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insane street tumbling

coach Rick — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:01:04 +0000

Next time your kids tell you the Floor is too hard, show them this compilation.

at 1min – ~~standing~~ step in to triple twist … or double?

at 2:25 – ff quad twist … or triple?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Allison Hack for the link.

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last dangerous Parkour post

coach Rick — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:01:29 +0000

I don’t link on this site to every free running video I see. They need to have something unique over and above all the rest I’ve seen.

This 13min edit has plenty of unique and interesting stunts. But it nearly gave me a heart attack. Be warned.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Announcement: Hence forth I’ll no longer link to any edit showing hard landings from extreme height. Or even simple skills on high rooftops where even a minor mistake would mean certain death.

… you have to draw the line somewhere.

(via Jerry Blakley on YouTube)

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parkour on skis

coach Rick — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:01:09 +0000

Trail, B.C. — a very artistic edit.

… alpine skis down hilly city terrain. Includes jumps over hung laundry & parked cars, railslides down stairs, etc. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Dangerous, but inexpensive. He takes the public bus back up the hill at the end.

Ron Shewchuk linked to this on kottke.

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street acrobatics compilation

coach Rick — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:01:58 +0000

An interesting edit. Scary in places. I don’t like raising ‘difficulty’ by adding height.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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midget kitchen parkour

coach Rick — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:01:08 +0000

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Claudine.

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Damien Walters 2011

coach Rick — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:03:43 +0000

The latest edit from our most entertaining acrobat.

Professional stuntman, gymnastics coach and free runner Damien Walters returns with his annual video: Damien Walters 2011 Showreel.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Lots of new stuff there.

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obstacle course or Parkour?

coach Rick — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:02:13 +0000

Obstacle course military training has been around for thousands of years.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

But if we call it “Parkour” or “Free Running”, many kids are quick to sign up for the class. Those are some of the hottest classes in many gyms, right now.

Unfortunately some Insurance companies are starting to list “Parkour” as an “extreme sport”, too dangerous to cover. Check your policy.

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MAG European Championships 2012 promo

coach Rick — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:54:36 +0000

2012 Europeans as an action flick …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Promo trailer for the Men’s Gymnastics European Championships 2012 to be hosted in Montpellier (FRA) May 21-27, 2012.

WAG European Championships will be held in Brussels next year, May 9th – 13th.

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Adidas by Phillip Boy

coach Rick — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:03:15 +0000

On GymNiceTic I saw the news that our Worlds Silver medalist from 2010 has his own line of Adidas garb.

Click PLAY or watch his Adidas TV ad on YouTube.

The German male gymnasts seem to be doing alright, even if nobody seems to be able to market the American MAGs.

… Check the many comments on that link. Or the same discussion on Tony Retrosi’s Gymnastike post – The Marketing of Men’s Gymnastics

To help the MAG cause, I voted for Leyva over Wieber and Ohashi on the next Inside Gymnastics magazine cover.

(via GymNiceTic)

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Prince of Persia – Parkour

coach Rick — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:01:24 +0000

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which, according to Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer, … supposed to be “the new Pirates of the Caribbean” …

Bruckheimer had a lot more money to spend on it than Pirates 1, but I’d still say it’s inferior to all the films in Pirate franchise.

The movie is much more realistic than I expected, though, considering it’s based on a video game.

David Belle was stunt coordinator and he made an effort for the free running stunts to be somewhat based on the laws of physics. More than most other pics.

Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.

Audiences generally like it as a mindless action film. Critics are more … critical.

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