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Laneia’s Team Pick: Parkour Stuff

Posted byLaneia

on January 23, 2010

So I was watching this video : Parkour Motion Reel, and I was like, "Hm? What is Parkour?" Then I looked it up and I think it's when people run and jump and climb and miraculously avoid killing themselves? Like, for art? Or maybs just because they want to run. Idk WAT? SPIDERMAN? What's going on here.

7 responses to “Laneia’s Team Pick: Parkour Stuff”

bcw
January 23, 2010 at 1:17 pm Permalink Reply

wow that video is amazing. FACT: a few years ago i became obsessed with parkour and watched every video i could find on it, and even now when i’m sitting in an outdoor space i silently plan exactly how i would escape in the fastest and most efficient way were i suddenly required to.

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1. Paper
  January 23, 2010 at 1:37 pm Permalink Reply
  
  And I thought I was the only one… the hardest part is resisting the urge to just do it.
  Video: Amazing.
  
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Emily (member)
January 23, 2010 at 5:42 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I’m a big baby and even thinking about parkour scares me. But there’s an episode of The Office where Michael, Dwight and Andy try parkour and it’s hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_mpNUl3swk

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1. Sarah (member)
  January 23, 2010 at 7:00 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I was gonna link to that video, too! “PARKOUR **falls into giant box**”
  
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brown bear
January 23, 2010 at 11:23 pm Permalink Reply

Dear Autostraddle,

With you, do I really need friends? You love me unconditionally, and you never fail to make me happy. You lovingly embrace me in your big gay arms on a daily basis. You will never borrow my favorite pink shorts and get crud on them or agonize endlessly in my ear about your relationship status. You will comfort me in the night when I’m feeling undersexed or stressed or frustrated; you will uncomplainingly watch sappy movies with me over and over; you will never tell anyone about that time I got drunk and ran up and down the stairs of my house naked, singing the 1812 Overture and trying to molest the trash can. And that’s why I love you.

brown bear

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yvo
January 24, 2010 at 9:49 pm Permalink Reply

Parkour is started by David Belle, a former firefighter, if I’m not mistaken. He wanted to train people to be able to escape the complicating urban landscape we have today during an emergency. An awesome idea that Madonna featured in her MV ‘Jump’. Long live the material girl…

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Heather
January 25, 2010 at 11:08 am Permalink Reply

I remember seeing this on MTV when I was like 8 or 9 yrs old. They called it Freestyle Walking. Me and my cousins ran around jumping off of stuff and hurting our ankles for weeks. Sadly, we never perfected it.

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