SilentBob Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 In my endless procratination, I just caught the end of a doco about this 'extreme sport'. It basically entailed a bunch of people preforming death defying acrobatics in an urban enviroment. The philsophies they were talking about were along the same lines of what some writers and skaters and urban explorers talk about. i.e. redefining the urban environment and breaking free of its monotoney ect... That aside though the stuff they were doing was just ballsy which always makes for good entertainment. If you'de like a more articulate explanation go here http://www.parkour.org.uk/parkour_what.html and here some pics ( even though they don't really do the doco justice ) http://www.parkour.org.uk/images01/gallery/07.jpg'> http://www.parkour.org.uk/images01/gallery/04.jpg'> http://www.parkour.org.uk/images01/gallery/03.jpg'> I found it interesting and thought mabye you guys would too. So discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbastard Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 yeah sounds really cool...do you know where i could view this documentary? can i DL it? is it available on video?> etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamblersGrin Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 sometimes when people start threads i look for that little sarcastic remark to let me know what i am reading is supposed to be a joke. i dont see that in this thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentBob Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 Sorry I don't really know where you can get your hands on it. You might have to go for a hunt if your really keen. But the name of it is Jump London . I saw it on the discovery channel. heres a little review http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/m.../J/jump_london/ Gamblers, when I saw it. It did seem a bit silly. But then I thought alittle and decided its no more silly then crawling around drains or running around drawing on things or nadding yourself on a stair rail while trying to slide down it on a piece of wood. Also the way they were doing it was pretty full on. Like graffiti, you tend to take it more seriously when you realise people risk serious injury doing it. But thats what I thought... make of it what you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 http://www.soapshoes.com/images/shoes/large/CHAOS_6028_bottom.gif'> Soap Shoes are sooo awesome for grinding and stuff. 4 lyf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8lover Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 i prefer freestyle walking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Nah, the people who really do this shit are badass. Those few pictures posted look lame, but have you guys seen that one Nike commercial for the shoe Dalek (I think it was that shoe) was doing the advertising for? The guys in that look like they're at least 24-25 and the stuff they were doing honestly looked like fun... and if you were used to jumping off of odd objects onto other odd cement objects all the time from all sorts of heights and angles escaping jakes would be second nature. Basically I look at it like making the city your fucking jungle gym, why the fuck not? They really take this stuff serious in Europe, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 someone posted a video of this awhile back, and as lame as it might seem, its actually pretty sweet. Hell, i wish i could run around and do backflips off of random objects onto other objects and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sneak Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 yeh, its known as "free running" and is taking off in a (relatively) big way. some of my mates do it and are ok... i think therses some video footage at www.urbanfreeflow.com or something to that effect. try .co.uk if it fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Pay no heed to the gay pics, that shit is insane. I have a clip of this one dude doing a backflip off a structure that's at least 25 ft. high, onto flat hard-packed dirt. It's ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Originally posted by Poop Man Bob http://www.soapshoes.com/images/shoes/large/CHAOS_6028_bottom.gif'> Soap Shoes are sooo awesome for grinding and stuff. 4 lyf. h311 y34h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I will back up mams on that shit...i watched it over and over, trying to think of some way that it could be fake because it is so fucking out of control. Some of these guys are insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Originally posted by sneak yeh, its known as "free running" and is taking off in a (relatively) big way. some of my mates do it and are ok... i think therses some video footage at www.urbanfreeflow.com or something to that effect. try .co.uk if it fails. I suggest everyone go to that site and check out some of the videos. Goddamn escaping cops would be so easy if you spent your days doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synaps Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/UrbanFreeFlow/EZ/EzBigPrecision.gif'> that's pretty fucking hardcore if you ask me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Priest Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Originally posted by synaps http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/UrbanFreeFlow/EZ/EzBigPrecision.gif'> that's pretty fucking hardcore if you ask me .... Im just.. yea..:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 ^Check out guy's form... straight feline leaping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentBob Posted April 23, 2004 Author Share Posted April 23, 2004 ^^^ yeah thats more like it .. silentbob/ letting the whole team down with his sub par flicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoink Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I saw a couple of these guys on like dateling a few years back, some group i think originally from france claiming to be some of the ogs of this shit (I believe they are the ones involved in the nike video) but yeah these people are intense athletes, super control over their body...you see them run through shit like its a concrete jungle gym. some of it is some intense shit... Ive also seen that hightower shit...fucking captain insano stuff right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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