just tossing my obligatory first noobie post in the new member thread.
call me s00per, s00perb4k4, b4k4, whatever...
from joplin, MO. don't know if there're any practitioners around here, but i hope there are, as training by yourself for ANYTHING can become boring quite quickly.
i've been watching parkour/free running videos for a couple years now, but i'm actually going to start training tomorrow.
i used to skateboard (1997-2005), and when i didn't have a board with me, i was always jumping/spinning over and around things, running down handrails, basically skateboarding with my legs, and i loved doing it as much as i loved skating. but seeing parkour/free running has gotten me even more pumped, as before i rarely used my arms, and now i'll get a chance to.
to be fair though, i'm more interested in free running than parkour (no offense, i blame it on my love of tricks from skating), so that's what i'll be practicing more of. so far, i haven't even seen any mention of free running in the forums, so i hope someone can point me to it.
hope that you all can help me with any questions i have, and that someday i'll be where you are, helping the noobs who come after me.
- s00perb4k4