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Old 04-15-2011, 01:21 AM   #1
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Anyone else dabble in it? I'm not insane at it or anything, but I make it a point to climb anything and everything I possibly can whenever I head to SF, which is pretty often. I can already do some basic gymnastic tumbling, forward and back handsprings, gainers, standing flips, etc, but I'm a little terrified to start trying them off of large objects haha. Especially ones with cement at the bottom of the drop.


Next time I'm in LA, I'm making a weekend out of this place holy shit.
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Old 04-15-2011, 01:25 AM   #2
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You know this fails when they call it "freerunning" and they have a "academy" for it.

Edit: Still looks like a interesting "academy" though.
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Old 04-15-2011, 01:29 AM   #3
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Yeah because learning is totally not cool.

And having an alternative name for something isn't cool either.
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Old 04-15-2011, 01:35 AM   #4
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well when i lived in the city me and my friends did it a few times but nothing serious the most i can do i frontflip over things
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Old 04-15-2011, 01:38 AM   #5
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Parkour/freerunning seems more like trendy bullshit now back when it first originated 5 or 6 years ago. I tried it for a bit, joined a parkour team, found out I had bad knees so that's that.
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Old 04-15-2011, 01:38 AM   #6
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I'd love to do that stuff but I feel like I'm too old at this point to be trying to learn to be that acrobatic lol. That place looks awesome though.
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Honestly, this video was awesome to watch. This is something i will never learn how to do lol
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Old 04-15-2011, 03:17 AM   #9
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I really wanted to (and still kinda do) pick up freerunning after watching some youtube vids but I can't even muster the courage to try and do flips most of the time (and fail the other half)

Over the summer when I have more time I might go nearby to a local playground or something and start messing around maybe; there's not a lot of places I can experiment here and I don't want to ****ing wreck myself while other people are watching B)

PS that place looks pretty cool lol (or maybe it was the people heh)
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Old 04-15-2011, 03:26 AM   #10
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I don't see parkour as just a fad or something, it's a semi-useful set of skills that get you from point A to point B with disregard for obstacles.

Sometimes you have to just trust your body, thinking too much about what you're trying to accomplish gets you scared. Probably why I'm scared of the acrobatic stuff at heights, I overthink things. Only acrobatic thing I'm perfectly comfortable with is the cherry drop (swinging from a bar into a backflip).
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Old 04-15-2011, 03:50 AM   #11
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My younger brothers are in gymnastics, and from what I see at their meets, I'm completely amazed. To be able to pull off stunts like these on command must be one of the greatest feelings of liberation there is. If this gets bigger and there's an 'academy' nearby someday I'm definitely checking it out. Freerunning/parkour always seemed too dangerous for me to try out myself... I'm in the suburbs--nobody jumps off random walls/cliffs/etc.
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Old 04-15-2011, 04:17 AM   #12
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Yeah, I used to do that urban ninja stuff. I had a group of friends, we'd play the Parkour version of SKATE where you'd have to do a trick like flip off something or jump to something else and if you failed you got a letter. It was a lot of fun!
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Old 04-15-2011, 04:22 AM   #13
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I'm too fat to do anything serious but I do enjoy practicing
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Old 04-15-2011, 10:42 AM   #14
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I really want to take up basic gymnastics again and get in sick shape then venture out there to try this. P.s. DS you're welcome for that video ;P
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Old 04-15-2011, 11:37 AM   #15
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I always see these things and find it both amazing and kind of silly. On one hand, its absolutely awe-inspiring to see the level of athleticism to it. On the other hand, to make it competitive seems silly (like colorguard. Yea I went there) and dedicating an entire warehouse to a mock-neighborhood seems sort of pointless to do.
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Old 04-15-2011, 11:45 AM   #16
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I'd love to get into doing this kind of thing. For now all I can do is simple handstand obstacle courses though (I've almost mastered walking up staircases!!!)

We have a couple playground places around me where there seems to be potential to try out some stuff, I just might. My friend is already into doing flips and stuff and he's pretty good at it.
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I think that anything incredibly challenging such as this definitely deserves a warehouse type deal. Again this is really just intense gymnastics, and hell they go to the Olympics for that. I honestly am glad to see hype for these kinds of events rising.

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Rofl, yes, thanks omega.

Having a "mock neighborhood" is a fantastic idea and you should be slapped for not thinking so. Padded/spring floors aren't exactly something you can take with you to the streets, and it's always best to practice in an environment like this.

@Spenner: Walking up stairs is incredibly hard, holy crap. How long have you been doing this?
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I do parkour, but not free running. Yes there is a difference.
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When questions are raised between the differences of parkour and freerunning, the Yamakasi group deny the differences and say: "parkour, l'art du deplacement, freerunning, the art of movement... they are all the same thing. They are all movement and they all came from the same place, the same nine guys originally. The only thing that differs is each individual's way of moving"
Yeah not really. If you want to get into the differences in the aspect of one being more geared to efficiency, that's understandable...but that also makes freerunning one step above parkour, adding artistic flair to efficiency.
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