First and foremost, I would like to express my extreme distaste and displeasure the way that Dan Vidal misrepresented the disciplines of parkour and freerunning. His article is a farce, a misguided visionless insight into the culture and community that I love and respect.
As a member of Ground Zero, I apologize to the members of Ventilation X and the out of context quotation that Mr. Vidal put into the article. Dan Ginzberg did not say that about Ventilation X, his quote was about recent video and commercialization of the sport, not of the team itself.
This article should be taken offline. It paints our community as shallow, egotistical and childish..which it is anything but. The level of commitment of all traceurs, traceuse and freerunners share requires the same level of focus, self-reliance and vigor, if not more than, that of a professional athlete. We respect the community and the art.
The article that my team and I are associated with is shameful. Mr. Vidal expressed a lack of professionalism and is merely an article for shock value, that holds no true worth.
-Erik
