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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: Front flip help?
« on: November 07, 2012, 08:51:54 AM »
It's not bad actually, you have the technique down. From there all I can say is maybe try throwing harder/tucking tighter. It seems like an obvious thing but its easy to overlook. Other than that it may just take more practice or maybe a faster run into it.

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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: Russian sweat pants. Wat do u think
« on: October 28, 2012, 11:05:57 PM »
According to google that's the Russian Ruble which is worth about 31.48 per US dollar at the moment. 1850 would be about $59. And shipping from Russia looks pretty expensive..

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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: Longer torso or longer legs?
« on: October 28, 2012, 10:40:13 PM »
I'd just say even balanced. That's the way our bodies are meant to be.. plus parkour involves all kinds of movements so it doesn't favor specific body parts really

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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: Help with Sideflip
« on: October 26, 2012, 08:55:50 PM »
Just have to trust in yourself that you know what you're doing and get pumped and do it. If that's too big of a step, break it down further. Maybe try doing them off the ground onto your bed. Yeah you probably can't land that but it'll give you the feeling of doing it off ground. Keep practicing them on your bed till you have it down completely comfortable. Be creative and come up with some other ways to progress into it.

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Pics & Vids / Jordan Bates Summer 2012
« on: August 22, 2012, 03:10:38 PM »
Decided to throw together a summer video. Most everything in it is stuff I learned this summer. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWBPOqzRHNo

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Weights & Measures - Stats Only / Re: Wall Climb Height
« on: July 30, 2012, 01:52:12 PM »
I'm 5'9

Just a inch or two short of a 12 ft climb, as of last time I measured

Had on some Onitsuka Tiger Ultimate 81's. Brick wall, not too grippy or slippy.

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Movement / Re: Unknown trick?
« on: July 26, 2012, 01:41:40 PM »
Quote from: Roberto aka Screech on June 20, 2012, 10:24:29 AM
Oh god I can't tell if this is sarcastic or not.....it doesn't look at all hard to do flips on a trampoline! Those things give you waaaay too much air xD

Besides, that's just kids being kids. What kid doesn't want to backflip on their trampoline?

Agreed haha I can do everything they did in the video except the triple back and I've never landed on my head once? Yeah, it's just a matter of being smarter about what you do haha. Not bagging on the kids, they can do whatever they want. Just saying they are risky.

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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: Will Parkour/Freerunning become and Olympic/Xgames event?
« on: July 25, 2012, 09:54:49 PM »
I could definitely see a freerunning event similar to the AOM becoming an X-games event some day

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Movement / Re: Dash Vault Purposes?
« on: July 25, 2012, 09:51:59 PM »
Quote from: Gene Z. on July 23, 2012, 11:35:03 PM
hmm, on that note, I've got a question. I can't remember where, but I've heard multiple comments that go along the lines of "dash vaults aren't parkour." one of these comments came from a parkour.net post, but it's not the only place where I've come across the idea. anybody have an idea on what that's all about?

Saying a certain move is parkour or not parkour is incredibly silly. Any move can be used for parkour or non-parkour purposes..

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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: Benefits of a trampoline?
« on: July 19, 2012, 10:11:54 PM »
Yeah it should really help with twisting stuff, much easier than trying to learn straight from ground.

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Movement / Re: Dash Vault Purposes?
« on: July 18, 2012, 01:01:54 PM »
Quote from: Nihility on July 18, 2012, 09:11:58 AM
I like using it to create more forward momentum, IE small run up vault to drop. I think it works better for that personally. It is also good for linking vaults together, because it can be easier to get the foot placement correct. But the biggest use is that it is fun and looks cool.

Yes, this pretty much :P

Also sometimes I like to do it just because it's a very soft and flowy move, taking minimal effort. But yeah doesn't have too many uses compared to the rest..

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Pics & Vids / Re: Too many flips?
« on: July 17, 2012, 02:05:39 PM »
It's up to you whats in your videos, if you want lots of flips or not. Might want to get those flips down solid before taking them off drops and stuff though.

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Injuries - Discussion / Re: Shot in the leg
« on: July 16, 2012, 09:11:17 PM »
I'd imagine pushups won't bother your legs really. But if you need you can always just cross that leg over your other.

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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: Gutters
« on: July 14, 2012, 07:50:12 PM »
Wall run higher/find an alt route. Pk is about getting over obstacles, find a way!

But really you shouldn't be on roofs that much anyays.

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"The Freerunner" Magazine / Re: RISE - A Parkour Story
« on: July 13, 2012, 08:12:17 PM »
Hah I even forgot about this myself. Still hoping for more.  :P

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Movement / Re: Wall run
« on: July 08, 2012, 01:34:51 PM »
Quote from: tj on July 08, 2012, 10:23:03 AM
I'm having the same problem with this move. I saw the picture and it help some but i mostly find myself being pushed backwards instead of up. Also I'm having trouble judging my footing. The more speed i build up the easier it is to have the wrong foot forward or stepping to close or to far from the wall. Will all this fix itself though practice, practice, practice, or am i missing something?

Either try stepping lower on the wall or get a faster run into the wall to keep from going back instead of up. And yeah, practice will help there.

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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: How my day of Parkour went
« on: July 03, 2012, 03:22:50 PM »
Fixed this for you



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Freerunning / Re: Sideflip Help
« on: July 02, 2012, 08:59:05 PM »
^True it may depend on the side you are on.

Also maybe you just need to twist more. After you throw your arms you need to kind of tuck your legs in and turn your body to that side more. It might even end up more like a front flip half twist at first until you get the motion down.

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Pics & Vids / Re: Double Sideflip
« on: June 26, 2012, 09:58:55 PM »
That's crazy Grip! Keep it up man

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Parkour / Re: Both feet?
« on: June 26, 2012, 06:55:49 PM »
Long jumps- just depends on the jump. Are you trying to precision or trying to land and keep your momentum going forward? CAN you land on one foot in the situation? There are an infinite amount of situations you can be in, you just have to use your judgement.

Flips- flips aren't about efficiency, but looks. So naturally whatever you want. You should definitely learn feet together at first as that's a lot easier but if you want to progress to split foot so you can keep your momentum going or change of your looks then go ahead.


Basically whatever you want/decide is best. Parkour doesn't have a rulebook for when to do what, you have to evaluate each situation.

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