charlie >est< Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Anybody into freerunning/parkour.I've only been doing it for about a month now but i love it .What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radfax Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 when i used to meet at the shell station in london there were a few lads there who were bloody amaing. back flipping onto a ledge landing on thier hands and backflipping out again, was crazy stuff! They did this strange thing where two lads run at a wall one did a huge backflip and the other a very small one and then ended up stood next to each other when they landed, was very good to watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie >est< Posted July 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 when i used to meet at the shell station in london there were a few lads there who were bloody amaing. back flipping onto a ledge landing on thier hands and backflipping out again, was crazy stuff! They did this strange thing where two lads run at a wall one did a huge backflip and the other a very small one and then ended up stood next to each other when they landed, was very good to watch!I'm going to try some flips soon. ive just gotta get over the concrete thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concussion Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Few lads who do it in town. I'm totally impressed but haven't got the balls or time to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie >est< Posted July 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 I think Parkour is a good sport for trials bikers to do. In theory its the same...sortof. surely if you can do it on a bike you can do it on foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy d Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 It's well good fun, I am no expert but I dabble occasionally. We always used to do it on rides when one of us had a puncture, was quality.I reckon if you ride trials your body is half way towards being able to do most of that stuff, just gotta learn it! Who's seen TRA's old vids where the 2nd half of the vid was free running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Fried Rice Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 I think Parkour is a good sport for trials bikers to do. In theory its the same...sortof. surely if you can do it on a bike you can do it on foot.Not really lol its all about flips and and stuff, i bet most the people on here wont have the balls to do a backflip off a ledge onto hard ground, i know i wouldnt lol but thats because i'm probably a wuss JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Pearson Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Talk to Flipp on here. He is the SHIT.Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 (edited) Real parkour is good, glorified gymnastics isn't. Flips are not parkour (usually, anyway)Me and Woody were taking refuge in icelands carpark (as it was pissing it down badly) where there's a ramp going up to an extra bit of carpark, and there's a wall that gets bigger and bigger as you go down the slope/ramp... First did the bit of wall that was about 5 ft high, just pulling ourselves up onto it for the sake of it, then i opted for the bit of the wall that must have been atleast 7ft, got up it without too much trouble, was pleased, didn't really look down, dropped, landed, and went straight onto my arse! Didn't hurt, but was a surprise to say the least, arse got really wet too.It's pretty fun to have a mess about where ever. Edited July 3, 2007 by Fat Pants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie >est< Posted July 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Not really lol its all about flips and and stuff, i bet most the people on here wont have the balls to do a backflip off a ledge onto hard ground, i know i wouldnt lol but thats because i'm probably a wuss JKI'm the least sporty person in the world. Im kind of impressed about what I can do already. Sorry lol i didnt mean flip a bike although Jack Balman flipped his bike the other day so he told me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgnoseat Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Ok just to clear things up a bit:- ParkourThis is where you get from point A to B the fastest way-FreerunningTry to get from A to B the most ''beautifull'' way by putting in alot of flips/twists/spinsI do a bit of parkour for 5 years now, not very intensive or anything, but stillIt's alot of fun when you have some good spots, get a real rush from getting something big, just like in trials I can jump 1.55m high to both feet now, and 1m69 to one foot, and pulling the other one up after that.Running gap is at 5m10 now, and static at about 3m70 [never measured that one properly]Biggest drop is 4 meter, don't really try higher since i'm afraid to f**k up my legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie >est< Posted July 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Ok just to clear things up a bit:- ParkourThis is where you get from point A to B the fastest way-FreerunningTry to get from A to B the most ''beautifull'' way by putting in alot of flips/twists/spinsI do a bit of parkour for 5 years now, not very intensive or anything, but stillIt's alot of fun when you have some good spots, get a real rush from getting something big, just like in trials I can jump 1.55m high to both feet now, and 1m69 to one foot, and pulling the other one up after that.Running gap is at 5m10 now, and static at about 3m70 [never measured that one properly]Biggest drop is 4 meter, don't really try higher since i'm afraid to f**k up my legs Nice, do you have any videos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 - ParkourThis is where you get from point A to B the fastest way-FreerunningTry to get from A to B the most ''beautifull'' way by putting in alot of flips/twists/spinsReally? I thought Parkour was the french name for freerunning, started by David Belle and Freerunning is just the english name for it. When I've seen David Belle talking about Parkour he always talks about making the moves 'beautiful' and perfect. It's also called Yamakazi in some circles... I've always used them interchangably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class Clown Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 (edited) Really? I thought Parkour was the french name for freerunning, started by David Belle and Freerunning is just the english name for it. When I've seen David Belle talking about Parkour he always talks about making the moves 'beautiful' and perfect. It's also called Yamakazi in some circles... I've always used them interchangably.Nooo parkour was not started by David bell it was start by Sebastien Foucan.Balls they both started it together! Edited July 4, 2007 by trialspimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Just had a look on Wiki and it appears you're right. Parkour is David Belle's baby and Sebastien Foucan went a different direction to create 'free running'. Either way, it really is impressive what they do, just a shame they dress like such chav's!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankyri Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 me and couple mates just call it cheap trials as all you need is some decent trainers, but that dosent mean i dont respect what they can do and theycertainly have more balls than me to do backflips off walls and crazy stuff like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modman Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Poor man's Trials, fact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie >est< Posted July 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Really? I thought Parkour was the french name for freerunning, started by David Belle and Freerunning is just the english name for it. When I've seen David Belle talking about Parkour he always talks about making the moves 'beautiful' and perfect. It's also called Yamakazi in some circles... I've always used them interchangably.My mum says that I am beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James-M Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 If there is some move in trials that is a bit sketchy, I have tried it on foot before to get the feel of how i'm going to feel when doing it. Not really Parkour I know... I have tried abit, just getting up stuff, juping to tall walls etc. I just feel a bit of a tit if there are people around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie >est< Posted July 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 If there is some move in trials that is a bit sketchy, I have tried it on foot before to get the feel of how i'm going to feel when doing it. Not really Parkour I know... I have tried abit, just getting up stuff, juping to tall walls etc. I just feel a bit of a tit if there are people around Yeah, I hate doing it be myself. I have to be with someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 It's cheap . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltWaterHippo Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 I wouldnt try it myself but I used to watch videos on YouTube all the time, some of it is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 (edited) i do it fairly often. i remember on a pompey ride i was diving across the sice gaps into rolls, hands, feet and i managed to get up a 7 1/2 ft wall into a rolly polly lol.me and dan walker got bored riding at some pallets on friday, so we were static jumping huge distances then it turned into a runup jump comp haha, we got over 13 1/2 ft hahaEDIT: reading ride a while ago, ask bessell about the huge static roof jumps at the uni Edited July 5, 2007 by ash-kennard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Talk to Flipp on here. He is the SHIT.RichIndeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 ive always thort the running up a wall and flipping off it cant NOT be that hard i just need the balls to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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