I watched the most recent program on C4, some pretty crazy stuff in there and good to see a healthy UK representation. I guess it has exploded in popularity following the original show on television.
Is there a big following in the Norwich area? How long have you been doing this sort of thing for?
I done a bit of this with lew at night whilst very pissed........it was all good fun, dont imagine it would be so fun without the alcohol, but whatever floats your boat......
I've been doing this for ages, I trained with most of the U.K freerunners appearing on Jump Britain this summer and several other groups from london , cambridge etc.
Before jump britain at a single jam we've had no more than 6 people attending, now though there is a huge amount of interest with the possibility of 30 people or more coming to this jam on the 23rd. Almost all fo them will be beginners.
I think everybody has tried it or just does it without giving it a name
draedalus wrote:I think everybody has tried it or just does it without giving it a name
It does seem that a lot of people will try clambering onto or over some sort of public property after a night out with the bevvies. I think this is mainly due to the fact that people seem less worried about potential injuries and obviously working with an alcohol fueled physical confidence gives you that needed boost.
Sounds like good numbers for the jam, I wonder how long it will be before big sportswear sponsers embrace parkour or free-running because at the moment it does seem pretty non-commercialist (which is refreshing).
Unfortuneately lots of sports companys have tried to capitalise on it.
Sebastien Foucan (sport co-founder) was immediately sponsored by nike and did the angry chicken advert (a precursor to bellys gonna get ya and the hungry sofa advert).
UF crew (the Uks most prominent crew) were sponsored by merrel (awesome shoes) and white stuff clothes. However now they are involved in an adidas tour promoting a specialised shoe designed specifically for freerunning (which I think looks shit) all of their gear is adidas now.
I will continue to buy merrels as they are the best shoes on the planet.
Ah wow, didn't know that was that level of sponsership, but I guess with it being 'the next big urban thing' companies would be crazy to ignore it.
I've seen the Merrel shoes before, they look like they are pretty comfortable and have good traction on walls and whatnot. Shame Adidas have barged them out of the way.
willythepiss wrote:i think we all know who invented this
He certainly is the pioneer son. Many many people would have gained inspiration to go and run up the side of a building after watching Spidey clamber around.
For a bit of [not so nice] web action. Go to http://images.google.com and type in "spidey". Click on the second picture; why on earth would you choose to draw that?
james wrote:For a bit of [not so nice] web action. Go to http://images.google.com and type in "spidey". Click on the second picture; why on earth would you choose to draw that?
james wrote:For a bit of [not so nice] web action. Go to http://images.google.com and type in "spidey". Click on the second picture; why on earth would you choose to draw that?
Ahahahah! Equally as strange is the image on the 3rd row of images below that one!
