trumpetfish 0 #1 September 10, 2003 On Uk TV last night was a programme on 'Free Running', a new discipline being practiced by a group of French guys. All I can say is WOW!!. A totally new thing to me. I saw it on a bbc advertisement last year where they had this guy leaving work for the day and running across rooftops to get home in time to see his favourite tv programme. it was the way he moved, very elegant, no wasted energy and the distances he was covering with his jumps were huge! On this programme last night one guy jumped from the top of HMS Belfast (mored in london) down to the gun turret. That's 2 full stories - no matt, no net, nothing, and ran away! Found this article on the subject and there's a link to their website. http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0%2C10488%2C1026383%2C00.html once this takes hold, I can see a lot of snappy ankle action going on in A&E in the not too distant future! As far as balls go, these guys have titanium ones. respec.[url] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikemc 0 #2 September 10, 2003 That was a cool programme, the best bits for me was when he jumped about 9 feet across to a lower wall that was only one brick thick (laid the shortest way). and he was jumping from one railing to another then did a black flip off one on the next pushed off that into the middle of a road!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trumpetfish 0 #3 September 10, 2003 I know the bit you mean, and when he was jumping wall to wall, and must have been planning to just land on the wall of the next building rather than playing it 'safe' by overshooting onto the roof. serious precision. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #4 September 10, 2003 Clicky Un-freakin-real!It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ricx 0 #5 September 10, 2003 Yea, have to say it was pretty cool seeing them bouncing off everything. One of the best bits was where one of them jumped accross from what looked like one balcony to another. quite a distance. He did a full 360 during the manover and kicked off te wall three times before landing on the other balcony object. Cool! I thought some of the camera work could have been better, especially on the two story boat jump. As was hard to see just how high the guy really was. but then I reconed that they were saving some of the best stuff for a vid or something. Yea.. very cool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdev 0 #6 September 10, 2003 Damn....I missed it again! - I think it's been on TV before.... If anyone knows where I can get a divx of this, let me know!--- One life...Use it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #7 September 10, 2003 QuoteYea, have to say it was pretty cool seeing them bouncing off everything. uh huh uh... he said bouncing Amazon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricaH 0 #8 September 10, 2003 There was a commercial in the US w/ it too. Some guy was chasing a rooster. Don't know what the ad was for but though how much fun it looked like the guy was having. I'd imagine they have to be very agile & strong!! There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ricx 0 #9 September 10, 2003 Couldn't find a copy of the program but this is a french film that has loads of the same stuff in it. http://www.yamakasi-lefilm.com/ba/video3.html hmm... just a bunch of mad French folk jumping across buildings? My French isn't good enough to tell but it looks interesting. anyone seen it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvfd1399 0 #10 January 31, 2005 Its being shown again if you start looking it is on tv on a replay sometime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kid_Icarus 0 #11 January 31, 2005 Yeah, that stuff is really cool. Check out this website. They Guy who started it, David Belle, calls it Le Parkour. www.le-parkour.com www.davidbelle.com ________________________________________ "What What..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #12 January 31, 2005 I saw this show quite a while ago and couldn't stop thining about since. looks like fun. as with most kids, I used to do stuff like this, and still kinda do but not to that extreme. i think if I jumped off the top deck of a ship I would flatten out quite a bitMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
