This is one of those times where a lot of the people I tell this to already know about it and think it’s so last year, but the rest of you might enjoy this.
I just discovered a sport that I have never heard about until yesterday.
It all started with someone sending me a link to this video clip.
At first I thought it was from a movie, but when I looked for the movie I found an entire world of websites, forums, videoclips and amazing athletes just waiting for me.
The sport is called “Parkour” or “free running”. It was “invented” by the guy in the video clip, David Belle, and another person called Sebastien Foucan. I use quotes around invented because I think they basically formalized and developed something that is inherently present in any energized boy.
It’s about flowing through urban landscapes with a mixture of running, jumping, climbing and occasional cool tricks.
In my eyes, it’s basically about being the closest possible thing to spider-man that you can possibly be without being bitten by a radioactive spider. Or maybe catwoman or batman.
Since I don’t keep my inner boy inside at all, I can’t help but think that it’s so damn cool.
I’ll try to get you started with a few links: