[QUOTE=LieutenantLeo;22460543]Yes, sarcasm was used in the making of that post.[/QUOTE]
Guess I'm just stupid then.
Oh shit, another parkour thread.
Parkour was funny when they did it in The Office.
Well besides that, it's too dangerous for my taste, but I think it's cool enough.
[QUOTE=FFStudios;22452525]Not a huge fan of flipping, but I enjoy the running, jumping, and climbing aspects.[/QUOTE]
Flipping is not parkour.
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[QUOTE=Blackwater;22460574]Parkour was funny when they did it in The Office.
Well besides that, it's too dangerous for my taste, but I think it's cool enough.[/QUOTE]
It's not dangerous if you don't fuck around and you practice a lot before moving on to anything that you could get hurt doing.
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The worst injury I have ever gotten has been a bump on my knee.
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[QUOTE=leadpumper;22454610]It's really too bad that the main representation of parkour conists of faggot jocks whose sports aren't in-season...[/QUOTE]
Many of the people I've met doing parkour are really cool guys (a lot of them are somewhat nerdy, too).
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[QUOTE=LieutenantLeo;22452992]I've only just started, but, in my opinion there isint much technique just a certain way to land and sometimes roll. There are also many ways to vault but you can pick one to use. It's very easy.[/QUOTE]
There is technique involved. If you don't learn to land/roll properly you can end up with knee problems. Also, on "standard" rib-height concrete blocks you can "pick" a vault to use but different vaults tend to be useful for different situations.
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[QUOTE=Eudoxia;22452814]Looks fun but I have a pathological fear of anything that might produce embarrassment (Like jumping around in public) so not for me.[/QUOTE]
Either do it with a friend or realise that if someone laughs at you for enjoying yourself while getting exercise they are a massive douche and/just wish they had the motivation to do it.
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[QUOTE=Rainhorror;22452395]I've always wanted to get into this but I always think that I'll smash my face into something or hurt myself really bad. Also, I wouldn't know where to start or who I could start with.[/QUOTE]
If you live in a city then I suggest you look around for others that do parkour or, better yet, an organisation that holds classes to teach people. I guess I am somewhat lucky that I live in Melbourne, Australia which is really good for parkour and there are a lot of traceurs around here.
I do parkour everyday. It's alot of fun, but not really alot of obstacles that's high enough to be a challenge...
Also, [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/member.php?u=242982"]Shady16159[/URL], Please give your friends a Face Punch each.
[QUOTE=Shady16159;22453859][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8PRCEj-kQ[/media]
Sigh. Friends made this and thought it was hardcore. :smithicide:[/QUOTE]
Fuck your friends. They are [b]exactly[/b] the kind of people that make me reluctant to say I am 14 and a traceur.
It has been really fun the times I tried, sadly there's almost no places to do it where I live.
[QUOTE=Faren;22460662]It's not dangerous if you don't fuck around and you practice a lot before moving on to anything that you could get hurt doing.
The worst injury I have ever gotten has been a bump on my knee..[/QUOTE]
Well you still have my full respect of doing it, I've seen some pretty bad cases. I would do it myself, but there isn't any cool places nearby, especially not to practice.
Where I live it's very very FLAT.
Not a whole lot of stuff to do Parkour on.
[QUOTE=Faren;22460803]Fuck your friends. They are [B]exactly[/B] the kind of people that make me reluctant to say I am 14 and a traceur.[/QUOTE]
There are other reasons why you should be reluctant to say that.
Because it sounds fucking silly.
[QUOTE=wewt!;22462212]There are other reasons why you should be reluctant to say that.
Because it sounds fucking silly.[/QUOTE]
Why does it sound silly? A 14 year old can't be interested in certain things?
[QUOTE=Faren;22471663]Why does it sound silly? A 14 year old can't be interested in certain things?[/QUOTE]
Of course, but a 14 year old calling himself a traceur (wat) is ridiculous at best.
I made a photoshop of that pic in the OP a long long time ago, let me re-upload it
[IMG]http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u167/ALFIERULZ/parkour-1.png[/IMG]
It'd be so much cooler if it was real
[QUOTE=wewt!;22471842]Of course, but a 14 year old calling himself a traceur (wat) is ridiculous at best.[/QUOTE]
Who/what do you think qualifies as a traceur, then?
[QUOTE=Faren;22471962]Who/what do you think qualifies as a traceur, then?[/QUOTE]
I think he means that it sounds pretentious.
[QUOTE=Chrille;22472019]I think he means that it sounds pretentious.[/QUOTE]
Oh.
Well, I'm not the one who came up with the name... Unless that still isn't what he's getting at and he thinks the whole idea of someone who does parkour having a name is pretentious.
I like parkour but I prefer free-running, Free-running lets me look badarse. Sadly I can't flip yet but I will soon dammit! Also, I have a group of friends that started around the same time as me, so we go as a group. We race each other across town :3:
I do parkour every day :smug:
In Assassins Creed :frown:
District 13, must see for Parkour enthusiasts.
Short clip below:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIJBItUlxw0[/media]
[QUOTE=TheBrokenHobo;22452803]*Image*[/QUOTE]
I love your avatar.
Used to do parkour a few years back during the summers. It involves a lot of trespassing to get anywhere cool and then the cops are always on your ass. So I stopped.
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