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Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600

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Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:35:14 -0600

I nominate Dupont for the sweetest friggin' PK location in the world. Not really, but it's one of the best places we've gone. Good opprtunities for wall jumps and climbs, as well as for vaults and precision jumps. probably one of the most versatile areas we've been to.

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Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:45:34 -0600

Florida Free Running/Parkour Representatives:
silentgreen
SwX

Local Florida Free Running/Parkour Groups:
Jacksonville, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Fern Park, Florida
Casselberry, Florida
Geneva, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Hialeah, Florida
Coral Springs, Florida
Casselberry, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Geneva, Florida
Gainesville, Florida

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Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:23:08 -0500

[originally posted by swx]
Im the only one registerd of my clan to this site but my group is "The Shadow Clan".

Registered Members That Have Jammed With Us:
SwX

Others That Have Jammed With Us:
None

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Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:37:00 -0500

[originally posted by ak72]

Registered members that have jammed with us:
SwX
OnlyJesusGivesEternalLife (Danny from Miami)

Others that have jammed with us:
Josh
Noah
Omar
Others from the Shadow Clan

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Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:50:55 -0600

An important part of Overflux's goal is to ensure that each State in the region gets represented equally so that we can all benefit from great turnouts in region-wide jams. The rep(s) will be in charge of managing their State's forum to promote helpful communication. A specific duty will be creating sticky's out of local region posts once groups have been established, that way newcomers will easily find a group nearby or post to create a new group.

This State currently does NOT have any representatives. If you feel that you would be able to handle this position, please post a reply. No cheesy "why do you feel like you are qualified" posts are necessary, this is meant to benefit the community, and if you think you're up to it, we'll be glad to help you in any way possible.

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Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:52:04 -0600

Tennessee Free Running/Parkour Representatives:
loki

Local Tennessee Free Running/Parkour Groups:
None currently, read below

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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:14:34 -0600

" Location: Garden City Elementary, 2814 Dunn Ave., Jax. FL 32218

Time: 8am-12pm approx.

Meeting up with some experienced traceurs to get some pics and vids for tutorials and content. "

Today was an excellent day for Parkour. Participants in this event: Myself (BlankZero), Larrytheliquid, fellowsapien, WestFury, and imnotshamar. It's funny, because he really is Shamar. What a joker. Anyhow, probably the most important thing that happened was that WestFury was there. Everything else that happened was pretty much a result of the fact that he's a great traceur and an even better teacher. Props to him for that. And for those of you who were too tired, too lazy, or generally too noob to make it out there, I'll do you the favor of sharing some of his words of wisdom. Anyhow, I'll break down the rough schedule of the day now:

I arrived before everyone else, did a few preliminary stretches, then Larry and Amir arrived. Shamar got there soon after, and we started taking photos for the warm-up tutorials on the site. While we were warming up, West arrived, and we started doing a few simple vaults over the nearby rails. That was when the police officer showed up. And anyone who's heard about Larry and my little fiasco at Mandarin High School will know that Parkour isn't a very police-friendly sport. At least when you're skateboarding, people are like, "Oh, he has a board! What a neat little sport!" With Parkour, you're walking around in your street clothes, no evidence at all that you're actually doing a sport and not burglarizing some poor little old woman. Fortunately, we haven't met any extremely stupid police officers yet, and at least this time Larry and I hadn't opened any doors. So we politely explained what we were doing, they gave us the okay, and they left, and for the next five minutes, Amir regretted not video-taping the incident.

Next, we moved on to a sweet cat leap area, with a nice high brick wall and an even higher chain-link fence a good distance away. Shamar, familiar with the grounds, showed us his skillful cat leap. Larry vowed to attempt it before the day was done, and naturally, we had forgotten about it before the chance arose again. Next came West's first big lesson: how to jump from a run.

While you're running, you should be ready to jump at pretty much any second. The jump itself is not a separate motion so much as it is a continuation of the run in a different direction. So when you're approaching something you want to jump over, it shouldn't be a run-jump-land sequence, it should be more of a forward-upward-forward again motion.

After testing this theory, declaring it law, and practicing it a few times on precision jumps and over benches, we moved on to handstands. Actually, it started off as a few botched attempts by Larry to do a front handspring. West saw these and astutely came to the conclusion that Larry needed to learn a proper handstand first. So the practice ensued. We learned how to spot a handstand, how to do a handstand, how to roll out of a handstand, and even how to master a handstand, with this killer little exercise that works you out like a beast even when it doesn't look like you're moving. Words can't do it justice right now, so I'll approach that elsewhere. But then West went into his second lesson, this one more focused on philosophy...err... you'll see.

The gist of what he said amounts to this: You get a whole bunch of people who go outside, run for a few minutes, come back inside, sit on their asses, and write about the mental state you need to be a traceur. The fact of the matter is, flow, as well as the "fluid" mindset only matter once you've mastered enough techniques to really flow through an environment. i.e. philosophy shouldn't be worth half a crap in the Rice Krispies of an inexperienced traceur, or even one who's well-experienced, for that matter. Parkour's all about mastering skills, then chaining them together once you know them all. And of course, to master them, we turn to the age-old adage, practice makes perfect.

We went back to our practicing, and West proceeded to explain that there are only two skills in tumbling: handstands and tucks. Everything else is just a combination of these. Sweet, no? So we practiced round-offs and more handstands, then moved back to the railing we were first at. Larry, Amir and I were introduced rather abruptly to the Thief Vault, a nifty little vault that resembles the speed vault on a rail, except with a hand switch at the end. It's essentially a sideways dash vault. I practiced it, Amir pwned it, and Larry moved on to practicing his turn vault, which prompted West to show him the proper technique. Larry pretty much got it, and one more of WestFury's fortune cookies was cracked open.

This time, he derailed my entire illusion of Parkour involving extremely complex motions by explaining exactly how simple even the most insane of techniques is. The palm spin, it turns out, is a result of simply jumping and turning your head. The rest is practice.

From there, we went to the school's playground; always a source of abundant opportunity. For me, the first opportunity was an awesome little playground feature that I lovingly dubbed "the shuttle." It was a little handle attached to a rail, which was capable of going all the way down and up the rail with what seemed like almost no friction. I swung on that thing at least twenty times. Immature? Possibly. But we all know I'm just a kid at heart. A cynical, lecherous, somewhat insane kid, but a kid all the same. After I got off of my personal high, Amir and Shamar ventured onto the bar under which I had been shuttling, doing a cat balance across it and jumping down. It was a pretty good distance, as far as falls go. Then we moved on to speed vaults over a picnic table. naturally, I, being the shameful waste of a human that I am, didn't go straight for the tall picnic table. Baby steps, yo; baby steps. While Amir, Larry, West and Shamar were all speed vaulting the picinic table, I was jumping a short table, and then I finally moved on to speed vaulting a shorter table. West gave me a few pointers about reaching vs. planting, and I was finally able to do it successfully. He then lined us up, and had us run, with Shamar as our leader. We speed vaulted the picnic table (I didn't, because I still needed more practice), and West found another opportunity to impart his wisdom.

Apparently, the followers of Foucan in France do exactly what he was having us do. They line up, and start running, going over the same obstacles, in the same way, repeatedly, until the skills they are practicing are mastered. the trick to that method is, they don't give themselves time to worry about whether they'll bail out or not; they simply go for it. Without the burden of fear, Parkour becomes a much more relaxed, instinctual thing.

Larry invented this neat little dive between the playground's bridge and the bar, which was sort of like a higher-up version of the PK roll. He and West practiced that for a bit, then Shamar started working on his turn vault transitions. He nailed a beautiful one, but when West asked him to do it again, the result was a bit less glorious. I had no idea how to do one to begin with, but at least this gave West another chance to impart his wisdom.

He tells us: "If you can't do a technique three times in a row, it's not your trick. It's God's trick." Seemed like humorous, yet somewhat useful advice.

We moved then onto palm spins, the true secret of which I revealed earlier. I still need to work on upper body strength for them, but Larry got them, and Amir almost got them (Shamar already had them). Shamar and West then proceeeded to do some sort of crazy trick which involved planting one foot on a tree to move a palm spin further up on the trunk. I was, needless to say, impressed. I'll keep working until I can do that, as well. Well, I suppose that's all the important stuff I had to share. Until next time, I'll leave you with an ultra-condensed, somewhat humorous paraphrase of Westfury's teachings from today. if you don't understand some of them, it's because you weren't reading my post.

West's Seven... Things.
I. Jumpeth as if your run never ended.
II. Ye newcomers screweth philosophy; leaveth it be to the pros.
III. Practice maketh perfect, ye who art daft.
IV. Tumbling be naught but handstands and tucks. Master even the least of these, and ye hath mastered them all.
V. Parkour be not unliketh magic; the trick is simple, but the appearance,wonderful.
VI. Thinketh naught about what it is ye do; remembereth only that ye do it.
VII. Until thou canst perform a skill thrice in succession, 'tis not thine; 'tis a miracle.
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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:29:59 -0600

Location: Quality Suites Oceanfront (Jacksonville Beach)

Address: 11 1st St N
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250

Time: 8am-12pm approx.

If the weather permits we will be getting in the water after PK so bring suites.

People coming:
Larrythliquid
fellowsapien
futtbuckah
bojangles
BlankZero4

might come:
david + david telling friends like yilin etc
brad
ecpika
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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:40:26 -0600

We meet every Saturday and Sunday from 8am-12pm.

Registered Members That Have Jammed With Us:
Larrytheliquid
Fellowsapien
ecpika
shengster
bojangles
iamn otshamar
westfury
BlankZero
Velv
DonaldEng

Others That Have Jammed With Us:
Yilin
Yatyng
Paul
Alan
Jason

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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:07:29 -0600

Alabama Free Running/Parkour Representatives:
BirdmannAU

Local Alabama Free Running/Parkour Groups:
Auburn, Alabama

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Mon, 30 May 2005 19:47:41 -0500

Location: Atlanta, GA
Dates: July 23-24 2005

For information before the jam, call larrytheliquid: 9045687313
For information during the jam, call fellowsapien: 9049933599
(This is because my phone plan doesn't work out of state and fellow has limited minutes)

July 23
9AM-Meet at Piedmont Park
Address: 400 Park Drive NE Atlanta, GA 30306
For more info: http://www.piedmontpark.org/

July 24
9AM-Meet at Centennial Olympic Park
Address: 265 Park Ave West N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30313-1591
For more info: http://www.centennialpark.com/

You also may want to use the train system to get there to avoid parking, etc: http://www.itsmarta.com

Check out fellowsapien's blog to see how scouting went:
http://www.overflux.com/content.php?article.34

If you are not yet a member, you can register here

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING POSTS

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Travel arrangements[/link] 

[link=http://www.overflux.com/forum_viewtopic.php?36.239]
Hotel/Sleeping[/link]

PARTICIPANTS:

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.1]fellowsapien[/
link] 

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.4]Larrytheliquid[/
link] 

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.10]westfury[/link]
 

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.3]Blankzero[/link]
 

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.35]Feral Demon[/
link] 

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.41]Relmo[/link] 

Selfexiled41  + Atlanta Crew (please let us know how many an
d contact info)

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.42]Maverick[/link]
 

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.50]silentgreen[/
link] 

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.48]cak010[/link] 

[link=http://www.overflux.com/user.php?id.52]M.Valentine[/
link] 

Louis 9lives (don't have email address)

*********Post with contact info if you want to be listed*********

On the to-do list:
-notify local news station or newspaper
-get a gym as a backup

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Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:30:23 -0500

Georgia Free Running/Parkour Representatives:
daeinwolf

Local Georgia Free Running/Parkour Groups:
Marietta/Kennesaw, Georgia
Macon, Georgia

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Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:37:02 -0500

What's up everyone / anyone!

New to Parkour but been exploring freestyle, movement arts for some time now. Looking to get down on some group training in VA, Maryland, DC, maybe NC. Hit me up if you are down for some training!

Regards,

JB

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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:10:22 -0600

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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:10:46 -0600

South Carolina Free Running/Parkour Representatives:
Relmo

Local South Carolina Free Running/Parkour Groups:
Columbia, South Carolina

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Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:30:09 -0600

This thread is here for the cooperative creation of the Infomercial Parody that will accompany the site's launch. Download the most recent version of the Script, read it, and feel free to critique it! To offer advice or suggestions, either leave a post in this thread or grab me on AIM at BlankZero4.

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Sat, 02 Apr 2005 11:17:09 -0600

Quality Suites Oceanfront (Jacksonville Beach)

Location: Address: 11 1st St N
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250

Time: Late afternoon, most likely 2-5pm

Participants: Larrytheliquid, bojangles , westfury, fellowsapien

Goal: Parkour, Informercial for website

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Fri, 22 Apr 2005 17:09:05 -0500

Sup,
I'm back from L.A. Any jams going on on Sat?
When and where?

west

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Tue, 10 May 2005 16:37:04 -0500

anyone know anything going on in baltimore? email me @ artvandale1@yahoo.com

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Sat, 04 Jun 2005 21:10:44 -0500

These vids are great for ideas, and are some of the best I've seen around:

http://mundinho.skyblog.com/pics/51251546.gif
http: //mundinho.skyblog.com/pics/41989355.gif
http:// mundinho.skyblog.com/pics/29664330.gif
http:// mundinho.skyblog.com/pics/29663645.gif
http:// mundinho.skyblog.com/pics/19428288.gif
http:// mundinho.skyblog.com/pics/19425364.gif
http:// mundinho.skyblog.com/pics/16858757.gif

They are crappy gifs =/. Taken from http://mundinho.skyblog.com

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Fri, 13 May 2005 20:39:45 -0500

A new skatepark is opening and we will be jamming/telling people about free running/overflux.

Location: Jack Russell Park: 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach.

Time: 8am-12pm

People expected to come: larrytheliquid, fellowsapien, westfury, ecpika, futtbuckah, bojangles, Minutiae2957
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Sun, 15 May 2005 19:22:33 -0500

did u guys know ur signup page/button in messed up? The dang computer cant find the page &| , see if u can fix it

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Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:04:34 -0500

Hey I have tried to post replies in the local USA section of UF's forum but I get the following error. Is anyone else having difficulties or am I doing it wrong?

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Tue, 31 May 2005 22:17:35 -0500

Registered members that jammed: None

Others that jam: Sadly, none

Hope this is what you want.

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Thu, 26 May 2005 02:40:40 -0500

just a quick suggestion.

on a lot of web pages, they have the main graphic at the top, like you do, but they have it link to the home page. i think it would be helpful to do so here also. (e.g. you click on the "overflux" and it takes you home.) maybe it is just me, but i have clicked on it a couple of times now thinking that it would take me to the main news/home page.
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Thu, 26 May 2005 20:42:46 -0500

Description: Gym Jams will be starting June 14th. Gyms are a safe environment that will unlock new areas of skill with the absence of fear.

NOTICE: DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE FORMS
Form 1
Form 2

Date: This is a recurring event, happening every Tuesday throughout the summer, starting June 14th.

Location: "Capital Gymnastics" 11018 Saint Augustine Rd Jacksonville, FL 32257

*Note* It is located in a strip mall so can't be seen well from the road. Look for a BP (British Petroleum) gas station from the road instead.

Time: 09:00-12:30

Cost: $10/person (paid to gym, not overflux)

Participants:

fellowsapien

Larrytheliquid

Blankzero

westfury

ecpika

paulk

DonaldEng

iamnotshamar

bojangles

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Sun, 29 May 2005 21:24:34 -0500

Reply with an attached .jpg (one per member) and an optional description.
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Sat, 28 May 2005 00:50:55 -0500

i don't currently live in the southeast part of the country. used to live in pensacola, FL but now i live in tucson, AZ.

anywho... overflux should have a links page to the various other sites related to our (lifestyle, discipline, sport, hobby...what have you).

our site: www.pk-usa.com covers the southwest, we currently hosts three crews... we've been around for just over a year now. site has vid if ya wanna take a look.

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Sat, 28 May 2005 23:50:41 -0500

I created a potential business card, with names changeable at your request:
http://www.overflux.com/design/businesscard.gif
If you'd like a printable version (12 per page), let me know.

I can also make t-shirts at around $8 each with this kind of logo:
http://www.overflux.com/design/oflogo.jpg
(only one color). Respond if you're interested.

Any design comments/etc welcome!

ps. you can see my progress in design in this folder:
http://www.overflux.com/design/

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Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:32:47 -0500

This site rocks the HOUSE!!!!!
I just went to the image gallery and checked out the way you have it divide by state. Niiice!
You guys are kicking much [censored]!
Cali's gonna be jealouusssss! :)
The south east is gonna explode!

late

West

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Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:56:08 -0500

http://p202.ezboard.com/ furbanfreeflowfrm18.showMessageRange?topicID=1514.topic& start=1&stop=20

hey, should we put together an Overflux part and send it?

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Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:34:54 -0500

Team Anxiety

Registered Members that've Jammed with Us:
Myself; Feral Demon
Britta; Cherry
Jamal; Maverick

Others that have jammed with us:
Black Casper
Aven
Ghazi
Corey Ruin
Princess Peaches

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Mon, 06 Jun 2005 14:18:45 -0500

I just found out about this and I'm seriously interested in learning.....is there anyone out there in MD who is willing to teach?

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Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:38:49 -0500

Spurred by the recent UF goal to create a USA-based parkour video, Overflux will be making its own as well. Submit your videos through the main screen ("Home") when logged in as a member. Deadline for submission is July 1.

Also, background music suggestions are welcome - reply to this thread.

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Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:25:58 -0500

Who else is running? So far, I've only managed to get a couple of people to try parkour, but they didn't like it (perhaps they are crazy? :))

Others That Have Jammed With Us: Chris, Steiner, Derek

Looking to get together with a few guys or girls that want to jam fairly regularly around the area, mostly USC and St Andrews areas.

Reese

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Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:05:38 -0500

Well, Chicago isn't exactly covered under Overflux's territories, but I went there last week on Choir Tour. Near the Shedd Aquarium, there was this really nice concrete path that ran up along Lake Michigan. The path was met by a wall along the shoreline. The wall was essentially a concrete quarter-pipe.

I started off by running along the wall to get past people who were standing next to it. I freaked a few people out, but it was worth it. Then I ran straight up the wall, reaching out at the last second to snag the railing that was up along the edge, and I jumped down into a nice roll.

Eventually, some of the other boys from my choir noticed what I was doing, and started joining in. the path ended in a staircase which went up the side of the quarter-pipe, and me and the rest of the gang worked on using a wall-run to climb the stairs. Only three of us were able to pull it off, myself one of them.

Anyhow, I have a picture of me with some of the others running straight up the wall. I'm the one who's showing off by grabbing the rail. It was harder than it looks; the rail was in past the top of the wall by a good bit. Ah, well, enjoy!

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Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:16:23 -0500

Wups..started this late.

Reply with an attached .jpg (one per member) and an optional description (post pics through sunday because this was created late)

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Sat, 11 Jun 2005 23:53:25 -0500

Members That I have Jammed With: None

People I Jam With: None

I was looking for other people in central florida (tampa and orlando area) as i am dead between the two aforementioned cities.

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Sun, 12 Jun 2005 10:42:26 -0500

Somebody please explain how to Wall spin. I dont know what to do. %-6

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Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:39:42 -0500

Ok, I've seen some people say that they aren't getting the palm spin down very good. I'll attempt to rectify that.

The whole trick to doing a palm spin is where to put your weight. And the answer for that is in front of the obstacle over where you are going to land. When you run up to the obstacle, plant your hands and lock the arm of the direction you are going to spin (i.e. lock left arm for left spin). Keep your body from going ABOVE the obstacle. Keep your weight balanced in front of it. That is the key.

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Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:46:06 -0500

The key to wall runs is how fast you run and how you kick your feet on the wall. You want to run at the wall at a pretty good rate of speed. Whatever leg you choose to start with, plant it on the wall at about hip level. Now the key with this is to kick up and lean forward so you don't push yourself away from the wall. Now bring up your other leg and plant it on the wall a bit above and diagonal from your other foot and use that momentum to get you to the top of the wall, and optimally be able to side vault the top.

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Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:02:45 -0500

This thread is only to be used for discussion for carpooling and other travel arrangements. I will post links for area maps once we have a meeting site set. Thank you.

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Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:08:10 -0500

This thread is to be used only for discussing hotel/sleeping accomodations. Larrytheliquid has hotel accomodations which I will post below, and will be edited as needed. Thank you.

Hotels in the area
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:37:59 -0500

At University of Central Florida at 11 am infront of the school library area. Anyone need directions or more info, email me at Masakada(at)aol.com
or Instant message me at "A Fools Act" on AIM.

Thats June 25th (saturday) - 11:am - Infront of the Library area, by the pond they have.

!amazed

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Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:53:07 -0500

Hello!

My name is Shira, I am from Israel, I do capoeira.

I am planning on coming to the US, and I was hoping that someone could help me try it out.

Parkour is just awsome!

My email: shiratrip@hotmail.com

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Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:28:12 -0500

I will be a student at Auburn University next semester, please tell me if you are in the area and are interested in the art. I was so happy to find this site, I hope it helps to build the parkour community.
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Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:18:51 -0500

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Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:19:08 -0500

So I been thinking to myself saying "self...why dont you just send out a message for a jam..the ole saying 'if you make it, they will come' just may work" So here..

In two saturdays June 25th at 11am at UCF (thats University of Central Florida) infront of the Library (thats the area with the little cement pond infront of it) I am setting up a Jam.

Contact me at "A Fools Act" AIM
or Masakada(at)aol.com
if you need directions or more info. And I'll post more info as things may change due to our lovely sunny Florida weather.

original post here

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Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:15:40 -0500

this is just my opinion, i'm going to throw it out there...if you don't agree then that's fine...but...just hear me out :(

i'm not really out to be hating on anyone, but UF really is trying to mainstream everything PK-related. they're eventually going to turn it into the next skateboarding thing where they'll start to build parks for it, if UF keeps doing what they're doing. i'm not saying UF is bad, but...well..eh...i guess i am....oh well...UF is going to turn Parkour and the art of FreeRunning into something that it shouldn't be. if UF keeps recieving the attention they're getting, people will start to build parks, which completely defies the nature of the art. it's called free running for a reason, don't let it become mainstreamed and turned into something that it shouldn't be.

i live in north carolina. i have already begun to hear rumors about a "Parkour Park" floating around...i would be shocked if they actually built it, and if they did, i would never go there...it completely bashes the whole idea of being "Free".

i hope i didn't [censored] anyone off too badly...if i did...eh...i'm sorry.

enjoy your flow, m8s

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Sat, 18 Jun 2005 20:08:51 -0500

Naturally there is UCF. With UCF being a college and all it was bound to have some person get a bit uppity with the architecture of the place which leaves it with an ample amount of rails, stair sets, and drop-offs in odd places, lol. It used to be my place to get into my flow after reading a real interesting story at the UCF library.

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Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:50:16 -0500

well, you have some images that arent working, but the main one i noticed was the ones that have the code on them so you can sign up, it wont come up for me, so i cant sign up.

peace

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Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:22:28 -0500

Members: Maverick

Registered Members that have jammed with us:
Cherrysimplicity
Feral Demon
Black casper
Ghazi

Others that have jammed with us:
none

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Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:23:20 -0500

Registered Members that've Jammed with Us:
Feral Demon, Maverick

Others that have jammed with us:
Black Casper, Corey Ruin, Princess Peaches

[original post by cherrysimplicity]
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Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:24:02 -0500

Members: Princess Peaches

Please post on this to fill in the normal informatioin for cities.

Registered Members that have jammed with us:

Others that have jammed with us:

Fill those 2 out and post it.

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Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:25:14 -0500

Members: Corey Ruin

Please post on this to fill in the normal informatioin for cities.

Registered Members that have jammed with us:

Others that have jammed with us:

Fill those 2 out and post it.

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Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:39:13 -0500

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Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:19:01 -0500

does anybody do these? vaults where you go upside down or mostly so...i have tried them repeatedly and i can never seem to find a good use for them...almost anytime i use one i find i could have used a faster vault to much better effect...

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Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:27:23 -0500

I'm sure you know, but the FLux Addiction video no longer downloads. Any ideas?

-CAK010

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Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:33:50 -0500

Jam to get content for the website: video footage, tutorials, pictures, etc
Date: 06/23/05
Time: 9am-12pm
Location: Jacksonville Landing
Directions: http://www.jacksonvillelanding.com/ info_directions.php

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Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:03:45 -0500

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Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:04:37 -0500

Members can have their own email address:

[name]@overflux.com

If interested reply to this post!

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Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:29:22 -0500

I just registered and I'm in Orlando. I go to Full Sail so my time is pretty limited by I always try to pk with others as often as possible. Let me know if there are any jams or just general get togethers going on so i can meet some of FL's best freerunners.

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Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:16:33 -0500

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Fri, 01 Jul 2005 17:53:40 -0500

Time Changed To 7am!

Purpose: Jam and optional training/workout afterwards
Date: Jacksonville, Fl 07/02/05
Location: Jacksonville Landing
Time: 7am-11pm (it gets hot!)
Address: http://www.jacksonvillelanding.com/ info_directions.php

NOTE: Reply if you are coming or considering it.

Expected:

larrytheliquid

iamnotshamar

fellowsapien

westfury

silentgreen

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Wed, 06 Jul 2005 08:25:39 -0500

Well, I'm hoping that some of you might be interested in coming down to Columbia to jam with the two of us that are here. :) I have trouble believing that there aren't more people around here that know about Parkour.

Anyway, this weekend (and probably next as well) I'm planning to get in a LOT of training around the USC campus as well as the surrounding downtown area to get ready for Atlanta. So far, it is just myself and my friend Frank, who is not yet on the board.

I'll try to take my camera with me in case no one else can make it here. It's about time some of the local stuff is shown to everyone else. Heh.

If you're interested in meeting up with us, just post up in here. Let me know if you might need a place to crash overnight if you're coming from out of town.

Reese

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Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:44:14 -0500

Gameyy got injuried... :(

http://p202.ezboard.com/furbanfreeflowfrm18.showMessage? topicID=1578.topic

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Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:50:28 -0500

Purpose: Jam, complete with visiting Atlantian
Date: Jacksonville, Fl 07/16/05
Location: Jacksonville Landing
Time: 6pm-9pm
Address: http://www.jacksonvillelanding.com/ info_directions.php

NOTE: Reply if you are coming or considering it.

Expected:

larrytheliquid

Selfexiled41

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Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:58:18 -0500

this place has huge gaps and sweet jumps gaps like from a roof to another and huge gaps off roofs

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Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:01:17 -0500

Hey, I just wanted to thank and commend BZ on the fantastic pieces of writing in the Articles section! I just discovered them last night and found them both informative and HIGHLY entertaining! :)

Hope to see more in the future!

-gameyy

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Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:15:52 -0500

(I hope I'm getting this format down right...)
Our group: The Nekojin Clan:
M. Valentine (Nico G.), Louis9Lives (Louis B.), Thomas B., gameyy (Eric T.)

Registered Memebers we've jammed with: Relmo, Selfexiled, Loki (I think it's the same Loki)

Other people we've jammed with: Chemical Marshmallows clan, Tsianami & Monwabi Clan (Bret, Tony, Alan), Discord, Scott & group (from Lassiter)

The Nekojin clan was born in August of 2003, after I stumbled for the second time upon parkour in the form of "Yamakasi", which was somehow at my Grandma's house. (The first was seeing Seb in action in "Angry Chicken") I thereafter exposed several friends to the videos I found on such sites at parkour.com, le-parkour.com, and urbanfreeflow.com. That same day we began training and haven't lost the passion since.

In November of that year we went to our first jam, which was really more of a meet, as it included only our small group of four and Ryan, Tony, and their filming buddy. Soon after we were contacted by various start-up teams, which we helped as best we could to progress, and in turn were taught a few things ourselves.

Our comfort zone is the urban (by a somewhat generous stretch of the definition) area of Marietta, in the North East section of Metro Atlanta. It's a good place to keep our skills up to par, but for really pushing ourselves and testing limits, we prefer to make the 35-minute trek into actual Atlanta, preferrably Centennial Olympic Park, Georgia World Congress Center, CNN, and the Phillips Arena Area.

We were featured in a newspaper article (August 12, 2004) ran by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and were filmed by a CBS news crew (December 2004), although the footage has gone un-used as of yet.

-gameyy

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Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:28:37 -0500

Sorry I have not posted on here for awile. I have been busy with the rest of TPC (the pissface crew) Yakob,Snowjoe,Poser makeing a forum. We have 38 members now. Yes they post :p http://p097.ezboard.com/btpcforum

They censored the name its the P-I-s-s Face crew

Well anyway I have been banned from UF now for about a week. I have no idea what I have done. M2 said he did not bann me and we are now looking for the mod/admin who did. By the way im Portorangepk A.K.A PoP. Soo just wanted you guys to know. ill soon be back on their (i hope) :)

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Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:06:43 -0500

HEy get in touch looking to jam with other freerunners in tennesse here are my specs

Craig Michael Mccowan
SN: Dragon Craig
1-931-839-3470
1-931-839- 2364
Dragon_craig2000@yahoo.com
I live in monterey tn but jam in cookeville with my krew the PKMOB get in touvch

(moved by loki)

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Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:18:46 -0500

in the "jump-to" menu at the bottom of every page, it is difficult to know where you are jumping to because there are a bunch of fourms named the same name. I first noticed this when i tried to move a thread in the tn board. i don't know if we could give them numbers or put the state after each one or something.

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Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:52:07 -0500

Hey I don't mean to snag any members over to the UF forums, but we recently started up a new writing compilation. If you missed the first one, basically it's a series of parallel fictional stories revolving around a central plot. The first focused on the world in 30-40 years, where the American government launched "New Way" propaganda which included the passing of a series of "Anti-American Acts", one of which included parkour as a terroristic activity. As a result machines were built to track and uncover traceurs around the country. All in all, it was a fantastic piece of writing contributed to by probably about 20 different writers, myself included.

Anyways, a new story was launched a couple of days ago, focusing now on a post-apocalyptic world with no government or laws. What's left of the human race is killing itself, while various mutant animals scavenge on the dead. I know that some of you guys never got in on the first one, so you're more than welcome to join in this!

You can find the story here...
http://p202.ezboard.com/ furbanfreeflowfrm18.showMessage?topicID=1594.topic

-gameyy

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Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:28:07 -0500

I'm thinking Saturday at 1:00 at River Center in Downtown Ft. Lauderdale.

Anyone up for it?
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Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:24:40 -0500

i'm looking to cut back on the cost of gas to get there so i was trying to find people around me to pick up and take up there...i live in lakeland which is exactly between tampa and orlando...please respond quickly as to who needs rides or is interested in splitting gas money

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Sun, 17 Jul 2005 09:24:59 -0500

the wachovia building downtown in jacksonville florida is a great spot for some people who are pretty me westfury larrytheliquid and fellowsapin went there this weekend and did some awsome stuff

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Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:20:53 -0500

i will be in fiji for about two weeks starting on the 19th. i will not have internet access. just wanted to let you guys know so it doesn't look like i abandoned the forums.

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Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:46:15 -0500

The people at www.speedairman.com are now making parkour.net. It will now take the place of the ADD forum. They need help translating articles (as well as writing them) into other languages (not sure which ones :/ ) If you would like to help them you might be able to contact Jerome here. -
http://www.speedairman.com/modules/contact/

btw I wasnt sure where to put this. Move it if you would like too.

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Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:44:26 -0500

Sup yall!
just wanted to say good luck and have a blast in Atl!
take a lot of pics and vid!

West

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Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:54:35 -0500

I sumbited a video not too long ago, maybe 3 days ago now, and im not sure if it takes a while but shouldn't it have been up by now it was entittled "the shadow clan video" and i also sumbited three pictures two of them showed up, one could be there but its not showing up (i say "could" because when i go to image gallery you see the newest images on the bottom the one to the far left is empty and the next two are the ones i submited) im not trying ot be bossy i really appreciate the fact that we have a site that is representing the southeastern part of the U.S. in the PK world. :D !heart

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Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:28:06 -0500

Looking for freeflow runners to start up a Knoxville chapter of Parkour. Please email me if interested!

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Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:11:16 -0500

Hey guys,

Columbus has some decent places to jam and is about 2 hrs south of Atlanta.

SiK---Joshua

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Mon, 25 Jul 2005 02:37:14 -0500

Hey
Name's Will aka (Acriar) i just saw a show on free runners tonight on TLC. I've been doing this all my life since like 7 i just never knew there was a group put together doing it. I hate it cause i just missed the atlanta jam and i'd love to have been in it. I've never been wit a group jus doing things by myself. I was wondering when i could get together wit a group from GA and just fly
Thanks
Acriar

91_gameyy__fun.zip

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Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:09:33 -0500

I'm a beginner and want to get started in Charlotte, NC. Anybody located in this area? Are there any other females that do this??

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Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:36:44 -0500

I was curious about what sport/exercise background Parkour guys have. Any comments?

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Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:43:52 -0500

i was wondering
???TEXAS???
wats up u need some forum stuff for it

patrick k.

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Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:50:30 -0500

Sup yall,
Welcome to Overflux! This is home of Parkour/Free running in the South Eastern region of the US.

Right now you're probably saying "Yeah!!! I've been doing this all my life!" :)
maybe, but you still have a lot to learn about parkour before you call yourself a Traceur.

Definitely check out the resources on our site to:
-- Find members in your area
-- learn about training and techniques
-- see and share vids and pics with other SE Traceurs.
-- and just kick it with the PK Community
-- find links to other communities world wide in our links section

PK has some very developed philosophy. And that is something that all Traceurs value and understand. It is NOT just jumping around. (although we do that too! LOL) For more about the original history and philosophy please visit the websites of the PK's founders: David Belle and Sebastien Foucan. Then come back here and help us make they South East U.S. scene strong!

If you have any questions just email a mod! And we'll hook you up!

late

West

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Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:18:26 -0500

I hope this does not upset any of the mods but since my video for some reason cant be uploaded into the videos section of this site im going to post the video link here please leave any comments below tell me if you enjoyed it. :D

The Shadow Clan Video
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Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:29:34 -0500

A GREAT book you should all read is Stretching Scientifically by Tom Kurz. It'll help you save a LOT of time, prevent injury, increase all types of flexibility (dynamic, static passive, static active).. It's great. Get it!

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Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:11:08 -0500

Yeaaaaah, I get to finally watch Jump Britain (I only caught the last half of it the other day).. Thursday at 9, TLC

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Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:34:43 -0500

im looking for those texans out there

reply!!

patrick k.
:D

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Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:40:21 -0500

man this site is soo good, i seriously find myslef comming to this site all the time, usually i go to myspace first but I have noticed i come here before that so ...you guys must be doing something right.
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Fri, 29 Jul 2005 05:14:05 -0500

There isnt a Soul in the South Central area that does parkour that i know of..... It seems that parkour hasnt hit my side like It has in the South East. If anyone knows anyone in the LA/TX area, give me a shout @ The PN

Also id like to see more videos of Parkour but I cant find to many of them. Any resourses

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Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:35:41 -0500

Hello everyone, im from Elevation which you might of heard of and we have a new site and trying to get it big, please register and post regularly thanks

www.ElevationParkour.co.uk

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Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:09:17 -0500

Relmo found this link. anyone who wants to see it leave feedback. I did and they emailed me back right away, saying the would speak to the programming director! let them know how many traceurs there are out there!

http://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations

west

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Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:10:45 -0500

Hey SwX, are we meeting up Sat, or Sun?

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Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:39:02 -0500

Expected Participants:

fellowsapien
westfury
jumpandflip
larrytheliquid

Location : Jacksonville Landing
Time: 5-8pm

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Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:07:11 -0500

Title: "Greensboro NC"
Message: someone located in greensboro or within an hour away hit me up! NOW!!!
"Registered Members That Have Jammed With Us: no one so far
Others That Have Jammed With Us: trey, michael

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Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:02:55 -0500

We would like to create Overflux T-Shirts but need to have a list of potential buyers before we order in bulk. The design is in progress, but you can rest assured that it will satisfy you.

There will be two types:
1. Plain cotton shirt (front and back) - $13 including shipping
2. High quality Tempradry (front and back) - $25 including shipping

Price could go down with enough orders, so please reply (include your email address if you are not logged in or if it is not in your profile).We will send an email out with ordering information when there are enough potentials.

Please include the number and type of shirts you will be getting; thanks.
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Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:34:16 -0500

it indicates the city, but could you have it indicate the state as well?

thanx!

west

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Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:24:05 -0500

Jam this weekend if anyone wants to jam write back to this and we will set up a time and at place but the nire crew is going to jam this weekend no matter what

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Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:59:38 -0500

Others That Have Jammed With Us:no one
Im a beginner and have been doing this for like 2 months so far and ive nailed mmost of the basics but now im looking for some one (or peopleS) to run with me so i can get used to it and have fun with my new life.
Located: Greensboro NC

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Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:25:56 -0500

Mississippi Free Running/Parkour Representatives:
Steve-o

Local Mississippi Free Running/Parkour Groups:
to be changed

If your city is not yet represented in the forum, make a post with the following:
Title: "Your City, Mississippi"
Message:
"Registered Members That Have Jammed With Us: You
Others That Have Jammed With Us: Your friends that you Jam with (if you have any) that aren't yet members"

If your city is represented:
Reply to the post with the title matching Your City/Mississippi

***Once a Your City/Mississippi post has been made, it will be turned into a sticky by Mississippi's representative. Any others replying to a sticky will be edied into the post by a representative or the original poster.

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Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:43:53 -0500

What do you guys think? Should we have one? I know UF has or had one, but I'm not sure if they continue it. The idea is that there's lots of exercises most of us probably don't know about, and it's always good to learn more.

Maybe there should be requirements - like the exercise requires no materials but, say, a pull-up bar.

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Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:01:46 -0500

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/ 4136480.stm

First off, my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the victim of this accident. This a very tragic incident.

i have noticed threads in other pk communities arguing about what he was doing and whether it was really pk or or not. but that doesn't really matter. He could have been doing pk, and that's the main point.

For the time being I will assume this was PK related, because everyone in the public will anyway.

Even an "easy" jump can lead to tragic consequences. I hope every one realizes this. that is another reason why "having fun" is not enough of a reason to do parkour/free running. It can be part of it, but you have to understand all parts of Parkour to practice it correctly, not just seek thrills and big jumps.

David Belle (and other incredible traceurs) has never been seriously injured from parkour because he is SAFE and trains very seriously! He has so much knowledge about the jumps he takes and his own abilities that his risk is reduced. He doesn't just do things randomly.

Those who train with me know that I NEVER do a jump to impress others or for a thrill. I only do jumps for myself. Safety is the first fundamental element of Parkour. Do not forget it.

West

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Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:22:18 -0500

There were a goo number of injuries today at the weekly gym jam. For many of us this was our last Jacksonville gym jam as we are spreading about Florida going to college, so it can kind of be seen as go-all-out day.
Anyway, condolences out to Fellowsapien as he got the most serious injuries, a fractured thumb and broken leg...don't let it laugh at you too long (lol inside joke)

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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:27:42 -0500

Do any of you have a problem putting and keeping your knees together during a monkey vault?

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Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:51:24 -0500

Check out our site on the sport of edge running, combining trail running, orienteering and acrobatics

http://home.earthlink.net/~kaylen

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Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:56:06 -0500

We are located in the Northeast USA
Check out our site on the sport of edge running, combining trail running, orienteering and acrobatics

http://home.earthlink.net/~kaylen

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Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:55:46 -0500

please pick this one it is a good pic and it is time for a new pic

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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:32:19 -0500

Anyone interested in starting a group in Tampa?

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Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:00:40 -0500

Just wondered what yall thought:

Parkour, or free running, is a relatively new urban sport/discipline that is fairly unknown, especially here in the U.S. The goal of a traceur (one who does parkour) is to navigate an urban environment with as much speed and fluidity as possible. Basically you combine running with jumping on, over, or through an object; trying to combine moves into one flowing run. Objects that are used are rails, walls, steps, and basically anything that can be used as an obstacle.

Parkour originated in the Parisian suburb of Lisses, France. Sebastien Foucan, David Belle and friends were playing ninja and superheroes as all kids do. However they continued furthering their skills. Today, almost 20 years later, parkour has spread all across the globe. Sebastien has done two documentaries for Channel 4 in London and David Belle has set up PAWA (PArkour Worldwide Association) whose goal is to spread awareness of parkour.

Parkour is not just a sport however; it is a discipline, like martial arts. The goal of a traceur is to release his/her mind. (Yes, girls do parkour also) Parkour liberates you; it is a way to free your mind from your everyday uses of your environment. Ordinary people see rails and walls as barriers, but through the eyes of a traceur they are a release. Parkour is an evolution of the mind, releasing your fears. A traceur tries to find what he/she can physically do, rather that what their mind is telling them they can do. Parkour also applies well to life. The traceur overcomes his fears in parkour which translates to overcoming his fears in life.

Although parkour is slowly coming to South Florida there are at least 15 people that I know of down here, two go to school at CSCA. If you are interested in getting involved in parkour, please contact Adam Kuebler or Noah Thompson. Parkour can change the way you move.

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Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:18:28 -0500

For those of you who have not or do not check the UFF forums:

Charlotte, NC USA - UNCC campus' Belk Tower - 8/31/5 8:00 pm EST jam

IM for dir's.

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Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:23:52 -0500

How many people here go to UCF? I don't really know any moves, but I'd love to meet up with a group and learn some.

(I know this could have gone under Orlando, Oviedo, or Sanford, but there could be people not from Florida who go to UCF.)

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Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:18:26 -0500

Hey, I just wanted to get a conversation started about philosphy. I personaly really like talking about it. So if yall if anything about the mental aspect of parkour put it here.

One thing that parkour has done a lot for me is overcoming fears. You have to gain the mindset that, yes, you can do this. It also has translated to life. I am more confident about myself. But as I said, you have to get into the mindset before a jump or a vault. You have to eradicate all thoughts of "I can't do this."

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Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:23:39 -0500

How does this work ??? are uploaded videos already going to be submited??

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Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:00:58 -0500

Try to Pk with your eyes closed. It trains other senses so you can almost feel your way through the environment. But just basic vaults, no cats, that would be too dangerous.

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Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:32:24 -0500

Okay, I need everybody in Central florida to post/reply to this thread for this is the roster for those attending the Central Florida Jam.

Location: Undecided; It can be anywhere. I'm thinking a few different placed. Here in Oviedo we have a few very nice places to free run and street trick. Oviedo High school is one and UCF is another. A few parks around here up and down Casselberry and Oviedo.

Name: Nathan (no nickname)
City: Oviedo/Orlando
Age: 18

(Just reply with your name and city and you'll be added to the roster depending on your location and your availibility.

Date: There is no set date, as soon as there is enough people on the roster, there will be a vote for when it shall be held.

Sound good? C'mon errrybody!!!!!!

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Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:58:00 -0500

anyone have tips for sideways wall running and depth drops of about 10 feet?

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Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:20:37 -0500

yo everone we are haveing a jam this weekend downtown of jacksonville florida if you want to come make sure you bring water if you want you can bring a camera people who are going the

nire_crew
westfury
jumpandflip
flarunner
hardcorerunner

Re:

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:32:25 -0500

Please reply if you are a traceur in this area. If possible, I would like to set up a jam with everyone.

Re:

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:49:08 -0500

Can anyone give me a tip on doing a railflip? I can do a regular handspring just don't know how to do it on a rail.

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Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:10:20 -0500

I just thought I'd share with yall what parkour has done for me. Parkour has given me a sense of identity. i now am more confident in everything I do. Not that parkour directly affects everything else I do it just gives me confidence. I now don't need to follow the crowd because I have my own way.

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Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:42:45 -0500

HEy It's Priest coming at ya to inform and advise to get yall movin in sparta tennesee at 11:00. The pkmob will be hosting after the success of their "running for salvation" event held the previous saturday. COme on at the blurgrass ampitheater in the older part of sparta !lol the new zaber krew will be running for the first time along with the old time favoritesa yall have come to know and love. c ya then

Priest

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Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:22:30 -0500

Friendship Park in Jacksonville is a sweet place to do anything. It has big benches and tables to work on your vaults, an awsome wall to do wall runs and great wall flips. F Park also has GAPS, GAPS, AND MORE GAPS. It's precision heaven. If you just started PK then it will be a little hard to try stuff. Alot of Friendship Park is big. So i would say mid. to advanced. And if you don't mind getting your nice new addidas dirty the wall is the place to hit up. It is by far the best place to do wall flips, spins, runs, and climbs.

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Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:54:41 -0500

www.jetredmedia.com/statement.html

UF has not issued their official statement as of yet.

Possibly bad news for those who might have subscribed or ordered an issue. The dust is still settling but, there is some talk that PAWA might take up the slack and supply some content for the mag. In which case you can look forward to some great content from "pro" traceurs!

If anyone in Overflux has ideas for content, please email me.

westfury#gmail.com

West
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Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:25:38 -0500

"yeah nevermind fllorida, its not very good for parkour, at least around me it isnt. you guys should really head up to washington though if you get the chance. there is some really good places there."

http://p202.ezboard.com/ furbanfreeflowfrm18.showMessage?topicID=1710.topic

!wtf

nice support from the mod, huh? Especially considering we were the only group to contribute UF USA's weekly news write up that never happened.

Yall need to send me some footage so I can put something together. Obviously a message needs to be sent...

This is why I say don't advertise your hotspots. Fools diss your local scene but then want to know the best places to go in case they want to use it for their international tour or website or commercial or something. Support your local scene!

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Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:29:51 -0500

here are a couple of vid caps from a nire crew vid I'm shooting, and my upcoming sampler.
sorry about the quality -- they are vid caps from dv...

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Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:27:26 -0500

Post you favorite PK quotes.

"When a child is born they know nothing. They are bound by nothing and anything is possible.

As they grow they learn to accept laws, rules and restrictions imposed by man and nature.

As a persons eyes close to possibilities. Objects and movements have only one purpose.

What is this purpose?

Ask yourself what?

To move is to move, corectness does not exist. Many are restricted by hardline beliefs. Diffrence is not wrong as you are the diffrence and you are not wrong.

Are You?" -PKH2O

"PK for life everybody yell we love it!" -Kerbie

"Gotta have flow, gotta have flow, gotta have flow." -Noah (well I guess you had to be there)

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Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:21:50 -0500

Ok i am Dan i am part of the nire crew. I just wanted to post up other things you can do at school or anywhere to keep you in shape. There is 4 people in the nire crew and 2 of them in cluding me play soccer to keep us in shape for when we can not run. It might sound weird but we all take dance too to keep us in shape. You might laugh but ballet is some hard shit and if anything works you its that. Now i am not telling you to go out and join a soccer team or take a dance class but i mean it would be good for you to. I am just saying that i can run a whole lot longer and not get out of breath so fast because of the extra sports.
Dan

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Re:

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:29:36 -0500

I know me and Swx have been kicking this around. How many of yall would be up for a jam in Miami some day during October.

The 8th, 22nd, 29th are the only Saturdays I can do it but any Sunday is good. I'd rather do it on a Saturday though so we can have more time.

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Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:49:20 -0500

Copied from UFF Forums - ez -

 This is a call out for footage.



We are currently working on something that has an extra bit 
of spice to it but as usual, I'
m going to hold back the juice until nearer the time. :D



Basically, over the last year or so, UF/
Seidojin has been working purely behind the scenes and getti
ng on with it among the shadows and out of the way of the co
mmunity. Quite a few people have started bitching and whinge
ing saying that 'UF have sold out', 'UF are all about money'
 blah blah blah.



Although the bitching only inspires us to continue with our 
mission and just keep our heads down, we'
ve decided that at last we will be bringing everyone into ou
r own backyard and showing you all EXACTLY what we get up to
 when on tour, how wrong the accusations of '
money, money, money'
 are, how much fun we have and how tight the bond is between
 what we've established as a very strong team. It'
ll paint a very different picture to the one people choose t
o believe about the guys who do this professionally and what
 the 'business'
 entails. A lot of people will be in for a very pleasant sur
prise but a few of the whingers will be pissed that UF isn'
t quite the 'machine' that its made out to be. ;)



Everything will come to light in November and we are all ext
remely confident that this particular move will eradicate al
l the unnecessary bullshit that comes with being in our posi
tion. It will clearly show the lifestyle aspect and that we 
are a team that are living the dream but also staying very g
rounded, humble and appreciative of the opportunities that a
re constantly coming our way. :)



Anyway, to get back to the point....

We want to gather some quality footage for a certain section
 to feature community practitioners from around the World. W
e need avi'
s of good quality action and talking. If anyone remembers th
e call out from Jump Britain for International footage befor
e it was edited, BINGO!



Short rushes featuring good quality runs are better than ful
ly edited pieces. We don'
t need any music at all to be on them.

Submissions should be sent on CD to:



Urban Freeflow

6 Denton way

Frimley

Surrey

GU16 8UQ

United Kingdom



The onus for the first volume is to get it done with very li
ttle time to spare, but the project in mind will stay open e
nded and end up being a regular feature, so submissions will
 always be welcome. :)



As with everything else, we'
ll release info as we go but this will all happen very quick
ly. ;)

On the UFF front page:

We are currently hard at work on a Hangtime productions proj
ect which is outside of the current UF DVD and Documentary o
nes.  It'
ll feature community practitioners from around the World.  M
uch of the footage we have already, but if anyone is out the
re wanting to get their footage seen by a lot of people, ple
ase send it in to us ASAP. We will only feature good quality
 footage so please take the extra time if preparing somethin
g new.  Footage should be sent as avi'
s if possible, be of good quality, if there is talking pleas
e make sure it is clear and concise, and please send it via 
CD to Urban Freeflow, 6 Denton Way, Frimley, Surrey, GU16 8U
Q, United Kingdom.  If anybody remembers the callout for int
ernational footage before Jump Britain was edited, think alo
ng the same lines. It is not important to edit full runs tog
ether because it will be re-
edited anyway.  Music is not important either as we have our
 own specially composed music. If anything, it would be bett
er to send in a CD with just a few rushes of high quality ac
tion as opposed to a full CD that we'
d have to wade through.  Remember, the harder it is for us t
o trawl through in order to edit, the slimmer the chances ar
e of it being used.

Sounds promising. !glazed [sarcasm]
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Thu, 18 May 2006 16:52:36 -0500

Hello,

I am posting this to ask you to be a part a worldwide, collaborative parkour film. Parkour Connection is creating a film about the unity of the worldwide parkour scene. We are trying to show how powerful the worldwide parkour network actually is. In the film a man drops his wallet at the airport. A respectful traceur reaches to hand it to
him,but the man has already disappeared into the crowd. Looking into the wallet, the traceur discovers the man's destination. Rather than giving up, the traceur leaves the airport, uses parkour to advance the wallet to its destination, and throws the wallet off the screen. In the next scene, another traceur somewhere else in the worldcatches the wallet and continues the wallet's journey accross the world.

How will we get video clips of all these traceurs? That is up to you. We have added a upload feature on our website where you can submit your own footage. At the end of 4 months we will compile the clips into one film. Each clip will consist of the wallet entering the left of the creen from the air, a traceur continues the wallet's journey, and throws the wallet off the screen to the right. In this way it will appear that all the traceurs are working together to move the wallet across the globe.

We realize that the parkour community churns out dozens of movies each week, so the next time you are out with a camera, please take the time to submit a short clip (less than 30 seconds). If you would like to participate or learn more please visit our website at:

http://www.parkourx.co.nr

We believe this project has ENORMOUS potential for worldwide parkour so, for the sake of the greater community, participate! If you like this idea please spread the word!

Thank you,

Parkour Connection

[we are working on translating the site]

Re:

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:07:33 -0500

I'll be in ATL from october 23rd to november 23rd. I want to know if anyone is interested in going around town and do a little bit of freerun. I'm from MTL Canada and i don't know anyone from the city or any nice spots.

Let me know

Sam

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Sun, 02 Oct 2005 18:24:18 -0500

Wow I can't believe that I live here

As you can see, there are tons of walls, rails, and stairs. The pic with the bush is my favorite thing here. When I first saw it was like ahh yeahhh. Pun? Meh, I was thinking tic tac over bush to rail precision. idk i think its cool

If you want to learn tree spins, this is the place. There are palm trees everywhere and many of them are perfectly bent for beginners. There's nice fluffy grass if you bail out !wink

OMG the rails, remind me of Belle for some reason. All I can say is, work on those pull-ups.

The depth drops range from noob to hardcore. Pretty vague but just come down and check it out yourself.

There are benches and tables everywhere for kongs and dashes. That nice grass is great to land front tucks on. These pics are just a sample of the potential here at the U. Off campus is probably like omfgroflcopterlolz

keep training bros

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Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:55:57 -0500

Yo,
Overflux has been around for a bit and it's been a great year. The community should put out a vid to show the rest of the Parkour folks what we are about in our part of the world.
For this I need crews to send me some footage so I can include you and rep the scene.

There are a lot of good traceurs in the southeast and the vid can be hot:
Shadow Clan, Spider Clan, Nekojin, Zanshin, Nire, etc, just to name a few.

C'mon guys! it doesn't have to be new footage. and it doesn't matter your skill level. a good mix of styles is great too.

I've cut a preview of what it could be like -- sort of a teaser, just from the small amount of footage I've collected.

http://www.overflux.com/download.php?view.13

I know there is a lot of talent in the SE, and we'll be the first community in the US to get this done. Let's show the world what's up.

west

Re:

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 07:30:10 -0500

Title: Gainesville, FL

Message:
Registered Members That Have Jammed With Us: Reverend Mark

Others That Have Jammed With Us: Steve, Zach, and Binh

Re:

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:54:10 -0500

there is a good training article on Parkour.net

http://parkour.net/modules/articles/item.php? itemid=5

there are also other articles on the history of Parkour that are very good.

west
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Re:

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 10:29:21 -0500

I knew if I posted this on UF iI would get flamed until the cows come home.

Has anyone else noticed that, for the most part, the history of parkour is either given about Seb and little to nothing mentioned about David, or given about David but little to nothing about Seb.

I though this kinda strage and wondered if anyone else noticed that.

Re:

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:25:08 -0500

http://s14.invisionfree.com/Atlanta_FreeFlow/

anyone in the georgia can come here.
trying to unite everyone in atlanta

Re:

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:00:29 -0500

what ups everyone i just started and i just wanted to know if theres anyone in the plantation, boca, delray area who wants to set up a jam. my aim screen name is tbcskyline

Re:

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:10:25 -0500

what ups everyone i just started and i just wanted to know if theres anyone in the plantation, boca, delray area who wants to set up a jam. my aim screen name is tbcskyline hit me up if someone wants to set something up

Re:

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:28:09 -0500

Hey...My names Daniel...I go to Northwest, And I love Le Parkour...I havent found no where in clarksville to really try anything though...So if anyone else here is interested....I wanna get a group goin and hang out sometime...And go to a park..Downtown....Where ever dont matter...Email me....Brembo240SX@yahoo.com !sun

Re:

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:43:52 -0500

Yes, i am the FNG. I have a question about rolls. . .

my knees were a TINY bit sore the day after i started trying rolls. I was jumping and rolling off of picnic tables and 6ft posts. They were not bad at all, i could just feel a slight stiffness, is that normal.

also, i took a day off and then the next day i tried rolls again, and the back of my shoulder is pretty sore. is that normal? I can def feel it everytime i roll onto it. Its the rear deltoid muscle, not shoulder blade.

any input? I really appreciate your help.

~chris

Re:

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:49:37 -0500

Hey, my names Davis, and I am a member of a new crew called Stratos Crew. We're based in Atlanta and we're relatively new to parkour. I just make a website for our crew -> http://www.stratoscrew.com.

We also have forums. If you are in our region or just in the SE please join the forums to arrange Jams, etc. Here's the link: http://www.stratoscrew.com/forum.htm. Thanks!
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Re:

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:08:58 -0500

Hey, i just uploaded some a .zip file to the site. Is there any way to make sure that the videos actually made it thru?

Re:

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:35:03 -0500

Does anyone know the greek word for "pressure"? its gonna be my nickname.

Re:

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:10:51 -0500

same thng as lou. any one want to learn with me?

Re:

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:44:25 -0500

http://parkour.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php? topic_id=2688&start=0#forumpost39878&

what do you think?

Re:

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:22:58 -0500

Where is it that you can buy jump london? I haven't seen it anywhere.

Re:

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:39:21 -0500

Late notice, but jam sunday in jacksonville. We are going to meet at the landing in front of starbucks if anyone wants to go. We are also fliming so come if you want

Re:

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:56:18 -0600

Hey, i know some people that I've talked to have problems with campus police when they are trying to train on campus. Me and my friends that train around our campus decided on a way to work through the system so that no one could interupt training sessions. We're in the process now of creating a "Parkour Club", if its approved then we'll have access to the whole campus with no problems since it can be claimed as a club activity.

Plus this'll help us get the word out about Parkour and let more people know about it. Just thought it was a good idea and I'd share it with you guys so if anyone is having a problem training on campus this could be a possible solution, I'll keep ya updated on how things progress with this.

Re:

Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:36:34 -0600

I may be the only one with a subscription to WF but they are back on and with a new website. In addition to the magazine they will have a TV channel on the internet, vids, and pics, and a forum.

Great news, check it out at http://www.jetredmedia.com/

Re:

Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:24:39 -0600

jumpandflip and I are going to train down at the landing, and probably across at friendship park.
It's short notice I know, but it was great last week and the weather is going to rock.

It'll be around 1ish.

hit me up here or in email

westfury#gmail.com

Re:

Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:07:42 -0600

Do people have trouble using the forums? Do you know where to post? Any requests? Do you like the "Newest Posts" on the front page?

Re:

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:01:18 -0600

LOL! Psi -- I couldn't resist ;)

Psi - webmaster from Parkour.net has contacted me and will be in FL in the coming weeks. he's interesting in training with us. So let's show some Southern Hospitality and give him the tour!

Date: Sunday Nov, 27th
Time: 11am
Place: Downtown J-ville
(starbucks at the landing: 2 Independent Dr., Jax FL)

Weather: Mid 70's, mostly cloudy, 20% chance of rain

Parking: Since it is Sunday all the street parking will be free. Or you can park in the landing garage for a few bucks. That's where I will park.

Itinerary: Let's meet up at starbucks at the landing. Then take a stroll to the Human Parking Garage . Then after we hit that up we can cruise down the boardwalk, conquering all that we survey until we reach... Concrete Hair Remover! A few circuits and close shaves later, we can mosey on over the bridge to Friendship park. We should beat the skaters and bmxers there and have the place to ourselves. Finally, we'll end with some serious rail work just past the park.

How's that sound?

Give a shout if you're coming and how many you're bringing.

I'll keep this post updated

Traceurs:

Psi -- the guest of honor!
Ecpika -- My blood brother! Someone gets hurt me and Ecpika form human gurney
Jumpandflip -- To make sure everything it G.E.W! ;)
West -- no longer a cripple!
imnotshamar -- returns to planet parkour!
Larrytheliquid -- bringing central FL steelo
Kaos -- new blood!
Zesty +3

Maybes:

DannyfromMiami
Ak72
foxdude

Reminder:
eat breakfast; bring water
Also the first spot we are hitting might seem challengeling for new people. Don't worry, we are training it first because it is dangerous to take drops at the end of a workout. So don't feel discourage or obligated to do the challenging stuff there.

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Re:

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:03:56 -0600

Since ninja and I missed the jam on the 5th, we wanted to know if you guys could do it any other saturdays in november. Just post on this thread if you want to. !smile

Re:

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:40:04 -0600

When ever I roll on cement, a part of my pelvis makes contact and starts hurting after one or two rolls, this makes it painfull to roll after that.
Is there anyway around that.

Re:

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:12:18 -0600

did a vault and it looked cool.

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Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:14:55 -0600

anyone do parkour in tallahasssee? i'm tryin to get into it so i'm wondering if anyone around here would be interested in runnin with me?...

Re:

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:16:53 -0600

Registered Members That Have Jammed With Us: Kaos (me)

Others That Have Jammed With Us: no one yet

Re:

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:14:38 -0600

Hey, do you guys really think "freerunning" should be used as a term for parkour? Over time I've noticed there is a difference between what some people call "freerunning," and real parkour. Real parkour should be called for what it is - parkour. Anything else shouldn't be confused for it.

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Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:08:06 -0600

Well, it's late notice but after my article about parkour being printed in the school paper there are a lot of people who want to do it. I'm taken them out today, if anyone can join us.

Re:

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:19:01 -0600

We are a crew base in Atlanta, GA composed of four main members who are dedicated to Parkour and strive to bring awareness of the art to the general population of Atlanta. Although we have been making weekly video posts on our website (www.stratoscrew.com), this is our first full-length film. We aimed it for a non-pk audience in order to spread the word. People can be really lame about parkour in Atlanta.

The movie is a compilation of new and very old footage. We tried to include more artistic shots, keeping it consistent with our ideaology that parkour is truly an art.

We would really appreciate constructive criticism because we will probably listen to what you have to say in order to improve our future projects.

Enjoy the movie.

PS: We have been doing parkour nonstop for four months.

Re:

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:15:55 -0600

Anyone have a better name to give for the 'jam central' section?

Re:

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:33:43 -0600

and news on the PAWA world tour.

http://parkour.net/modules/news/

Re:

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:38:25 -0600

This is call-out to everyone at Overflux.

The site is gaining ground in the parkour community and we don't want our members to be left behind. With the support of this community, we will train ourselves to rank amongst the best of the best of parkour. This program is for the lazy, the weak of heart, and the busy. We will form a new lifestyle - together - so although every day will be a hurdle in our path, in the end we will all look back and say that it was worth it.

The site is growing stronger by the day and so should our members. To all who accept this challenge: welcome to the brotherhood. We are going to put ourselves through an intense training program that will definitely kick our asses from now until about March 2006. To those of you who decline: well, you'll be biting our dust in '06.

If you're currently out of shape, join us. If you're currently in shape, join us. If you're human, you need to join us!

The training is going to be tough but it's doable. If at anytime you feel like quitting, just think of everyone else that's training too. We'll all be together � and friends don't let friends train in pain =). The blog and forums will be up for discussion on your training progress and any other complaints we will have. Get ready bros. This is something no other website community has ever attempted. Let us be the shining example.

[Now we are trying to compile a list of core exercises and setting long term goals for the community training. If you can contribute with any kind of physical fitness advice, please don't hesitate to hit the "Contact" on the main menu.]
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Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:54:06 -0600

New to the site, just decided to introdcue to myself to everyone.

My name is Duane, most people call me Doonie, I came into all of this because of a friend of mine here who does it. He saw me break dancing a little on the floor, and invited me to go on a run with him one day. Since that day I've joined up with him and been doing it every week, and I thought Georgia didn't do this kinda stuff, im glad I was wrong.

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Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:46:12 -0600

Not sure if this is the right forum to post this, but...
I quickly put this vid together in hopes that it will help some people out with their rolls. The roll seems like it should be simple, but it is arguably the most complex technique to master. I know that watching David Belle's rolls in slow motion has helped me a lot.

http://www.pkcali.com/download.php?view.8

Hope it helps!

-CAK010

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Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:23:18 -0600

I'm going to be workingon a jam Video to display my proress, and the spread of parkour in the orlando area.

look for "First flight of the Orange County Technicians "

I ultimatly hope to inspire competition between parkour groups, and start team jams, with a "keep up" type of spirit " which would promote a faster growth of the traceurs' way of life.

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Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:28:56 -0600

Hey, my name's Chance and I'm from Columbus, Ga. I just recently got into parkour and am looking to further my skills. Glad to be on these forums.

Re:

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:19:06 -0600

Is there such thing as a split vault, cause I just thought of it in my head and was wondering if it was real.

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Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:36:16 -0600

What's up, everyone?

A friend of mine and I are looking to start a crew in the Ft. Lauderdale area... If anyone is interested, feel free to send me an email at allenbau@nova.edu.

Thanks. And remember... Flow!

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Sat, 03 Dec 2005 22:48:44 -0600

heree
http://www.overflux.com/parkour_plugins/autogallery/ autogallery.php?show=Florida%2FSarasota%2FWall_Run% 5BSubmitted_By_Scooby%5D.jpg&newwindow=1
also in the attached files

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Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:20:00 -0600

So...let's plan it!

Any suggestions?

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Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:34:07 -0600

Jams in Boca Raton, going around schools, street spots, whatever...no dates yet, post if you're interested.

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Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:49:29 -0600

Can we please get an Orlando Jam going? I'd organize it, but I've only been to Orlando twice when I was young (yay disney world). Lets go...Orlando....Jam....Now!

~kaos (chris)

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Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:05:42 -0600

Creator: Zach A. (me)
Members: Will C. (Lightstar)
Jesse G. (muffinhell)
Seth F.
Anthony P.
Andres M.
Josh F. (well, Josh is in at camp, he lives in New York or something)

To join...well...you can't, it's kinda private, you know, done around school and stuff, but if you're interested in getting into our premiere video, post some raw footage here.

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Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:34:04 -0600

Hey Im In Melbourne. Interested in Parkour, Im a bit young, Im 17, but Im skilled, Vertical drops at 26 feet, range of flips and aerials, And in shape. Anyone in the area interested in training/ Running? !wink

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Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:51:02 -0600

dude is ther any one willing to instruct me or teach me to be better or anything?

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Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:40:07 -0600

I am training at the landing and friendship park tomorrow if anyone wants to join me.
Just for about 2 hrs. At the second spot will be lots of rails for underbars and stuff.

take it easy,

west

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Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:21:18 -0600

Is there ny one that can tell me a hot spot around Grayson, Snellville, or Loganville Ga?

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Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:37:25 -0600

I just had the idea of starting a parkour practice park made for the sole purpose of learning parkouring (but not the actual parkouring sport itself) It would look like a construction site but it wouldn't be it would just look like one. my inspiration came from wikipedia and by daydreaming while i saw a construction site. What do you think.

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Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:59:57 -0600

Ok. So I'm bored and I'm going to post some places that are "hot spots."

Centennial Park is a pretty cool place to go and train. There are plenty of obstacles, including rocks (they're actually fake boulders I assume, probably real rock, just sculpted to create the fountains), handrails, a playground, and other various obstacles. "Horseplay" is disallowed, so you better get your fill of training, or keep a low profile (kind of hard to do).

Across the street is the CNN Center. It isn't actually the CNN Center yet, but there are things to do along the way. You will probably be asked to leave quite quickly.

hehe...thats me...

If you continue back, The Georgia Dome will be looming not so far away, and there are SO many places to train there. Just before a large open field in the shape of a football (how surprising) there are a lot of obstacles to defeat, and past the field there is an incredible area to train just about everything. I think it is pretty close to the ghetto though, so I wouldn't stray too far away from the area. Underneath the GA Dome there are also very interesting spots, but there is too much bird crap to really comprehend training (it is a very interesting place to check out though...I recommend it).

This is a picture of Centennial Olympic Park, CNN Center, and The Georgia Dome.
(I'm surprised I found this.)

The End

Edit:

I forgot. Another cool place is at The Georgia State Dorms. You can't miss it. Starting on (North Ave?), with The Varsity (seemingly another cool place to train, haven't done so yet) on the right, you proceed straight ahead, and the GSU Dorms will be on your left. You can't miss it. The security for the dorms may tell you to leave, I'm not sure. I've really only trained there once or thrice. If you have a friend that lives there, try to get them to let you in (into the courtyard type area), but the outside is quite nice also.

I will try and get pictures for everything soon....

New Update:

So a few days ago I stopped by The Bellsouth Building to train for a little bit at about 9:00 PM. The spot isn't really a "hot spot," but it is probably worth checking out. There are places to train saut de bras, in particular they are high impact (meaning you have to jump pretty far to make it). There is a place to train rolling (meaning there is a thin peice of border around an island which is a little more than my shoulders' width). To train there it must be night, or whenever a security officer isn't there, otherwise security will immediately ask you to leave.

The same night I also stopped by Underground Atlanta, and it turned out to be a pretty nice place to train. I didn't do much (at all), so I'm not sure how long it will take for someone to ask you to leave.

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Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:26:48 -0600

Some of us are going down to Orlando to train with Renzhe Clan and maybe some other locals! I'm really looking forward to it as they seem to have a nice size scene.

The exact time and date to be announced. But most likely it will be after 4pm.

so far i know:

Kaos -- driving up from Marcos Isle
West -- driving down from Jax
Rice - Local/Host
Jumpandflip -- possibly

So if you are in the area and want to train give a shout!

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Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:13:22 -0600

OK, mabey it's not the BEST vid ever but definatly the best I've seen in a long time.

Good:
It's fun to watch, good camera work, good parkour, flows very well, speed in which moves are done is great, and locations are awsome.

Bad: Music gets kind of annoying near the end.

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Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:54:17 -0600

hey, I just this second registered up but i do live in the Uk and can't do any technical stuff yet. This website is pretty good though and so far i have failed to learn how to do a forward flip quite well. Not the tutorials fault its just that i have some crazy part of my brain that tells me not to do stupid stuff but tells me halfway through so i land on my back and wind myself lol. Well to sum it up hi, hope to speak to you soon. Oh yeh, you guys seem pretty good so keep the videos coming.

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Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:50:44 -0600

If there is anyone in or around the tri-cities area drop me a line. I need someone to pk with. I've been at this for about a year now. I'm 22 and in Kingsport, TN.
Email: MGduuk@hotmail.com
Aim: xXxKungfu4u

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Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:00:23 -0600

In a small town there is not much to do as far as Parkour goes. I dont live on a farm(that would be easy to find things to practice on) but rather I live right outside of town in a small residential area with nothing to jam on. I've been practicing pk for about a year now but in July I moved to Kingsport TN from Kansas City(lol) and havent been able to do anything since. Any suggestions for a born and bred concrete kid stuck in small town hickville?

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Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:06:11 -0600

I'm just wondering if there is anybody around wilmington. I'm new at this and trying to find somebody who might know a thing or two to keep me from killing myself

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Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:27:06 -0600

Im sure some of you have noticed that pk moves are similar/same to the way a number primates move.
And I was thinking that pk could be simlar to how our ancestors moved
or how we are naturally suposed to move, and that we have stoped doing so due to modern convinences that have made us forget how we once were. And that the reason parkour appeals to so many is that its in our instincts to want to move how we are built to move like.

just a thought, (I could be complety wrong though)
!smile

what do you guys think?

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Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:04:42 -0600

So yea, Spider and I said why not lets have a jam in downtown miami once again only this time we have a better feeling for eveything so we'll be guids and we'll take everyone around with us to show them the ropes...so please anyone who wants to come post on this thread we wanna make it as big as we can and we'll filming too a lil "day in the life" type video of a traceur...we'll meet up on saturday Dec, 31, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at Government Center by the Big Fruits (the eating kind, lol) lets make this a good Jam. !glazed

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Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:11:50 -0600

Thought I'd show a couple pics I got with my cell phone of one of my roommates just messing around with what he calls "Freestyle walking" I've told him about parkour and he thinks it's interesting, we plan on more pics/possibly vids sometime. But on with the two pictures I wanted to share, only one really worth looking at, the other is for comical effect.

www.foxdude.net/runstuff/offtrash.jpg and
www.foxdude.net/runstuff/bighand.jpg

We were at the landing and had some fun messing around.

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Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:15:58 -0600

Well since the ATL scene seems to be growing, everyone wants to know when the next jam is. Fellowsapien said we should start a new thread for the next jam so here it is.

A few of us were talking about having the next jam on the 2nd. (since everyone will be hung over on the first.)

Suggestions?

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Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:54:38 -0600

hey everyone im from birmingham and just started to parkour / free run

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Sun, 01 Jan 2006 10:58:33 -0600

Not sure if the gym jam still goes on or not, but where did you guys host it?

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Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:42:07 -0600

I got an email from World Wide Jam about a Parkour Film competition they are having:

http://www.worldwidejam.tv/ comp.film.parkour.html

if anyone wants to enter and needs help, let me know. Good luck to anyone who enters!

West

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Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:44:42 -0600

podcast wins... word of the year
LOL

http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp? action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all& actionFor=571156

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Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:39:59 -0600

http://p202.ezboard.com/furbanfreeflowfrm11.showMessage? topicID=11792.topic

My guide to every exceutable parkour move, even though most of them aren't counted as tricks.

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Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:43:45 -0600

looking for anyone in this area, i feel so alone out here !sad

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Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:47:57 -0600

any Georgia parks that have some good areas post em here.

i usually go to the Swanee park (pics coming)
or the E.E. Robinson park (pics coming)

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Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:48:40 -0600

These are a couple of the animations I've done recently, enjoy.

http://ancienttv.zippyvideos.com/gallery.z
comments welcome

p.s.
If the video doesn't show, download the newest flash player version
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi? P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
I'm working on a longer animation, and I'll post it when I'm done.

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Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:39:51 -0600

OK, the Miami jam saturday I dropped from a ledge to another ledge that was like a planter thing. Apparently there was a rock where i put my hand down and it put a big gash in my hand. it bled a lot for a long time. Ask anyone who was there. Well now it might be infected. Moral is, any place there might be rocks be careful on your landings and rolls.

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Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:49:35 -0600

Since either me or Nire Crew or both is usually there every sunday. We might as well make it an official weekly session.

We'll meet at the parking garage at the landing or outside of Starbucks. From there we'll decide what spots to hit based on what we want to train.

Noobs are welcome.

Just consider it on unless otherwise stated.

Time is 1:00pm, (but nire will sometimes arrive at 2:00pm)

reply here or email me if you need more details. I'll usually post the fri or saturday before to make sure I'm going to show up.

late

West

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Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:20:05 -0600

I figure its never to early to start planning the next jam! I was thinkin sometime in February but there may be time to fit one more into January. What chu guys think!?

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Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:16:39 -0600

http://www.americanparkour.com/smf/index.php? topic=554.0

Saw this when I was trolling the forums today. If its real then its no good at all.

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Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:41:25 -0600

PKTO unofficial theme song:
http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx? id=32YL3WSVXF8LN37SBHHL7GBKJ1

and official theme song!
thanks for the tip, Cake!

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Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:46:15 -0600

??? message so we can Hang out.
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Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:48:38 -0600

I just want to start this thread off. Please post any ideas...

I think it should be in Atlanta, but then I'm not sure where else would be more or less centrally located for most people. Any thoughts on that?

Any thoughts on when it should be held? I think summer is better than spring break, since some might be going on "vacations" or something during spring break...I'm really not sure...

So, post away! !sun

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Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:52:22 -0600

Direct Link:
http://www.pawa.ru/parkour_rules.wmv

This is probably one of the best vids I've seen! Watch it!

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Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:17:57 -0600

Okay everyone, Monday is MLK day and many of us have a day off. There are plans having an afternoon jam on CPCC's uptown campus, and maybe points uptown as well. I've been briefly to CPCC's campus there, and spotted several pretty interesting spots. There are also points uptown to hit up, so it has potential to be tres awesomme.

Initial talks have brought up meeting to head out to uptown at 1:30... Who wants to and thinks they can make it? Post up!!

I am making this post here to make sure all our bases are covered as far as getting the word out. :)

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Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:48:10 -0600

Does anyone want to help me train in palm beach county? I'm pretty new but I am eager to learn. Also has anybody tried Clamatis St. or City Place in downtown Palm beach county? BTW I am in Wellington.

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Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:49:20 -0600

Since I don't see a sticky thread where I can say hello. . . I made a new one. Sorry for the clutter.

I'm brand new to Parkour (this week new) and am starting my own journey down this dark and addictive path because it looks like something that I will enjoy for a long time. I've known that it existed for a couple years (Cosmo Ray and the Hoffa Ninja Squad is the first place I heard the term) but hadn't gotten into it until now.

I'm 22, so probably "too old for this s***", but I figure I'll give it a spin for a year and see how I feel when the 12 months are out. I'm located in Central Alabama but I've got wheels and free time so any opportunity to learn in person from those of you who know what the heck you're doing would be much appreciated. I'm bummed that I missed the Atlanta Jam this past week, that would have been cool to attend, even if all I did was follow and watch at first.

Anyway, pleased to meet you all, and I hope this site (and Parkour in the southeast) continues to thrive.

- Patrick

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Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:24:06 -0600

What's up NC? Anybody hittin' capital Raleigh? I'm sixteen and I've been practicing for a month with two good friends. If you live somewhere near Crabtree mall, give me a holla.

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Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:07:31 -0600

I know that Kentucky is the southeast but I didn't know if anyone knew of people or anything having to do Parkour in Kentucky.

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Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:48:47 -0600

Has anybody seen it? How is it?

I've seen Jump Britain, and it's decently impressive. There are some cool community scenes and the parkour is sweet. It seems a little light on the tricking, heavy on the flow, but I'm still a fan.

If any of you are criminally minded, a little bird told me that torrentspy dot com has a pretty strong torrent right now of Jump Britain if any of you are out looking for it.

[EDIT: Link edited to prevent google backfiring]
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Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:59:55 -0600

Hey, I posted this on the Stratos Crew forum earlier today and thought I'd share my ideas with everyone else, heres a link to my original post.......

Link

It basically says that I'm pondering writing an article about parkour for Atlantas Newspaper in hopes that some positive light will be shone on parkour. Post any thoughts/ideas/suggestions/whatever to let me know what you think about it.

*EDIT* Link fixed**

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Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:09:40 -0600

I'd say on the next jam we goto the Art District first because it is a very fun place to do stuff. If we goto centinneal, we can't go too far without the stupid suntrust people kicking us of thier property, which takes up a huge amount of ATL. MARTA at the art district also doesn't have security, signs, or blocks that stop you from just walking back in and taking a train.

Sooo, lets plan. I'd wanna do it on the 28th or 29th, around 12 or so. On the 28th I'd have to come late, but that's no problem because people stay for awhile anyways.
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Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:35:11 -0600

Saw this one today.....
http://www.americanparkour.com/smf/index.php? topic=424.0

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Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:08:13 -0600

hey i go to UNC-Charlotte and we have a good group that goes out around campus and the Charlotte area. We usually jam weekly and are always up for some new people to come join us. The UNC-Charlotte campus is great for parkour at all levels, so come on by if your in the area. peace !smile
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Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:37:45 -0600

What happened to him? Hes been inactive for a few months. His injury should be healed by now.

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Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:34:40 -0600

im not really good at explaining to people what parkour really is
yesterday some random guys asked what i was doing and i had no real answer
also a security guard was following me and since i had no explination i just hid for a while and made a run for it.
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Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:41:12 -0600

What ever happened to Overflux T Shirts? I made this T shirt for myself. I think its pretty kick [censored]. If you guys like the design, you can have it for Overflux (assuming you don't have one already). Otherwise I'll just sport my new shirt myself. I kept it simple cuz I painted it freehand. !lol

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Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:32:58 -0600

everyone knows the regular explination, but what would you call it in your own words, what does parkour mean to you?

To me, its looking at the world and all its pathways and seeing that our movement is not set in stone and pre determined for us, finding new ways to move from point A to point B.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:27:59 -0600

Its February now and time to start workin out a time for the next jam. This time lets try and pick a weekend with no rain and one that everyone can come to !tongue .

Me, Novacane, and Ninja scouted out just a piece of GA Tech and it was incredible so I personally think we should spend a whole day exploring and rocking out on tech. It was just about empty when we were there so we shouldnt have to worry about security or nuthin.

What you guys think????
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Sat, 04 Feb 2006 13:26:08 -0600

The top of my ankles have been hurting me for the last 4 days. I can walk fine and everything, but if i begin to jog after about 30 seconds they both really start to hurt. Is this bad? How do you think I got this injury? I haven't hurt my feet.

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Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:53:45 -0600

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=- 8736346518838002319&q=super+mario

LOL!!!

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Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:00:19 -0600

Hey, I know this doesn't really belong in Southeast Jams, but I figure some of you would be interested:

New York City is bursting with obstacles and architecture, friendly people, and one of the most colorful Parkour scenes in the nation.

NYParkour.com, the home of Parkour for New York and New Jersey, and its members would like to send out an invitation to traceurs, freerunners, photographers, and any others who appreciate this art from all over America, to come join us in this Jam.

PKUSA will take place on June 17th and 18th (Friday and Saturday).

The itinerary begins at 11 P.M. Friday night, so be SURE to arrive in time to get settled in before we begin. Yes, that is 11 P.M.

The official sleeping quarters for attendees are at the Malibu Hostel on 103 and Broadway. This centrally located hostel is within easy walking distance of several hotspots, and has easy access to the subway system. It also happens to be the best price in the city, at $17 dollars a night. You will be spending the night with traceurs from all over the nation.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask Exo, Hangman, Myself, or any other member of NYParkour.com, and we'd be happy to help you.

More Information Coming Soon!

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Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:15:18 -0600

Holy crap, find this link today in one of my myspace groups and it is amazing. Ignore the first 2 posts, it gets real good beginning with the 3rd post. Lotta reading but completely worth it.

http://parkour.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php? topic_id=3751&forum=1

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Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:21:37 -0600

http://www.google.com/search?q=usa+parkour
http:// www.google.com/search?q=parkour+usa

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Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:33:02 -0600

http://www.freerunenergy.com/

http:// www.americanparkour.com/smf/index.php?topic=794.0

aperantly they used all of kaos's footage without permission.
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Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:29:14 -0600

I am jack ,A.k.a (Scarf-face)I live in England on the southcoast,i checked this sight out and thought it was good so i signed up.

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Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:18:38 -0600

I'm not sure how old this commercial is but it's about a group of traceurs trying to meet up with another group but they can't find them.

Link

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Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:50:01 -0600

I know this is kinda last minute, but considering everyone has a three day weekend and most of us highschool kids have a four day weekend, anybody want to jam this weekend? I'm probally going to be heading up to the Square on Friday morning for a light session. If anybody wants to join me then or any other time this weekend, let me know here or on my cell at 404-414-6918. Maybe we have enough time to plan an actual jam downtown for Monday?

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Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:52:59 -0600

im trying to do a simple monkey or kong, whatever you call it on a rail. it comes waist higth and i can get almost over, but when i start to come back, my feet either hit the rail or land on top of it... any pointers?

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Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:47:04 -0600

Any thoughts of getting started and learning skilles in the Atl area. I just moved here and recently found out about this whole activity. Any suggestions would be welcome.

best,
eric

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Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:21:42 -0600

Well, my 16th birthday is coing up, March 6th, and I wasn't planning on doing anything much. But I wanted to do some parkour so I though I'd extend the invite to some guys living farther away. Basically anyone in South Florida, anyone further your welcome. SwX, Danny, if yall wanna come up that would be cool. We would meet up at Slide-N-Glide Playground in Betty Stradling Park. You may be thinking, "A playground?" Believe me, it's no ordinary playground, cats galore. It is on the corner of Coral Springs (Nob Hill) and Sample (36th).

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Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:05:37 -0600

Here you can look at my little saut de chat in my City Schw�bisch Hall.
My girl filmed it at February the 11th.
So comments, tips and suggestions please.

Greetz !sun

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Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:44:25 -0600

Hey, my spring break is all next week and I was wondering if anyone in the SE wanted to train? If anyone is willing to put together something I'd be willing to drive just about anywhere for some training. I guess I can sleep in my car if necessary.

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Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:24:34 -0600

Freerunners of Florida, Freerunners of anywhere we have one it is about time and we did it. Nire has found a gym that is allowing us to go train. From what we have heard it has everything. For the ones who have been to capital gym. This is bigger it has a freaking sponge pool.

PLEASE COME

I WILL BE POSTING UP THE FIRST JAM SOON SO BE LOOKING OUT.
TRAIN HARD

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Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:07:42 -0600

I can't do them - I videoed myself doing one and I'm pretty sure I'm kicking and pushing right, it's just I can't land them.. Any tips?!

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Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:58:07 -0600

General Forum for stuff non-related to PK. I know this is a forum for Parkour, but a break from the ordinary would be nice. or if the PK forums are a bit slow, a general talk would be nice. I also realize that the chat box is there, but thats more like Instant messaging.

thanks for listening, cya round.

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Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:12:00 -0600

So who wants to get down with some Parkour over the weekend in Atlanta?
akillus@hotmail.com, just add my e-mail contact...

Akilus Fl0w

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Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:52:46 -0600

I know it's last minute, but:

I've got clan members coming from Georgia and NC to do some running at USC and downtown. We will also have gym time on Saturday from 6pm until 10pm at a cost of $3/hour.

I have limited floor space available for those who need it. Just let me know if you do.

Some guys will be showing up on Friday night so we can go and outline a rough path of hotspots. The main event will be all day Saturday.

Reese

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Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:49:10 -0600

So I've been working on my wall runs and getting over ledges after cat leaps, and I've noticed something.

I don't have the muscle strength to toss myself onto/over the ledge with a muscle-up, but I do have the strength to pull up and then push up until I'm at waist-height.

Now, here's the question: My transitions aren't "awkward' per se. . . but they aren't like the ones I've seen in some of the tutorials (including one I sadly lost the link to that was really good) where with a slight push off and a little muscle the traceur winds up with both feet on the wall between his hands. I have to pull up one leg onto the wall to the outside of my hands, and then push off that to come up to standing.

It works, but it certainly seems things would be more fluid if I could go to a two-foot landing. Is that just a question of building up more muscle strength and speed and then puliing myself up faster/higher?

I have trouble with my monkey vaults too, and it seems to me that these are related concerns, in the way the body moves through both techniques.

Any recommendations for improvement on these?

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Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:20:42 -0600

My family has a history of knee problems on my moms side, in fact my mom can no longer run because her knee is so worn down. She is worried about me free-running because of this and doesn't want me to end up like her in 10-20 yrs. What would be the best way to minimize knee wear/damage? What is the best way for me to land low falls that don't necessarily require a roll? She says that free-running puts too much torque on my knees and it can't be done safely, but she has never seen me free run ever. If there is anything you can do to help me continue please let me know.

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Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:21:01 -0600

Most of the regulars at Jacksonville will be back in town for this week, as it's spring break week. We should have a few sessions together to condition for pk, to do pk, and just to talk.

So, what we can do is jam downtown and eat afterwards once or twice.

Aside from parkour:
Ecpika, another guy, and I are going to the UNF 'weight' gym to goof off. I'm going to go rockclimbing later in the week. We can also just meet up for lunch or something.

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Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:59:52 -0600

You might as well delete Marco Island off the Jam Central map. I'm the only one here and I'm moving in 20 days.

Farewell Marco...and all your old people!

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Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:54:26 -0600

im trying to get alittle jam together, mainly to practice, have some fun and maybe play some chase games, and explore the campus for good areas. so far ive got 3 people confirmed and 2 maybes. let me know if you might be interested. later guys.

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Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:11 -0600

My sister and my mom went to visit this college last weekend so I tagged along with em. From what I could see this place looks like it has some serious potential for pk. It's in Millegeville (sp?) and its built right in the middle of town so there should be spots all over the place. Didn't get a real good look but from what I saw it looked amazng.

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Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:24 -0600

Aight, the other thread looked like it was getting too cramped and long so heres the thread to start planning out our next training session. I was talkin with bigNinjaPimp and we really would like to goto Centennial/GWCC and around that area since its been a while since we've trained there. This saturday work for everyone? I'm really sore and sick right now but I should be healed up by this weekend.

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Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:19:11 -0600

um so im new, but im moving here atthe end of june, im in the military, and im going to do all my basic and other training at ft benning, you can put me up on a sticky, but im wondering who else is around ft benning and where it is, im right now doing pk in washgington but will be in georgia close to a year, so ill have lots of time to pk with everyone.

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Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:04:04 -0600

Im chris is anyone intrested in starting a group in Montgomery?

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Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:32:55 -0600

I don't know if everyone has seen this already. but it pretty cool.

http://www.parkour.net/modules/wiki/index.php? page=basics

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Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:39:31 -0600

Anyone from the Fort Mill/Tega Cay area?

My friend and I just started about a week ago, been practicing quite a bit. Looking for some more to come and hopefully some people with experience who can help us out. We've pretty much been just trying to pick it up as we go along and teach ourselves.

Registered Members: Me(Eric[Dagani] age: 18)
Others who train with: My friend Brandon(age: 17)

you can catch me on AIM: dagani713 or send me a pm

Give a shout if you are in the area and want to go for some training or a small jam sometime.

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Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:04:06 -0600

Hey, i'm in Madison, AL without a car, so I can't go anywhere but here. I've only found one place to practice, a place called Kid's Kingdom. It's like an outside play park kind of thing. If anyone is in Madison at all please post here !smile

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Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:15:19 -0600

Alright, been dying to land a 360 KONG forever...I get a good start off but I can't get the full rotation...busted my butt like 50 times already...any comments/advice would be appreciated.
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Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:26:03 -0600

Ok, so I'm looking for three things in a trainer:

1) Good grip.
2) Good Ankle Support.
3) Good grip.

I was wondering, are there particular trainers you guys swear by and are *worth* $80 or $150 bucks?

I'm vacilating between dropping $90+ on a real pair of trainers, and just throwing away my $20 wal-mart specials as soon as they start to slip and buying new ones.

I'm considering getting the Vasque Velocity trail runners that LarrytheLiquid reviewed a while back, anybody got more input on those? He said they were a bit heavy, but since I normally tromp around in combat boots I figure the weight won't bother me much.

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Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:24:40 -0600

Ok, Daniel and I are planning a jam in downtown clarksville march 25 (sat). There will be at least one video camera there so we're hoping to get a lot of people together for this one. Right now the plan is to meet at the bus station around 12 or 1 and we'll finish around dusk. The run includes many excellent spots that we have hit in the past, but we will also be looking for new areas. Post or PM if interested and I'll get you more details as they come in.

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Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:33:46 -0600

Ok, so here's the deal. I'm not from the area, I'm actually from Indiana. But I have a question, and this seemed like the only place to get it. In July, I'm going to be in Myrtle Beach for a week or so, and I'm looking for some good places to mess around. Never really been to the area, and I don't want to waste all of my good pk time just looking for places. So if anyone knows anyplace, or even better, if anyone is from around there and wants to jam a little, that would be great. Thanks a lot.

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Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:34:04 -0600

i see all these places, however, it is like stores or companies, and in this small town cops aren't to friendly and people are very uptight

for example, today i saw how to get onto the roof of krogers and i wanted to, but doing that would be trespassing and i would get in trouble...
this happen to ya'll alot?

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Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:25:21 -0600

I'm sure you've all been to www.urbanfreeflow.com, one of the largest parkour websites around. This site is very up-to-date on every major parkour event around the world. They are very focused on helping non-traceurs and new runners understand the sport and offer many helpful techniques etc. to get one started.

This is good and all but whenever I am on the site I notice things that I figured only us American Capitalist' would do. David Belle in a movie? A parkour video game? Energy drink and bar? It may get the word of parkour out to the world but at what cost?

When blinded by money, you lose sight of your original goals. Does parkour need to be marketed? To be sold with or without proper representation of what it really is? We as symbols of parkour must choose to present ourselves in a way that will reflect upon this philosophy in the proper way.

By turning parkour into a 'sport' it may lose its meaning and simply becomes another challenge for stunt junkies.

Media attention is good but too much of anything is bad. We can't let parkour turn into something it's not. I'm sure that we here at Oerflux will always represent parkour to its fullest, there are some who will not.

Please, remember what parkour is, and know what it isn't. Stay smart. Just something that was on my mind.

Peace.

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Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:40:22 -0600

Hi I'm new here I have some experience and I know a place in downtown, where we could go. It's around 'W Zack St.' and 'N. Ashely Drv.'. I haven't really been there but have been told by someone else it's a good place to train. I also live by Tampa Catholic High School. And just incase you need to contact me here is my AIM: parkourfreak69; my e-mail: cpt.titan@gmail.com; and my myspace: http://www.myspace.com/joshmaciel

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Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:49:42 -0600

i tried a kong over the little green transormer boxes and i actually made it, thats the first kong i ever landed
i'm getting better

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Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:38:43 -0600

Anybody been up there? they have A few rails up there, and you can do some PK up there. I went to NY on a band trip, and we spent an hour or 2 up there, and after my camera ran out of pics, i was up there jumpin around.

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Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:10:22 -0600

Ok theres this wall about 2 foot higher than me.
I can get on to grabing it and hanging but cant pull my self up its really hard

can anyone give help

thanks,

Nero

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Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:22:54 -0600

ey, well ive been looking for a gym to practice Running and meh Tricks. though all the gyms seem to have there restrictions due to insurance policys. So I've yet to run into a gym that will let me Trick there even if i sign a waiver. If anyone know's where I could find one anywhere near Jax lemme know plz?

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Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:52:36 -0500

Registered members that have jammed with us: Mingus
Other people that have jammed with us: Brad, Richard, Tony, Meg, Kim

Contact me anytime about jamming in Knoxville or joining our group. We meet weekly to train in the campus/downtown area and will be organizing larger jams soon.

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Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:09:00 -0500

Meet at the fountains at 12:00 as ussual.
Iv been off for the past two weeks due to injury and I feel like im gonna explode from not training, lol.
So be there or be square.

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Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:02:21 -0500

so I here there are a few of you in Alabama doing the PK thing!
Well I just so happen to be a alabama native. I have spent the past three years in Denver Colorado. we have a great Parkour scence out here. I have been into it for about 9 months now.

If any one gets this post before the 23rd of april, they should send me an email. My plane arrives in Atlanta on the 23rd of april and leaves on the 30th. that's right baby.......one solid week of parkour in the 205. It would be absolutly awesome to have someone to run with. I have a major run planned that cuts from the northside of birmingham to the WBRC sign at the top of red mountain. maybe even cut over the mountain into Homewood. who knows.

Who's down?

phokus_studios@hotmail.com

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Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:29:30 -0500

Dudes -- my sources in Hollywood (internet) have informed me that Banlieue 13 will be released in the states on June 2nd. Hopefully, everyone realizes the importance of this film's release. A half naked David Belle on the silver screen!

Clips of Belle from B13 have been circulating around the internet for some time and I gather it's been getting some attention from 'Hollywood' (who probably got it from us). The film will be limited released as District B13. Let's make this discussion lively, shall we?

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Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:45:41 -0500

When you come up to a drop-off or ledge which is too high to safely jump from, is there an effective way to drop down to a cat leap position to take a few feet off the drop?

I ran into this problem a few times during my last run, and I could never find a way to do this without totally stopping and interupting the run.

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Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:34:28 -0500

i drive by a place i keep meaning to go in and ask about workinjg out there. its a huge gymnastics place.

its near the sugarloaf (north east of atl. right around where 316 breaks off of 85)

would anyone be interested? would anyone come?

Thanks
Chris

(PS- sorry its been a while. jeep stuff. . . )

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Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:31:44 -0500

I was thinking about doing a workout type jam where we drill moves, do exercises, and work up a sweat.
Im gonna try to get a small boombox to bring along and we can listen to some music.
So meet at the centenial fountains at noon as ussual.

I think it sounds like a fun idea, what do you guys think?

my number is (404)312-8406 give me a call if you need to.

ps: I recomend putting on some sunscreen. after todays jam I have a slight sunburn, so im gonna wear some next week.

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Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:04:59 -0500

A buddy of mine and I are getting together on Mercer's campus in Macon, GA.

The time is 4:00 PM Friday afternoon. That's the 21st of April. We'll probably try and meet at the corner of Adams and Coleman street (in front of Newton Chapel) between 3:30 and 4:00PM if anybody in the central Georgia area is interested.

No promises that we'll get much done (I'm reeeeaaallllly out of shape), but we can at least run campus and work on a few basics. The entire place is a pretty big hotspot, with lots of metal, brick and concrete to work with.

The Mercer 'ped' crowd is pretty lax and we've yet to get challenged at all (we've done maybe four or five jams in the last four weeks), although maybe with four or six traceurs we'd be more likely to attract negative attention.

Anyway, if anybody is interested, drop me a reply here (or an e-mail at [myusername]@gmail.com) and let me know in advance if possible so that we don't leave w/o you.

[myusername] = rossumschild. obviously.

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Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:21:01 -0500

I remember when I was around three I really wanted to be a squirl, I loved how they could climb so easily and jump between trees. I would climb trees, and I would always climb the door frames in my house. According to my dad when I was 4, my freinds dad wanted to see which one of us could hold our selves up the longest on a pull-up bar, and apperantly my freind let go and I just kept hanging. He said my freind was mad about it cause he was one of those competitive types. :-) I also loved ninja movies, and would always be spiderman, batman, zorro, or a ninja for halloween.
So it seems that for my entire life ive
always been interested in parkour type activity.

What about you guys? Any interesting stories?

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Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:29:41 -0500

Whats everyones favorite vaults? ones you just love to do, or are easy for you, etc.

Fav. Vaults: Lazy and Gate

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Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:03:02 -0500

I saw the end of it tonight on ESPN2, looks like something David Belle should try. Basically it's these Japanese people doing these obstacle courses that are a test of Strength, agility, and flexibility. it's on again next monday night from 7:30-9:00.

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Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:30:55 -0500

If you run in Tampa and would like to join us, send the following information to shadow_of_fenrir@yahoo.com

Name:
Nickname:
Age:
General Location:
Skill Level:

We accept members of all skill levels.

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Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:54:50 -0500

Alright, this saturday (the 29th) Ill probably be able to come and jam.
Stratos, feel free to bring your camera if you wanna get shots for your vid.

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Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:42:09 -0500

I'm up to the Tshirt project in my graphic arts class. I just finished a custom made image for the front, and the back is going to say parkour. I was thinking of selling it to the people who want it in Atlanta for the price of the shirt. If you want one, give me your shirt size and it'll probably cost about $5.

More news to come on it as I progress in making it.

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Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:32:27 -0500

I may be going to jacksonville with my Mom next...thursday i think. She has some weird meeting there, and i dont want to sit around in it. If Anyone can doing anything thursday, please let me know. i think it would have to be in the morning though.

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Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:55:14 -0500

I can see we have alot of people that parkour in Jacksonville.
But where do u guys meet?! I cant find any directions. please reply with time and place so we can jam.:P

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Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:05:35 -0500

Just wondering, I used to train once a week for 3-4 hours, but now with school sports being over and summer fast approaching I hope to train 3-4 times a week for a least an hour or two.

A little note about being online rather than outside training: I don't know about yall, but parkour consumes all my life, I spend all the time I can training and when I can't get out I do the next best thing, watch videos and talk about it.
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Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:24:19 -0500

"PROJECT PARKOUR - PARKOUR DAY"

To all Traceurs out there - today is the Birthday of Parkour's Inventor, David Belle, and we - a part of the Project Parkour team - together with the internet community, thought that to celebrate this
day, we should all get off the computers and go: TRAINING!

David Belle liked this Idea, here is a message personally from him for each one of you:

"Hi to all traceurs, today is my birthday and I'd really like to know
that you're outside instead of chatting. Does this sound a big
challenge for you? Let's go outside, I'm sure you'll progress more than talking about parkour.

Bye

DB"

This day is not only a celebration of David's birthday; it's also a
demonstration so that many that are on the internet very much will
realize how much spare time (wich could be used for example for
training!) they have if they aren't constantly surfing the forums.

We hope you enjoy this day of training and wish you all a great
progression and that this inspires you and your training, and of
course HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID BELLE!!!

APRIL 29 is the day!

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Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:53:09 -0500

Today I was at the beach and I was doing some vaults on some picnic tables. It was really windy today and I felt really uncomfotable doing dashes, in fact I never did one. Has anyone else have wind affect them. I'm not talking about little winds, I'm talking at least 20mph.

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Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:49:01 -0500

I went out and did some training today and I'm feeling it now. I wanted to work on my rolls, not a landing roll, more of a diving roll. When you just jump over something, and put your hands down to absorb some impact and begin the roll immediatly. My roll shoulder is pretty sore now, am I just not tucking enough or is there something I'm missing? Also, I seem to roll onto my hip rather than across it or around it? This doesn't feel good and it is really messing up the fluidity of my rolls and runs. Please help if you can.

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Thu, 04 May 2006 07:38:42 -0500

Jam set for Sunday, May 7 is CONFIRMED.

LOCATION: Tampa Museum of Art. Corner of Twiggs and Ashley in downtown. Meeting place is in the amphetheater that skirts the Hillsbourough River. Just park and follow the water.

TIME: 3:00 p.m. - whenever

HOSTED BY: Urban Velocity

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Thu, 04 May 2006 19:55:37 -0500

Anyone In That Area Want To Jam With My Friend Lyrone And Me? We Are New To Pking !glazed

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Fri, 05 May 2006 10:52:03 -0500

I think I had a great idea just now when I was taking a shower. We should goto Atlantic Station for our next jam, I've always wanted to check it out and it should be pretty amazing for parkour. I can't do anything this weekend because of work, but maybe next weekend? I'll know for sure if I can go by like tuesday or wednesday next week.

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Fri, 05 May 2006 20:14:45 -0500

OK, I was mostly just messing around today looking for some new things to try down at the schools football field/track. Near the concession stands I did this. Tic Tac up and off the wall, twist body around and grab a little bar thing (they form an X across the pillars) Once I'm hanging there the only thing to do is to go higher or drop down, I was wondering what the proper technique would be to do a backflip from the hanging position. (I'm not a flipper, I've never landed a flip, cant get enough spin.) How easy would something like this be?

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Sun, 07 May 2006 00:29:34 -0500

here my ideas for a t shirt. front and back. Please, any ideas/advice would be greatly appreciated.

[ 29_overflux_front.png ]

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Sun, 07 May 2006 11:18:25 -0500

If you guys want me to I can make signatures for anyone that wants one.

to check out my work go to http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e278/ArmyKid1989

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Mon, 08 May 2006 11:25:49 -0500

If you haven't noticed already, the silhouettes of people in the new overflux banner were taking straight from our very own image gallery.
If you are excited about the site and have to release your energy somehow, or are just bored, try to figure out who each of these is and post the replies!
Oh, and the grand prise is, this new website plus a complimentary smilie =p

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Mon, 08 May 2006 23:28:37 -0500

hey guys, i've come back home from UF for the summer and have discovered this site. Some friends and I would like to make it up to jam with you guys on Saturday (13th) at 11AM. I would like to go if anyone up there would show us a good-'ol time!

I hear through the grapevine that its good to meet at the Landing in front of the starbucks.

Let me know if we can be honored by anyone's presence!

-bil

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Thu, 11 May 2006 10:33:09 -0500

Members I've Jammed with: AD Titan

Others I've Jammed with: Wildman, Ray, and Drew

We have a crew called Urban Velocity and we host jams usually twice a month. Any who want to join, email the following information to shadow_of_fenrir@yahoo.com

name:
nickname:
age:
general location:
skill level:

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Thu, 11 May 2006 21:06:04 -0500

http://media.putfile.com/jump-nijmegen-

http://parkour.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php? topic_id=4709&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&start=0

This is a very good technique to practice, it lets you get your full jumping distance with very little run-up room.
The secret is to lean a bit while you take off.

If you want another good video of it, look at a video of david belle doing his power roof gap.

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Sun, 14 May 2006 22:40:37 -0500

It's that time of year! Everything in this post is purely hypothetical until 2-3 weeks before the session.

Date: Mid-June
Plan for out-of-towners: Spend 3 nights, 2 days at Embassy Suites hotel, 25 min from downtown atlanta (4people/room, split bill)
Plan for atlanta residents: Show up for 2 days

Things to do: T-SHIRTS for distribution, Outline best spots to hit (to be done by atlanta natives)
Up in the air: Actual dates - obviously a weekend is preferred

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Tue, 16 May 2006 01:13:13 -0500

Hi, I’m kind of green and new to actually doing any Parkour, however I am familiar will its heritage for many years now, but I wasn’t made aware until recently that there were Jam’s going on here in the US. I am originally from Europe but would be interested in getting back into it all. I am located in Florida… please feel free to contact me via the forums if there is a local group in the Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Lehigh Acres, Naples Area.
~RJ~
=D =P

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Tue, 16 May 2006 18:53:52 -0500

Well, i no longer have to volunteer at my synagogue on saturday morning so a saturday morning training session is definitely due. I hated missing the jam last saturday too, had to spend the whole day with my mom... So saturday morning i'll be with Nico and Davis and hopefully Matthew at about 7 30 ish and i think we'll start at the Chipotle Restaurant at the corner of Lenox and Piedmont and go from there... Anyone else interested should definitely show, this place will be completely empty if we can get there on time. Later.

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Wed, 17 May 2006 10:51:49 -0500

The next Jam will be held on Sunday, May 28 coincidently the same day as PK10 in Westminster England. Also, this time I'm bringing girls with me, they're not traceurs but who knows, they might get into it. Everybody bring your game.

LOCATION: Tampa Museum of Art. Corner of Twiggs and Ashley in downtown. Meeting place is in the amphetheater that skirts the Hillsbourough River. Just park in the museum garage (parking is free on Sundays) and follow the water.

TIME: 3:00 p.m. - whenever

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Sat, 20 May 2006 16:39:34 -0500

Meet at the Landing, in front of starbucks.
Get ready for some hardcore training =)

Time: TBD, probably early morning (9) to lunch.

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Sun, 21 May 2006 17:27:53 -0500

In school, I found a bit of cool info. The human body has a certain rhythm over the period of a day( the full 24 hours). Certain things you'd usually do are best done in specific parts of the day, like your intellectual alertness reaches it's peak in the day at about 10:00 in the morning. The one that really caught my eye was that fastest reaction time and cardiovascular efficiency alongside muscular strength( at it's peak) occur in the mid to late afternoon, about 3:30 to 5:00 PM. In other words, late afternoon to early evening is just about the best time for physically demanding activity and coordination-requiring stuff, not saying it's bad for you to do anything of the sort at other times of the day.
This on a general note, because everyone's body-rhythms adapt differently according to their lifestyle. Oh yeah, this whole body-rhythm thing is formally called, "Circadian Rhythms"( just in case you'd like to look it up yourself)
Something I thought would be good to know for what we do as traceurs. Any comment on this is more than welcome.

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Sun, 21 May 2006 17:45:26 -0500

I want to join a parkour group this summer. Im currently in vt but i plan on moving to orlando in june.

Im not looking for kids who jump around building for fun... im looking for people who are serious about parkour and use it as a way of life.

Are there any big female parkour groups in orlando??

if anyone has info for me, my contact is listed.

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Mon, 22 May 2006 19:26:58 -0500

ok im from hoover alabama and i know of no one near me who does parkour. im kinda new to freerunning but i got the basics. if anyone lives close to me send me a pm or instant message me at the midget demon. i have aim.
oh by the way i live in riverchase really close to the galleria. you can also just reply!

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Tue, 23 May 2006 17:15:11 -0500

well my friend came over to video tape me doing some freerunning and he made this vid for me. we were only able to do freerunning for 10 minutes so as u can guess it is very short and i wasnt able to do alot of the stuff i had hoped to get done. its mostly just gaps and jumps but its a decent video. please comment and let me kno what you think of what i was able to do. we should do a better version and ill have that in about a week. here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZWXVy0VG_g

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Tue, 23 May 2006 20:29:52 -0500

HEY DOSE NE ONE NO NE HOT SPOTS IN SAVANNAH PREFERABLY ON RIVER STREET I AM GOIN DOWN THER ON MOMORIAL DAY

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Sun, 28 May 2006 11:48:15 -0500

Registered Members That Have Jammed With Us: Me - Eddie / ZoRz
Others That Have Jammed With Us: dex, david, rickey, david2, brad, johnathon, and danny.

=D hope to see more!!!

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Wed, 31 May 2006 23:56:32 -0500

Ive noticed we're now getting a shitload of attention now that B13 has arrived. news channels want to do things on us (nobody do ANYTHING for fox 13. they find something wrong in everything.), and already ive noticed an increase of people wanting to learn about this. is this good for us? as ive sed in the B13 thread, the more people there are, the more people there are to take parkour in the wrong sense, as a sport.

what about you guys? i know a few of you are excited about getting the attention.

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Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:13:49 -0500

So yea Espio and I made this movie a while back... I'm re:posting it because not many of you have seen it and I've tried to put it up on the site but its a bit too large and we are a bit proud of it because it showcases the not so stressful, techno pumping, roof jumping, aspect of our art... This is just some of the things we can do we'll make another video pretty soon. till then later.

Move

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Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:34:52 -0500

Well I couldn't find how to make this an article so It's just a thread.

Me my dad Noah and Julio went down to Miami last night for the B13 screening. We got there and talked to Alan, he had no idea what parkour was. he wanted me to speak to the theater before the show, the was a micrafone in there and everything. I was nervous, I'm fine talking one-on-one to people about parkour but i don't kno. And I had about 5 minutes to prepare. I got across my message pretty well but thought something was missing, after sitting back down I forgot to say how you do parkour, the running and jumping, I couldn't believe it. It would have made perfect sense to someone who knew what parkour was but... hopefully the movie filled in the blanks. It was a pretty sick movie, I didn't see Swx or Espio or Speed there, mabey I'm just blind. After we headed over to bayfront apmepitheater(sp) for some PK, at night that place is like the homeless shelter. Did some nice underbars and some good runs. Had fun with percisions and cats at the edge of the stage (Miami guys). And for those of you who were at the second Miami jam, that place where I gashed my hand, I conquered my past and did it again (without cutting open my hand). Then we talked to a bum who said he had just come in from Cuba, Julio was the only one who spoke spanish so me and Noah just watched dumbly. I'm learing, I can understand some stuff, but I really need to get better. We got home around 11 and watched the end of the Heat game, it was a good night. SwX, Espio, Speed, too bad we couldn't meet up.

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Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:15:49 -0500

In one of the B13 trailers (and probably the movie) you can see Belle doing these sit ups with his hands behind his head. He is completely upside down, with a wall at his back. The only way I can come up with to emulate him (because that's the cool thing to do) is to buy a big roll of velcro and get someone to tie your legs to a railing above a wall. I've tried hanging by my legs in various positions, but that never worked. Sooo... I need to know if anyone has a better idea (like dropping this ambition altogether lol) or knows where to get rolls of non-adhesive, cheap velcro.

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Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:16:22 -0500

A group of traceurs will be starting a weekly jam sometime soon in Raleigh. We're not sure where we'll jam. I'm thinking NC State? The local malls such as Crabtree, North Hills, and Triangle are kind of limited because of traffic and lots of people. Local schools are pretty good. I've gone to Lynn Road Elementary and Sanderson HS which is alright, West Millbrook is really good.

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Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:09:22 -0500

a friend showed me a video of"russian climbing" and ever since ive been hooked on this, but i can't seem to find any decent places where i can just practice. Where i live most people seem to think its an offense to do anything remotely different, and because of this i can never find a good place to go. What are some of the places you guys usually go where people arent normally so uptight about it.

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Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:01:53 -0500

So i leave for basic, AIT and para school in two weeks,(from washington state) if i could get people to pm me with there cells or home numbers if they donjt watn to post them so we could put some jams while im there that would be sweet. Ill probably bring some people that i meet down there too. you dont have too submit, but you might miss out.

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Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:47:46 -0500

Zanadoo and I live really close to each other, and our old highschool along with some surrounding schools (Central Gwinnett in particular) are pretty nice for parkour. Does anybody feel like taking a day or two to come here and try em out?

Heres how it might work: Zanadoo and I can come pick up anybody at the doraville marta station, we can go do some pk, swim at my nieghborhoods pool, and then we can take you back or yall can spend that night at my house and we can pk some more the next day.

anyone? anyone?

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Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:46:06 -0500

Hey all I just wanted to share this with you, http://p202.ezboard.com/furbanfreeflowfrm21.showMessage? topicID=5.topic. It is a workout for the legs that can increase your jump height buy 15 inches. I have been on it for about 3 weeks and have already increased by 3 inches.

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Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:00:45 -0500

So i was inspired to psot this afteer reading a post from undaunted

Thanks undaunted for that reminder, that made me think abit about my rolling, everything you said is definitly right, there is a HUGE difference from concrete and grass and longer arches and hurdle rolls. the main purpose again, stealiong undaunted line

is to transfer momentum (safety should be #1 concern in every movement),

onto grass less of your momentum is sent back to you so its easier, def on the safty. but i wanted to make sure that people understood that the roll should be all about that, i made this sweeyt roll analysis on overflux, but it messed up somehow and wasnt posted, 1 hour of work gone... so i have some time and going o make it agian cause of 'daunted. Ill break it down in to several parts and how i think of rolls and post in other places too. Please leave feedback.

ROLL ANALYSIS

So for me the basic prniciple of rolling operates on the theory of kinetic energy, when you jump theres a force going into the ground, thats reflected back into you on landing then you reflect that force by flexing your muscles this again forces the energy back to the ground and into the next section of your rolling body. so its like your bodys a force shield and theres a ping pong ball aunderneath you, you dont want to break it so if you land flat youll kill it but if you roll there is a small momentum that will keep it rolling underneath you. Different surfaces affect this forward friction keeping the enrgy in you and allowing you to continue, think if you fell onto a trampoline, almost all the enrgy would be reflected onto you, because it absorbs almost no energy, grass is the medium level, things like sponge and bark are next, there is little resistance to the obodys momentum. Then greass and concrete and iron doors. The key to succsesful rolling uis being able to consistently create a arch upon landing reflectice of your fall. IF your running and dive over a bench with your hands in front your arch in rolling should be the same as your jump of. IF you really hurdle over it, then you should land very quickly, and come out more straight the sideways in facing. The key to learning to orient your body on a roll is understaning your DROP. if you jump of a height and keep your body relativly close then your roll should be more controlled and end up facing about to the side in relation to your position jumping off. Think of it this way there is a certain rythm that your muscles should follow unless you want to be a splat on the ground. Think mokey bars, the right way. you use your body momentum to create a arch to gain distance. the only things that your using are your arms. RIght?? no, your legs and torso follow a predictable pattern based on the swaying motion of your arms, createing a arch that your body moves into naturally. onto more technical parts

THE SHOULDER. -diagonals-

Once agian rolling on your shoulders is entirely based upon safety. rolling down your spine is not only dangerous but if it wasnt you still wouldent want to. Why?? becaseu of the whole motion energy principle stated ubove the more you can create a arch of contracting and relaxing muscles the more energy is dispersed between transfers creating a safe limit for your feet to land on. Rolling from the diagonal of your shoulder to the oppostite lower back is the best way becaseu it creates the longest distance for this idea. think of a square, boith sides are certain lengths the distance diagonally from this square, (your back) is longer because your back is actually a rectangle. Understanding that the longer you spend in a roll the more energy is dispersed is critical to safe landings. If you try to come out faster than you entered. THat defeats the purpose of your roll, do not SPEED UP, your only trying to look good. You also dont want to stop in midd roll even if that means bumping into something that obviously wont kill you. like a chair or person, its better than having back pains for a few weeks. I recently fell of a zipline and fell on my back not good, the time before that i jumped off and dip it completely the right way, whats the point. well, it hurt, really bad. i went of the zipline swinging my feet forward to gain speed, it was a small drop so i was trying to get some speed, (if you roll at low speeds, you can hurt yourself, really, if you mess up, you can practice them for technical experince but thats different, ill get to it) and i wasnt able to swing my arms forward because the line snapped and i kept gioing backwards. when i did it correctly i landed and my extnesion from rolling wasnt really a cicle it was more elliptical becaseu of the path of my feet. if i had tryind to land short(roll sideways) the line on my back wouldent be long enough because i swung my legs to create a longer falling arch. if i tried to roll straight on my back my arch would be too long because my fall was from higher up and not pararbolic looking falling arch. the correct way that you would fall would be to fall on the diagonal back line with your feet extending farther than your arms to mimic when i jumped off.

JUMPING AND FALLING ROLLS

THe major difefernce between these are downwards motion and forwards motion, both have differences for me when i think about rolling mentally. Jumpiong rolls require your hands to guide your landing pointas well as your extension, naturally your feet follow, or should, the path of your hands, when jumping over or of something your hands begin the motion of your body, flips, and rolls. man the world cup is on its goin to wait for abit, opkay when you fall of a drop your feet point where your going and your hands go down after your feet to prepare to roll. Keeping this in mind will dramatically help roll technique, it has for me. THe key once again is creating a natural extend-contract-extned-contract to create that perfect rythm. or flow, whatever you coin it. IT IS. SO this is all im goin to post for a sec, the world cups for soccer is on.

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Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:31:14 -0500

Hello,

This is an update from Parkour Connection. If you have no idea what Parkour Connection is, please refer to this link: http://www.overflux.com/parkour_plugins/forum/ forum_viewtopic.php?2712 or visit our website at http://www.parkourx.co.nr

I have made a compilation of some of the videos to give everyone an idea of how the video will work/look. I assure you the editing will be better on the final cut. We are still in great need of more clips, so I hope this sampler inspires you to help us out some!

Enjoy

Click here to download the June Sampler: http://www.stratoscrew.com/pkconnection/ june_sampler.wmv

Click here to stream the June Sampler:

http://www.stratoscrew.com/ junesampler.htm

Details:

40 MB | 4 Minutes

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Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:49:24 -0500

Hi everybody i just joined this forum
I live in sarasota,fl
like to know everybody that lives close
Message me on aol:fluentnature

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Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:12:55 -0500

Hey, whats up everyone.

Im new here and looking to meet people that practice in the atlanta area

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Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:03:19 -0500

http://www.cbc.ca/kids/games/freerun/
Freerun game

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Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:15:36 -0500

I did a diving roll and it really hurt my hip area when i rolled over it is that normal as something i wll get use to or does that mean i did it wrong?

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Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:06:26 -0500

Like the title says, there will be at least one day every week that we will try to meet at Finlay Park here in downtown Columbia. Right now, that day will be Thursdays. If anyone has input, please let me know.

I will be showing up between 6:30 and 7 each time due to work.

Finlay has a variety of obstacles including rails, multi-level ledges, playgrounds and more. There are water fountains at the park as well as a soda/water vending machine.

Reese

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Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:52:43 -0500

hey, im new 2 this, nd i would like 2 do a run with a couple of people nd get some training in, so hit me up.

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Sun, 25 Jun 2006 01:26:15 -0500

Long shot but any one near alpharetta... and also where do you guys go i tried parks tht got old quick so tommorrow theres a publix around me so ima hit tht up they got a crazy ramp and rails but thts how desprate i am for some places..

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Sat, 01 Jul 2006 20:55:57 -0500

im really trying to get kongs.. thery arnt that hard... and im not that scared =P.. but whenever i try to do one.. its really messy and it ends up like a stradle. my legs dont go in between my arms.. i need help. =/

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Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:00:08 -0500

Clothes for PK Help...

I need some pointers on what to be wearing. I read the article about Old Navy I think, but i dont know what exactly to buy. Should I be looking for those soft workout pants (not sure how to describe them but i hope u get what i mean) or something with more harder (like khakis or something). And i just wear a t shirt with it. I really wanna know because i usually wear a tshirt and shorts.. but my legs have been suffering for that mistake that i could have avoided with long pants (im not gonna wear jeans.. too heavy. =P) Also, i was looking for shoes for running and i dont know which shoes too buy. Should i wear "tennis" shoes or "running" shoes. I want shoes with great grip so i can do better wall runs and cat leaps. I saw from parkour.net that the Nike Dart III is a good shoe for PK and its a tennis shoe(i think). So, u guys wanna help me out?! Thanks.

PS- Everyone needs to make more posts and keep going on the site. I want this site 2 be big because there isnt much parkour in the US, let alone the Southeast. =]

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Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:42:24 -0500

Ive been practicing the fundalmentals of Parkour everyday for around 2 1/2 weeks now. but, i can bearly practise because of there isnt many "obstacles" to over come around here. The only time I really get to take what i learned out there is every other weekend which im forced to go to my Mom's house where there is a mile long area that screams my name (after finding my "spot" im now complaining anymore). Until then though, all i can do it practice my rolls and landing, do pull ups (which im getting better at =]), get better at handstand and front flip, and do limited amounts of vaults (speed and side). What im trying to get at here is that i wanna know where some of u went or what did u do to practice around when u first started. Can help me and all the members and guests. =]

PS- A couple of times a week i scan my neighborhood in hope that my "PK Vision" =P has been upgraded. Now, i see a little bit more places to practice basics.. but they r the skills i already practice. =/.

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Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:11:11 -0500

Ok this is about the ongoing dissagreement between people who implement flips into parkour and people who don't.

I am, of course, open to opinion. I want to hear what you have to say about it.

Here is my point: l'art du deplacement. they wouldn't put the word "art" in it if it was not considered an art, now many of us take it in as an art, or as a way of life, or some as a ...sport. Now lets consider ourselfs artist for a moment, because this is "l'art du deplacement" we must surely be open minded enough to look at ourselfs as artists.

Pablo picasso was a great artist in his time because he had his own style, no one was doing what he was doing, cubisim. DaVinci also had his own style wich was mainly realism...for the most part, and he too was a great artist, and Salvador Dali was crazy, lol, but for real he had a very different style of art that was also recognized.

Now how can you tell me that flips can not be part of my art, That is contradicting with what l'art du decplacement is. We are artist to each his own, if you paint a picture of a dog and I tell you that your dog looks like a cat, you are going correct me and explain to me that it is in fact a dog, I'm going to appologize and recognize that it is your art and you can draw a dog however you please, and who am I to tell you that you can't use that stlye because its different from mine, see I'm going to draw a dog and it obviously looks like a dog it has a tail and four legs and paws...it's clearly a dog, right?... but another person can confuse this dog for a cat because it too has these features.

what I'm trying to get across is that we are all artist we all have our own style this is why we are all unique, don't tell me flips aren't part of it because... it's my style, its my art.

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Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:23:02 -0500

I'm just trying to get started and wondered if anyone can tell me where the good places to run are? I'm in the woodstock area but don't mind driving a little bit.

sean

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Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:15:22 -0500

be there it going to be sweet new people if not over 18 talk to me if you are you have to bring 30 dollars for first jam after that it is 15 none goes to us. it going to be good hope to see you there

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Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:33:16 -0500

OKAY!
first off i have a story for ya'll
I was hanging out at my friend Bobby's house, spent the night =)
he does some parkour too, so we decided that it would be the most awesome parkour trip ever. around midnight, we took a ride up to our local highschool. we told Bobby's bro to stand guard out front while we tic-tac'ed up to an overhang and scaled to the roof, we called our friends during a break to gloat =0 so i said "let's go look in the cafeteria windows" so we had to walk on a 'breezway' which is a big metal roofing between buildings. i took 2 steps and all u could hear was "CRRRRRREEEAAAAK!" so i picked up the pace to keep quiet, and something i saw almost froze my blood cold. lights from a squad car were flashing on the wall next to me, but he couldn't see us on the breezway, so we scurried to the cafeteria and looked in, ran back and jumped off the roof, rolled, hopped a fence, called for our ride, hid in a bush and booked it!

shortly after that, we did some smaller PK around his neighborhood. then we slept, woke up and went to a "special" school near my house. we got up via overhang again, walked around, then dropped and rolled towards a generater. we decided to hop the generater and go around to be picked up. as i got on top of the generater i saw the back of a parked squad police car and fell back onto bobby whispering "RUN RUN RUN!" we ran back towards a garden, hopped a gate and turned the corner to a dead end...
i looked around thinking "we're screwed!" and i saw a large pipe leading up to a ledge on the roof, so we ran over, climbed the pipe, hopped to the roof, dropped on the other side of the school and ran to his mom's car, then i went home and took a shower

THE END!

any similar stories or critiques?

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Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:39:13 -0500

I'm not here much these days, but I stopped in this afternoon and was blown away by the new look. You guys have always had great content, but now you've got a very attractive interface as well. Anyhow, just wanted to give you all props for that. Great job!

-gameyy

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Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:09:01 -0500

I know its been mentioned before but I love how great a community this is. We had a discussion on what is parkour and no one got mad. I was watching some videos on UF and everyone always had comments on "that's not parkour, please don't call what you are doing parkour" When there was just like a few inefficient movements.

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Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:11:43 -0500

Hello, I'm yet another newbie fascinated with parkour, and have practiced once at maryville college woods/sandy springs park. I've tried contacting the previous posters from knoxville with no avail, so if anyone would like to get together and practice around Knoxville some time It'd be a lot of fun! You can reach me at either siphons over at gmail.com or call my cell, (865) 386-3946. Would love to practice with anyone new or experienced alike. :P

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Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:53:27 -0500

What's up? =D

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Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:09:01 -0500

Are there any members who prefer Freerunning or Yamakasi instead of Parkour?
If so why do you like it better? And what is the definition of the Freerun and/or Yamakasi?

I personally practice mostly parkour (I think... :) But I like to see vids which sometimes included acrobatics if the people are skilled.

West

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Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:11:32 -0500

Any trickers out there on Overflux?

I haven't seen any tricking vids in a while. What's the sickest tricking vid you've seen?

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Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:36:40 -0500

They made the official announcement last week, I think.

Pawa will continue with it's mission to spread parkour. Some Pawa representatives have chosen to leave and some have chosen to stay. David says there is no Official parkour association in his opinion. He will start his own organization, I think -- "Team Parkour." It's all a bit confusing....

but on the bright side... I'LL NEVER LEAVE OVERFLUX!!!! LOL
http://www.overflux.com/parkour_plugins/forum/ forum_post.php?nt.48 or read below

Communiqué
Team Parkour by David Belle

Paris July 25 2006

To avoid the many abuses, the philosophising and the commercial activity which surrounds Parkour, David Belle wishes to inform you that he currently supports no website, association nor production company who claim to ‘officially’ represent Parkour. Official is a name they have given to themselves.

What they promote and sell (training and broadcasting) is only their view of Parkour.

The activities they engage in are their sole responsibility.

Once more, David Belle is not involved in any way – by management nor contract - with this type of organisation.

For further information or contact, you can write to David on www.parkour.net, which is the only site which David supports to promote Parkour.

AFFILIATION

Certain traceurs and associations are currently in contact with us. We have met and discussed throughout summer with the intention of federating the practices of Parkour as conceived by David.

Many, in their search for true Parkour, have left to train their own way... in many countries, and under other names... we thank them for their contribution, and hope that that they will continue. [not too sure about this paragraph].

David’s site will be online as soon as possible, and will link to the sites and the associations affiliated by the only official TEAM "PARKOUR by DB". This will allow us to define our way while avoiding association with certain opportunists.

"Parkour belongs to those who live for it... not to those that want to live by it" [really not sure about this one]

Chief communicator for DB productions: Jean François Belle

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Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:15:57 -0500

have you guys been to Cyril Raffaelli site?

http://kyzr.free.fr/cyrilraffaelli/videos.php

lots of stunts, tricks, and some parkour.

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Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:54:13 -0500

hey has any one ever been running in downtown lawreceville? i have been through and thought it might have some potential as a spot. if any one has any ideas...holla'

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Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:59:36 -0500

while at band practice today i was talking with some of my friends and they were talking about how cool it would be if they could run on a wall like spider man. i saw this as in intresting opportunity. i said," Hey, I'll bet i can run up the wall and touch the ceiling with just one step. i got people saying nah no you can't. it is pretty obvious what the result was since the wall was only anout 8 or 9 feet tall. they were impressed.
later i brought up spider man again and said i bet i can stick to the wall for a second., same responce. so i did a stall on the wal they were floored. it was cool =))

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Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:02:22 -0500

hey i have problem and i am not sure how to fix it.
when iland or do an under bar i end up hurting my big toe from bending back to much it may sound stupid but it hurts any ideas?

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Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:10:08 -0500

Heya, does anyone know where there are some public gyms with lots of fun equipment ?

I live around Nashville or Murfreesboro... I go both of those directions so if anyone knows, just reply or PM me. =P =))

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Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:46:49 -0500

I want to start regular jam sessions that happen once a week every saturday. I think noon would be a good time. And at the olympic fountain at centenial park.
The reason behind this is I want everyone to improve at a steady pace and the only way to do this is regular practice. You don't have to show up every week, just try to at the best of your ability, the only person who would be affected is yourself.
Nico and I have been talking about wanting to start somthing like this for awhile now, so hopefully this will catch on and make Atlanta a more skilled, organised, and a stronger parkour scene.

so:
every saturday, 12:00 pm, Centenial Olympic Park/ the fountain.
Take marta to the w1 stop

Peace up A-town down.

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Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:35:22 -0500

any one want to chill in gwinnett? some time maybe next weekend?
i am not very good so take this as a warning. =|
hey but i am working on progressing steadily

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Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:39:52 -0500

that was a good training session today!!!!!

Good to see you guys training again. The conditioning afterward kicked azz too! I'm gonna be sooooo wiped tomorrow.
sapien, you got STRONG bro! That broken leg did you some good! LOL

Since dan isnt' complaining about precisions anymore I can't call him tenderfoot... sooooo
New nickname for Fellowsapien: Mittens!!

LOL =P

let's hit up downtown Sunday morning.
And then the beach monday anytime you want. What do you think?

west

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Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:43:51 -0500

Anyone have some advice on speedy kongs? ever time i do one while sprinting, it slows me down a shitload. I think i'm just putting to much weight down, and launching myself too high up in the air.

More forward motion less upwards?

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Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:24:11 -0500

"Announcement:

Because some people think what I'm doing is not Parkour now I call it "freerunning." Because there is a misunderstanding and people put a definition on what I'm doing! I create freerunning and I'll put my official definition

What is Freerunning

Everything I'll say it's no more Parkour, it's freerunning!

Freerunning it's a lifestyle and an attitude

Freerunning is to see your environment differently and being able to utilize it to develop yourself!

My Parkour lifestyle is Freerunning

My way has no name

Freerunning is the name people have given to my way!

"Freerunning is following your own way, and this is my way."

-Sebastien Foucan
Co-founder of Parkour and Officially Founder of Freerunning

Saturday 10 June 2006"

http://foucan.forumactif.com/

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Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:49:18 -0500

was that a sick session or what?!! sexy.

Mittens once again proved his upper body dominance! With chester not far behind!

Mad progression all around. rolls, tic tacs, vaults. Did you see how casually dan gave me tips on vaulting?!! =O dayum!! "the student becomes the master!" That's what's up!!!

I'm not even going to think about that those sdc to cats...

Does anybody remember the quote of the day? I can't remember it. =D

We gotta train again on friday. Who's down for that?

west

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Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:53:13 -0500

I got four muscle-ups.

=)

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Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:04:00 -0500

One among us (westfury) broke his wrist today while training in ATL. This is just after he was getting back into parkour from the time his other wrist was broken. Broken bones have a traditional progression of depression -> more depression, so let me say that when you come back, overflux will be waiting.

To everyone else - train muthafuckas!

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Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:40:13 -0500

trying to find people to train with

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Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:46:27 -0500

A very interesting find.
http://parkour.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php? topic_id=6270&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&type=&mode=0&start=0

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Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:43:06 -0500

still trying to connect with any body training in cola

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Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:03:21 -0500

whats the roll call for thursday evening?

PK for life!!

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Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:07:09 -0500

Are there any gyms or fitness centers that have facilities for training?

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Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:19:45 -0500

Humidity is a big problem here in Clarksville. The average humidity is anywhere from 50%-98%. This means that during the summer, when the temperature is never below 85 (it's still in the 90's this week) humidity really holds me back sometimes. I go for a run and after 10 minutes am pouring sweat. I drink lots of water and stay hydrated, but its a pressing heat. Almost suffocating. Am I just not wearing clothes that are breathable enough? I usually run in some cotton/polyester shorts and a cotton white t (fruit of the loom) Does anyone else run into this problem?

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Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:06:00 -0500

Does anyone want to go check this out in Gainsville, FL

Hi all- the Hippodrome Cinema in downtown Gainesville,FL
opens District B13 on Sept 8th. Showtimes are
Fri,Tues,Thurs 7pm, 9pm
Wed and Sat 4:30,7,9pm
Sun 2:30,4:30,7pm
Running thru 9/14.... Hope ya can make it.
352.373.5968 [link]

THANKS.... jamin

?

maybe we can do some parkour while we're down there

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Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:11:25 -0500

Sup, well this is more for the people who need incentive to train upper body strength. Like me! =)

post the max number of muscle ups you can do and any training tips for climb ups, etc.

Pre injury max = 6 on rings

currently = ?? :(

I'll try to update in 2 weeks

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Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:48:16 -0500

Inspired by the Max Muscle up Thread.

The only way to make this fair: You have to go ALL THE WAY down. So far down that you can't go further. I mean totally all the way.

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Sat, 02 Sep 2006 09:59:43 -0500

Here are some shortcuts from 3 days of training at June.

Tell me how do you like and what is good and what is bad.

Save target as.

Joe Sampler vol.1

Greetz =))

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Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:39:12 -0500

Me and my Dre will be out at Finlay this Sunday any body else?

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Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:34:34 -0500

Super Mario Brothers Parkour on Yahoo Video

Sure we've all seen this video before, but look at the third review. I was the one who replyed with the most recent."an extreme hobby called wall jumping WTF?

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Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:27:56 -0500

See here:
http://www.overflux.com/pictures/sv- thief+demo.mp4
great demo!

Use VLC to view.
West, what was your original message? Something happened to the previous forum thead.

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Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:15:12 -0500

Well, unfortunatly we won't be able to finish our video this weekend due to rain, but what footage we do have I made into a 45sec teaser.

CSFP Teaser

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Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:40:04 -0500

Hey everyone, Im' new here and I live in the ATL.
Been lookin around and saw the thread about every saturday having sessions in centinial olympic park. I like the idea, but sadly I don't turn 16 until october, so having to way to move around (not including marta) and having my parents probably not big fans of the idea of meeting people from the internet randomly, I'm going to have to wait until I can drive.
Then I might magically run into a large group of people tracing and become friends. But until then, I probably can't attend any jams etc.

but hey.

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Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:17:34 -0500

so im planning on starting a parkour/free running club in school, but i'm assuming that whoever is in charge of the club making thing at school would want an explanation of what parkour and free running is.
what i need help on is what should i tell them? i cant just tell them that it occasionally includes tresspassing private property. my friends have already been chased by the cops for us sneaking onto my old apartments roof and going from roof to roof.
by starting this club here i believe ittl start spreading throughout where i live (New Jersey)

if you have any questions or want anything cleared just say it and ill get back to you

school starts tomorrow for me :-\

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Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:14:20 -0500

The Protector is a movie coming out this friday, and i think it will be good
but more importantly, it has some good PK in the movie along with bad-[censored] fight scenes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paKD1AWPFVc& mode=related&search=
trailer video

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Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:00:08 -0500

I'm gonna try to get out tonight, probably 7ish, maybe a bit later, try to hit up USC and surrounding downtown areas
anyone else?

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Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:18:33 -0500

Check out chase's new sampler. Amazing tricking
He's from www.3run.co.uk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFdUUaVNhUM

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Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:02:29 -0500

I don't know if i'm messing up on the jump or the tuck or both. i seem to keep landing on my butt and then my legs slamming down on the ground next, kinda like a Jin from tekken front flip move.

what do you think the problem is? the height of my jump? what can i do better

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Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:11:39 -0500

I wanted to share this with you guys.
This video is a compilation of some of the footage we had from the days that David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli were here (in Los Angeles) for the District B13 promotion.

http://www.pkcali.com/download.php? view.23

Enjoy.

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Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:30:48 -0500

I'm gonna try to make it out to Finlay for a while today, anybody else down?

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Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:03:55 -0500

Inspired by the max pull up thread and the max muscle up thread. Comes teh next big thing......
THE MAX PISTOL THREAD

for those who dont know what a pistol is
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mahler2.htm

I got 8 on my right leg, and 2 on my left.

Which is a huge improvement from 0 on my left at the beginning of today. I talked to ross about it and he said I had an achilles tendon problem. Which makes sense cause I undershot a rail presison a few months ago and strained it.

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Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:53:16 -0500

Looking for freerunners in Fayette, Coweta County to team up with every now and then when we cant make it to the A. Is there anyone out there?

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Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:36:30 -0500

Team R-Evolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0kcImM4FFw

Vaults 102 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opUoIXgEdAk

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Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:00:39 -0500

Just wondernig what are some of the favorite bands/music choices of my fellow tracuers (sp?) since we can't just listen to the sounds of...yeah, nothing witty to say, so just say what bands you likes.

for me, I'm a big fan of
Mindless Self Indulgence
John lennon
System of a Down
Beethoven (more playing his music)
ummmmm (not a band, just thinking)
beatles
other people
yeah

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Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:02:18 -0500

See title ^

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Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:40:20 -0500

Going out to Finlay this Sunday at around 2pm anybody else interested?

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Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:23:56 -0500

Short media vid. Really good accurate representation of Parkour. Congrats to Kaos and all of NE Parkour!

http://www.neparkour.com/Chronicle_NEparkour.wmv

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Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:47:55 -0500

Experiment � la wikipedia:

http://www.overflux.com/parkour_plugins/ewiki/e107wiki.php

Click 'EditThisPage' at bottom right.

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Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:01:16 -0500

Hey, if anyone is even close to leon county, would like to go run sometime somewhere, then reply here and we can make plans and stuff.

I'm pretty good at PK, I just need to work on my rolls, cause they suck. I used to be good with them, but for some reason, they just wanted to kill me now. But I'm 15, just in case you need to know, so I do have problems with leaving the house to go hang with someone I don't know because of parents. But I'm turning 16 on Oct13, and I'm getting my drivers license in Jan. 18. So not soon would I be able to get a little bit more freedom. But yeah if your close to leon county, then just make a reply and I'll see what I can do.

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Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:09:47 -0500

Hey I'm a student at North Meck and I'm a freshman, I'm kind of new and was wondering if there was anybody to train with.

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Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:19:12 -0500

i've been trying to palm spin for a total of about 6 hours and i still cant get it.

i get to about half way then i stop, what are some tips?
*im afraid to hit my shin on the thing im palm spinning or if my toes get caught below the thing i want to palm spin. and i dont want to scrape my spine against the thing im palm spinning on the way back down.

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Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:56:14 -0500

look at this shit,

I was browsing apk, and I came across a member by the name of "parkouratl" and I thought I should pm him about our weekly sessions because he is new. Then I saw this little jem in his profile. http://www.parkouratlanta.com/
He is obviously new and has no knowledge what so ever about parkour. Plus he stole apk's code (which is copyrighted) and the traceur logo (also copyrighted)
I have no association with this site, so please do not blame me for this. I have no idea who this person even is. I will email him and ask him to take it down. I apologize in behalf of atlanta, and the veiws on this site do not represent the veiws of the real atlanta scene.

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Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:51:27 -0500

when doing a wall run in general, how do you guys do it and what do you prefer?

bend the knees a little, use your toes, and lean back a bit?

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Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:34:56 -0500

Anybody hail around the Athens area? I'm a student at UGA and am looking for some comradery here around town. Atlanta is a fairly long drive, but one I should be able to do every once in awhile.

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Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:55:37 -0500

i just started parkour a few months ago
check the link then scroll down to see the vid

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Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:02:09 -0500

Anyone live in jones county or gray i live at the border of them i also dont live that far from macon

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Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:47:40 -0500

I'm just curious if anyone will be out there Sunday? It will be my first official try, but I'd really like to work on some basics. I'm running in the Greenville Mud Run on the 21st, and judging from the Mud Run 2 weeks ago, PK skills would pay off huge.

I'm also nursing a minor injury from last Sunday (I landed wrong playing Utimate Frisbee), and by Sunday I'm going to be a bundle of nervous energy. Too little exercise, you know.

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Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:37:27 -0500

Title says it all. I'll be there.

October 6th

TNT GYMNASTICS & FITNESS
2683 St.Johns Bluff Rd. S.
Jacksonville, FL. 32246

http://www.tntgymfit.com/PARKOUR/parkour.html

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Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:21:18 -0500

you know those green power boxes well i can kong those fine but i cant kong a picnic table
any tips??

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Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:25:05 -0500

does anyone have any advice on the take off. i end up looseing momentum on the take off" hop" any help.

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Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:03:08 -0500

I'm going to try other solutions now that Google Ads didn't work. On the frontpage now are ads by another company... please don't click regularly, or even daily, but just once in a while when you feel like it and maybe something halfway interesting comes up. Thanks everyone.

(May be easier just to set up a donation drive as someone suggested... but I'll wait for tshirts)

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Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:54:50 -0500

That other thread was getting pretty lengthy so I decided to start a new one so info would be easier to access. Schedule for this weekend:

Sunday @ noon, Centennial fountains.

That sound reasonable to everyone?

*EDIT* Cancelled the early morning training cuz BNP is in VA so we'll do that some other time. We'll meet at Centennial and have a good time on sunday.

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Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:23:09 -0500

http://xkcd.com/
Hilarious!

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Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:02:05 -0500

British guy living in kissimmee FL (near orlando), really wants a training partner hit me back if your interested.

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Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:03:29 -0500

I've had a good set of pk music videos that I've wanted to do for quite some time but the amount of traceurs and equipment needed for the projects have just been too out of place to do them. It is still fun to imagine at this point though.

I mean have you ever listened to a song and saw a pk session go on in your head? Do tell me if I'm just insane because that'll be fine but I'm thinking I'm not the only one. Sometimes, even when I'm rehabilitating from a really long day of pk chillen in a cold shower to help the muscles from aching and all I like to play music from the iPod and imagine just what could happen. It gives incentive to keep on going, to push the limit to what my mind's eye thinks I can do.

Either way. Does anyone aside from me think it'd be cool to do pk music videos? or even pk videos with a storyline period? I mean I know it takes a lot to make a good video in the first place and even More to make a good pk video with a storyline but I do think it is possible. During the hurricanes of '05 I was in the midst of writing out an entire set of video sequences for the Getting Away w/ Murder cd by Papa Roach.

Anything's possible if you put your mind to it but it's even more fun when you get to do it with friends!

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Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:33:07 -0500

I'll probably head out there around 3-30, should be nice and cool

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Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:28:47 -0500

hooray i'm 16, soon i can drive.

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Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:19:58 -0500

figuired id post a shoe thread because i need a shoe that has lasting grip and good shock absorbsion

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Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:08:24 -0500

Hey, I just wanted to give you a short notice heads up of something that might interest the Parkour community.
There is going to be a 4 mile Mud Run this Saturday on the Marine Reserve Base in Greenville, SC. A lot of PK skills are very valuable in negotiating the various obstacles.
http://www.t4tchallengerun.com/index.html

You find registration info in the link.

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Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:46:52 -0500

hey has anyone scouted this area before. i hwas tere the last two days for about an hour but did not really get to much done. any one else? maybe a few of us can meet up there some time. if any one knows any thing about an area at the mall respond

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Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:08:43 -0500

does anyone know if there is a gymnasium near macon or jones county

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Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:44:41 -0500

Hello to all! This is Davis from Parkour Connection inviting you to watch the final product of our efforts: "World Flow". (If you have no idea what this is about please read the bottom.) We are VERY pleased with the result and we sincerely hope you enjoy it!

You can watch the film here: http://www.parkourx.co.nr (And we apologize for its lateness.)

We would like to offer our deep gratitude for all those who participated in and supported our project. It is truly amazing the amount of support we received from all of you, so thank you very much! Finally, if we would very much appreciate it if you would spread this film. We want to show how united the parkour community truly is.

There are a number of ways you can help spread "World Flow". You can find out how to spread the word at our website: http://www.parkourx.co.nr

________

Parkour Connection is a project run by Nico Hawley-Weld and Davis Hermann which began in June. Many traceurs got involved in the project and submitted short clips of them receiving a wallet, moving the wallet closer to its destination, then throwing it to the next traceur. The goal of Parkour Connection was to show the unity of the global parkour community.

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Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:24:07 -0500

Today after cross country practice me and a few friends who do parkour convinced our coach to let us get the mats out and practice tricking in the gym. I can no do a wallspin on a 90 degree wall, I can almost do a backflip off the ground, and am getting close to a roundoff backhandspring. I tried a wall flip but it ended badly, I will focus on the backflip first and then do a wallflip. We hope to do this a few more times before the season is over.

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Mon, 25 Dec 2006 13:44:59 -0600

Alright guys, here is the deal. I told Davis I would build him a pair of precision jump trainers (two little units which house a metal bar 1.5 inches off the ground - to practice rail precisions on). I can't make any promises, but I was thinking: since I am going to the trouble to make one, why not make two, or three? So when I come back to Atlanta (on the 28th), if any of you guys desperately want me to build you a pair, let me know on this forum. And remember, you have to be in Atlanta and able to meet me before the 6th of January, because that's when I leave. I know Akilus wanted a pair, but what about Chris or Max? But if too many people reply I won't be able to deliver for all of you guys. Seriously though, these things improve balance and coordination, not to mention confidence, LOADS (as Akilus can assure you guys).

And one more thing - I am not seriously loaded right now, so these are not going to be free to you guys. You will have to pay for the supplies (I am assuming between $15 and $30), but I won't charge you guys for the construction.

Happy Holidays,

Nico

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Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:28:25 -0500

ummm i decided to post a thread about bristol and what the pking is like here! to me it is awsome!! like around castle park.. in town if anyone is from bristol talk!! :D

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Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:14:24 -0500

I dunno if this is really much help for working out, but it's a fun way to do chinups.
Grab the bar and do a half flip backwords so your but is facing the bar with your knees in your face.

Then proceed to pull yourself up and down.
You can't get full extension like this but it's more difficult to hold yourself in the upsidedown position.

This works the exact same way in pull up position.

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Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:39:02 -0500

I see that nobody's posted anything under the TN section in a long time, so i'm wondering if not too many people here in TN do parkour. lol

I'm new to parkour, and i really want to train and learn more about it, so i was wondering if any1 out there knows a place in TN, (preferable around Nashville) that would have a dojo setup for practice? basics and stuff, cuz i really just started. Or if any1 is starting and would like to meet up sometime somewhere, that'd be kool too. I really just wanna get plugged in somewhere, lol.

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Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:57:30 -0500

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Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:50:50 -0500

Hi there. My name is Tony, and I've been interested in Parkour for about a year now. I grew up in Gymnastic classes and such, but spent my teen years forgetting all that stuff and getting out of shape. So I'm now 24, and looking to get back into shape, with my focus being on Parkour.

I live in Atlanta, and I'm really glad to see that there's a weekly meet up. That's REALLY cool. I don't think I'll be attending just yet, as at this point I probably couldn't run 100 yards without loosing my breath. Baby steps.

I've gotten most of my info via YouTube and all those great videos. I actually just finished watching "Jump Britain" on Google Video and it didn't dawn on me to try and find other people around here until the end when they showed all the different groups from around the world.

So I guess I'll lurk around this site for a little while, get a sense of the community, and maybe meet you guys in the fountains one of these days.

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Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:05:38 -0600

Just started and was wondering if anyone is around MB.

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Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:37:49 -0600

hey, I am a ucf student and I have heard rumors of a parkour club that meets there. Is this true? I have a freind who I pk with and we are looking to connect with more experienced tracuers. Let me know about any meetings.

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Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:38:27 -0600

Just wondering if any of you still train in Columbia. The forum has been dead for almost a month. In any case, I've had a blast on the State House grounds. There are walls all over the place and since I recently figured out how to do wall runs I am really enjoying training over there.

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Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:24:17 -0600

Does anyone else have tuesday off? I'd like to meet up for some training if you do.

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Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:23:21 -0600

I think this guy has gone too far - http://e-stends.lv/indexen.php?mod=mod8_6_11_08

Next time he'll definately brake either his legs or his back!
Don't u think so?!

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Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:25:09 -0600

Don't u think this kind of trick is too much - http://e-stends.lv/indexen.php?mod=mod8_6_11_08

?!

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Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:38:40 -0600

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3YYC565ZkA

this is a little vault demo i made from some filming i did today. let me know what u think!

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Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:45:22 -0600

looking for runners in the orlando, florida area. would like to join or start a new session..

contact here or at indabeacch@yahoo

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Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:46:00 -0600

hey I'm not new to the terms, well most of them. I like to use parkour when I can and I have never really met a fellow traceur did I spell that right? well any way I can not get good balance, but my movement by like moving in ways im not used to is good. But each time I try to PK roll on the ground, it hurts why and how do I find a good place to train that is nearby?

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Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:12:00 -0600

Alright everyone. This is it! Pick which color combination you like best. We'll have them printed on shirts and hoodies, if people are interested. The three images immediately below are on the line here, and the last image (when clicked) shows more detail.

So, finally, I realize it's been a while but we've finally settled on this design with gameyy, a former traceur himself. This shirt is really "out there," I think, but it's a welcome change from the standard parkour tshirt. Maybe for the hoodie we can experiment by taking out the crowd or printing on the back, but I'll wait for your thoughts.

*One thing to note: in the final version, the traceur is moved a little bit so as not to cover the "F" in "OVERFLUX."

Without further ado:
*UPDATE: The first color scheme below has been chosen!

If you're curious about the phrase, "on avance toujours, et vous?", it is a classic line from a well known parkour video by David Belle. See it here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3416821515155549761& q=on+avance+toujours
I think the phrase exemplifies much of what parkour aims to be in both the physical and mental sense. The best translation I can think of is "One is always moving forward; what about you?" Though superficially an accusation, as the pronoun "On" ("One") seems to refer to the world at large, it hints at the challenge of overcoming obstacles by moving forward.

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Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:20:33 -0600

Has anyone seen it yet? It came out last night. For those of you who don't know Sebastien Foucan is one of the actors and several other traceurs are stunt doubles. Go here to look at some clips, two near the bottom have Seb in them.

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Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:33:33 -0600

I have become really interested in parkour and was wondering do you all offer any type of training or know of anyone who does? If so can you please contact me at icyboi101@comcast.net thank you for your time.

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Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:35:17 -0600

Its been awhile since we have had one, Im almost recovered from my injury and should be ready to train by saturday. So to celebrate we will have a jam. Its been far too long since the last one.
Same meeting place as ussual, Centenial Olympic park...noon...by the fountains. We will probably move to GA tech after warming up a bit.
Hopefully we will have a good turnout because it is a holiday week. :)

-BNP

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Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:26:13 -0600

Hi guyz,
how are u?
i would like to tell you that the new release of parkour.it is live!!!!

look our new website there www.parkour.it tell me if u like our graphic.
the new site has a big link page, more photogallery and....... ONE FANTASTIC CHAT

we are waiting you.
bye
trace

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Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:21:31 -0600

hi,

my name is katarina. i'm from BFG Communications (bfgcom.com) and we're an event planning company in NYC. we are hosting the Bartender's Ball this year at The Pawn Shop in Miami scheduled for Dec 17th, and we are looking for a group of Parkour performers to do a run. the space has s a long courtyard where we would be able to stage something up. this will be a 1,000 person event and we are planning for circus performers, anti-gravity, dancers, etc. a very fun and entertaining event! if there is a group of free runners down in Miami who would like to be a part of this, please contact me either at katarinajack@gmail.com or 212.763.0022 ex 275.

thanks and looking forward in hearing from you,

katarina
assistant event planner
bfgcom.com
212. 763.0022 ex 275

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Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:35:42 -0600

Anyone? Melbourne and Coral Springs are a bit of a drive... If so, any adequate training spots? I've been getting odd looks at the public parks...

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Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:14:54 -0600

I heard tell of a decent-sized group near to Charlotte we hadn't heard a/b. Sleeper-cell style, imo.

Heard tell they're kind of in chats with B, and he found out a/b them here.

U guys out there? Hello? :) Drop me a buzz and say hi!

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Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:53:36 -0600

This is a video I put together to go along with a 10 minute speech I had to do for my public speaking class. I used it for visual examples of 5 different movements, thought I'd share it with you guys too, only a couple clips are recycled from older videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOkl1sQ0xSg

*EDIT* Forgot to post the link =\

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Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:32:39 -0600

What's up friends? I know this is a little self important to start a thread about myself, but i figured I would do you guys a faor and make these forums a little more active. Anyway, the word is out, I am coming to Atlanta over winter break. I don't know the exact dates yet, but when I do I will let Davis (Avelate) know as I am staying at his house. If you guys want to contact me just post here, I'll be lurking...

How are you guys doing (BNP, Akilus and Novocane especially)? Have you been doing much training? Any major injuries or major progression? Any new folk?

As for me, up in Victoria, BC it has been raining every single day for the last 30-40 days. No joke. Even when it stops raining, its not long enough for things to dry and not be slippery. So I have been doing a lot of indoor training (in the auditorium - I'm at a boarding school, which by the way is pretty sweet), conditioning, working on rolls, and other low-impact but technical movements. I am really excited to meet up with you all again, and I hope that some of you will be around for winter break.

Peace,

Nico

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Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:03:44 -0600

me and a buddy made this in like 2 hours just messing around on campus. hope you guys enjoy (sorry for poor quallity, the camera was proper shit). we had a blast making it, this was the guy in the green shirt's first time doing parkour, he loves it now... lol. thanks for watching guys...

ps. after the semester we gotta have a big GAtech jam!

youtubish!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0IKVGq6EDzY

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Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:25:53 -0600

I think there was a discussion about this a while back but I couldn't find it. Last weekend I got a lazy turnover down, but can't do it consistently. I have tried hundreds of times (until I was so tired I couldn't get myself over the bar) but still no cosistency. Ususally when I get something and then repeat it a few times I have it for good but... Does anyone have any tips?

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Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:59:39 -0600

Has anyone heard anything from the Miami guys lately? I was thinking about getting down there again but they seem to be absent. If they are spending all this time training then that's great but...?

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Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:56:15 -0600

Hey maybe we should gather up some friends sometime and have a South Carolina jam, somewhere like Columbia or something, i know that Clemson's campus has a lot of good spots, so I'm sure USC does to.

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Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:29:52 -0600

Who else has seen this movie yet ? Seb looks great! Makes me want to start working on my kongs.

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Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:45:16 -0600

okay well um i'm having trouble mentally that is with the timing of the pk roll of how and when to start it from jumping off of something higher than ground level. also, would a fire hydrant be good to develope balance if so, how? how about a little tree stump? Is that good for balance? What could I do to develope better balance on a foot sized tree stump? what do you need help with?

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Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:24:51 -0600

Hey guys! I've recently gotten this KONG vault down...or at least I think I do! If you're having problem with kongs it might help to see this mini-guide I put together. I tried to make it informative, but it's not perfect yet.

Remember, the most important thing is preserving your forward momentum. To do this, you have to jump out and really outstretch your arms. When your arms touch, you really have to push up or gravity will bring your body down. By doing that, you have done 2 things: 1.) You have preserved the momentum you got from running by jumping out and outstretching your whole body to arc across the obstacle. 2.) You have minimized the effects of gravity on your jump by using your arms as shock absorbers. With enough strength, you can get pretty high.

Anyways, here is the link...and GOOD LUCK KONGING!!

Facebook Album: KONG!

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Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:28:59 -0600

Read more about them here: http://blane-parkour.blogspot.com/2006/11/hell-night.html

I want to start these up in Jacksonville over the winter. But first, I'm going to scout out the best location to meet and find all the training routes. The ideal place is the Landing, but if it's going to be there, I'll go in a different direction so we will experience new areas. If anyone wants to help out, let me know. I'll revise this thread once I have everything finalized.

This is basically the Traceur Challenge, except it's real. =)

Start week: the week of December 18th.

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Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:27:17 -0600

This is just a little something I whipped up today. Our big crew vid will come out (eventually) but this is just me. Keep in mind it is not the full range of my abilities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOuXl0HCdgA

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Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:15:34 -0600

Every time i try to do a tic tac, instead of mostly going upward, i am mostly going away from the wall. I use the ball of my foot on the plant, but I only go up a significant amount if this [] was the wall and my foot pushes downward and away from the wall like_[/] (only way i could make an arrow.) the thing is my foot keeps on sliping down the wall when i do that. / what do i do? I feel so stupid for having to ask. srry.
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Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:27:28 -0600

Are there any regular ga sessions? i saw some one mention it somewhere online about regular sessions at centennial park. Is any one in Gwinnett? Is there any good spots in gwinnett?

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Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:44:32 -0600

Me and my buddy Juan came up with a free alternative to the Nike + iPod training gadget. (No need for Nikes or and iPod.) Check it you, you may find it funny. (if you haven't seen the commerical, there's a youtube video of it in the post on the page)

Tony and Juan + iPod

Let me know what you think!

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Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:07:17 -0600

Well, here at clemson we suddenly realized that there are quite a few of us freerunning. so now instead of running individually we're going to try to form a clan and start running together. Our goal is to try and get the school to actually notice parkour, and maybe even have a school recognized group.

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Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:42:16 -0600

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdhiXJG4Meg

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Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:18:13 -0600

anyone around here pk? i been running alone for awhile now hitting the same places up hoping to run into someone but i havent yet. its lonely. if you are in pcola destin mary esther FWB ANYWHERE NEARBY then please send an email to me at h0tt_ma1e@hotmail.com - peace

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Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:59:44 -0600

What are yall's PK resolutions for 2007?

Mine are get a concrete turnover without a rail on top and find new spots.

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Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:52:31 -0600

Hello, this is my mandatory I'm-a-newb-pleased-to-meet-you post. I'm a female, 18, who currently lives in Peachtree City and commutes to Georgia State on Tuesdays and Thursdays (yes, it sucks). I have quite literally JUST gotten into this sport, but I'm totally in love with it. Lamely enough, I did fall in love with it through Casino Royale. Now I've done some research and am ready to start training. I'd love to hang out with some fellow traceurs, especially since I love group sports more then solitary sports. I feel a little overwhelmed about choosing where to start, and hanging out with some people who are experienced might help me with that.

If you want a little more background, my previous sports include dance, tennis, and color guard. I'm definitely into the extreme seeing as I went skydiving for my 18th birthday. I grew up in Germany, have three siblings, and am scared to tell my mom that I'm into parkour because she'll freak that it's dangerous!

Well, I'm done talking your ear off. It's a pleasure to meet you all, and if you have any tips I'd love to hear them. Thanks!

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Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:23:58 -0600

Hey everybody, i just wanted to share a new training idea i got when i was messing around on a playset. To help with precision landings after a kong vault, try laying an old tyre down on the other side of the rail/wall. Then kong, and attempt to land both feet in the centre without falling over. move the tyre around a bit and keep practising. It really helped me a lot.

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Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:32:26 -0600

Alright this is an area I've been really curious about. esspecialy this part
http://www.artinfreedompark.org/images/ 54columns.jpg

So I was wondering what dates are best for you guys?

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Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:08:06 -0600

Alright it's time to get the pk scene going in the area. Anyone in the greater Huntsville area or North Alabama for that matter that wants to get on a regular training schedule let me know.

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Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:00:40 -0600

Didn't intend to start a new thread here. Apologies.

If all are welcome and the weather's good, I'll be there to learn and maybe get some photos. Lemme know when.

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Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:21:12 -0600

Hi Guys,
First off let me introduce myself. I'm Stunt, a new member of OverFlux. I was was wondering now, what do you prefer to do to get into shape for all this crazy stuff (I'm not quite sure what is what considering names). I'm currently 14 years old (turning 15 in August) and am around 150 pounds.

I don't want to complain about my body but I have complaints, I have a little bit of "man-boobs" as some people call them and want to get rid of them. Also I wouldn't mind dropping a few on my thighs and knees in order to get those skinny knees most people has. I really want to take into this and am looking for a gymnastics place to train right now. Any recommendations for my "pound-losing" would be appreciated.

If you want to know what I can do, well so far, alls I can do is jump a wall twice. For an explanation, look at this:

I jump with my foot once, don't push back though, I push up, so then I jump again, and grab the ledge of the wall (this is my driveway). But yeah, if anybody can give me some "pound-losing" or free running (as I call it) pointers, please, post.

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Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:09:59 -0600

Check out our first group run, and let me know what you think.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1792369564

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Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:33:40 -0600

Hey im an English tracer, been praticing for year and 5 months now, so not amazing yet but im no noob either lol.
My familys taking a holiday in florida in april, going to be staying in kissimmee. visting the theme parks, the usual tourist shizz. We're going to spend a few days just round the hotel, but im not into that so i thourght i'd see if anyones around and wanting to train, would like to see if the scenes any diffrent and if i can learn anything new.
so,yeh if anyones interested at all please reply, i can find out all the details I havnt said yet, and which day(s) ill be free nearer the time, just wanted to see first of all if I'd get any replys.

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Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:16:43 -0600

I see that there are alot of you guys from Jax here. Also I noticed that the threads are pretty old. Is there still a good gathering of Pk'ers in Jax? and if so, where do you guys meet up. Im fairly new to the scene and would love to meet up with some people.

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Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:02:41 -0600

Alright, so I found a gym in Alpharetta today. I went in an talked to the instructor and while they don't have open days, they do have "birthday parties." She didn't know the price off hand as she doesn't do the money portion of things. I had the fun task of explaining to her that it wasn't for an 8 year old girl, and that was interesting. But I was really surprised to see that she actually sounded very enthusiastic about it. I kinda tried to give her a 2 second summation of Parkour, and she actually wrote it down and said she;'d be really interested to look it up. (I also gave her the name David Belle to point her in the right direction.)

So, I won't be able to get price information until Monday (and actually that will be when I figure out whether or not they'll let us do it) but I wondering, how many people would be willing to come out for this?

Here's where it is.

I'd really like to get at least 6 to 8 guys out, and hopefully someone more experienced who might be able to actually kind of lead the session.

I know I'm new to all this, so maybe I'm going about this all wrong, but I just wanna get this going, so let me know what you guys think.

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Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:45:12 -0600

This is short notice but its important!!
Me, BNP, and everyone else in the world is meeting up in Centennial Olympic Park @ 2pm on Sunday the 4th for the best jam in the world. We gotta push through these winter months and continue training. I know the superbowl is also on sunday but thats why its so important to train on that day, the city will be EMPTY! And by training at 2 all of us can still make it home/party before the game even starts or at least before 1st quarter is over. Post here if you think you're coming so we dont leave anyone behind, if you want my cell # send me a PM.

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Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:50:09 -0600

I would really like to have a jam in Athens, I realize that it is quite a drive for a few of you but I think that the freedom offered by a smaller town could reward all of us, plus it is difficult to get a ride out to Atlanta to practice with the rest of the folks. I really liked practicing with some more experienced traceurs so if anyone else is interested in coming to Athens to practice we could possibly arrange something.

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Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:29:31 -0600

OK, so I've been watching PK videos on YouTube and Google for over a year now. I spent a good long time thinking, "I wish I could do that."

I think it was buying a house and moving in that just made a good starting point. Something about having a home has made me more able to commit to getting in shape.

So for the past month I've been pushups and dips and sit ups while I watch TV at night. I've been reading every "getting started" guide that I can find. Couple weeks ago I finally went out to the local park and started trying some vaults over picnic tables and benches. last Sunday (while everyone else was at Centennial Park...damnit!) I went out and started tic-tacing up walls.

I gotta tell you, at this point, I'm hooked. I've always been inspired by and in awe of the movement of Parkour, but since actually getting out there and starting to do some of it...I can't get it off my mind. Literally every time I'm walking I'm thinking about it. Every time I find myself in a new place, I can't stop looking around and figuring out what's usable to a traceur.

I'm sure this is nothing new to any of you, but I just had to say something. It's never too far out of my mind.

So now I look forward to meeting some of you guys, and improving (a lot).
Don't know how to close out a post like this, so yeah...rock on.

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Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:05:25 -0600

"TK17 of 3run.co.uk" wrote ...
If you are David Belle, please do not read this post. It is a surprise.

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I have a great deal of respect for David Belle, both in his role as the founder of parkour and as an athlete and a human being.

For nearly a year, I have been trying to think of some way to repay him, to give back some of what I owe him for creating the art that has brought so much good into my life.

This is not easy. From what I have read, David Belle does not want to be worshipped. He does not want to be idolized. He sees himself as just another person, doing his best to improve himself and help other people. He doesn't want any kind of reward. I don't know him personally, so a particular gift would be inappropriate.

But I think I have come up with an idea that will work. It is something we can all do together, as a worldwide community. It is simple, and easy, but at the same time it could mean a lot, if enough people are willing to participate.

Here it is: If you feel that David Belle has touched your life in any way, that his art or his example have helped you to become a better person or led you to something good in life, take a picture of your hand, and e-mail it to AHandforDavidBelle(at)gmail.com. That's it. It takes about sixty seconds.

After a month or so, if I've gotten enough pictures, I will compile them into a single image to send to him, as a sign of our respect and appreciation for him as a worldwide community. Nothing fancy, nothing embarrassing, nothing over the top. Just proof that he has made a difference in the world. I'm pretty sure he already knows it, but I'm also pretty sure that's all he ever wanted.

If you don't think it's worth the time or effort to take a picture of your hand and send it in, imagine a world without parkour, and ask yourself whether it's the kind of place you want to be. Please. I'd like EVERYONE to participate, and I truly mean EVERYONE. I'd rather have to slave away to deal with 10,000 pictures than end up with only a dozen.

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Please copy this message into any parkour forum that you know. This is from all of us, around the world. If you can translate this into another language, please do it.

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Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:31:21 -0600

any and all jams in athens will be posted here, the first one is Saturday February 10, I am trying to collect as many people as possible so if you are interested you can email me at warpigs330@gmail.com

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Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:49:57 -0600

Hey if any one is out there this is for finding people in NC. Me and my brother Talabosia might rep this state, but we need to know if any one else will.

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Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:36:53 -0600

Decatur Jam this sunday at 1:00
Take marta to the decatur stop

or mapquest this address and park in the area

205 E Ponce De Leon Ave Ste 5 (Cross Street: Church Street)
Decatur, GA 30030

my number is (404)373-8207

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Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:42:32 -0600

to let it be stated i hate the cold! 60 is too cold for me! training in the cold is not my idea of fun but one must soldier on. i need a training buddy any body in the metro running? friend would help me deal with old man winter. so who comes out and where?

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Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:44:09 -0600

Hi, I'd like to show u our freerun video, which was directed last summer. Our group is from Poland. Please comment and enjoy :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrvXxw1T9zs

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Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:05:20 -0600

yo, i have a big problem when it comes to dash vaulting.
for some unexplained reason(or at least unknown to me), i can't seem to throw my hands back to push of the obstacle and proceed to landing.
i can clear the objects perfectly in many ways w/o any problem and more than enough air and distance to land safely. so if yall have any tips or tricks for me to pull it off i will gladly welcome it.

i've also tried to use the force and the most i got out of it was concrete surface to the [censored].

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Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:55:39 -0600

Updated edit: OK, Sunday the 25th, we'll be meeting at The Varsity at 1pm, and walking over to Georgia Tech for a few hours of training. Hope to see you there!

--original post---
Anyone in the Atlanta area want to do something this weekend? I'm still too new to start suggesting locations, but if the weather on Saturday is at all like it is today, I think we'd all regret not getting out there and doing something. So anyone got any suggestions?

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Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:18:18 -0600

Anyone anyone?

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Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:55:44 -0600

Earlier today I was talking to somebody about parkour. They asked me a question that I had no answer for, so I shall turn here. It isn't a question that I've heard come up too often, but is nevertheless an important issue. This is what this person asked me: "Years from now, isn't this going to be bad on your joints? Were we really designed to handle so much force?"

While I feel no major problems, and only minor annoyances of somewhat stressed ankles/knees when my technique isn't perfect, I still can't help but question the ramifications of putting my body under this stress. I strongly suspect that the human body is indeed capable of these things without worry of undue stress and complications, but I also suspect that there is a proper way to condition ourselves.

Has anybody heard of any long-term problems with performing some bigger jumps and falls (assuming perfect technique)? Also, would any activities/exercises enhance the body's ability to deal with such large forces? I'm guessing that weight training puts a similar strain on the joints as parkour, but wouldn't at least some sort of weight training supplant the body's conditioning?

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Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:44:02 -0600

Hey there's a really active group here in Alabama now. The Auburn Freerunning group. We jam about 3 days a week. Let me know if any of you guys want to jam and whatnot. Email me at robincc@auburn.edu

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Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:14:51 -0600

Hey Guys I just found out about this site and thought I'd try to get us up with some local traceurs and freerunners! You can see a big improvement between videos 1-3. Oh by the way, I'm Cody. You can email me at robincc@auburn.edu.

Group Videos
1st - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MtCyvnRYvA
2nd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiwO1-tz0p4
3rd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ZI-6YsDUc

Solos
Mike's 1st - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IzEwaURsko
Moe's 1st - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIi5CYoMeWU
Cody's 1st - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHuCUCfGA50
Mike's 2nd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNpwwADkIVY

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Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:49:49 -0600

Well it's been well over a year since I came to this site and met up with the people here. I now live in Pennsylvania, work full time, and will be starting college for Germanic Linguistics at the end of the year or the beginning of next year. I've gotten into some trouble since I came up here, generally involving drinking heavily. While drinking I fell in with some of the wrong people and got into some big trouble. Me and some other people broke into some businesses and got arrested. I've already served 3 months in jail and am currently out on bail. The amount of guilt and remorse that I feel is tremendous. I have since made up with everyone that was involved and am currently living with my fiance. I will be officially sentenced in another month or so and am looking at up to 9 more months in prison. I felt bad about leaving florida and never saying anything to anybody, especially when I enjoyed being around you guys and participating in Freerunning/Parkour with you guys. I hope that you guys can forgive me and look past what I did and realize thats not really who I am. When all of this is behind me I am going to get back into Parkour heavily again. Thank you.

David

Silentgreen

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Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:49:39 -0600

OK, yesterday was my third week in a row going out, and today is the third Monday in a row that my lower legs are really sore. Obviously I'm going to feel something after a day of running around, but I'm worried that I may be doing more bad than good in that area of my body.

I've always had really strong (and oddly large) calves, and they never hurt, it's basically every other muscle below my knees that do. The sides and front of my shins end up being sore, and the muscles along the top of my foot are really sore.

Anyone know any good techniques to better condition this part of my body?

Thanks for any help!
Tony

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Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:49:48 -0600

In my english class we are taking about poetry. The teacher said that, like poetry, anything done well has rythm. My mind always seems to go to parkour but this especially. It seemed to be a perfect definition for flow, the better the rythm in the run the better the flow. Just my thoughts.

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Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:03:00 -0600

BNP had placed a link to this in the chatbox earlier, but I just got around to it, and noticed that there's very little representation from our area on there.

Let me back track: Planet Parkour is a Google maps site that lists traceurs and good PK locations around the world. It only takes a couple minutes to put yourself up there, same with places. So I'd like to encourage everyone to list themselves so that we can find more like minded people!

EDIT: Ha! Didn't place the link!
http://www.worldwidejam.tv/PlanetParkour.1a.html

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Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:37:52 -0600

Alright sunday is my b-day, last year we had a jam on it aswell.
Parkou is probably the most appealing thing I want to do for my b-day. lol

So how bout varsity at 1:00 Sunday

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Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:15:57 -0600

Today we went to a gym for my birthday (on Tuesday, ya BigNinja!) It was sick! I did a lot of wallflips, I'm going to find a wall by some grass and try soon, I taught the wallspin and a few guys picked it up. I now have the confidence for double kongs, we worked on 360 cats, never got them though, did some precisions. We did some actuall gymnastic stuff. but then we also set stuff up and did some crazy stuff. Springboard to diving kong to wallflip, handspring/frontflip to cat (as seen in Jumb Britain never got it though), springboard diveroll through a hole, ect. Tim tried to do a double front flip but face planted nasty and now has a shiner. We stayed for 2 hours, wish it could have been 4.

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Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:41:00 -0600

We'll be in downtown Auburn at 12:30 - 3:30 friday afternoon! We're starting filming on the 4th video so come out and support. For all peple in GA. We are an hour behind you guys so take that into account if youwanna go and email me at robincc@auburn.edu. Or...call me at 251-752-0239

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Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:01:00 -0600

OK, So I've got this one side to my house that's never seen. The wife says it's mine to do with what I want. So I wanna try and build a small set of movable boxes, various hieghts and all, to act as a small PK play place so to speak.

I'm planning on keeping at least one of the planters, as they're very stable, and I think I could cover one of them with plywood, and stick a handrail out of it.

So I can't really secure anything to the fence, or the wall of the house. And I should probably keep things below 6 feet (not that want to build anything that big anyways.)

So anywho...I'd love to get some suggestions from you guys, of some structures I could maybe emulate, stuff that's really useful. Ever found a structure that you could just play on for hours? That's the kind of stuff I'm looking for.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for you guys to plan and build the thing for me, I just want to make this the best I can, and I'd hate to have built it and then people say, "you've should have tried this" and it be something simpler, and better, than anything I ever thought of.

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Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:49:56 -0600

There are some videos out there that just make you want to go out and train immediately. Let's collect the links here....

Here's one to get us started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdahQf0S7yc
Not the best, but it doesn't have many drops or flips and shows tons of techniques. The sequence at 2:16 gets me every time.

[edit: link fixed]

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Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:13:37 -0600

is anyone in the woodstock/ south cherokee county area?

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Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:10:33 -0600

when ever I want to valut a rail that has more than one bar on it, i always freeze and my mind like won't let me do anything. I want to start vaulting more rails cause single rails are hard to come by. Any help?

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Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:35:35 -0600

please add stuart FL to the list

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Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:01:52 -0600

Ok since no one showed up to my birthday jam ( I went to the crc and went to a group mma session and did some submission fighting, the worked on wall-spins)

Lets meet up sat at 1, centenial fountains.
Please try to refrain from bringin attention to yourself before everyone shows up. lol
I dont want to get kicked out that quickly again.

so lets do some training

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Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:28:01 -0600

my homeroom teacher let me practice speed vaults for about 5 minutes before everyone else came in. It was cool =). Oh ya, i was doing it over some waist high desks

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Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:08:17 -0600

Here are some photos I took of the local area around my dorm here in Kobe. I'll add more photos as I find other great places for parkour. Hopefully this will give all you folks back home some ideas and encouragement (especially if you ever plan on visiting Japan).

http://www.flickr.com/gp/7244128@N05/3ZLC7q

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Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:32:07 -0600

what does site rating mean?

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Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:57:02 -0600

I am trying to organize a jam in Athens with all of you guys in atlanta/outlying areas. any weekend is all right for me, I want as many of you guys as possible. please respond with dates and times that are the most flexible for you if you are interested in coming.

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Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:16:06 -0600

Does anyone know a good way to work your upper back (not sure of the exact name) at home? I found ways to work on every muscle except the upper back.

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Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:38:24 -0600

What happens when the global parkour community unites? World Flow.

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Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:58:14 -0600

I just HAD to go out today. I spent an hour driving finding nothing good in Alpharetta, then within 15 minutes of being outside my car...

Anyone want to help me confirm if my ankle is actually sprained or not?

I did a Kong over a small wall onto a green box, and everything would have been fine if it was anything but a green box. My left foot landed, and then slid off the edge closest to me (the edge I went over) sending my foot slapping back down off the green box. Kinda like when you pull the handle of your car, but it's locked, and the force of the pull makes you finger slip off and it hurts like a mofo...like that, but on my foot.

It hurt, bad, but not like a sprain or anything. I move my ankle around, no sharper pain or anything. I stretch it with my hands, no extra pain. I try and use my foot muscles to stretch, pointing my toes is fine, pulling my toes back towards my shin, less range of motion.

I walk on it some. I can walk on it, but it's a little tender. I figure I just hurt it some, give it a few minutes, and it will be fine. I try to do calf raises to test the weight, it's fine to a certain extent, but I can't go as high as my right foot. I walk on it a little more, and decide it'd be better to get off of it and let it rest.

I get in my car...it starts to ache. I find putting my leg forward and just resting my foot against the foot rest in the footwell is fine. I try putting my knee at 90 degree, placing the weight of my leg on it, searing pain. I rest my leg back forward. It's getting worse as I drive.

I get out of my car, place my left leg down, and my God it hurt. I literally had to hop into the house.

The big thing is I don't understand why the pain is getting worse, and I'm losing function...seems like that should have started from the beginning.

I hope I wake up tomorrow all better and I can still go to Decatur. Pray for a miracle.

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Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:35:34 -0500

hey i was at the mall with my family to pick up a new pair of runners saucony grid cohesion
and i told them i wa sgoing to test them out side real quik so i hande dthe box of to my mom and they got in the car and as they were going across teh street i had the wicked idea of using pk to get there before them. so i ran across parking lots ,almost got hit by a car and in the end i caught them as they wer epulling into a parking spot looking at their faces was great because i knew they were probably thinkin," DANG he really does work hard at this."
boo yah !! traceurs-1; cars-0!!

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Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:38:41 -0500

Hey all.

I know we used to have a google calendar that was updated with Overflux events and session listings. I am absolutely addicted to that thing (seriously, it runs my life) and I would love it if the Overflux one was kept updated. Is there any way we could tie it to the events system, so that whenever somebody created an event it was easy for them to update the calendar too?

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Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:03:47 -0500

Hi everybody
I am new to this forum and I am very much interested in Parkour. I wud love to learn the sport..Can anybody kindly let me know if there is any training calsses being conducted in Vermont state.
Kindly reply with if anyone has any info.
Thanks a lot

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Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:04:21 -0500

how bout 1:00?

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Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:36:13 -0500

Saw this on Digg.
http://joshsgarage.typepad.com/articles/2006/11/ frank_miller_mo.html
Interesting read.

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Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:39:24 -0500

Keep an eye on your callouses. Get rid of them every once and a while (soak in warm water, and scrape gently with a butter knife.
http://beastskills.com/calluses.htm
I bring this up because today I tore off two (one on each hand) doing underbars. Nothing ruins a beautiful parkour day like being completely able to do anything, as long as you don't have to touch things with your hands.

So jeep your eyes on 'em!

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Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:38:21 -0500

who's gonna training this spring and summer?

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Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:11:25 -0500

Hi. I'm new here and a noob to parkour. It is something I'd like to get into. I've tried practicing some basic things that various websites suggested on my own. I'm not sure that I'm doing it right and if not then I'm probably not doing myself any good. I'd love to meet up with some people if they're going to be training anyway and get some pointers on what I should be working on first, what kind of routine is good when I'm on my own, and what I'm doing wrong with the things I'm trying so that I can work on improving them. I talked to BNP for a while last night but he said that he wouldn't be around this weekend but suggested others might be. Thanks.

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Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:40:25 -0500

Hey, the name's Daffy,

The UCF FreeRunners meet every week, sometimes twice a week in the field between the Math/Physics building and Ferrell Commons. Everyone is welcome to join us, join the facebook group and we'll send you the meeting times. add me

So far there are about 8 of us active and another 6 who never make it.

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Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:43:08 -0500

Hey, the name's Daffy,,,

The UCF FreeRunners meet every week, sometimes twice a week in the field between the Math/Physics building and Ferrell Commons. Everyone is welcome to join us, join the facebook group and we'll send you the meeting times. add me

So far there are about 8 of us active and another 6 who never make it.

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Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:58:09 -0500

For all of us in the ATL area that are heading to Athens this weekend lets arrange a carpool to save time and money. I don't mind driving as long as those riding with me pitch in some gas & parking money (I can fit 4 ppl in my car). This sound good to everyone? We can meet up somewhere that everyone can get to like a marta station or something and then ride to UGA together.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:35:33 -0500

Aight, heres the deal GA. I've been emailing back and forth with a gym who seems pretty interested in Parkour and right now seems like they are very interested in allowing us some open gym time. I won't say what it is just know its up in Marietta, GA. The cost is as follows (I think its very reasonable) a registration fee of $55, this lasts for a year. And $5/hour of gym time. If you are interested post here and also post your age, only post if you plan on coming at least the first time b/c if we get enough people I may be able to reduce the registration fee. I'll probably be going by next week to check out the facilities.

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Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:49:28 -0500

Hey

My names Grace, and I live in the UK!

I am coming over to Florida in the Summer, for vacation, and was wondering if i could join any of you guys for meets lol

I will be out between 1st July and 16th July

I think i am staying in the Keys, the first week, and Naples the second.

Are any of you guys from around there? and if you are, are you able to jam any of them weeks?

Cheers

lil G

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Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:31:24 -0500

So obviously most of us found PK through the internet, so I'm wondering which sites other people here frequent. Whether it be good videos, good articles, or just good discussion, which are your favorites?

I go between American-parkour.com (good forums), overflux (of course), and woldwidejam.tv(a few good articles, though they don't update very often)

Anyone got some other good ones?

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Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:10:08 -0500

http://images.sportsshoes.com/product/I/INO12/ INO12_400_1.jpg

these are the shoes I recently ordered. Should get them in in less than a week so I'll keep you guys posted!

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Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:24:03 -0500

can anyone tell me a good and easy way to pull off a wallspin? i can do a handspin no problem and it seems that the wallspin is similar to the handspin so im thinking that i can maybe pull it off. i started to wonder on this because i can do a handspin on the trunk of my car, and one of my friends pointed out that im pretty much completely vertical (as if i was wallspinning) when i do it. my biggest problem is that i don't know how to aproach the wall to begin with.

does anyone know when the free running game comes out in the U.S.?

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Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:44:52 -0500

The other thread got pretty darn crazy, so we'll put it to rest and comment here.

I had a lot of fun guys. It was really interesting to realize we had all the active traceurs in GA there. pretty cool. Also kinda sad that our state on has 11 traceurs...but oh well, we'll grow.

I looked over the video, and I fear it's not going to be great, but it'll be worth watching for us at least. Most of the shots are pretty stagnant, and I guess my camera isn't as great as I thought it was (lack of zoom and such) Maybe it's just that all you people suck at video, I don't know.

Well, I had fun. I hope to see some of you guys back in Atlanta some time!

Oh, and lastly, a one and a half hour drive after a day of PK is great for letting the lactic acid soak into my muscles...getting out of the car was a TON of fun.

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Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:06:18 -0500

Hi all,
I'm a video artist and am starting to make a video on parkour/freewalking. I'd like to meet some of you and eventually shoot some video with y'all. When do you meet at Centennial Park?

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Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:48:15 -0500

Ok, so these are something I'd never seen before Athens, but they seem awesome for the upper body.

I don't know if they have a name, but this one seems to fit so I'm using it for now.

Basically, get on your hands and knees and crawl down a flight of stairs (head first), stretched out--as if you were trying to mimic a spider and keeping your torso as close to the stairs as possible.

Then, when you get to the bottom, reverse the motion for an even better workout, crawling back up the stairs with your head still pointed down.

I didn't do too much of this on Saturday in Athens because I was afraid I'd burn myself out before the day ended, but they look like a great trick that I'll be adding to my regular sessions.

Anybody have any advice about these? Tips on how to make them better/more challenging, for example?

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Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:49:25 -0500

So, I've noticed that we tend to do an every other week kind of thing. I know we were all out this past weekend, but I'd like to hit it this weekend, and then skip a week. (if we want to stick to a every other week thing)

I bring this up because I'm free to go out when my wife works weekends (every other week) and if I go out when she's not working I get the "I never get to see you" speech. Don't get me wrong, I love my wife, but I also love PK, so you know, you have to juggle your wife and your mistress.

Am I asking too much, or is everyone cool? I only ask cause I fear we'll skip this week, go next weeke, and get on an every other week schedule that's opposite of my "time off" schedule. Heh.

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Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:40:14 -0500

OK, after looking at all the footage, most of it is not great. Lots of bad framing, people standing around in the back, traceurs just stopping after a vault...not something we want to advertise overflux with. But, I know that everyone here still wants to see what came out, so I edited together all the good takes real quick like and put them up on YouTube. This is really just for those of us that were there to enjoy the memories.

So here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp9qt2gh6Do

The video just went up, so if it doesn't work, give it a little more time, and it'll show up.

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Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:40:25 -0500

It's at http://blane-parkour.blogspot.com/

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Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:10:04 -0500

Alright Mates!

I give you the soon to be winners of the MTV Battle of the Videos!
Please help ensure the hotness of Linkin Park wins this.

You know you love yourself some Linkin Park.

Safe runnings to all!

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Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:36:24 -0500

Check out this vid that was made probably before you were ever born. lol.
Vid shown at youtube.

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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:57:57 -0500

well me and my cousin were bored so we got some friends together and went to a local park when it got dark to play a game called "ghosts in the graveyard". basicly hide-and-go-seek in the dark. we set the boundries at about 200X200 yrds and all went to go hide. now this in itself does not sound benificial but it is alot like playing tag for parkour but also like what i have heard called ninja-nights. this game teaches you quiet movement and muscle control that you just don't get when it is light out.
and if you add the twist we did, if you are seen and calles out you have to keep running continuously until you are tagged or reach "base"
has anyone else ever done any games like this?

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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:57:33 -0500

If I understood correctly, you guys were planning on meeting at Centennial for another session. We still on for this?

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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:19:35 -0500

Today a gunman at VT killed over 20 people and then took his own life. My heart and prayers got out to the victims and their families. Look at the article on cnn.com

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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:11:31 -0500

so i went o the jam in athens and i brought my back pack to carry my stuff. good idea SV!
* pat on back* but as the jam progressed not only did my stuff go in so did other peoples hoodies and such which i'm not complaining i'm just saying. in th ewise and eloquent worfs on Mr. toekneebullard, " we have become the Bag-B****" mmm comforting,
well with all the weight and insecurity of abackpack i got into my car with bruises from the rub. sooooooooo...
i was wondering if any one has looked at a better way to carry items such as cell phones,cameras and such stuff.
i know its pricey but take alook at this i know i wa talking a little about it but check it out
http://www.urbantool.biz/index.jsp?page=shop

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Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:43:35 -0500

Found this on urbanfreeflow and felt it was worth passing on for those who may not visit that site.

http://urbanfreeflow.com/the_core_level/pages/archives/ dilution.htm

Brings up some good points.

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Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:15:28 -0500

Recently I've noticed that I've been seeing more and more of these so-called 'little things' that allow me to utilize what I know from parkour and apply them in interesting situations. Two months ago this would not have been the case, but having everybody in Athens really seems to have jump-started this kind of spatial and kinesthetic creativity. Perhaps this is merely something that comes with experience, and I am finally opening my mind wide enough to be able to perceive this. Regardless of the reason, thank you to everybody who maintains a free and open spirit. Your doing so has improved my parkour, and likely others as well.

I know a formal thank-you isn't needed, but I do extend my appreciation and gratitude because there are other prospective traceurs (I feel this is a title gained through experience..no offense meant!) that are willing to be open. The very fact that I have seen multiple perspectives on my "normal" environment is definitely putting me in a good direction. So once again, thank you to everybody for training and practicing, and then extending that to others so that we can grow more as a whole and less as a bunch of individual pieces. In the upcoming weeks, months, (years!), I hope to provide such things to others.

Now, just to make it to an Atlanta jam...oof. Sorry for letting the crew down lately, but this summer may give me the opportunity to practice more and more in the Atlanta area, so hopefully there is room for more.

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Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:31:50 -0500

Im a beginner at parkour, ive only been doin it for about a month, all i can do are, Vertical Tic-Tac Backflips, Reg. Backflips, Reg. Frontflips, some advice on the Do's and Dont's would be greatly appreciated

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Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:18:28 -0500

OK. Decatur, 12noon.

Go here
On the SouthEast corner of Sycamore and Church street is, well, a church. Free parking, (not sure what it will look like at noon on a Sunday, but we'll see I guess). If you can't park there, let's meet there.

If you can't make it at Noon, call me when you get into town (4O4353OOOO) and we'll find you.

See you there!

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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:22:28 -0500

Is the video shoot on for saturday around tech - around 2:00? And then check out the space around The Contemporary? I hope so -- if not, I can follow you guys in Decatur or wherever. Anyone I haven't been taping is certainly welcome.

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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:35:18 -0500

I F'ed up pretty bad today.

The online PK community is a great place for people to show others how bad they sound in retrospect.

I posted that "ad" in a haste before work and I may have totally destroyed my image with many people and that was in no way my intention.

Unlike the internet, print publishing is extremely expensive and that weight weighs down on ones creative shoulders.

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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:37:53 -0500

Ok, so lately I've had a couple of guys express interest in joining Fish and I and learning more about Parkour, maybe doing a basic workout with us.

I'm looking forward to it, and I've introduced people to the art before (Fish can regale you with tales of the women's softball team that found us fascinating the last time we were out) but I'm always looking for a fresh perspective, so. . .

Any recommendations from those of you who have 'recruited' friends to parkour? What do you suggest as the best things to teach first? What things should I emphasize that will keep them safe and uninjured, and enjoying themselves, so that they get a good taste of what the art is about and how it feels to practice it in just a short one or two our session?

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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:57:20 -0500

The chatbox has been getting a little crazy lately because of this topic. If you want to post your thoughts, do so here, and I will try my best to convince you that you're wrong. Kidding! =)

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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:24:02 -0500

lookin for more people in the knoxville area, already tearin up ut campus, hit me up on myspace.com/mad_b_rad

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Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:40:51 -0500

OK. As some of us know, the number of failed overflux initiatives could kill a fair-sized armadillo. So this one is really simple. Let's work on this one technique and post vids of it, until we eventually everyone participates and we all really get one technique down. I'm not sure if this will even play out, but here's one clip to start us off:

Obviously there's lots of things to improve in the video: faster, stepping out, doing it on a real wall, and probably some stuff I don't see. (I came up with this idea after taking the video). Anyway, this is much simpler than editing an entire video. One technique at a time...

So, email me your short clips! parkour at overflux dot com.

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Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:44:06 -0500

Would Sunday, May 6th, 2:00, GA Tech work for another video shoot? (Please don't tell the guys making the lottery commercial?) ;). Then go up to the Contemporary and check out the space? By the way, The Contemporary dates switched from July 28th to the 21st -- hope that still works for everyone who wants to do that.
http://www.thecontemporary.org/

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Tue, 01 May 2007 00:52:03 -0500

I was on my way home today from my high school and i jumped this 7 set of stairs then tic-tacked over the next 4 set then vaulted over a mailbox then i did a vertical tic-tac Backflip(im not fully straight on the lingo yet is a vertical Tic-tac backflip is were you run up a straight up a wall and do a backflip?).

I know i know, thats not that good , but im just beginner, man im happy.

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Tue, 01 May 2007 07:05:46 -0500

Hi,I am a architectural student in Sydney Australia doing my final year project. Anyway the site for the project is Atlanta and more specifically the beltline area which surrounds the downtown area. I was wondering if you guys use that area for parkour?? And if so would you have any images, videos etc. of the action in this area. I guess for my studies I'm interested in the value of the more derelict parts of the city and how they are used by the community. Any help would be really appreciated.

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Wed, 02 May 2007 07:21:24 -0500

wasssapening fellas, i haven't visited yall in a while cuz ive been busy. i was wandering if you homies could give me some info on easy to perform tricks like flips and aerials and what not. also if you guys could tell me what tricks ware the most easy to learn for you and why, i know that tricking is not parkour but i am looking into expanding my creative expression.................nah i just want to learn them cuz they look kick [censored].
any and all info is greatly apreciated thanks

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Wed, 02 May 2007 10:16:06 -0500

Track season is over and my friend and I went to talk to the coach about letting us use the high jump and stretching mats to train on. My friend just won the the state championship in pole vault so she couldn't say no. For the next 2 weeks everyday after school the five guys who go to our school and are serious about parkour can spend 45 minutes using mats in the gym. Yesterday was the first day and it was amazing! Three of us can now do a wall flip. We can all now do backflips standing on a thin stretching mat and one of us can do it standing anywhere now. We also worked on some tic-tacs and dive rolls over the mat.

I am a firm believer in flips are not parkour but they are good in training body control while in the air, not to mention just plain fun!

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Wed, 02 May 2007 15:49:53 -0500

Hey i just did my first kong yesterday, and it only hapened on my third try....the other 2 were split vaults........now, for my problem. As you can see with the link here, i twist my legs to the side, just so that i can clear the table, why does this happen and how can i fix it.....
post more later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pggKGrFKzHI

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Wed, 02 May 2007 16:13:56 -0500

Hey guys you all should come to Auburn sometime and check out our area. Telling you, there are plenty of awesome places for PK/FR. Just wondering if you guys are actually interested in coming over to AU to Jam with us. Post if you are! Maybe we can arrange a time!

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Thu, 03 May 2007 12:09:07 -0500

im serious I've been trying all the things like jumping higher, but I think it is all the technique

i dont understand how to approach and all that stuff

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Thu, 03 May 2007 16:41:24 -0500

hey isn't this the weekend that nico's down here? we should have another jam that weekend. kind of a welcome summer training season and nice AT THE SAME TIME!!! hahaha
is anyone up for it?

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Thu, 03 May 2007 20:59:06 -0500

It hasn't been mentioned at all here yet, but today, Max, Chris, and I were the "stunt team" for a Georgia Lottery commercial.

Sunday, while training in Decatur, two guys walked up on me and Novacane, and said "we're looking for guys like you." They were actually looking for Max, but we were a nice find too.

Long story short, I let Chris know about it, and he ended up being a principal actor in it (very first shot of the commercial) and Max and I ended up doing background stunts climbing buildings.

Tons of fun, and we got paid for it too!

Two cars were brought in for us to jump around on, and after they were done filming with them, we got to play with them a little. I finally got to try something i've been wanting to do for a long long time.

http://www.tonybullard.com/media/TonyIntoCar.AVI

http:// www.tonybullard.com/media/MaxIntoCar.AVI

http:// www.tonybullard.com/media/ChrisIntoCar.AVI

The frame rate is worthless, cause it was on my cell, and then had to be converted...but yeah...you get the idea. I was very impressed with myself.

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Sun, 06 May 2007 13:47:37 -0500

Big Hello to the US parkour community!

Details on the project and a link to the trailer can be found at: www.whiteparkourvideo.com

For those that hate to read and prefer to see the trailer asap: www.whiteparkourvideo.com/trailer

WHITE is a DVD quality short documentary film that captures the dedication of a small group of Canadian traceurs as they struggle to increase their speed, power and grace all while attempting to become comfortable operating in the harsh environment of our Canadian winters. The WHITE team captured footage of winter parkour conditioning and skills training during 30+ shoots across across Ontario and Quebec, Jan-April 2007 in the hopes of encouraging traceurs everywhere to expand their training to include dealing with the elements of winter in all her fury:

* Deep Snow
* Poor Visibility
* Slippery Ice
* High Winds
* Extreme Cold
* Frozen Water Hazards

Just thought we'd throw out a line and get some feedback from the wider community on the project so check out the site and trailer and let us know what you think.

Much love,

James Chillcott (aka Faust X)
Director – WHITE

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Fri, 11 May 2007 11:18:52 -0500

Hi all,
Right now, The Contemporary - http://www.thecontemporary.org - has my name listed for the July 21st performance. This is not what I had in mind -- I wanted to have your names, or a name of a group, listed. Would you like your names to be listed or a group name (Atlanta PK, etc...)??

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Thu, 31 May 2007 10:45:56 -0500

this comming friday (1st) at 2
centenial or decatur?

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Thu, 10 May 2007 11:49:01 -0500

Hey if there is anyone out there in the Nashville, Murfreesboro, Franklin area we got a group of guys that have just recently started. Main stomping grounds are in Murfreesboro followed by Franklin (for the summer) so if your looking for someone to run withlet me know at niterat@gmail.com

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Thu, 10 May 2007 22:21:58 -0500

Hey as i have been staying up later and later for school and satisfying my latest addiction...curse you facebook.com 0.o, i have noticed that alot of people are in the same position i am( a mix between a cat grab and a face plant) so ijuta felt ike asking
WHY THE HECK ARE WE BEING SUCH NERDS AND SURFING OVERFLUX ALL NIGHT?!?!?! *other than the obvious because parkour is so awesome!duh!
ok so that's my late night rant and i'll be going out and practicing my no-handed cat leaps and my no-handed kongs then once i master those i'll be fling out to the uk to sabotage the parcouring.com competition. hahaha jk

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Fri, 11 May 2007 13:57:42 -0500

I think should be either June 9/10 or 16/17 in ATL. (We can also push this back to July or August) We (North FL) could meet halfway with the South FL people and carpool back up. Two day event. Either the out-of-towners crash at someone's place or we get a hotel (likely the Embassy Suites in Alpharetta).

Input!!!

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Sat, 12 May 2007 08:54:20 -0500

As I have some to jams and trained with diffeent people i have noticed that when we are training we so almost entirely spot training. this may help with creativity and technique but this inhibits our original purpose of learning parkour: moving through the environment. Parkour training in this manner becomes nothing smore than street stunts, single movements and stunts. like this ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7yKdrzs8jo ) which is great training but does not really produce flow as effectively as this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWWb4vQH4KU). the first portion of this video is spot training but the second part is where the real training between mind and body are joined and put into one cohesive union of motion.

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Mon, 14 May 2007 08:13:50 -0500

I'm up for either day. I'd like to get started earlier than 1pm though, as I'd rather not start out in the heat of the day. But you know, if people have scheduling conflicts, I'll fold like a...um...something that folds easily.

But we got to do something, somewhere.

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Mon, 14 May 2007 17:05:23 -0500

Hey,

I'm new to parkour, or new to actually wanting to try it out, and at the moment, I'm far to young (14) and far to under skilled (due to lack of being able to travel to a practice place) to practice parkour and come and participate in an Atlanta Jam.

However, my dad has offered to take me to an upcoming jam to watch, so I think I might come out. I know it might be hard to "follow" you guys, but I'll see how it goes.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

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Wed, 16 May 2007 22:44:10 -0500

what was the site for that google parkour map?

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Thu, 17 May 2007 17:42:35 -0500

awesome

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay? docid=4001097277208720031&q=jump+westminster

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Sat, 19 May 2007 21:34:12 -0500

Thought is was time to put together a day video of me working out and freerunning. It's short but sweet check it out.

Cody

--All footage was shot today with minimal cuts.

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Tue, 22 May 2007 07:53:36 -0500

yo what up?, it your boy ghost, i know that this suck but im not done yet.
i just needed some clips to work with to try and see if i could pull off a GHOST-like effect(i did this in 5min.)THIS IS ONLY A SPECIAL FX VID FOR FUTURE PK VIDS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsTLOSKAoZ0
let me know if its good so far(the effect, not the pk)

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Thu, 24 May 2007 12:24:08 -0500

There is a great online support group called overflux-eats-spammers-for-breakfast.com. I’ve found it very useful to connect with other people, since I’m not on any special weight loss program, I’m just trying to exercise more & watch what I eat. It’s free and it doesn’t try to sell you a diet plan, just connects you with others to help you stay motivated. They also have a product directory that’s very useful for finding things like exercise equipment.

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Sat, 26 May 2007 20:10:11 -0500

Hey everyone i just signed up less than 5 minutes ago. I have been interested in Parkour for a long time. Just never got aorund to finding a way to get into it.

I live in Braselton, Georgia which is by Buford and Dacula. I am trying to find ways to get into parkour and not exactrly sure how to. I am big on working out. I have alot of upper body strength, and not so much lower body strenght in which i need to fix. Its not that my lower body is weak, its that im just alot stronger up top.

Also for getting into this, is there a certain kind of shoe i should buy for the jumps. i know there isnt like a specific kind of shoe for parkour but any suggestions for ones good for high impact from the jumps?

Thanks for any help i receive from yall.

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Sun, 27 May 2007 17:49:02 -0500

Firstly, I'd really like to stress that people work on showing up on time. It's just a real pain standing around wondering if people have canceled or not.

But I don't want to make this a bitch fest.

Mainly, I just want to stress that we start using the event calendar for every event. That way people don't have to wade through pages of a discussion topic were the first page says Saturday at 2pm, and the second page says Sunday at 1.

Beyond that official stuff, now that summer is coming around, I suggest we move training to earlier morning stuff. Maybe as early as 10am. By the time lunch comes around, it's hellishly hot, and it's only going to get worse.

That's all I have to say. Carry on then.

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Mon, 28 May 2007 12:12:13 -0500

Hi all,
My video for The Contemporary is pretty much finished (Hope to see y'all at the opening on June 8th, then of course your live action on July 21st). http://thecontemporary.org/gallery_currex.asp
How would y'all like to be credited? With your real names or aliases? I have the real names of Red Spider, Zanadoo, and Toeknee, but I am missing the real last name of BNP, and both the real and alias names of the guy who was with us at Emory, and the two high school guys that met us at Tech.
This week I hope to start working on the video y'all asked me for -- which will be a lot more action-packed and in the genre of parkour video -- a lot different than what I made for The Contemporary. Any input about what you'd like to see might be a good way to start, although I think I can see some real stunners albeit with my parkour-untrained eyes. ;)

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Mon, 28 May 2007 17:27:17 -0500

when works for you guys this week? I really want to train with you atlanta guys before I leave. I will be here until saturday, so it would only work on a weekday.

cheers

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Mon, 28 May 2007 21:57:33 -0500

So the summer training season is upon us! Woo-hoo!! So just to give some vision and something to work for, i wante dto know what peoples goals for the summer so we can be able to jusge and really appreciate how far we have advanced by the time the "JAM OF THE CENTURY" comes around. and keep it to 3 goals just to give it a concise focus for training.

so here are mine;
1. learn to roll on concrete
2. MASTER the split foot take off for kongs
3. be able to do all vaults on rails as well as on walls.

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Tue, 29 May 2007 23:01:06 -0500

Any pkr groups near carrollton ga? or west georgia west of atlanta

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Thu, 31 May 2007 00:52:39 -0500

Hey guys i am new and wanted to know how many guys from atlanta there are who are active and if there are any regular training sessions?

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Thu, 31 May 2007 12:34:31 -0500

hey if any one wants to put a training journal up on facebook...
http://hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2336564647

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Thu, 31 May 2007 15:07:47 -0500

June 4th or 5th, around 6pm. Basically, I'd change clothes after work and head out, hoping to have some people join me.

I work in the Buckhead area, and there seems to be a decent amount of stuff around here. I prefer exploring new areas with friends rather than alone. Anyone one up for it?

I get off work at 6pm, so any time after that, we could meet at my work, and car pool a little closer to Peachtree.

As soon as we nail down which night I'll make an event for it.

____info from the event posting_____

We'll meet at my work at 6pm. The address is as follows:
345 Peachtree Hills Ave, Atlanta, GA 30305

You'll see a park with Tennis courts on one side of the street, and a small driveway on the opposite, that's us. There's a large sign tree with black signs, the biggest of which reads "South of Market." Go down that driveway and in the back is a medium sized parking lot. Park there.

From there we'll get in my car, and drive towards Buckhead so we don't have to walk a mile before we find anything.

If you have any questions, call me at four-oh-four, three-five-three,zero-zero-zero- zero.

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Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:50:46 -0500

Hello to all on the Forum!
My name is Jon Kingsley and I am a Ninjutsu instructor here in Charlotte NC. We have a 30,000 sq. ft. facility on North Tryon that trains folks in 8 different martial arts, ninjutsu being one of them. Currently, there are two main classifications of Ninjutsu in America. Either you practice Bujinkan Ninjutsu or you practice Stephen K. Hayes' To Shin Do (modernized Ninjutsu). However, (and this is the part that would concern you guys) none of the remaining Ninjutsu schools in America really represent and teach everything that is encompassed in a style that professes to teach you everything from how to snap necks to govern a country. We are trying to bring Ninjutsu back to its recognizable roots of running rooftops, being stealthy, tree hopping, survival tactics and primitive skills, hand to hand combat, 18 different weapons, and in general going back to being the trickiest suckers on the planet that live life outside their proverbial box. All in all, if this sounds remotely interesting to you, then please by all means contact me.

cwha@ultimate-gym.com
or
704-563-4730

I am highly interested in the UNCC group that runs on Wed-Thurs nights too, so if any of you guys are still out there, let me know. I'd love to come for a run sometime and meetcha!

More about us here...
www.myspace.com/cwha/

Later all!
Jon Kingsley

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Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:43:35 -0500

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_3L_7w5Gupo

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Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:12:01 -0500

i was wondering if anyone out there is in the louisville, ky area, or knows of anyone...
thanks,
ira

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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:13:47 -0500

I just wanted to thank all of the members of this forum for making this community such an openminded and selfless place. I go on parkour.net and the vast majority of posts are argumentative, what is or isn't parkour, what is right or wrong, here everyone seems to help everyone else regardless of their stance on flips or urbanfreeflow. so thanks all for making this a community based on helping others despite our differences.

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Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:43:26 -0500

Hi Guyz.
I would like to invite you at III Italian Meeting of Parkour.
This amazing apointment will be in ROME next 22 and 23 june.
Two days TOTAL PARKOUR AND FREERUNNING. Special guests: YAMAKASI.

Will Be a fantastic event, in a wonderfull location: FORO ITALICO (Near Olimpic Stadium)

Please visit our website PARKOUR.IT FOR MORE INFORMATIONS.

mail: [mail]info@parkour.it[/mail]

Would be great to have a US rapresentation in Italy.

C'mon Guys.... we're waiting you to practice parkour!!!!!

Ste

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Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:31:32 -0500

everyone i live around the Mall Of Georgia and i know the area well. but i cant seem to "think" of places to go and practice at, i mean if i was driving by and all i could pick out places but not from mind.

anyone know places around here that are good for going to? doesnt have to be right around the Mall Of Ga. Preferably in Gwinnet County.

Thanks
Patrick

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Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:03:01 -0500

I have been into parkour for about a year or 2 but have not done it much. I am doing it more nowdays. We are trying to get our Rhombopora team back up again.

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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:33:25 -0500

OK, July 21st is getting closer and closer, and we have nothing built yet. I understand we may be waiting on some word from the guy at the Contemporary?

We just need to make sure we're on the same page. I have some tools (drill, circ saw, hammers) and some knowhow/will power to help out. I also have a garage that we could work in. On the other hand, I have no way to transport large pieces of wood. My thought is that we partially pre-build things, and then get them put together on-site.

So when are we gonna start building these things?

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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:41:20 -0500

Hey everyone , my name is Cunhofsky and I am a portuguese 16 year old . I have been practicing parkour / free running for 1 year now and made a film to celebrate . Hope you enjoy it , please comment or rate it as you wish so I can get some feedback on your opinions please .

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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:22:42 -0500

I would like to shared our pleasuer in life!!!! so if your curious check out those video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWAxRhLY_5Y

http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdcySDbd9I8&mode=related& search=

hope to train with anyones of you one day!

Stephane Julien
www.fast-motion.tv

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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:00:44 -0500

Orvis (Borvise) is currently planning NCPKJ2! NCPKJ2 will be hosted at the campus of UNCC in Chapel Hill on June 23rd at 10AM. Several new traceurs are expected, so come out and show them what NCPK is about! If you didn't get to attend NCPKJ1, check the NCParkour gallery out for some of Steven's (Wraven) photos of the last jam. Let's make this jam huge guys! For more information, visit the NCPKJ2 topic on the forums.

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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:31:39 -0500

It has been a while since I have practiced with anyone besides my cousin, crowbar, and since I have no transportation to anywhere I just wanted to send an open invitation to anyone who may want to come down and practice with us down here. my work schedule is flexible but I have summer school from 7:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. monday through thursday.

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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:41:21 -0500

Hey if anybody has freetime during the week, and wants to train, i can be at Georgia Tech any day monday through friday until july 1. just let me know ahead of time, and ill be there

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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:45:55 -0500

if you are an active traceur in the state of TN.............

state your name, where you live, what school you go to, and where you train

lets all start getting to know each other and hopefully start setting up some jams to meet everyone!

here ill start......

Im Jamie, im 23, i go to MTSU, and i train in franklin/cool springs, and all over mtsu campus

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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:16:52 -0500

Our first real video. They are candid shots of us training ourselves and teaching some new comers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsNgKDkSKtY

ATL Folks:
Myself- blue shirt, shirtless, red shirt (1 year 3/4)
RedSpider: grey overflux t-shirt. (Black guy with the bread). (1 year 2/4)
Tony: one that does the tic-tac over one picnic table to the next; blue shorts, grey overflux t-shirt. (7 months)
Chris: (Zanadoo), is in the black tank top. (1 year 3/4)

Rest:
Tammir is in the white shirt and black pants.
AJ is in the tie-die t-shirt, he's the one that likes to role. Wink

Cameraman:
http://www.youtube.com/profile? user=patacharan

THANK YOU PATRICK

I really like the editing

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Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:34:04 -0500

This is Jumanji, real name - Jomari Peterson.

I am an entrepreneur of sorts and I love creating, molding, shaping and researching. Be it businesses, videos, clay houses, bread or babies (that one is for when I am married though). But the basic idea, is that I love to create things that last and make money with it, when possible.

Now, I have a decent skill set, but graphic arts and drawing are not some of them. I am a good story developer and visionary, but the basic skills of drawing I lack. What I want to do is create a comic book thats basic idea is surrounded around parkour. I have majority of the funds I would need for the startup and initial production and pilot line, but I need someone that loves the discipline, as well and can draw. On top of that, with willingness to take the time to create this graphical story of parkour and other interesting intricacies.

IF you are anyone you know may be interested, contact me at jomari.peterson@gmail.com

This is an opportunity, dont miss it if you are interested.

PS, I know that most people have never drawn before but I am willing to also make some space for development purposes of skills and trial & error

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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:24:00 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtJckTGvCcI
That video makes me really want to get together and work with everyone else on getting something set up where we meet, and rather than just traipse around the city, really get down and dirty and work out. I know Max and Chris have mentioned "hell nights" and perhaps this is something along those lines. I can't help but think about Emory, and that little route thats in the Atlanta video.

My point is, I think we should get organized and set up a night for us to get together and just plain train. Divide up the body parts to different people, and have each person responsible for say, four exercises on their respective part. ie: Akil has four different lower body exercises, and leads the group in them, then we pass it on to Chris, who does core exercises, and so on and so forth. That way we get together, actually warm up, and then spend a couple hours really working ourselves hard.

We'll learn from each other, and get a chance to really figure out our strengths and weaknesses.

And now of course I'll throw out the "I'm a new dad so I can't commit to anything" disclaimer. At the worst, it's an idea that you guys can use.

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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:40:12 -0500

Hey Guys,

I wanna shared with you guys a video to motivated any of you!!! Here my best friend and partner in Fast Motion Mathieu.

So hopefuly you guys enjoy it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=PHFWmXOKvbE#GU5U2spHI_4

Thank you
best regards

Stephane

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Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:54:05 -0500

Hey yall its AJ. just wanted to let u know that i haven't quit parkour, but I will be gone for the next seven weeks. dont worry, ill keep up with my training, and i plan on jammin with u atlanta folks when i get back.

AJ

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Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:48:08 -0500

i am going to take a break from actual parkour for a while and work on my conditioning for a couple weeks. so don't miss me too much

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Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:08:15 -0500

Good evening all,

I've known about Le Parkour for a couple years, but up until roughly a month ago had not done much with it other than a few vaults in public places (mainly for shock value)
I live in Athens, GA and am looking for other people to train with and learn new things from

I will be out of commission for a couple days due to a minor bone deep gash on the top of my left shin... I'm letting the stitches take hold a bit more, but if anyone in this area or around here would like to train around, say around wedensday or thursday... just let me know

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Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:00:30 -0500

So I started my running regimen today, and I want to keep a log of it to help me keep on track, and keep the subject in my head often. I decided to put it here since I visit the site like, 5 thousand times a day. If I shouldn't have put it here, just let me know, and I'll pack up my things and sulk away quietly.

So anyways...

This morning I woke up at 6:45am and headed straight out to run. Did some simple stretches in the drive way, and then started with a brisk 5 minute walk to get the blood flowing. Sadly, a brisk walk up a hill got me breathing heavy, which served as a great reminder of why I'm doing this.

I had set up a nice little 25 minute track of a few Russian Circle songs, over which I put myself giving "start running" and "start walking" commands according to the running plan I found. First week is 60 seconds of running, 120 seconds of walking, for 20 minutes, after the 5 minute warm up walk. I think I covered over two miles this morning, which is good, but also troubling to me. My neighborhood bores me, so I may have to get up earlier and drive to the closest park to do my running. We'll see how that goes.

Anyways, I found the 60/120 routine to be pretty good. My upper calves and shin muscles burned pretty well, I think cause they've been working so hard since I got my new drum set. It's good to know that my drumming is also helping me condition my legs. The 60 seconds seemed to run out right as I was started to feel tired (sad, I know) and the 120 seconds of walking seemed to get me back to a place where I could run again pretty well.

All in all, first day out, this routine makes me feel like I've accomplished more, without feeling as worn out as when I'd just try to take off running. And knowing that I had my heart pumping for 25 minutes helps me know that I've actually done some good for myself.

So tomorrow's off, and then Wednesday will prove whether or not I can stick to this thing.

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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:36:45 -0500

hey im looking for training partners here in chattanooga....... hit me up if you are interested (423) 693-9562

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Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:36:43 -0500

How come, in the articles section, it will tell you how many comments there are, but I can't seem to find any comments anywhere. Am I crazy?

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Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:15:58 -0500

I'm going crazy form not being able to run right now
and my stitches itch like mad...
like mad i tell you!

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Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:34:47 -0500

Just wondering, how does the star system/ranking thing next to your name work?

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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:52:23 -0500

What is everyone's view on weight lifting and parkour? I personally love to do explosive exercises such as power clean. Works the entire body.

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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:22:54 -0500

if anyone here reads the APK boards then they probably know about M2's latest post about building a competition. He says he IS building a competition and wants feedback on how to make one. in the thread be also essentially says, "no dissenters" in that he will delete any posts in that thread that say that competition is bad. Maybe it is just me but it seems like he is moving back toward his urbanfreeflow roots, deleting posts he doesn't agree with and what have you. you can see a link to his post at the bottom of this post.
whatever happened to the supposed "alternative" to American Parkour that was in development a little while ago?

http://www.americanparkour.com/smf/index.php? topic=4903.0

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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:42:25 -0500

A quick intro...

http://www.overflux.com/parkour_plugins/ autogallery/autogallery.php?show=Florida% 2Fintro_jax.flv

You can download in the videos section. Thanks to everyone who came to the Friday and Sunday sessions!

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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:44:40 -0500

Hi everyone from Jax -

I won't be here for the next 3/4 weeks, so I won't be able to organize. If you want to go to the gym, set up an event (see "create event" on the left panel of the home page) or just show up and be prepared to teach yourself. Good luck, and keep training!

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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:40:40 -0500

http://www.gaparkour.com

So this is something I've been working on for the past two or three weeks and it finally was finished today so I thought I'd announce it to the Overflux community and ask for you guys/girls opinion/criticism/praise/whatever. I want to clarify before hand that this site is not meant to take away from Overflux at all, because I love it to much to do that. The purpose of this site is just to have a central place for all the GA people to go if they want to look at specifically GA photos, videos, and most importantly get the contact info of the various GA people. I know some newer people feel overwhelmed sometimes at the amount of posts that goes down into just setting up a jam, so they can go to gaparkour.com to check when the next jam will be and where. Overflux will still be my homepage and will always and forever be my one stop for all I need to know. Thanks guys.

(some of the pages may look alot like Overflux, I think me and fellowsapien are using the same design system.)

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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:05:05 -0500

I've got sessions planned for today and tomorrow... and I'm already sore from the session yesterday... this weekend is gonna suck

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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:25:44 -0500

Looking for anyone in kissimmee or poinciana florida to train with. Just started parkour a month ago. One of my friends also in kissimmee does it so we go jam together.. Anyone else out here who does parkour?

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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:27:32 -0500

i'm new here and looking for anyone out in the kissimmee area to practice with..

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Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:29:32 -0500

What's up guys,

Names Solo, I've been PKing since summer of 05 and just got station at Robins AFB

Anyone up for some PK?

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Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:14:10 -0500

I'm in Pawleys and I'm wondering if anyone is near me or will be.

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Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:32:43 -0500

Some of our saturday training footage , hope you enjoy it .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THcKmZnuN5o

Peace

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Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:58:57 -0500

I am going to be living in athens in the fall and am wondering how many active traceurs are going to be living/training (whats the difference?) there regularly?
thanks

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Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:10:57 -0500

I think this is a great place for everyone who can give housing and those who need housing to post up so we can get everything nailed down. If you can provide housing just reply to this thread saying so and I'll try to keep a running tab at the top of who is where.

Zanadoo (can't provide housing anymore):

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Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:54:29 -0500

Hey guys sorry to say thanks fo rthe support but i guess my jokes don't come across as well over print. i really am encouraged that i would have your support if anything were to happen. to all my injured friends; i am praying for ya' and i hope that you arn't offended by my humor. to all of my non-injured buds; thanks you all non the less it's encourageing to see how close this community is.
if it is appealing to anyones sick sense of irony or karma i did get into a car accident today after i typed that chat box post. nothing major but it was my first fender bender so i am worried about my insurence rates.
once again thank you for your encourgement. sorry for the trouble and worry i really meant no harm.\
~SV
thnxs for th prayers tony

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Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:25:37 -0500

I ended up going to the mall this evening to look for knives and hats. I bought neither, was only really interested in one, and found an extra event to excite me. While walking to one of the entrances, I saw some people standing around all looking in the same direction. Turns out two kids (14-17 maybe) were doing wallruns on this 8 ft or so section of the wall. There were also these 4 ft high pillars around the area, I guess to keep out cars. I asked one of the bystanders if I could use their pillar (Akil style, haha!) and took a few steps back. They realized I was about to do something, and something did I do! I ran, executed what felt to be a perfect thief vault, and scaled the wall with no problem. I gave the kids each a high five (they were sitting on the wall watching the others try to climb), did my signature dismount and entered the mall. I wish I had more time to talk, but I wanted to make a quick scene. Ah, the intrigue!

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Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:19:11 -0500

I am shocked that no one mentions the feeling of oneness with their environment they get feel parkour, I know everyone feels it call me a Zen Lunatic in the way of Jack Kerouac
the main reason I run parkour is for personal benefit, i will be the first to admit that
but what makes me different is that the benefit i seek has it main roots in Zen Buddhism, i.e. Takuan Soho
I run to feel free, I run to feel at one with my world, I run because of the oneness i feel when I can move without any hinderance
sure my recent comments have been towards "outlaw" livestyles, but this is more so branching into my political convictions which I'll refrain form going into...
i know full well the right and wrong reasons to practice parkour, so you needn't worry

look at me as you would look at Miyamoto Musashi, born and Shimmen Takezo... he was misunderstood in life and considered an outlaw, consider a vaggrant, trouble... however if it was not for Musashi much of the modern world would not be how how it is today...

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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:34:19 -0500

Hey guys. My friend I recently started taking up parkour as a pass-time about 2 or 3 weeks ago, though I've been watching videos here and there for about a year. I stumbled on to this site and like what I saw. I just wanted to introduce myself and maybe also get some start-up advice on tricks and training. Just for my physical background, I'm a little overweight, and extremely inflexible, so any advice on workouts and stretches will be well-taken.

Thanks guys, you'll be hearing from me from time to time.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:14:57 -0500

how does it happen, ofcourse you need to be good at of it

but how does it happen???

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Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:11:46 -0500

i have a few questions because im new to this site

in parkour jams, as long as we are with the group, we can do whatever tyepe of parkour/free running we want?
or is the like a leader we follow?

in these jams can we do flips and stuff??
thank you for answering =)

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Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:34:02 -0500

This one's more a matter of curiosity, but being a beginner I think it's worth asking about. Whenever I go for a jump, I always take off with my left leg, and when I go for a vault I always use my left hand. I was just wondering if traceurs generally have a side preference for jumping and vaulting or if they tend to practice jumping and vaulting ambidextrously. Any thoughts?

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Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:39:30 -0500

ok me and a friend are working on a trick list/trick list video/progress log
also somewhat a technique list

heres what we have so far

Vaults

Two handed
One handed
Monkey
Monkey stand
Reverse
Lazy
Turn
Lazy turn
Twohanded speed
Onehanded speed
Kong
Dash
Kash
Doublekong
Gate
Deadman
Tic tac
Pop
Pop turn
pop monkey stand
reverse 540
underbar
underbar 360
rocket
barrel
strattle
vert
kotyska
splitone
theif
theif 360
scissors

Flips
Frontflip
Backflip
Sideflip
Frontflip 180
Frontflip 360
Backflip 180
Backflip 360
Sideflip 180
Webster (1 foot front flip)
Webster 180
Gainer
pop-up
Shooting star (reverse gainer)
Cheat gainer
Corkscrew
Wll spin
Wll flip
Wall sideflip
Wall reverse gainer
Aerial
Front handspring
Back handspring
rail-flip

Other
Roll
Dive roll
Back roll
Side roll
Back spin roll
180 roll
long jump
Presision jump
Zero gravity (hand side ways on poll)
Wall run
Cat to Cat
Cat jump
Palm spin
Reverse palm spin
Pop palm spin
Pop reversal palm spin
Hand stand
spins (180 360 540 720 900 1080etc...)
Jackie chan
Double leg

Technique
x-out

please tell me if anything is wrong
and give me anymore things that i am missing
thank you =)

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Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:57:57 -0500

I was just wondering
aside from parkour... does anyone do anything along the lines of rock climbing
I've recently got into bouldering and am going to REI near ATL tomorrow to get some gear
bouldering is awesome, no rope... fingertip hold and chalk, that's it... and a crashpadd
you only go up like 12 feet, but it's insane
went my first time and my bro said I was pretty dern good
but to my point!!!!!!!!
there's a place in lexington called shaking rock, it's bout 30 minutes away from athens (depending on traffic and what not) it's not the best place for beginners... however it's the closets place to me and i'll be spending a lot of my time hear
I also did my first cat to cat on some rocks at this place
but if anybody in this general area interested in bouldering or rock climbing (if it's rock climb, I hope you've got some gear) I could use a climbing buddy... and if you do it but don't live near here but are up for climbing, I'm fine with traveling, I may even get my bro in on it...
so just get back to me if you're interested... it's really intense, climbing on granite rocks and what not, and I'll have a crashpad as of tomorrow so don't worry, if you fall you just land on that, it softens the fall sooooooooo much

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Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:33:47 -0500

the "urban action figure" he calls himself was about to put on a great act, the very first jump he hit a chair, slamed into 5 other chairs and hit head head on the ground
carried off to an ambulance later
poor guy

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Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:27:33 -0500

My parents don't understand parkour. I can't really explain it in a way that they approve. They think that its a bad influence like the reputation ofskateboarding. My dad is ok with it i guess but my mom hates it. She and my twin sister go on and on about how doing parkour will somehow make me unpopular and that i will get hurt. I don't know how to get them on my side about this and since I can't drive (im only 15) i kind of need them to take me places

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Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:39:15 -0500

my favorite move is the front flip 180

how about you?

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Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:43:16 -0500

I started this thread because a few weeks ago i could lift myself up through monkey bars when hanging below them. But now i can't, as you can imagine this is very stressful and i am getting very agravated so could someone tell me the reason for this. A friend did give me one idea, he said it is because your muscle grows but then your fat catches up and takes over, then the muscle catches up and so on and so forth. Is this true? If not then please tell me as i would be eternally grateful!

THANK YOU FOR READING THIS, YOURS IN FRIENDSHIP

RAY SHARMA

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Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:37:47 -0500

i dont understand?

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Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:34:46 -0500

overflux needs a myspace

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Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:43:10 -0500

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z3dDrTUsW4Q

i can only do it while jumping, and i can only do it the way you saw
is there a certain thing i should do different, or should i just keep trying to get that other arm up at the same time?

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Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:05:12 -0500

i have been free running , and doing parkour for bout 6 months now

and still everyday i learn more