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☼ Alëx Mills ☼
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« on: May 20, 2008, 07:08:00 PM » |
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Ive noticed in England/France etc most European countries all have Parkour Parks somewhere. In America it would be nice to have Parks where we can train. Would there be any way to get that going in a community?
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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2008, 10:08:57 PM » |
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all have Parkour Parks somewhere. They do?I think you might be thinking of some sort of "good places to train" but there aren't any parkour parks (that I know of yet) that are like govt. sanctioned and fenced in. The Dame Du Lac in France was built for climbers but is now closed (fenced off anyway) to the public. We have a few very cool places in the US, check out landscape architect Lawrence Halprin - who is still alive btw! |
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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2008, 11:04:53 PM » |
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In Hamilton, Ontario, we've been working with the construction of an arts museum that wishes to have an outdoor area specifically designed for Parkour training. In Mississauga, Ontario, the government has fully recognized Parkour as a legitimate sport and allows Parkour training on three government buildings/grounds at specific times of the day/week. Other than that, there's nothing I know of close to a park.
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« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2008, 11:42:18 PM » |
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In Hamilton, Ontario, we've been working with the construction of an arts museum that wishes to have an outdoor area specifically designed for Parkour training. In Mississauga, Ontario, the government has fully recognized Parkour as a legitimate sport and allows Parkour training on three government buildings/grounds at specific times of the day/week. Other than that, there's nothing I know of close to a park.
How did you get the state to recognize parkour as a "sport"? |
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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2008, 12:03:15 AM » |
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Jin from team tracuer made this video about the exercise parks in Nanjing China, they aren't necessarily parkour parks, but they could certainly be used for tons of parkour specific conditioning and general exercise. Jin also uses a bunch of the stuff in his sampler. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJqT0skCE7II hope cities like Hamilton will continue to build structures like that, it'll only add to the ever expanding map of hotspots every traceur wants to hit around the country, and the world. |
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“You do freerunning or parkour, I don’t know, but both are the same. Some people are worried about it, but they are people that don’t train for too long, people that…in terms of training, aren’t mature yet. […] One day I’d like to wake up, open my window, and everyones doing parkour." -Ali Shelton
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« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2008, 02:03:21 AM » |
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We've met with some people working in the Parks and Recreation departments who are interested in building something, but it usually comes down to money. Need some sort of a grant to get one started I'm thinking.
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☼ Alëx Mills ☼
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« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2008, 07:38:33 AM » |
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true, Idk if PK CALi could get together with construction builders/Contractors, cuz that would be great around my area
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2008, 07:27:01 PM » |
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bad news... skater would totally come and ruin these parks... im sorry but traucers use many of the same things as skaters... rails, walls, etc... they would come and desroy it... anyway of prevention of this?
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☼ Alëx Mills ☼
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2008, 07:33:58 PM » |
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yeh make it like the Dame du lac in France that Belle uses but like a smaller replica, or skate proof it
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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2008, 07:36:46 PM » |
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bad news... skater would totally come and ruin these parks... im sorry but traucers use many of the same things as skaters... rails, walls, etc... they would come and desroy it... anyway of prevention of this?
make it skater friendly lol. or convert the skaters to pk. or if your really picky just say hey we dont use your parks so you cant use ours. there would be an entrance they would have to go through and probably a security guard so its not like they could sneak a skateboard in and get away with it. |
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☼ Alëx Mills ☼
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« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2008, 07:39:47 PM » |
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I see where your getting at but parkour isn't big enough for the contruction people to understand
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« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2008, 08:05:19 PM » |
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bad news... skater would totally come and ruin these parks... im sorry but traucers use many of the same things as skaters... rails, walls, etc... they would come and desroy it... anyway of prevention of this?
yeah, fight em! lol |
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☼ Alëx Mills ☼
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« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2008, 08:09:11 PM » |
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Haha Tonight
TRACEURS vs. SKATERS
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« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2008, 08:22:46 PM » |
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bad news... skater would totally come and ruin these parks... im sorry but traucers use many of the same things as skaters... rails, walls, etc... they would come and desroy it... anyway of prevention of this?
The portion of the art museum, as to my understanding of it, is still private property, so skaters will be kicked off by security, but we wouldn't be. It won't be completed till like.. 2010 or 2011 though. Hawaiiboy, I have no idea. I wasn't involved in that process. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2008, 04:59:34 AM » |
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your wrong about the parkour parks in england. There is none that i have heard of. There is gyms with vault boxes and stuff but there is no such thing in england as a "parkour park"
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