Maddenation
Parkour
This should be our new family passtime (similar to some Strongest Madden events). It’s called Parkour, or Freerunning. Somewhat like “freestyle walking”, but way cooler and way more you-are-going-to-get-seriously-injured-when-you-screw-up.
I got the idea to start looking up info on the topic after watching the newest James Bond movie, Casino Royale (which is actually very good, unlike pretty much every other Bond movie I’ve ever seen). The movie starts with an outrageous and awesome foot chase scene where Bond is chasing a bad guy (Sebastien Foucan). The chase is great because Foucan, who invented Parkour, is doing all sorts of insane jumps and flips and cool manuevers through all sorts of terrain. So while watching the behind the scenes portion of the dvd I came across this dude and decided to look him/it up. Here are some links for you to check out. This seems like a sport/activity for people who haven’t realized that they are no longer twelve years old and indistructable. Remember when you would try anything, jump off of anything, ride your bike off any jump? Yeah, I guess guys like Foucan and Dave Mirra and Tony Hawk and Mat Hoffman haven’t realized yet.
And yes, this is a lot like this dude, but you don’t have to be as incredibly strong or gymnastical. Just as crazy. There are plenty more videos, find some and add them to the mix.
David • Stuffs • 04/01/07 • 2 comments
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David • 04/01/07 • 7:07 PM:These guys are like real-life Spider Men. Look at those moves (best parts start at ~ 2 min) Russian Climbing (love the music)
Dad • 04/04/07 • 10:04 PM:Truly amazing, David. I haven’t watched it all, but enough to get the crazy idea. It’s nice to see there’s something for those guys who don’t make the gymnastics team.
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