Monday, October 09, 2006

Human Flight Realized

Video from Russia of an urban acrobatic discipline called Parkour, or sometimes Freerunning. This is not fake. The goal is to achieve uninterrupted, efficient forward motion over, under, around and through obstacles in one's environment.
The sport was created in the late 80's in France, by 15 year-old David Belle, who's father and grandfather had been military and fire rescuers. His goal was to turn athletic ability into a useful skill, for use in conducting rescues, or escaping danger.
It gets really interesting about 2 minutes in....