Le Parkour

The art of running away from the police has finally been elevated to the status of Eastern Religion through the practice known as Le Parkour. Think Will Smith chasing down the alien in Men in Black II, or the rooftop chase scene in the remake of The Untouchables. Le Parkour goes under a few other names such as Yamakazi or Free Running. Its high priest is a Frenchman named Sebastien Foucan, and it tends to flourish in densely populated urban areas with lots of flat rooftops, the better for leaping across. Here's a parkour video (wmv file) from the British parkour group Urban Freeflow, and to see just how pervasive this new religion is, check out the latest Spike Jonze commercial for Adidas (Quicktime video).

Comments

[Mary]

Erm....Parkour is great. so there. and u cant say otha wise.
from mary lund
aka ryan lund

[Mavis]

Parkour is up there with hiphop/graffiti and skateboarding as a way of reclaiming and transcending the abstract ubran landscape. The idea that it was developed to escape cops or route the Vietcong, (the sport owes its beginning to the military training of the french foreign legion), is gold, bitches! I'm almost thirty and I'm going to start training.

[radd]

just starting in indonesia right now. it is awesome

[Parkour Tutorials for Beginners]

I'm just started getting into parkour. I am very excited about it, especially as I learn more about myself and what I am capable of.