Every Traceur's dream is to go to the birthplace of Parkour in Lisses and train with David Belle. That's exactly what Paul Maunder and Danny Wood from the UK did, and they brought a camera and their sense of humor (not bad for Brits, really). While they were there in mid-August, their trip coincided with a great group of Traceurs / Traceuseseses from Poland who they had also seen a year earlier. They hit up some of the most famous Parkour spots in the world, met some infamous people, and even had a chance to train with David himself. Fortunately for the rest of us, Paul (Obsidian) filmed the whole journey and has just finished the massive editing process into what I'd say is the best homemade Parkour documentary ever created. Read more for photos, details, and links to the video.
Thanks to Brunello Rellosa for sending these pictures of himself and his friends in the Phillipines doing Parkour. Click on the image above to see the Photo Gallery.
The guys from the Rahaa Clan have done massive amounts of work to create a very cool flash based website for Persian speakers. They will be adding Arabic text next, and finally an English version. Even if you don't speak Persian the site is worth a look! Parkour Iran
Check out these incredible panoramic photos taken by Gerardo Sánchez! They are the most amazing and unique Parkour imagery I have ever seen. The site is in Spanish, just click on one of the four images, Reiterante, Cambiante, Divergente and Coincidente to see the panos.
I recently got an email from the Taio Crew in Taipei, they were excited because they thought the Tribe was coming for a K-SWISS event there. Unfortunately, we weren't going to Taipei, but kick-ass because we went to Denver instead!! Anyways, the guys in Taipei have a great thing going, a testament that Parkour really is going global! Read more for pics from Taipei.
