La La Land: Meet the skater, BMXer and freerunner featured in “Another Day of Sun”
Among the six Academy awards won by the 2016 musical La La Land was one for Best Cinematography, and perhaps no scene exemplifies the […]
Freerunners descend world’s longest parkour course on China’s iconic Tianmen Mountain
China’s famed Tianmen Mountain sports a staircase leading up to a massive opening in the rock known as Heaven’s Gate. For tourists the climb […]
Parisian parkour videos conjure Harrison Ford’s ‘Frantic’ rooftop foray
For anyone that suffers from vertigo, Harrison Ford’s Parisian rooftop scene in Frantic plays out like a nightmare on the silver screen. But for […]
Back to School! Check out Pikachu vs Spider-Man in heart-pumping parkour dash to class
Who would prevail if you pitted the most-popular Pokémon character against Marvel’s most-beloved superhero in a parkour dash to class? Lucky for us fantasy […]
Parkour gets animated every which way, from Minecraft to stop motion to flipbook
Buoyed by the popularity of American Ninja Warrior and various other stunting and obstacle racing shows (e.g. Wipeout, Bullseye, Spartan), parkour continues to grow […]
Freerunners Calen Chan and Ninja Nate turn ‘Jurassic World’ parody into ‘Jurassic Parkour’
When being pursued by a rampaging Tyrannosaurus rex, it’s advisable to be versed in the art of parkour, if one hopes to have any […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Parkour (and how Batman broke his leg)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice may have been reviled by movie critics (it has a tepid 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes), but that […]
Ninja warrior chicken, cat, dog and mouse could give Isaac Caldiero a run for his money
In 2015, Isaac Caldiero became the first official American Ninja Warrior (and an overnight millionaire) when he completed the Vegas Finals Course just seconds […]
Palestinian parkour: Meet the Gaza wall runners who climbed, jumped and flipped their way to freedom
Some walls are fashioned of brick and mortar, while others exist only in the mind. For Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, the wall […]
What’s love got to do with it? Freerunning with Pasha the Boss in Venice, Italy
Some people simply fall in love, while others fall, jump, twist and roll. Freerunner Pasha Petkuns, aka “Pasha the Boss”, falls into the latter […]
Parkour passport: Freerunning with Jason Paul from Mumbai, India to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jason Paul’s love affair with freerunning began in 2005 when his best friend introduced him to the sport via a parkour documentary. From that […]
Jose Angeles melds skateboarding with parkour in 8K video shot on San Franciscan sidewalks
What do you get when you mix two of the hottest extreme sports the planet has to offer? Skateboard parkour, naturally. In a video […]