infoxicated
3rd August 2004, 11:28 AM
On Sunday night I caught a series of programmes on the Extreme Sports channel about Parkour (http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/UrbanFreeFlow/frontpage.htm) - the art of negotiating urban obstacles. Like that BBC advert, for those in the UK, but less pretentious!
The first part was like a beginners guide, with seperate moves broken down, while later they gave examples of how to chain moves together on a run. before moving onto the more advanced stuff.
I used to get up to that kind of thing when I was younger, jumping from high walls and treating the terrain as an assault course that I could conquer. I never really had any technique, though, which (could explain why my knees are borked now!, and never thought of it as a sport or artform.
The disciplined approach shown on the programmes makes it look fantastic fun, too - with "traceurs" - and the positive image that the UK Parkour association are trying to project is commendable too.
After a bit of digging I see that Eidos are chucking together a PSP game based on it too - could be a good IP for them as the sport gathers momentum.
Anyhow, has anyone seen or done any of this?
The first part was like a beginners guide, with seperate moves broken down, while later they gave examples of how to chain moves together on a run. before moving onto the more advanced stuff.
I used to get up to that kind of thing when I was younger, jumping from high walls and treating the terrain as an assault course that I could conquer. I never really had any technique, though, which (could explain why my knees are borked now!, and never thought of it as a sport or artform.
The disciplined approach shown on the programmes makes it look fantastic fun, too - with "traceurs" - and the positive image that the UK Parkour association are trying to project is commendable too.
After a bit of digging I see that Eidos are chucking together a PSP game based on it too - could be a good IP for them as the sport gathers momentum.
Anyhow, has anyone seen or done any of this?