Yea, pretty amazing athletic ability, but I'll think I'll continue to take the stairs to get to upper floors. If he were to drop off the bridge, or the buildings, or land on his back or head on the concrete it would suck.
^^ lol.. Thats clean how they do it. I'd say watching too much Jackie Chan. But if he messes up, he could break a bone or two.
Wow - they say that humans don't have the type of athletic ability that animals need to climb, but that's about as close as I've seen to a human climbing and/or moving like an animal. Crazy and very cool, IMO.
<div class="quote_poster">Flow Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It's pointless imo.</div> While I agree, you cant deny its not cool to watch.
Actually, this is starting to become an underground sport for those athletic and strong enough to do it. They like to call it "Urban Gymnastics" too. I have a friend in Waukegan who does this type of stuff and he's trying to promote it into being a professional sporting event. <div class="quote_poster">Flow Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It's called Parkour.</div> I've heard him say that too. I don't think they'd ever get it to be a sporting event though. Here I remember one of the most famous groups in the World at this are called the Yamakasi from France. They're basically pioneers of the popularity, fantastic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kylVt4yoWkE
You never know, people always said skateboarding, rollerblading, etc wouldn't be considered a sport and it is now. I doubt this will, but again you never know.
What I was most impressed by was his strength. Dude was doing pushups vertically in the beginning and he would need to be in awesome condition to land on his feet with the majority of those jumps. I think this would be a cool sport if you could find a bunch of these people and get them to play tag/manhunt.
the thingis..very few are athletic enough to even attempt some of those stunts without getting injured.
<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">What I was most impressed by was his strength. Dude was doing pushups vertically in the beginning and he would need to be in awesome condition to land on his feet with the majority of those jumps. I think this would be a cool sport if you could find a bunch of these people and get them to play tag/manhunt.</div> Wow, could you imagine playing tag with them? Your walking and guys jump out of trees, tag you, then jump onto a building and jump away.
