Go mainstream and get butchered... - Bay Area Parkour2024-03-29T08:41:11Zhttp://baparkour.ning.com/forum/topics/go-mainstream-and-get?commentId=2070047%3AComment%3A45221&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI didn't like most of what I…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-15:2070047:Comment:452602009-04-15T06:40:21.756ZScott Ghttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/ScottG
I didn't like most of what I just saw!!!<br />
It was surprisingly insulting, and that's not what I want the public to see.<br />
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My advice to the ENTIRE PARKOUR COMMUNITY:<br />
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Forget about news crews and anchormen!!!<br />
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So far it seems that anything on the news about us ends up in our forums and websites across the web. So why the hell don't we just cut out the pointless middleman. If someone wants to learn about parkour, I want them to learn it from real traceurs. We are all the coverage we need!! Not only…
I didn't like most of what I just saw!!!<br />
It was surprisingly insulting, and that's not what I want the public to see.<br />
<br />
My advice to the ENTIRE PARKOUR COMMUNITY:<br />
<br />
Forget about news crews and anchormen!!!<br />
<br />
So far it seems that anything on the news about us ends up in our forums and websites across the web. So why the hell don't we just cut out the pointless middleman. If someone wants to learn about parkour, I want them to learn it from real traceurs. We are all the coverage we need!! Not only that, but we're also by far the best source of info about us (duh).<br />
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We don't need some anchorman insulting us in mass media!!!<br />
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If it was ever my decision, regardless of the event, I would prefer not to have any news crew covering anything to do with parkour. If I had the opportunity to say anything about parkour on the news, I would tell people to go out and research it themselves, or to find a local jam. I hate to see something so complex as parkour shoved into a matter of seconds. It's something that deserves just as much respect as martial arts in every way.<br />
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Just sayin: Don't let the news ridicule us, ideally. Same event, better coverage (…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-15:2070047:Comment:452342009-04-15T03:33:08.747ZSafeNSurehttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/SafeNSure
Same event, better coverage (IMO... and <u><i>highlighted</i></u> is mine):<br />
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"<i>Unless you've been living under a rock, you've likely heard of <u>parkour -- the art of moving up, over and around obstacles as fluidly and efficiently as possible</u>. In ever more commercials and movies, parkour practitioners are hurling themselves up walls and over chasms. You may have even seen such folks darting around Denver, leaping across Skyline Park and bounding around Red Rocks Amphitheater.<br />
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Now, if…</i>
Same event, better coverage (IMO... and <u><i>highlighted</i></u> is mine):<br />
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"<i>Unless you've been living under a rock, you've likely heard of <u>parkour -- the art of moving up, over and around obstacles as fluidly and efficiently as possible</u>. In ever more commercials and movies, parkour practitioners are hurling themselves up walls and over chasms. You may have even seen such folks darting around Denver, leaping across Skyline Park and bounding around Red Rocks Amphitheater.<br />
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Now, if you're up for it, you can try parkour yourself - at APEX Movement, a Denver-based establishment...</i>"<br />
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"<i>The space will ... house a team of professional freerunners (those who practice a flashier version of parkour).</i>" <b><a href="http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/04/apex_movement_colorados_first.php">>>read more</a></b><br />
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It's all there, in 6 lines. We're just "excersising in an…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-15:2070047:Comment:452312009-04-15T01:21:07.889ZFyrelhttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/Fyrel
We're just "excersising in an untraditional fashion". Works most of the time for me. :D
We're just "excersising in an untraditional fashion". Works most of the time for me. :D ...yeah, if we hide into gyms…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-15:2070047:Comment:452242009-04-15T00:24:32.290ZSafeNSurehttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/SafeNSure
...yeah, if we hide into gyms (<i>and I'm in favor of gym training</i>), wear helmets and carry along pads, we might as well be let alone by law enforcement.<br />
:(<br />
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Or maybe they'll simply understand that we are only '<i>playing a bit around</i>'...<br />
:P
...yeah, if we hide into gyms (<i>and I'm in favor of gym training</i>), wear helmets and carry along pads, we might as well be let alone by law enforcement.<br />
:(<br />
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Or maybe they'll simply understand that we are only '<i>playing a bit around</i>'...<br />
:P I agree with Kaos. Actually,…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-15:2070047:Comment:452212009-04-15T00:17:52.226ZIliketovaultthingshttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/Iliketovaultthings
I agree with Kaos. Actually, i thought parkour was portreyed pretty well in these too segments, i mean we might even get law enforcement off our asses in the near future. I love that one part in the NBC one, when that one guy got SMACKED LOL
I agree with Kaos. Actually, i thought parkour was portreyed pretty well in these too segments, i mean we might even get law enforcement off our asses in the near future. I love that one part in the NBC one, when that one guy got SMACKED LOL It's a loooong winter in Denv…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-14:2070047:Comment:451882009-04-14T14:05:37.670ZSafeNSurehttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/SafeNSure
It's a loooong winter in Denver... don't forget that, <i>beach boys</i>.<br />
:D
It's a loooong winter in Denver... don't forget that, <i>beach boys</i>.<br />
:D "Think about YOUR mother, may…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-14:2070047:Comment:451852009-04-14T08:15:07.131ZKirillhttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/Kirill
"Think about YOUR mother, maybe she should have put on helmet before..." LOL
"Think about YOUR mother, maybe she should have put on helmet before..." LOL i didn't think she did that b…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-14:2070047:Comment:451782009-04-14T06:16:50.081Zkingthekinghttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/kingtheking
i didn't think she did that bad of a job compared to other coverage I've seen. But b2c is right, why cage the beast?
i didn't think she did that bad of a job compared to other coverage I've seen. But b2c is right, why cage the beast? ...I guess it's more about th…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-14:2070047:Comment:451712009-04-14T05:54:54.977ZSafeNSurehttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/SafeNSure
...I guess it's more about the anchormen, but let me give you a couple examples:<br />
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- everything is tough to describe, if one doesn't do his homework,<br />
- "playing around"... "serious <i>business</i>"?<br />
- "a certain kind of crowd" (boy kisses girls on check and get slapped)?<br />
- 11 years old showing more sense than patronizing voice-over,<br />
- again: "everybody needs to know it's the <i>serious</i> business" (kind-of... yeah-right...) "of playing around"…
...I guess it's more about the anchormen, but let me give you a couple examples:<br />
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- everything is tough to describe, if one doesn't do his homework,<br />
- "playing around"... "serious <i>business</i>"?<br />
- "a certain kind of crowd" (boy kisses girls on check and get slapped)?<br />
- 11 years old showing more sense than patronizing voice-over,<br />
- again: "everybody needs to know it's the <i>serious</i> business" (kind-of... yeah-right...) "of playing around" (tongue-in-check-<i>wink-wink-wink</i>-we-mainstream-media-are-so-smart-we-know-what-is-serious-business);<br />
- "and now some commercials! <i>Eff</i> real news and valuable information!!!",<br />
...ok, they didn't actually say that last one but that's what I got.<br />
:(<br />
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"Helmets"?!? Inside a gym???<br />
..."their mothers"??!!<br />
Think about YOUR mother, maybe she should have put an helmet before...<br />
EHM!... ok, I'm gonna stop here...<br />
(<i>Sorry I don't watch much TV.... got low tolerance...</i>)<br />
:D<br />
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"Safety first"... we can agree on <u>that</u>. im not sure either, but i fee…tag:baparkour.ning.com,2009-04-14:2070047:Comment:451512009-04-14T04:50:50.462Zb2chttp://baparkour.ning.com/profile/b2c
im not sure either, but i feel like calling them douches... just a gut feeling...<br />
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man this apex thing feels kinda sad, they've taken parkour and put it inside a cage, and like a zoo tiger, it looses its ferocity and becomes a pathetic docile pet.
im not sure either, but i feel like calling them douches... just a gut feeling...<br />
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man this apex thing feels kinda sad, they've taken parkour and put it inside a cage, and like a zoo tiger, it looses its ferocity and becomes a pathetic docile pet.