Speed Course # 1 - North American Parkour Championships 

Why is everyone losing their hats over "Oh this isn't real parkour, this is NOT what David Belle worked for, parkour doesn't have competitions." Who the hell cares? its a friendly competition, its not like they are all a bunch of ignorant meat-headed jocks worried about demolishing their opponents. They are happy! The entire time. They even hug and shake hands. Because they realize and appreciate the skill their opponents have brought to the table and the hard work that came with acquiring that skill. The free runners I practice with perform training exercises that are very similar to these games DURING TRAINING. "Who can run the best time through these obstacles?" ect. ect. So just, seriously, save your comments. These guys bust their ass at home training every single day and then some douche nugget on the RU-vid comment section is going to try and degrade basically his entire art. The free runner is getting paid to do what he loves to do. For a long time it was probably just a dream. One that the free runner busted his ass for, and now he/she does it every single day FOR A LIVIING.

this is the kind of parkour that I like, not front flipping five times flat like a frog on adderal

Am I the only one who skipped all the interview shit and just watched the parkour?

The course should've been longer. When it's as short as this, there is very little room for error or improvement. With just a slightly longer course; athletes would have more obstacles to scale either better or worse than the others, making for more interesting times and runs.

It's good to have people that understand parkour like you do. :)

1:33 Look at the background xD What is that look XD

The fact that the "dedicated structures" pre-existed the competition is important. The space was adapted for contest usage, and regardless of whether it happened in the gym or outside, a fixed, long-term series of obstacles is required for the early stage of the sportification process. The fact that the competition took place in a ‘dedicated’ space has more to do with convenience, liability, and community building than with ‘unnaturalness,’ which I assume would be your point.

Speed Challenges. My favorite form of parkour competition. I hope we get into the olympics some day, that would make me sooooo happy

2: 18 THATS MY PARKOUR TEACHER!!!

That was amazing !

Third guy had a head start

Oh hey Frosty. DC was a good era with you.

actually yeah he was fast, one of the only ones who managed to keep balanced on the rail before the end, which improved his time :)

7:17 pause it look at the guy in the purple

*looks at description* I knew it was one of the guys at American Ninja Warrior! Neat seeing him still doing well cuz Ninja Warrior is so unforgiving.

I'm not thinking about what he was trying to get being the fastest, whether was fun or trophy . Yeah, that's a thin line between quick, efficient, and safety, that it's really hard to understand, being a new sport and such, but yet it' really important, I don't even know if I understand this well, I can be wrong here. It's was a hard decision for the judges. But as The FreeRunning grows, we'll have more studies about the discipline, and those questions are going to become more clear for everyone

I know, and it was really impressive, and I really see your point. But he could got hurt there, imagine giving a medal for someone injured. I don't know if that goes with the goal of not being only strong, but staying strong, maybe that rule can go beyond of the touch the green paper, or he can do the course with perfection or he should find other ways, like the guy who climb the roof, that Parkour has. Anyway, just something to think about.

I think he was just chilled lol, it's his french swagger. That was just a little before filming multiple action films, doing workshops in Germany, and visiting America and Canada again where he did a bunch of Parkour (and famously bailed on camera). There's *rumours* & stories he's done big drops that haven't been filmed, like from the top to the 'cave' of dame du lac. Anyway the guy is an enigma, I'd like to know how screwed his body is which is why I asked.

Should have a pressure plate on the starting wall. Lots of false starts in here.

Also, the main point of this competition was to have fun and get some pros together, none of the athletes aimed for a trophy, I'm sure that Brandon didn't fall because he tried hard to win, however accidents do happen... Anyways what my point is that, he did eventually get the fastest time, and I'm sure that all of the athletes respect his time, if they've be given him penalty, then things would have been more complicated, and again, he did smash the course, he was the fastest from A to B...

I'm also really interested in seeing that recent footage your referring to here... Can you provide a link?

What about Brandon Douglass?

I may have overstated this. I was actually referring to 2007 footage of him in New York. His posture is awful and his gait looks rather unhealthy aswell. Seeing as you've been in this longer than I have I assume you've already seen the footage when it was new and didn't take away the same thing? It just seems to me that he is working against his body rather than with it.

Why are they still all going for that cat?!!?

I have a little pain in my left knee, nothing that keeps me from doing anything, but it's been a while that I'm taking it slow, because I heard a pain like a arrow in the knee can end up a career.

Of course frostie's on the mic.

This is in downtown Vancouver I've been here

great runs :)

Haha just rest about another week or so, they usually heal. Best of lucks!

Mtv Parkour Challenge doesn't count because it has flips?

1:32 hahaha that guy in the back xD

im just awed by the sacred geometry on the starting wall. anyone know who the artist(s) is(are)

Ill be your audio guy next time. The audio in this video is a little hard to understand. You could take a split from the mixer and run it into a recorder for better audio quality. Alternatively, you could mic up near the speaker and record that through the camera if it has audio input capability.

Yoann getting 13.something even though he missed the rail - amazing.

David Belle only does huge drops when a camera is rolling. Seriously, have you seen recent footage of him? He walks like he just got beat up by a dozen bouncers. Of course he can still jump but I think he ruined his body a long time ago.

@supermec131 I totally agree, but you have to admit, it is awesome :D

Jesus Jesse's fast.

Brandon was probably feeling like a big fish in a small pond after that shit...

I mean... I'm not exactly a fan of competition either, and I strongly believe parkour/ ADD/ freerunning/ whatever is best practiced in the greatest variety of environments possible, but that doesn't mean this not parkour. I mean people claim that David Belle's definition of parkour is anti-competition and anti-parkour specific parks but the fact that he himself is designing a "parkour city" and is in favor of parkour in the olympics kind of ruins that whole argument.

I wanna see David Belle run that course

Heyyy its Jesse LaFlair!!

Like the spirit of the guy at 9:29. Could have completed in a better time if he played it safe but said fuck it and did the long jump.

Cardioid mic?

Origin Parkour? Why not zoidberg?

I'm sad... Albert Kong didn't do a Kong on that rail :(

The host is from American ninja warrior

YEAH FROSTY FRESH

The first one deserved a penalty because of that fall

'evirohurdles' is my intellectual property - the term doesn't refer to indoors purpose-made obstacles. ;) tehehehe you guyz

Anyone notice that Yohan is flying at 20:30? Now I know his secret.

I couldn't finish this course I am a 4 foot tall kid

Did anybody else notice the bananas on the counter?

Albert Kong wins for real Parkour.

where´s that course

Did he just say 7"5? OH DAMNNNNN

j'allait publier sa sur ton mur :3 sa me l'a conseiller après rather die in a parkour park, c'est désolant --'

he is right, parkour isn't about that, be the best or the faster, and don't you see as competition make things dangerous, the tried jump to many far for them, if they tried that in real condition, they were death, so, I think parkour is not that we just saw, and call this video parkour do not respect the reals parkour values...

Using the word "parkour" in the context of a competition happening on dedicated structures is stupid as fuck!

I have been doing parkour for 5years

Agreed :)

JESSE LA FLAIR!!!

That's not parkour.. parkour is NOT about competition.

But he fell after he touched the green paper lol

Id hit that lest wall ledge and suicide bomb my hand to the flag and worry about the recovery fall after

Yoaan was fast...

Fuck those competitions

Hey hook me up with this recent footage bro I'm intrigued.

Lmao

he make it in like 7 sec. lol

david belle would win..

but srsly where's my money?

Jesse La Flair!

Yoann was the only decent fast guy..

Holy com evil look at 1:31

See my response above.

nice hah jesse was fast omg

#roadtonapc

YAY :D

nice runs, everyone! (FIRST)

North America that means he speaking English, doesn't sound like it

top right corner 1:50 guy looks like he is watching porn

So many people would have fell to there death

Yeah, USA talent needs some work

where the black people?

WOAH lool

un asco... en el parkour no ahi competencia, por buscar el mejor tiempo se caen hacen mal las cosas que gente tan estupida (estupid people) arriesgando su integridad fisica por llegar a la meta.....

L'consolable I have a lot of respect for you but that was just plain immature use your words man.

Why so hateful man? Did anyone call your projects, music, or videos "stupid as f*ck"? You're entitled to your opinion, but insulting our intelligence and cursing is petty and uncalled for.

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David Belles vision....wahhhhh. My parents are cunts so its these peoples fault....mehhhhhhhh

ooow no, it's the first speed course not the first championship you dumb

PARKOUR = NO COMPETITION THIS IS NOT PARKOUR you shouldn t do this competitions This is not david belle have worked for ! This is not the right vision of parkour !

What's with the fucking retarded penalties?!? The guy who fell has already lost time FFS. GTFO with that fake shit.

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