAMES