American Parkour

The following link is a medium-quality download of The Pilgrimage Project.  This is a full-length documentary about Lisses - the birthplace of parkour - and about parkour itself.  It contains footage of over a hundred and fifty traceurs, and was shown to David Belle for approval before release.

The file is 440 MB.  I'm sorry that it is so large, but it is an hour and a half long, and it was important to keep the quality at a respectable level.  If anyone is capable of compressing it further, PLEASE DO SO AND POST HERE.  If anyone is willing to mirror the file and make a new download link, PLEASE DO SO AND POST HERE.  If anyone is willing to set up a bittorrent, PLEASE DO SO AND POST HERE.

It is important that everyone understand ... this is not just a "parkour video."  It's not just a bigger and better sampler.  It is different, and it deserves a different kind of attention.  Comments beginning "I couldn't be bothered to watch the whole thing, but ..." will be ignored.  Please try to watch it all in one sitting if you can ... set aside enough time to see the whole thing.  Watch it with friends, talk it over ... and then let me know what you think.  I spent over a thousand work hours making this, and I care very deeply about it, and I am eager to know what you think.

http://www.americanparkour.com/videos/2008/Pilgrimage_TK17_subtitled.mov (right-click > save as)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=32RIWTL0

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4094663

http://digg.com/arts_culture/Project_Pilgrimage

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3022662956956514828&q=Pilgrimage+parkour&total=4&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1 <--- Streaming link!

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4120891 <--- DVD image file, full quality (may have to burn directly to disc, but it'll play on any PAL player)

I'm not afraid of heights in any way, but that opening bit actually got me a little... apprehensive thinking about myself climbing up the Dame du lac.

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4094663
Download will be slow until we get some seeders

i'll seed at piratebay once i download for sure.

http://digg.com/arts_culture/Project_Pilgrimage

I would love to watch this if I could get it to work.

14 minutes in and this is incredible TK17! It's quite apparent that you've put a ton of work into this. I look forward to watching the rest of it and will post up more thoughts later, all sure to be positive if the first 14 is any indication :]

Edit : ;D Scorpions, fire, a machine gun, and barbed wire fence? Brilliant job on the illustrations! :D

Do you think you could release a high-quality version as a torrent?
I would love to burn it to dvd to watch/show people on tvs.

Eventually, yes, a high-quality version will be out there.

Hey Duncan, I'm currently uploading a copy to the APK FTP. I'm heading out for easter festivities with my family before it will finish, but I'll leave my computer on and should have a link for you when I get back to my apartment this evening!

The documentary was phenomenal. I really appreciate the legacy of Parkour so much more and a trip to Lisses is infinitely higher on the list of things I'm looking forward to in my future.
Also, I almost shed a tear when I saw the Change in Lisses segment and I've never been to the city!
Can you imagine a future where Parkour is so widespread and loved that all the great landmarks are recreated for Traceur Pilgrimages?
I honestly don't think it's that far out of reality if Parkour keeps growing at the rate it is now...

But back on topic!
The documentary was great and it truly broadened my understanding of the history and culture of Parkour.
Also, it would be nice to see some "behind the scenes", perhaps of the screening you did for DB himself!

Wow, this was amazing! Just the whole quality of the content in this video makes me seem to have an even closer connection with traceurs in general and with Lisses both! It gets me so excited for my trip in 2009! ;D

Is there any way it could be put up on google video or youtube? I know google video has several hour plus parkour films.

Just an idea, since I can't download a file that large at the moment, due to how often this thing crashes...

Matt

Whew, just finished it, and truly enjoyed it. You all did a great job of conveying what the parkour community should be conveying to the rest of the world and especially lisses.

really awesome what you did to la place de chevreuse [sic] thats the kind of stuff that is going to make the "true" parkour community grow and flourish the way we want it to. and the night session with the simultaneous belle footage was awesome =).

that sucks about the damier though, didnt know about that. good comments about respect during that segment.

Speechless, goosebumps, tears to my eyes... this was one of the most amazing pieces of art I have ever had the pleasure to watch.. I am truly honored to be part of this great community and even more to have been blessed to watch that movie...

Here's a direct download:  http://parkournorthamerica.com/media/pilgrimage.mov  Right-click, save as, please.

And here : http://www.americanparkour.com/videos/2008/Pilgrimage_TK17_subtitled.mov (right-click > save as)
I think people have plenty of places to acquire this from now!

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Also, out of curiosity, when you showed this to David Belle did he have any suggestions or critiques that you ended up making that we now see in the version you've posted here?

OMG doc akh i freakin love you!
i just spent 2 hours trying to convert this .mov to somthing i could watch.......
from the bottom of my heart i thank you.
ill tell you what i think once i watch it TK.
but i know your work, i'm a big fan.

This was by far the best documentary on parkour I have ever seen.  It truly represents the dicipline the way it should be.  TK I commend you for this contribution to the parkour community.  This is a must see for any traceur/traceuse and anyone considering becoming one.
p.s Can the moderators please sticky this?  I really feel its that important.

qft

I know you asked us not to comment until we'd watched the whole thing, but my copy is really choppy, so I had to stop about 30 minutes in. Anyone else have this problem? I downloaded it from the "Megauploader" site. Maybe the ones on PKNA or APK are less choppy? Or is it my computer?

I want to give a full commentary once I watch the whole thing, which hopefully will happen as soon as I can get this choppy thing resolved, but here are my initial comments so far:

1. Beautiful, beautiful work. I have crossposted this at Madpk.
2. I would like to obtain a DVD copy of this to show in my French classes. This would be an ideal addition to the parkour units I have been planning. Please let me know when it is available, and how I could purchase it.
3. Who did the translation of the subtitles for you?
4. Did I say it was beautiful?
5. I can't wait to see the rest!

This was really well done, TK. You always have so much heart and soul in the parkour projects you do. Very, very beautiful job.

I'm still watching it but I feel the need to congratulate you on informing that we as traceurs need to train to be able to run fast through empty space. I agree with you that this is something we forget about.

I've just posted over on parkour.net, but I just wanted to re-iterate my thoughts here. This is a superbly produced and well thought out program, which I think every traceur, both old and new will be able to take something from. I think it gives a real insight into the spirit of parkour, and what that means to the many traceurs around the world. Whilst this documentary focused on Lisses, I think the sentiments within it are more far reaching and will be the subject of many discussions at parkour training sessions around the globe in the coming days, weeks and hopefully even years. Well done on producing something which conveys so well what parkour and Lisses itself mean to the practitioners of parkour.

Wow. Words can not express how cool that was.

I'm putting it on Google, it'll be up in about 2 hours.

ok thanks alot

Back on topic... haha :P

Amazing video, I especially appreciated how you guys took the time to talk to the people of Lisses and do some work at preserving the community. That is the kind of initiative and thought that will keep parkour in a good light for years to come.

I also liked how well edited and professional the movie was. It was like a traceur's dream guide to Lisses and France. Soundtrack was great, choice of videos great.

I guess my only gripe is that at times it felt a little too serious and what I can only describe as the 'deep end' of philosophy. Stuff so heavy it's hard to pin down and think straight especially for a parkour movie. But then again I guess that's just the way parkour is.

(Oh, and who was the deep voiced guy giving narration near the beginning? Did you hire a pro voice talent or something?)   

There were some inside jokes for traceurs only you know, like the Stephane Vigroux part?  ;)

FYI folks I'm going to peruse the thread later and delete off-topic posts if that's alright. PM me if you think it's a violation of your internet rights or something :-Sarcasm

Posting this up on the front page later today when on my lunch break!

I just downloaded the pilgrimage last night and I watched it twice. This has to be the best moving parkour experience for me so far. A big props goes out to all of you who made it.  :) :) :)

Um ... it was ... just me, who made it.  I mean, I meant what I said about everyone supporting me, and I couldn't have done it without that support.  But in terms of actually doing editing, it was pretty much just me sitting alone in my parents' basement.
 ;D

Wow, i've been doing parkour for almost a year now. this video has really touched my heart. i love the night time training with you and the splitscreen of david and kudos for the editing man! i can tell you put a lot of work in that and im proud to have even watched it. i'm going to show it to my dad tonight for he is very fond of parkour and the discipline behind it so i know he will enjoy it.

great video man! cant wait for a high quality version!

~FGandy

=P Ya i remember reading that part at the end or w/e but i meant props to you for editing and props to everyone else for contributing. But still i cant get enough!

This is almost like the unachievable idiots guide.  Thanks TK 17.  Just...Thanks.

Very Good Job! I would recommend submitting this to film festivals. congratulations with your journey.

Hey TK17, I know some folks are interested in the soundtrack you used. Mind posting up a list?

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Deep Forest..  Interesting and unexpected.

Those are actually both from Deep Forest III, I think it's called Comparsa or something?  Anyway, disc one of that two-disc set.  If anyone needs a specific album name, I'll post that, later.

Personally i gained a lot of insight from viewing your video, i can stress only enough that u are a well experienced traceur through both knowledge and will power! Thank you very much i needed to watch this video i have only trained for one year and have been seeking out a video like this one. Training comes as importantly as survival to me...

The part that i especially liked and watch over and over again is the beginning. When u explianed how running and endurance was more important than the vault itself. Plus the fact that vaulting rather than hurdelling gave more of an advantage to a traceur.

The only thing i missed seeing was David belle standing next to you in person. I hear he is a very welcoming traceur and contact with him is easy...

Fantastic,just fantastic TK that was an absolutely mind-blowing video. I've been doing parkour on and off for about 1 year and that video inspired me to help out the parkour scene a lot more, well since i can't go nation wide then I'll just help out the New Jersey/New York parkour scene.By spreding the word about about parkour in a positive way,and helping out any tracuer or tracueese anyway i can.What do you think?I loved your video it was fantastic and is my favorite parkour documentury/video i have ever see.Phenomenal job TK i'm proud to be able to see this great video.  (I'm a little bad at explaining myself on the internet so let me put it this way if there were words to express the happiness and inspiration you have given me through this video i would say them. =)

Well filmed, well executed. I especially liked the highlights on being useful and NOT destroying the city. All the things you said can be exercised in our own towns, but especially when visiting. David was right, you need to spread the message; you have the understanding of a true traceur. Thanks to everyone who made this video possible.

 ::)

I loved every minute of it.

ok, i thought go was incredible, but this is probably the most beautiful piece of work relating to parkour i have ever seen. the time and energy put in to this is absolutely unimaginable for me. keep up the amazing work and i cant wait to see more of your work in the future.

is there any link with a .wma or .wmv file type cause id like to stream it to my tv through my xbox but my xbox doesn't support quicktime videos, i tried converting it to a .avi then to .wma but the avi file was corrupted. ( i used RAD video Tools and windows media encoder)

well now that iv watched it, it is amazing, this is like something you would see on the discovery channel made by dozens of professionals and thousands of dollars spent on it, you should send it to discovery and see if they would be interested in using it on one of their channels

Wow...just...wow


Thank you  :)

Finally watched it in its entirety. And with that, I am speechless.

Dude, I just watched it AGAIN... and it gets getter everytime.

TK thanks you my man.

DVD:
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4120891

I'm seeding so downloads will get faster soon!

This is amazing, TK.  It's obvious that you put your heart and soul, your mind and spirit into this.  Thank you for this beautiful piece.

I know everyone has said it already but this is very well done.  It touches so many things that people either don't know about or choose to not focus on.  I hope to someday make this trip.  Thank you for answering pretty much any question that needs to be asked about parkour's roots and disciplines. 

I second that.  Just watched it the other day with this man ^^, and definitely plan on making the pilgrimage sometime in the future!  It'd be great to see the place where it all started.

Thanks for this TK.

Oh
My
Lord

This rivals Jump London/Westminster, Generation Yamakasi, etc., but......I don't even know what to say..
This piece of beautiful art is going on my ipod, for all eternity. I wanna hug you

After watching this for the third time I had this huge thing I had planned on saying, but nothing need be said at all, simply felt. Nuff said.

TK17.

You da' man!

great job, that was awesome.

I am truly inspired by that video. So much dedication and hard work was put into the making. That had to be the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

i've seen it at least 3 times now, and shown it to a couple of friends. i'm so happy that you put this video together, and i have tons of respect for the time it took, and im jealous that you guys got to climb the dam du lac... but i loved the vid, my friends loved the vid and even my dad who thinks parkour is pointless gained a new level of respect for it and us tracuers,
thanks again for making this tk, you are the man!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is an amazing piece of work. Thanks TK17

why is he so fat? he should be thin by now!

Why does it matter if he's perfectly comfortable with his weight?

 >:( >:( >:(

wat if he has to run some where  he won't be able to run

-1 for the fat man   >:( >:(

Haha, lets have a obstacle course race, mmkay?

TK17 vs. oranges

that would be unfair  all he has to do is jump and make the ground shake  ill lose my balance!

I wish I knew what to do on APK when I first started...

All you have to do in order to get good at parkour is: make fun of all the traceurs that everyone likes. That'll surely make you the best!

 :-Sarcasm

PS: If you are going to be ill-mannered, take it somewhere else.

effin bunnie lover

I sprinted with Duncan this past weekend and I can say for sure that Duncan could hold his own.

Wow, how ignorant are you?

Oranges, seriously bro, if you don't wanna get 500 traceurs from around the USA mad at you, with an inkling of a desire to kill you, shut the hell up?

There are few people more respected in this community than TK17. I don't even have to tell you how much better he is at parkour than you, but as the man would say, that doesn't even matter. Tk has done so much for this community, he's put out his heart and soul for Parkour. He is a living example, and he understands Parkour in a way you can't even comprehend.

So honestly, take it somewhere else. Nobody wants to hear your rants.

Yeah, listen to Adam. Not ot mention he's probably 12097159726 times stronger than you. Don't forget, bigger people have more weight to support, which equals stronger muscles, allowing them to move just as, if not better than you, and be stronger on a man vs. man level, since their muscles are more developed than you.
Don't hate.

This video was excellent...It helped me understand why people say that parkour isn't just a sport...It's a way of life and now i understand the philosiphy and every thing behind parkour and now...I know parkour, one day will be significant as a big event everywhere. :'(

how muck yould it cost to build another dame du lac or some thing like it so we could practice on it and not need to go to france and piss them off

That's an interesting thought. If every traceur pitched in, I'm sure quite a sum could be collected. Best solution is for it to be someone's private property, then he could give personal permission to anyone who desires to train on it, and disallow anyone who might destroy it, tag it, etc etc.

that'd be a really good idea. i was talking to one of my old gymnastics coaches and we where actually talking about building a mini one in the back of the gym lol, there's an old empty pool in the back of the gym that skateboarders skate in, but the gym closed it off.
we where like that would be soo cool to rebuild a smaller one in a pool then fill the pool back up so if you fall you dont die lol

That's brilliant. The biggest problem for building one here would be the liability. And, a pool would solve most of that problem! Pools FTW   :P

Wow, seriously, I agree that TK-17 is cool and all that but that is horrible logic.

incredible. really puts a lot of things into perspective.

My favorite parkour video I have ever seen. I have watched it twice through and will probably a few more times in the coming months. this winter it made me want to go out and train. It gave me so much insight thanks TK17

This vid is amazing. Other than that... I'm speechless.

Just, wow.

Nice job.  ;D

I skipped around through the video a bit, but I'm waiting for the high quality torrent to finish so I can watch it all like that. It looks very promising, what I saw of it was amazing! Please seed everybody! There are only 2 seeders right now and it says I have 37 days left, haha.

Heya,

Can some of you seed this? 'Downloading from 0 of 0 peers' is such a bummer...  ;D

Jon

Beautiful Duncan absolutely beautiful, you are a real man in the face of all things considered, great work as I am sure I speak for everyone.

Francesco

This is an amazing video. Inspires me to travel!
I can't wait to see it in DVD format.

beautiful...one to watch over and over

dvd ISO needs seeds, Used to have it burned off, went to watch it recently and it was messed up, I really want another DVD copy. If I can get it downloaded I will seed for a least a few months.


Needs Seeds Plzzzzzz  :'(:P

Thanks to whoever is Seeding!!

Get good Share Ratio's to Support TK17!

Can we get a few more seeds? I really want the DVD quality version of this so I can present it to my school club. It says it is going to take 7 weeks to dl... I'll stay seeding as well if I can get it downloaded.

Thanks!!

WOW talk about inspirational....good job OP! Seriously....wow

3 seeders and my dl speed is < 5kB/s. What's up with that...

Let's get more on!!

LOVED It!!!! i would have paid to see it, it was truly amazing, and as someone that loves to shoot films and movies, as well as edit stuff i was truly amazed at the time that this would have taken to make it, in fact i love all the videos you have made, i plan on showing this to alot of people, thank you, and +1 for repainting and cleaning the wall, i would have loved to be there doing that for them

K, finally got this downloaded. Now how can I get this .iso on a DVD and able to play?

HALP!?

Is there a way where someone could put a download link on Google Video like some other videos have (like Jump London/Britain)?

There are a bunch of dl links on the first post... you can do a normal dl or you can torrent it.

I don't know how to do stuff with torrents and the download links weren't working for me.

Well for torrents, you need a program like uTorrent.

There are programs out there that allow you to rip content off of sites like Youtube and Google Video. Mine is a plugin for Firefox called Download Helper.

I have an extension that downloads videos, but its not working with google video right now.  I'll go try again.

This is the greatest parkour documentary video i've ever seen...
so i would like to translate it to indonesian language...

im looking for a subtitle (english)... to trans it to indonesian... i download the .mov file but it has french sub... maybe someone who has download the full quality DVD can rip the subtitle for your brothers here ^_^... or maybe the video maker can help...

thank you... and help us training in the right way by help me here...

Thank you, Tk17 for taking the amount of time you did for creating such an inspirational and proper documentary. I believe, in fact, this is the Only parkour related video I have seen that has covered the route to Lisses in such detail and explain the true, original philosophy David Belle and first generation traceurs wish to conserve.  Please continue creating videos as it shows you have talent for film-making! Best wishes.