All Videos Tagged parkour (Bay Area Parkour) - Bay Area Parkour

Parkour, literally (part 5)

2014-01-27T08:41:31.270Z

"The object of parkour is to get from one place to another in the most efficient way possible using only the human body and the objects in the environment"...

This vid got a bit of fire online because it would depict "too much" running; well I think that was EXACTLY the point.
;)

For more literal parkour check Parkour Literally 1,
Parkour Literally 2,
Parkour Literally 3,
Parkour Literally 4, and
Tomber or not tomber.

Parkour Soul

2012-01-23T08:43:38.524Z

A revealing inside look at parkour's positive impact on the "personal lives" of young traceurs.

This sample video chapter, "Life Stories: From the Wall," is part of a longer form documentary: "PARKOUR SOUL" (a work in progress). This chapter focuses on interviews over a five year period with California traceurs of all skill levels. From beginners to the more advanced (ages 13-27) they all share their stories of how the discipline of parkour is having a positive effect in their own personal lives.  

When you are confronted with mental and physical obstacles, parkour teaches you how to "think different," how to overcome challenges, and how to empower yourself to live a better life. In the "Life Stories" chapter presented here -- the style and tone is intended to be more "self-reflective" -- revealing a more personal perspective on the young people involved with parkour.  

Future chapters can cover parkour pros demonstrating advanced techniques, the acrobatics of freerunning, competition, overcoming fear, "parkour-vision," acceptance from family and friends, a possible parkour roadtrip in Europe that mixes traceurs from different cultures, etc. Use of miniature GoPro HD video cameras and possible 3D segments can be explored.  

For additional information on how the documentary can be further shaped and evolve, please visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Parkour-Soul/223102287755419?sk=info and read the "new footage" suggestions contained in the information tab.

Parkour, literally. (part 4)

2012-01-18T06:23:35.663Z

"The object of parkour is to get from one place to another in the most efficient way possible using only the human body and the objects in the environment"(wikipedia).

This is what this film is about: finding the most efficient path through our environment going from a point A to a point B. This concept of efficience relates to different parameters, such as speed, fluidity, security, carefulness, capability to adapt to any situation, and economy of energy. In consequence, this is what we try to reach when we make these videos, and so we try to keep these various parameters inmind while drawing our path and filming it.
Anyway, as it is a film, we don't just do things, but choose to show the things we do and try to do it in an aesthetic and artistic way. That implies choices that sometimes prevent us from being the most efficient we could if we would not be making a film. Exemple: the armjump at 2:56 was surely not the most efficient way to go on the other side (especially as I couldn't climb the wall with the tree on top of it, and had to go on the right with a strange technique). I could have ran directly on to the right wall, which is smaller and just climb it a lot faster, and spending a lot less energy. Anyway, I wanted to use the spot the better I could, and adding the armjump in this combination of moves was a fairly good challenge to me too, so I chose to work on this possibility. In these cases, we just take things on the "kid thinking" side, and pretend we cannot touch the floor for example because it's lava. Anyway, don't worry, I am conscious there is no lava...but there could have been! :-)"

3 runs by L'1consolable, in Paris (France). Recorded in December 2011.

For more literal parkour check Parkour Literally 1,
Parkour Literally 2,
Parkour Literally 3, and
Tomber or not tomber.

Vallejo Pirate Festival -Will perkins-vallejo parkour

2011-07-31T06:16:12.356Z

Pirate Festival in Vallejo june 18 2011

BAPK Southbay 2010

2011-03-25T06:47:16.225Z

Here come The Thnikkaman. Cover your baby areas this is the bay area. Too many video codecs on the couch, gotta reach Merill and this dubstep is keeping me up. Every time I jump I gotta push against the walls of the air just to make it online. And now It's been a year and all we got to show is this jumpy video.

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