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ARE YOU LADDER ENOUGH
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:51 pm
by rgoer
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:56 pm
by rgoer
btw parkour guys are fucking rad
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:09 pm
by o'dium
Guys got some serious skill :icon14:
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:37 pm
by Jackal
One of our client dev companies is working on a game right now based on this stuff.
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:48 pm
by 4days
Jackal wrote:One of our client dev companies is working on a game right now based on this stuff.
there's a bunch of kids that've started doing parkour stuff around town. one of them's really good, the rest are comedy gold.
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:26 pm
by Deathshroud
Wow, not only were those kids some talented gymnastis, but Russia looks like a shit hole. They certainly have no shortage of abandoned buildings.
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:29 pm
by Guest
Deathshroud wrote:Wow, not only were those kids some talented gymnastis, but Russia looks like a shit hole. They certainly have no shortage of abandoned buildings.
Most of small russian towns look like that, not Moscow though.
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:47 pm
by SplishSplash
WTF? Google video isn't available in Germany. Great. I hate you, Google.
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:19 pm
by Underpants?
ToxicBug wrote:Deathshroud wrote:Wow, not only were those kids some talented gymnastis, but Russia looks like a shit hole. They certainly have no shortage of abandoned buildings.
Most of small russian towns look like that, not Moscow though.
Shit... I thought it was a movie about Russians in Detroit
some of those wall climb tumbles are fucking incredible
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:41 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
that was insane. nice find.
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:21 pm
by Scarface
holy fucking monkeys
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:32 am
by farad
...could you imagine the cops trying to catch him in a foot chase...
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:53 am
by phantasmagoria
That's the best pakour video I've seen. It made me want to go to Russia too.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:08 am
by redfella
wOw, great video. Good find.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:10 am
by rgoer
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:23 am
by AmIdYfReAk
this was posted a wile ago ( not this clip though )
there was a huge thing on discovery channel in reguards to this sport ( yes, its considered a sport now ) and its HUGE in france.
the name of it slips my mind though.. Street.. running? or somthing..
anyone remember?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:26 am
by dzjepp
LE PARKOUR
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:29 am
by redfella
ok, i just watched it again, someone sign that kid up in the grey pants for the prince of persia flick. daaaammmn.
Some of those drops he takes are like 20 ft. high, I dont know how his feet and knees take the impact. Doesn't that hurt?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:31 am
by AmIdYfReAk
there is training on how to absorb the blow... usually that is why they roll after the hit, to transfer the energy forwards rather then take it.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:31 am
by rgoer
there was a british Parkour documentary called Jump London, is that what you're thinking of?
also some people call the sport of Parkour "Free Running" rather than "Parkour"
there are two well-known names in Parkour, founder David Belle (starred in Luc Besson's recent film Banlieu 13) and expert traceur Sebastien Foucan
sadly nothing comes up on google video for a Foucan search, but if you manage to find any Foucan videos on the internets (and you find Parkour to be at all interesting), I suggest you check them out
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:33 am
by rgoer
as far as falling goes, as long as you hold your ankles together (so they don't break outright) and you roll the fall out (rather than just thud your impact momentum vertically into the ground) you can take falls from greater heights than you might think
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:42 am
by dzjepp
What's the guys name in the russian video? He's damn good.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:43 am
by +JuggerNaut+
yer, i just watched a few in the second link. those guys are terrible.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:45 am
by rgoer
yeah there's a world of difference between "amateur" and "accomplished amateur"
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:45 am
by dzjepp