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Friday, 19 December 2008
 

This video, from the 1930s, just goes to show that people really have been doing Parkour long since it was given a name. This video has made the rounds before, but it's been really popular the past few days. 

 


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1. 12-19-2008 14:20

haha AWESOME! let's see... how many ways can we jump into the river? and that tire, wow. i guess that could be the most efficient way to go, but no one really carries around tires. and it could be considered equipment, so its not really parkour, but still, wow.

2. 12-19-2008 16:16

That was cool. I didn't know there was any footage like that out there.

3. 12-20-2008 08:20

Wow............ dude, that was sick!!! 8)

4. 12-20-2008 14:49

I'd like to know what kind of shoes those were! Jeez!

5. 12-20-2008 22:08

Ha! My friend got a tire like that from a construction site to use as part of the "300 workout." Basically, he grunted and yelled to flip the tire end over end to work his midsection. I'm gonna take that tire for a spin this weekend. 
 
Is there a name for the maneuver where the guy climbs up between the two buildings?

6. 12-21-2008 12:25

Further proof that dynamic human movement and working within one's environment is timeless...

7. 12-21-2008 14:39

Nice. The tree climbing was sick. That wall climb with the kid on his back looked pretty intense, and would the water hurt from that high of a jump!?  
 
It reminds me of a classic zorro (at least i think it was) were he was running from people and using parkour to get around. :x

8. 12-23-2008 11:35

The tree was crazy :grin

9. 12-25-2008 22:01

@bostonibis, 
Climbing by with equal pressure split into two directions is normally called bridging or stemming, and a climb up two oppositefaces is called a chimney, but I have not heard of or seen any climb like the one he does in the video, so I'd also be interested in knowing what it's called.
hac

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