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Parkour and Free Running
« on: September 13, 2014, 02:46:41 AM »
Parkour and Free Running, discuss, share, whatever.
To clarify the difference:
Parkour is getting from point A - B, overcoming obstacles and getting there in the fastest time possible.
Free Running is similar but adding a personal "flair", with tricks and unnecessary stuff that looks cool.

Parkour example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMppD-bUNWo#t=28

Free Running example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmMPCbRuW2Y
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Re: Parkour and Free Running
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2014, 05:39:29 PM »
I personally don't do parkour but my mates do and they used to run a channel called team trace, link is here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamTrace/featured now they run a new channel called district parkour but I don't think they're that active anymore. Here are their two best videos:

(edit by Armadillo: Be warned if your parents / little sibling / grandmas are around and you have speakers, song for first video is filled with strong language)

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As a sport I think it's one of the most exciting as evidenced by some amazing youtube videos but I've never been the best at vaults and flips because I'm a lanky sod. :P

« Last Edit: September 14, 2014, 01:40:04 AM by Armadillo »

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Re: Parkour and Free Running
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2014, 09:43:14 PM »
I'm a lanky sod. :P
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Re: Parkour and Free Running
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2014, 09:48:34 PM »
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Re: Parkour and Free Running
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2014, 03:52:13 AM »
Epic parkour dog is epic! :o
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Re: Parkour and Free Running
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2014, 02:25:58 PM »
Thanks Armadillo for that edit, I hadn't really considered that.
Oh and Jubal, I'm definitely average at 6 foot 5 :P