What's that thing called where people jump around buildings and stuff?

[barnsleybroker 10]

I was lucky enough to catch DJ Yoda recently - he was great. As well as DJing he was VJing, and that included some great clips of people doing that thing where they jump between buildings, and generally do acrobatics in the streets.

 

I know it's got a name, anyone know what it is? I wanted to search on YouTube.

 

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[Antics^^ 10]

I believe it's called Free Running?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_running

[melthebell 862]

dj yodas cool, i have a mix cd he did, including a reggae one

[Dozy 11]

Isn't it called parkour?? A strange name, the derivation of which totally escapes me - as does the desire to indulge in this strange "sport".

[Funky_Gibbon 42]

It is called Parkour, which is French and means 'the art of displacement'

 

*special thanks to Wikipedia*

[me-and-pippo 12]

Isn't it called parkour?? A strange name, the derivation of which totally escapes me - as does the desire to indulge in this strange "sport".

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4rOiedNVMRk

[barnsleybroker 10]

Thanks everyone, just looking at some great stuff on YouTube. These guys are great - it's like Prince of Persia or Tomb Raider in real life!

[mikey10 10]

Its Called, "i Cant Afford To Join A Gym"

[Dozy 11]

Just remembered what this "sport" reminds me of!!!

 

Junior school - the lads in the playground showing off to try and impress the girlies ......

[AJ sheffield 11]

I've only ever seen parkour being done live once. This kid leapt over my side gate that leads onto the garden, ran across the lawn then up over the bench. He then jumped onto the dividing fence and up onto the hut roof and into the trees and over onto the other garden, he was like a tiny monkey.

The five or six coppers that were following him simply bunched up at the gate.

[muddycoffee 10]

I take it by "Jump" you mean having sex.

 

When I was a little boy (about 8 ) my uncle used to make me ring saunas and ask "how much for a jump"

 

In this day and age he would finish up on some government list for that.

And you should be too I think it is disgusting.

[madmutt 10]

There is a furum user that does it (parkour). His nic is SHANE-D-PAIN makes me wonder where they get the energy from. They bounce around like they are weightless, its flight without wings

http://www.youtube.com/user/SheffieldParkour