General Parkour Talk - Bay Area Parkour
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Parkour Gear
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2016-03-26T18:49:10.996Z
Rocket
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<p>Greetings all!</p>
<p>As some of you know, I'm doing my thesis project on parkour and gear for urban exploration. I'm in the research phase and learn a great deal talking with you all. If any of you are available and willing,</p>
<p>I would greatly appreciate interviewing you. Your insight and experiences will help me develop a meaningful, efficient, and badass product!<br></br><br></br>Please do respond here, on Facebook, via email <br></br>( quinnj04@gmail.com ) or phone/text (425-301-7501…</p>
<p>Greetings all!</p>
<p>As some of you know, I'm doing my thesis project on parkour and gear for urban exploration. I'm in the research phase and learn a great deal talking with you all. If any of you are available and willing,</p>
<p>I would greatly appreciate interviewing you. Your insight and experiences will help me develop a meaningful, efficient, and badass product!<br/><br/>Please do respond here, on Facebook, via email <br/>( quinnj04@gmail.com ) or phone/text (425-301-7501 )<br/><br/>Thanks!</p>
PARTICIPATE in a College Research
tag:baparkour.ning.com,2015-09-12:2070047:Topic:126194
2015-09-12T09:12:46.186Z
Oscar
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<div>HI there,</div>
<div>this is Oscar, I am a Junior Graphic Design Student from CCA ( California college of the Art).</div>
<div>Recently I am working on a school project about creating a design system to promote Parkour.</div>
<div>Right now, it's still in research stage. In order to understand more about Parkour, and to create a more approach branding, I hope you guys can do a quick survey and share some of your experience about Parkour to me.</div>
<div><span>Q1. how long have you been…</span></div>
<div>HI there,</div>
<div>this is Oscar, I am a Junior Graphic Design Student from CCA ( California college of the Art).</div>
<div>Recently I am working on a school project about creating a design system to promote Parkour.</div>
<div>Right now, it's still in research stage. In order to understand more about Parkour, and to create a more approach branding, I hope you guys can do a quick survey and share some of your experience about Parkour to me.</div>
<div><span>Q1. how long have you been practicing Parkour?</span></div>
<div><span>Q2. what make you (or your team) start doing Parkour? (like what catch your eye when you first heard about Parkour?)</span></div>
<div><span>Q3. what make you keep practicing it until now?</span></div>
<div><span>Q4. are there anything changed after you start practicing Parkour? (physically and mentally? new ways to see things?)</span></div>
<div><span>Q5. How would you describe Parkour in one word or sentence?</span></div>
<div>Your answer can help me a lot within the project.</div>
<div>Thank You very much!</div>
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<p>(Here my E-mail address: oyung@cca.edu, if you feel better to E-mail me)</p>
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Good to know if you're travelling to New Zealand...
tag:baparkour.ning.com,2015-05-08:2070047:Topic:124655
2015-05-08T07:26:57.329Z
Bay Area Parkour
http://baparkour.ning.com/profile/BayAreaParkour
<p><span>In New Zealand "the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) provides comprehensive, no-fault personal injury cover for all New Zealand residents <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and visitors</span> to New Zealand."</span></p>
<p><span>"<span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Everyone in New Zealand has 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, no-fault comprehensive injury cover through ACC</strong></span>. Find out what is and isn’t covered, and what happens if you injure…</span></span></p>
<p><span>In New Zealand "the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) provides comprehensive, no-fault personal injury cover for all New Zealand residents <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and visitors</span> to New Zealand."</span></p>
<p><span>"<span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Everyone in New Zealand has 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, no-fault comprehensive injury cover through ACC</strong></span>. Find out what is and isn’t covered, and what happens if you injure yourself while travelling overseas or visiting New Zealand."</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>"</span></span>If you’re injured during your visit to New Zealand, ACC may be able to help with the cost of treatment and support you need while you’re here. However, <em>it is important to be aware that you cannot sue for damages arising from your personal injury – ACC cover removes that right</em>.</p>
<p>ACC only covers treatment and rehabilitation costs while you are in New Zealand; it is not a replacement for travel insurance and does not cover illness, disrupted travel plans or emergency travel to get you back home. We strongly recommend you arrange travel insurance before visiting New Zealand."</p>
<p>[source: <a target="_blank">http://www.acc.co.nz/making-a-claim/am-i-covered/index.htm</a>]</p>
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<p><span>Not sure how they can afford that, but this makes easily Kiwis one of our favorite people in the world.</span></p>
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Parkour... 2014 update (and David Belle interview)
tag:baparkour.ning.com,2014-09-12:2070047:Topic:119810
2014-09-12T07:05:26.877Z
Bay Area Parkour
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<p>Not sure how David's (very valid) recommendation "<strong><em>don't try to be the best, try to be better</em></strong>" might go along with an eventual Olympic consideration, but history is not ending today, so we might still find out.</p>
<p>(Also: this has been attempted before.)</p>
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<p>Not sure how David's (very valid) recommendation "<strong><em>don't try to be the best, try to be better</em></strong>" might go along with an eventual Olympic consideration, but history is not ending today, so we might still find out.</p>
<p>(Also: this has been attempted before.)</p>
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<h2><span class="font-size-6">Parkour sets up new organisation in what could be first step towards Olympic recognition</span></h2>
<div class="tools"><div class="date">Friday, 05 September 2014</div>
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<p><br/> <strong><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://www.insidethegames.biz/images/2014/09/Parkour.jpg" title="A new international organisation to help promote parkour has been set-up ©The Mouvement "><img src="http://www.insidethegames.biz/images/2014/09/Parkour.jpg" width="130" height="87" alt="A new international organisation to help promote parkour has been set-up ©The Mouvement "/></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Parkour has taken a significant step on the journey to one day joining the Olympic programme by creating a new international organisation to help promote the sport, which is also known as freerunning or l'art du déplacement. </strong><br/> <br/> <span>The Mouvement International du Parkour, Freerunning et l'Art Du Déplacement (<a href="http://themouvement.org/about.html" target="_blank">LINK</a>), which will be known as The Mouvement, has been set-up by David Belle, the man widely credited with having popularised the sport which involves getting from one place to another in the quickest and most efficient way possible, overcoming any obstacle you encounter through the use of your own body.</span><br/> <br/> <span>It is hoped the new organisation will act as a focal point to raise awareness of it, perhaps even one day seeing it become included on the Olympic programme. </span><br/> <br/> <span>It is claimed that national groups for parkour have already been recognised by 12 national Governments and exists in a further 71 countries.</span><br/> <br/> <span>With the International Olympic Committee currently reviewing the future of the sports programme at the Games, there is a belief in some quarters that a discipline like parkour, which has the potential to tap into the youth market, may never have a better opportunity to make its mark. </span><br/> <br/> <span>"When my friends, my family and I started parkour 25 years ago, we had no idea that it would come to be practiced in every country of the world," said Belle. </span><br/> <br/> <span>"What we have created means so much to so many people that it is now logical for us to continue to promote the practices of parkour, freerunning and l'art du déplacement while also working to protecting our community. </span><br/> <br/> <span>"That is why we have created this new Mouvement.</span><br/> <br/> <span>"From Afghanistan to the USA, we have seen that a sport must usually be recognised by international authorities before it can be properly promoted by the authorities, respected by municipalities taught in schools and so on. </span><br/> <br/> <span>"So our first priority is universal recognition. </span><br/> <br/> <span>"This is what will most help our community in many places around the world."</span><br/> <br/> <span class="wf_caption"><a href="http://themouvement.org/about.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.insidethegames.biz/images/2014/09/Parkour_governing_body.png?width=550" width="550" class="align-full"/></a></span></p>
<p><span class="wf_caption"><span><strong><a href="http://themouvement.org/about.html" target="_blank">Mouvement International du Parkour, Freerunning et l’Art Du Déplacement</a></strong> will be based in France and the Presidency will rotate among its six founder members for the first four years ©The Mouvement</span></span><br/> <br/> <span>The organisation has been established as an association under the French law of 1901, with an administrative address in Lisses, France.</span><br/> <br/> <span>"To create a new representative international organisation for a new sport is a rare privilege," said Jean-François Vilotte of De Gaulle at Fleurance et Associés, the law firm which advised on the drafting of the statutes. </span><br/> <br/> <span>"I am completely confident that the statutes lay a solid foundation for The Mouvement to benefit from exemplary governance in the future. </span><br/> <br/> <span>"There are democratic and consultative structures in place to ensure a voice for all, while also allowing for the decisive management that will be required to overcome the obstacles ahead."</span><br/> <br/> <span>The six founding members have agreed to rotate the Presidency of the organisation for the first four-year term, with Belle serving the first eight months. </span><br/> <br/> <span>At the end of this provisional arrangement, elections will take place, it is promised.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Early plans are set to include applying to become a member of SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for all International Federations.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Parkour is already being lined up for inclusion in the inaugural SportAccord Urban Games, which is currently under discussion.</span></p>
<div>But, like skateboarding, another sport increasingly seen as having the potential to join the Olympic programme, there may be splits within parkour if it targets mainstream recognition. <br/> <br/> "We will also make sure parkour, freerunning and l'art du déplacement are not seen by the authorities as just a sport," said Belle. <br/> <br/> "Some people in our community are interested in competition are we will support them. <br/> <br/><div>"But competition is not what drives us. <br/> <br/> "We will continue to promote and protect all the things that make our practice so special."<br/> <br/> Parkour's roots come from a discipline called Le Methode Naturelle, based on what, it is claimed, are the ten essential human movements to walk, run, climb, quadrapedal movement (move on all fours), swim, balance, lift, throw, and practice self-defencee. <br/> <br/> A former French soldier and elite French military firefighter, Raymond Belle, was a follower of Methode Naturelle, passing it on to his son David. <br/> <br/> David Belle and his friends as teenagers then took this method, and other inspirations in their environment, and created a discipline to develop and grow themselves mentally and physically, which they called L'Art Du Deplacement before the the term parcours was altered into "parkour".<br/> <br/> <span class="wf_caption"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://www.insidethegames.biz/images/2014/09/Parkour_3.jpg" title="Parkour is practicised in 71 countries around the world, it is claimed ©Getty Images"><img src="http://www.insidethegames.biz/images/2014/09/Parkour_3.jpg" width="550" height="373" alt="Parkour is practicised in 71 countries around the world, it is claimed ©Getty Images"/></a></span></div>
<div><span class="wf_caption"><span>Parkour is practiced in 71 countries around the world, it is claimed ©Getty Images</span></span><br/> <br/> "It is only 17 years we first brought parkour, freerunning and l'art du déplacement to the world through the medium of television," said Chau Belle, one of the founders of l"Art du Déplacement.<br/> <br/> "To already have more searches and more views on YouTube than any lifestyle sport is fantastic. <br/> <br/> "But this success must be accompanied by a proper understanding of how to train properly. <br/> <br/> "In developing parkour, freerunning and l'art déplacement since the beginning, we know that proper training is vital to safety, to avoiding injury to unlocking the personal growth that comes from overcoming physical obstacles. <br/> <br/> "Creating The Mouvement will enable us to defend our practice while also promoting it."<br/> <br/> Contact the writer of this story at <a href="mailto:duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz">duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz<br/></a></div>
<div>[source: <a href="http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/non-olympic-sports/351-other/1022376-parkour-sets-up-new-organisation-in-what-could-be-first-step-towards-olympic-recognition">http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/non-olympic-sports/351-other/1022376-parkour-sets-up-new-organisation-in-what-could-be-first-step-towards-olympic-recognition</a>]</div>
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<div><div><span class="font-size-5"><strong><a href="http://kalw.org/post/parkour-may-run-flip-dive-and-slide-its-way-olympics" target="_blank">READ MORE about this conversation on NPR >></a></strong></span></div>
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Where can I find some real life cityscapes that resemble those depicted in the EA Title Mirror's Edge?
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2012-10-09T00:04:50.872Z
Kiv Wahlberg
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<p>I thought I would copy and paste this here to see if any of my fellow traceurs could help me out <3 if you could just please read it and maybe do a little research to help a brother out and see if maybe you could find something to come back to me with then I would just love you forever and ever and ever <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 asdfafgsdfgsdfgsdfgdgfdg so much <3<br></br> Cheers,<br></br>-Kiv…</p>
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<p>I thought I would copy and paste this here to see if any of my fellow traceurs could help me out <3 if you could just please read it and maybe do a little research to help a brother out and see if maybe you could find something to come back to me with then I would just love you forever and ever and ever <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 asdfafgsdfgsdfgsdfgdgfdg so much <3<br/> Cheers,<br/>-Kiv</p>
<p><a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121008165938AAbzwwz">http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121008165938AAbzwwz</a></p>
The Competitive Game of BeshenSphere
tag:baparkour.ning.com,2010-05-04:2070047:Topic:61734
2010-05-04T00:10:39.551Z
b2c
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<b>Finally, a outlet for the ANGER!!!</b><div><br></br></div>
<div>we recently invented this game called BeshenSphere, its really easy to play and fun,</div>
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<div>just need a few people, some runjumpclimb, and a bit of Fury.</div>
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<div>here are the rules:</div>
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<div>1.throw the ball,</div>
<div>2.race to the ball,</div>
<div>3.winner throws the ball in next…</div>
<b>Finally, a outlet for the ANGER!!!</b><div><br/></div>
<div>we recently invented this game called BeshenSphere, its really easy to play and fun,</div>
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<div>just need a few people, some runjumpclimb, and a bit of Fury.</div>
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<div>here are the rules:</div>
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<div>1.throw the ball,</div>
<div>2.race to the ball,</div>
<div>3.winner throws the ball in next round. </div>
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<div><b>Videos:</b></div>
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<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Game of BeshenSphere:</b></span></b></div>
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<div><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW2ccAQEOBo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW2ccAQEOBo</a></b></div>
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<div><b>Story of BeshenSphere:</b></div>
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<div><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUBkNgzOhg&feature=watch_response_rev">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUBkNgzOhg&feature=watch_response_rev</a> </b></div>
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Removing scuff marks
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2010-03-02T17:38:56.596Z
Fyrel
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Even "non marking" shoes will occasionally leave a unsightly scuff on the walls we all practice on, and eventually it all adds up. What are your methods for removing the marks on walls? An APK thread suggested that tennis balls work well, and I was wondering if that Mr. Clean Magic Eraser would work. Any other suggestions? Has anybody had experience with other cleaning agents such as bleach?<br/>
Even "non marking" shoes will occasionally leave a unsightly scuff on the walls we all practice on, and eventually it all adds up. What are your methods for removing the marks on walls? An APK thread suggested that tennis balls work well, and I was wondering if that Mr. Clean Magic Eraser would work. Any other suggestions? Has anybody had experience with other cleaning agents such as bleach?<br/>
Just for fun...
tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-12-11:2070047:Topic:57144
2009-12-11T02:48:41.058Z
marisa
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Ok, I want to make another pk related graphic and this time I'd like to get the community in on it.<br />
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I want to know what parkour means to you and I want to bring our ideas together in a concise, dynamic text based image. Sound good? Cool.<br />
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Finish the following sentence;<br />
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Parkour is...
Ok, I want to make another pk related graphic and this time I'd like to get the community in on it.<br />
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I want to know what parkour means to you and I want to bring our ideas together in a concise, dynamic text based image. Sound good? Cool.<br />
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Finish the following sentence;<br />
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Parkour is...
District 13-U Physics
tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-11-14:2070047:Topic:56393
2009-11-14T06:35:15.362Z
puck
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Let's talk about David Belle's new film. Not the about story, or about the characters, but about the stuff that really matters - Belle's moves.<br />
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The particular one that really stood out to me was (and I'm sure you remember this too if you've seen it) Belle's gigantic leap from Leito's apartment complex to the adjacent building. Even after watching the segment again and again, I couldn't wrap my mind around the move. To try to clarify it for myself I did what any self respecting traceur would…
Let's talk about David Belle's new film. Not the about story, or about the characters, but about the stuff that really matters - Belle's moves.<br />
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The particular one that really stood out to me was (and I'm sure you remember this too if you've seen it) Belle's gigantic leap from Leito's apartment complex to the adjacent building. Even after watching the segment again and again, I couldn't wrap my mind around the move. To try to clarify it for myself I did what any self respecting traceur would do: I drew a diagram.<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/93642234?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
<i>that is a huuuge leap</i><br />
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Anyways, after I crunched the numbers I realized that this meant Belle had to survive an impact with concrete with a downward momentum of about 50 feet per second. He'd cross a football field at that speed in about 7 seconds.<br />
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To be honest, I'm not sure whether to be inspired or afraid.
Keeping Traceurs and Parkour as safe as possible
tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-11-08:2070047:Topic:56290
2009-11-08T18:31:40.490Z
Bay Area Parkour
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<p><b>Please read, and give your input to the cross-communities conversation <a href="http://www.pkcali.com/parkour_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?56927" target="_blank">started by Bay Area community organizers on PKCali</a>.</b></p>
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<p><b>Also check <a href="http://baparkour.ning.com/forum/topics/st-happens-be-prepared">this recent article</a> about real-life occorunces here.</b></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5"><b>"<em>Parkour is here to say I can. It is…</em></b></span></p>
<p><b>Please read, and give your input to the cross-communities conversation <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pkcali.com/parkour_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?56927">started by Bay Area community organizers on PKCali</a>.</b></p>
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<p><b>Also check <a href="http://baparkour.ning.com/forum/topics/st-happens-be-prepared">this recent article</a> about real-life occorunces here.</b></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5"><b>"<em>Parkour is here to say I can. It is also here to say I cannot.</em>"</b></span><br/> <span class="font-size-5"><b>- David Belle</b></span></p>
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