"To date, official parkour competitions don't exist. If purists have their way, they never will"
Those purist bastards...
Wait i wonder who helped the write this peice?
"Urban Freeflow is at the center of the global parkour community, always aiming to give back to the discipline and help those pursuing it. Through online message boards, an ample library of Web articles, photos and videos, Urban Freeflow works to provide much needed education to those practicing parkour"
i still have no idea...
"Whether purists like it or not, parkour is in the media and people everywhere are trying it. These people need to be educated...'
And i wonder who can educate them?
"...Urban Freeflow runs two academies for parkour training"
ohh... how convientient
Im just bitching, this article does have some good points though, espically compared to laot of other articles
"Unfortunately, because parkour had not been organized yet, these new traceurs (mostly teenage boys) had no proper instruction and a complete lack of context. Belle and his associates had attained their level of skill through strictly regimented training over the course of more than a decade. What followed were injuries and, in the case of two unfortunate boys in France, death."
And this is pretty good too
"However, most traceurs reject the comparison, finding comparisons to the negative public image of skateboarding (that of rebellious and misguided youth) inaccurate and unfair."
All in all, i say its pretty good, plus it gives a reference to NM, which is pretty nifty.
