The recently opened Tempest Freerunning Academy in Los Angeles has put together a promotional video of its gym that hits several notes obligating us to write about it. The fantastic feats of athleticism in the clip begin with various free runners flipping, climbing and jumping across a set inspired by the 8-bit world of Super Mario Bros.
The rest of the video just fills us with jealous awe, considering the closest we'll probably ever get to pulling off some of the featured stunts is when we play Mirror's Edge or the upcoming Brink. Actually, we take that back. We could totally do the stunts, but we'd have to call ahead to the hospital and pre-order a room first.
Well, I'm not gonna lie. Starting younger does help. But I guess there are a lot of variables. Like how good shape you are in now, how active you are, etc. But anything is possible. All you have to do is stick with it. Know who Damien Walters is? He's amazing, I envy that guy. I'm pretty sure he is like 29.
@TraceurRyuk Part III I think freerunning/parkour is a pretty awesome sport ever since it became sort of mainstream (at least, when people started hearing about it). It was around '04, I guess but I reckoned I was already too old back then. I mean, even back then wasn't that rare to come across a video of a 13-year-old breaking all of his teeth attempting some move. Not to mention that I live on the edge of the Earth.
this stuff is phenomenally awesome and terrifying. whenever i saw someone spinning with their hand as the support, i just envisioned them not pulling it up fast enough and annihilating their elbow... for the love of playing table tennis, be careful.
When I first started free-running I was a bit too ambitious and went for a jump a bit out of my skill level (That, and I was 14 and trying to impress my friends). I injured my knee because I didn't know basic safety maneuvers, ever since then every now and then my knee will start hurting. So yeah, it can be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.
Nah, Faith is missing some basic vaults to call it Parkour. Also, she uses really unconventional methods. I'd call it free-running. Though to be honest, it doesn't really matter. Everyone has their own style, despite what you want to call it.
I agree about everyone having their own style, that's true.
I still feel Faith's movement is more in the style of parkour vs. freerunning, because she runs to get somewhere / escape from someone as quickly & efficiently as possible (instead of running for style and the art of movement). Her motivation is the very essence of parkour. Yes she is missing some vaults, but that's only a limitation of the game controls (you can see her do them in the comic, for example).
Yeah, have for a little over 4 years now. Just as my name implies, TraceurRyuk. I actually started tricking at first, I did Martial Arts and a little gymnastics and combined the two. Which led me to free-running.
*sigh*, already feeling sick and now Joystiq is making me feel like a lazy ass on top of it. Always in awe of people who are capable of running free like this (and reminds me of the awesome Office bit -Parcours!-.
Love the everybody happy bit at the end as well. Oh, and very great track to top it all off.
Heh. I actually just watched this earlier because of the link you guys provided regarding the Guilty Cat being "Today's Big Thing." (Though, I guess it was yesterday when you guys made the post.)
Just because you don't see a point in it doesn't mean there isn't a point in it. Why do you play video games? Or any of your hobbies? Besides, you get more practical uses from this than you do video games.
Not exactly true. Physical development doesn't always trump mental development. If you work in an office all day, free running is practically of no use to you, where the strategy and spatial recognition that's usually developed from video games may help. It's best to draw a nice balance to develop physical and mental capacities.
But I agree about everything else. Plus, both are fun.
You may want to consider switching your username to NegativeCommentGuy. A quick scan of your comment history on the Joystiq Network shows that you don't really have a lot of positive things to say, and at least the name change would give others ample warning.
CommentGuy impressions on Wii: "It's awesome! Having a next gen console isn't just about graphics, it's about having new interactive menus. The Wii channels thing is just great, it's like a new TV cable company about video games. The Mii thing looks awesome, I can't wait to mingle."
I mean, WTF?! Is it the same guy? What happened that made you so bitter, CommentGuy? Did your doggie die? Or maybe it was a kitten?
I'm going to have to go with the "Replaced by an evil doppelganger" theory on this one. Its a shame we don't have any before/after photographs so we can check for the telltale evil goatee.
@Arturis CommentGuy, care to share some photos? I'm sure your mom still keep some of those, when you were over enthusiasticly unrapping the Wii under a christmas tree. Considering your last comment (below), its quite an irony, isn't it?
Its entirely your right to hold whatever opinion you want about the video. Its the fact that you feel the need to react to other people enjoying it, to "piss on their proverbial parade", if you will, that classifies your comments at Trolling.
Mario's first adventure sends him on a rescue mission through the Mushroom Kingdom, as he must survive eight worlds to save Princess Toadstool from the evil Bowser.
