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2007 A Year In Review PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 01 January 2008
 

2007 Was a great year for American Parkour, Primal Fitness, and the Tribe. Here are some moments to look back on:

January - Primal Fitness, the world's first and still only dedicated Parkour training facility opens in Washington DC. Tribe members Levi Meeuwenberg "Skynative", Ryan Ford "Demon" and Michael Zernow "Frosti" perform at Nokia sales meeting .

 February - Tribe Members Levi Meeuwenberg, Michael Zernow, Tyson Cecka, and Mark Toorock film K-SWISS Parkour / Freerunning commercials in Los Angeles.

March - Tyson Cecka Joins the Tribe. Levi Meeuwenberg "Skynative" in K-SWISS commercial. Primal Fitness trains military personnel in Parkour .

April - Tribe rocks BET's UpFront Party in New York. Levi Meeuwenberg "Skynative"  and Michael  Zernow "Frosti" in TV Pilot of "Chuck". Primal Fitness on NBC news - story goes on to air several times globally on MSNBC. NYParkour blunders national jam - no jam. Colorado Parkour and Mark Toorock "M2" featured in Parkour article in The New Yorker Magazine . Time Magazine puts out crappy Parkour article.

May - National Jam - Beast Coast Style - enhanced by Primal Fitness. Tribe Members join Tempest Freerunning at Taurus World Stunt Awards. Colorado Parkour on Fox News . Max Calder (BNP) and others in Georgia Lotto Commercial. Primal Fitness on CBS news .

June - Tribe Members featured in Mountain Dew piece on Current TV . A busy month for Parkour in the Media including the New York Times , Ryan Ford and Mark Toorock on a live radio show , Tony "Rek" Scroggins in 944 Magazine , Esquire Magazine, and Washington Parkour on King5 NewsTribe members kick butt at the K-SWISS sales meeting

July - National Jam in Chicago rocks! M2 kicked ou- oh uhm. Yeah, something with a watermelon.

August - National Jam in Denver - best event of the year! Tribe members and Mark Toorock appear on ABC's iCaught in a feature segment . Jesse Woody teaches at Blauer seminar in Florida.

September - "Frosti" Michael Zernow is on the TV show Survivor . Walking with Dinosaurs Stars train and jam at Primal Fitness .

October - David Belle comes to New York for the New Yorker festival . Red Bull hosts a Freerunning competition in Austria.

November - Demon (Ryan Ford) and Colorado Parkour featured on ESPN's E:60 . Mark Toorock gives a talk about Parkour at American University. A crew in Chicago performs at the Greenbuild Live expo.

December - Yet another fantastic Santa Parkour video from the guys up north. APK hits 25,000 registered members.


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1. 01-01-2008 16:38

Happy New Year everyone! I can't wait for the coming nice weather / more gatherings!
akh

2. 01-01-2008 19:16

yeah it was one hell of a year! dont forget the world boxing championships and barlans beverages happened too.
Ando

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