London Free Runners

[pr0o boarder]

Holy monkies! Im watching a show on TLC and these guys are jumping from rooftop to rooftop. They're jumping down these 30 or 40 foot drops:eek:. For anyone who lives in or near london..have you seen any of these guys? Just look up and you'll probably see them if you dont. But these guys are awsome! They're climbing brick walls, walking 1 inch wide fences with eaze:eek:. They're also jumping off walls to get to higher ledges, they're jumping from those poles in the ground to the poles in the ground. And the poles are like 5 feet apart and they land perfectly on them. They're also running up trees and doin a backflip, and doing flips over rails and walls. Also, they're jumping down more steps that you can ollie. Its crazy, tts awsome. So has anyone seen any of them?

[.pie.]

I think I saw a guy backflip of like a 2O foot drop.

[tryhard_skater]

yeh off that windmill thing and snowboarder or some guy kept talking about 'parkour'

[360degrees]

year the art of freerunning, i saw this thing on extreme sports and jesus christ it looks fun, i wont probably ever take it up because its far more dangerous than most skating but god itd be cool.

[snowboarder]

Yeah you just saw Jump London, the first "official" movie about parkour. It came out last summer, or the one before that, in the UK, and it's now airing in US and Canada. They're hoping to give the sport some visibility in America since it's really big in Europe right now. It's really a cool sport and anyone should give it a try, a bunch of guys here (me included) started practicing it early last summer, and progression is so fast we actually had 2 interviews with local newspapers (one with 3 full pages of pictures in the #1 newspaper in Quebec). If anyone's interested in contacting people that practices this in their region, try www.urbanfreeflow.com 's message boards.

[360degrees]

ok i started today and well there is no feeling like it

[pr0o boarder]

Really? Awsome. Its pretty dangerous though. Jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

[Skate or Try]

met 'em, decent even by french standards

[Craig Himself]

It's old stuff, used to do that as a child. Jump bewteen gaps etc...

[chrisdunne1]

yea free runners r ppl who r too rubbish to skate but wanna jump around and go fast

[Blind Sheppard]

Shutup, your an idiot. Freerunning may not look to hard but alot of the things people do is, jumping off a gap about 30 feet off the ground spinning 360 and landing with your hands on the other side then pulling your self up.

[pr0o boarder]

Yeah dude it is hard. One of the dudes jumped from a roof to a ledge about 20 feet below, you might think that its not highup but it is. Also this other dude jumped down about like 50 feet or something.

[chrisdunne1]

why?

[pr0o boarder]

Why do they do it? or what?

[Blind Sheppard]

He's a loser who thinks he can look clever by saying why? to everything you say, i used that tactic in arguements when i was 8.

[pr0o boarder]

Oh ok.

[snowboarder]

Parkour is actually more than just running over gaps, it's about moving from point A to point B using a path nobody ever took, it's the art of movement and a "getaway" sport.

[chrisdunne1]

i am 8

[pr0o boarder]

8years old? wow.

[chrisdunne1]

nah im 14 but i have a mental age of 8.but i can frontside air on vertand nearly revert it as well.bet u cant do that(laughs supirioly)

[Skatertravis]

Did anyone see jump britain on extreme sports it was amazing.Yes i have met some of the guys in the jump london program ive met sabastein and he is bloody awesome

[barraclaff]

Originally posted by Craig Himself
It's old stuff, used to do that as a child. Jump bewteen gaps etc...

Me too, I was a dumb kid:-13:

[thrasher]

I just saw it, really rad. I guess I already did this though, we just called it freestyle walking or whatever. I run after school to stay in shape for cross country, and when i run, i do stuff like this. Pretty fun, funner then you'd think, especially if you don't know what's coming.

[pr0o boarder]

Funner? Ahaha!

[snowboarder]

For those living in the UK, try to put your hands on the "jump britain" movie...it REALLY kicks ass.

[BakerStencil]

I've seen Asian people jump off 5 story buildings

[R-dude]

damn. how did they do that without breaking there legs, thats whats puzzling me

[Craig Himself]

black magic

[pr0o boarder]

No. When they land they do like a roll.

[pr0o boarder]

Like a somersault.

[chickaboarder13]

sounds pretty cool.. and dangerous.. fun to watch, sad when something happens.. really sad.

[blind_rippa]

Yeah, I posted that big backflip thing, right now I am trying to fid that thread, but I cant.

[rock_to_fakie]

i saw that a while back some pf the stuff is prety crazy but looks fun!

[Blind Sheppard]

Originally posted by pr0o boarder
No. When they land they do like a roll.


Not always, thats just one of the things they do, it's kinda like skaters doing a revert after a trick.

[Craig Himself]

http://www.ramprage.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4903&highlight=free+running

[NIGhtMAre]

If i saw it in real life i would be amazed. But seeing some kids jumping from stuff on the TV is so old and looks less intresting then a episode of friends.

[Ramp]