Parkour Article by Sarah Skidmore
Posted by misterparkour on July 28, 2008Here is a recent nationally published Parkour article written by Sarah Skidmore of the associated press. The article is as accurate as it is simple which is good in both cases given its comparison to the flashy-Parkour-descriptive and often inaccurate pieces that still (in some way or another) dominate the majority of written and filmed media Parkour pieces. In this case the accurateness and overall message of the article has overcome the editorial simplicity, and the result is a piece that has resonated with news organizations across the
Parkour’s popularity taking off in U.S.
By Sarah Skidmore
The Associated Press
Parkour may require vaulting a wall, jumping off a ledge or leaping over a railing, but devotees say there is more to it than being a daredevil.
“We don’t want people to see parkour as something crazy,” said Adam Dunlap, a 21-year-old in
Parkour has its roots in
“I think it’s just humans moving the way humans were meant to move,” said Mark Toorock, a leader in the
Traceurs are often self-taught or gather in groups to “jam” in parks, college campuses, or anywhere they are inspired by the constructs of an urban landscape.
As parkour has grown in popularity, so have the opportunities to learn the discipline. Parkour-inspired classes are sprouting up in gyms, online forums are growing and Toorock wants to take it to the level of a professional sport.
“It’s not that parkour is this new fresh thing,” he said. “It’s kind of human rehabilitation, which is getting back to what we are meant to do.”
Some participants say parkour resembles martial arts in the mental and physical discipline it requires.
It tends to draw the younger, male, daredevil sector. But in the parkour-related classes Dunlap teaches, he has everyone from young children and 30-something women to middle-aged men.
Parkour has caught on in popular culture, as well. The movie “Casino Royale” featured a parkour chase scene. K-Swiss and Nike have had ads showcasing traceurs doing their thing in company shoes.
And Toorock, founder of American Parkour and a member of a group called the “tribe” that dominates the American Parkour scene, says he gets a phone call a week from people wanting to make reality shows about people jumping off buildings.
He always says no.
To him and others dedicated to parkour, it’s not about jumping off things. Although many will admit that was part of the initial appeal.
“It’s very serious,” he said. “It’s about increasing your own capacity to eliminate risks.”
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