Chicagoist: Chicago Parkour Video Makes Regular Walking Seem Extremely Lame

celerysalt

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:10:53 -0600

you know the whole world is turning into a planet brimming with slovenly fatasses when running and jumping become music video-worthy. god, humanity is getting lame. in related news, i had to jump over a wet el step this morning. let the oohs and aaahs commence.

simplecreature

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:54:27 -0600

UIC is pretty well known in the skating/parkour communities as a good spot. The security there is decent (they actually spend time to secure the campus, not hassle skaters) and there are plenty of cool spaces/rails/builds to trick off of. I was on my board down there since the mid-nineties. The parkour people started showing up a few years later. They are a sight to see in person. Like alot of skaters now they're kind of obsessed with getting a perfect camera shot off though. When they're just flowing and playing...too cool

JoeM500

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:04:57 -0600

it's like fruitbooting without the fruit boots!

misscarlyryan

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:29:02 -0600

there's a lot of uic footage, maybe they go there?

1905B

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:05:26 -0600

It looks so easy...

fed up

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:27:06 -0600

I have seen some parkour videos from france and they are awesome. These guys are incredible athletes.

peteypants

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:42:14 -0600

pretty cool, but parkour in france/uk seems better.

smussy

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:43:06 -0600

i was wondering if we had parkour people. it seemed we *had* to. this stuff is fascinating to me.