Parkour Invitational Competition - 2011 National Parkour Summit

[BlacksVideos]

Well, its not really a parkour competition. Its more like a movement competition. They just use the name parkour for commercial reasons and marketing.

[alexanderhogarth]

@BlacksVideos I would say that all the competitors are having to do parkour in order to get through the obstacle course as fast as possible... What makes you think otherwise?

[BlacksVideos]

@alexanderhogarth

Looks move like people moving from a to b in the fastest way possible.

Which you do in.. uh, obstacles courses, and which have been done since pre-history.

[alexanderhogarth]

@BlacksVideos "At the physical end, Parkour is getting over all the obstacles in your path as you would in an emergency situation. You want to move in such a way, with any movement, that will help you gain the most ground on someone/something as if escaping from someone/something or chasing toward someone/something." -David Belle

[alexanderhogarth]

@BlacksVideos and furthermore, in many ways people have been doing parkour to the best of their abilities since "pre-history". It's just nobody has given it that name until recently...

[RafeKelley]

@BlacksVideos There was noting commercial or marketed about this comp it was put on by the local parkour community and brought in traceurs from all over there was no sponsor and no money involved.

[lookslikeautube]

4:29 - 4:36 what the hell is he doing?

[ParkourVisions]

@lookslikeautube Obviously the more rolls you do the better your landings

[jardyisdabest]

dude camera man needs a redbull

[SuperSpicks]

i thought frosti won

[w8tillucmiooo]

These are the only people who are going to survive if the ground really does turn into lava...

[axelx666]

in the beginning it's true "flips won't give you bonuses" because FLIPS AREN'T PARKOUR! they are just flashy stuff to add on. this is core parkour "real parkour" :)

[1996Zi]

feel bad 4 da camera man...hes been dying da whole time tryin 2 keep up...so lots of respect 2 u man

[palangikai]

guts if one of these guys stole your purse

[RazvaNano]

In parkour there is no competition! Parkour is not a sport! Is an art,a discipline...

[alexanderhogarth]

@RazvaNano You're right, parkour itself is not a competition. But that doesn't stop people from using it in competitions if they think it'll help them.

[FUGITIIVE]

I ♥ Frosti

[hart6969]

This should be in X games & the Olympics! Straight up

[Ph0be]

The camera guys incesive breathing is disgusting

[wgarrlnhs05]

@Ph0be you try going around 3 courses nearly 30 x each.

[Ph0be]

@wgarrlnhs05 Hey I never said I could do better, I just said it disgusts me

[eagleg35]

I see this on cops all the time..

[TheAlloyy]

Where's Ezio when you need him to show these people how it's really done?

[pkLipe]

@TheAlloyy Actually, even though Ezio's strong, his flow is bad. He can jump far but he has no flow... just sayin. And his vaults are bad.

[Avyrus666]

Random dude in a suit 6:10

[skykunde]

Great! 

[LaFlairParkour]

I love it!

[EienAii]

Applause for the camera guy :D

[Emineminero]

A Oxygen mask for the camera man

[Eskaqon01]

SOUNDS LIKE IM WATCHING A PORN !!

[rezzacool]

assasins creed.

[thetawan]

where's damien walters?

[cash8344]

i didnt know that assassines creed was based on a true story

[FBGamers]

@cash8344 it actually is based on true events

[Koshirozation]

Parkour Invitational Comp - 2011 National Parkour Summit for the spider-mans?

[pinksgo]

I pity the camera dude.. so tired :) but good work!

[92592va]

feel bad for the camera man he sounded like he was out of shape

[sgtdanny69148]

Mirror's Edge?

[Goattongue]

Two words I hope I never see together... Parkour Zombies!

AHhhhh! Yikes!

Kudos to the camera man though...

...if it were me...I'm sure I would have turned at some point and *BAAAMM* ...metal pipe to the head.

[AsianWhoCanDrive]

*pant pant pant*

[UnlikelyM8s]

LMAO to the camera guy who sounds like he was about to KO!!

[Liface]

GasWorks!

[JihoonJKim]

Frosti is like a a game character or something.

He friggn executes everything with such clean and moves that flow.

To be honest, they all got some sick flow in their runs.

[YamahaAMA26]

The camera man needs to give up cigarettes.

[flowerchild4370]

Frosti is cute!

[nyangkulsawah]

awesome...:D

[KTF86Sabre]

Assassin Training Camp.

[LittleRavenSonofMatt]

I see no squirrle

[frenchman451]

ezio from assassins creed is better :)

[Narutofan99991]

frosti should had one he had best time on 2 of em. -_-

[gakirat]

how could frosti get the fastest times on the first and third legs but not place in the top 3?

[remainstobeseen22]

@gakirat

Perhaps he defaulted on the second leg?

[RafeKelley]

@gakirat Frosti finished 16 seconds behind first place on the second course, 14 behind second place, and 6 behind 3rd place, you have to strong at all aspects, frosti wasn't as strong in the climbing aspects.

[KidCoolio]

You guys should've gotten more camera guys to switch out / a lighter camera, cuz it seems he got seriously tired, having to film people speeding through a course in like 30 seconds or less, again and again

[BtTmudi]

i LOVE parkour! these guys are amazing !

[JDB70x7]

K, like if you agree. The winner, Justin, looks alot like Neo from the Matrix o_O

[skyguy15]

@JDB70x7 He freed his mind...

[alex8000000]

at first i thought frosti was a woman :/

[scoosherable]

And the winner is the cameraman, for being able to keep up!

[Suitcase65]

these guys would be great at groudres

[BlackOperationsANY1]

cud u breath any louder im sorry?!

[EuanDanger]

the cameraman sounds like he has asthma :P

[srculver]

gasworks park!

[djnoreg]

Feel sorry for the camera man

[fifamasters2]

the camera guy us dieing

[heatherwind]

Okay, I'm confused about the scoring system. The vid showed the competitor named "Frosti" as having best time in 2 heats, but he didn't place at the end? What other factors go into deciding the winners?

[ParkourVisions]

@heatherwind this one was just total combined time. Several people got beat down by the 2nd course

[heatherwind]

@ParkourVisions I see! Thank you for clarifying :)

[deathtwo7]

My invite must have gotten lost in the mail

[lordmithosyggdrasil]

I havent done parkour in a while ... i have to assemble a group together and practice

[paki123]

i wanna see one of them bust their ass.

[MikeJarman]

I love the first couple of minutes you can hear the cameraman getting out of breath trying to keep up with them lol

[youjustgotBRWNed]

2:14

DO NOT CLIMB

[midorih04]

why is there no asian ?! thats unfair! XD

[Illkiron]

really cool guys!

[holyise]

THE FLOOR IS LAVA!!

[vinnyEtv]

first place should be the camera guy for keeping up with them without passing out

[R1Boogeyman]

@vinnyEtv lol it sounded like he almost did

[TheGalvanize123]

Is that Freddie Roach at 2:19? haha wtf

[Yonschnee]

The camera man seems like a fatass xD

[steven781227]

Lol, Youtube sent me here.

[ThomasAleks]

WTH happened to "Frosti" in course 2 O.o

[mastersporeo]

@ThomasAleks

My thoughts exactly, they announced second place and I was like, aw too bad for the guy who won round two.

Then he was first and I was like what the hell? The guy with the best time in two of the course doesn't even place? He took basically 44 seconds on the first and third, means it took him over 48 for course two. That's like ten seconds behind! Too bad for him it's overall time and not point based.

[ericissuperman1]

i guess being is cheating.

[UltimaSaviorDragon]

Never seen this kind of parkour before. What does it take to do stuff like this?

[xBeanerJesse]

Frosti is fast as fuckkkk

[Richardiann]

This is how you run away from cops!

[MrAwesome119]

wow run just like in assassin's creed

[TheBDBstriker]

This would be Heaven :'D

[kpjjc]

If someone did this in an Ezio Auditore cosplay, there would be so much win!

[drew32904]

should have used a go pro. :/

[CarbynOfficial]

youtube posted this on its facebook page. not fair.

[binarytekk]

I wouldn't be surprised if the camera man lost 10lbs that day.

[JuneBug4489]

i was just waiting for someone to faceplant the floor...

[PLANKaTANKa]

im out of breath watching this

[themanwithacam]

the cameraman sounds like a sex offender.....crazy skills tho



[lishi8983]

Only in Seattle...

[spinwizard720]

i feel bad for the guy who has to follow these guys with the camera

[floridachik2]

yea....soooo trending

[HuntForBest]

like if you got here from facebook :)

[HuntForBest]

@HuntForBest

[barslastnight]

Maybe add some music over the heavy breathing?

[HappyFamilyPlan]

brian orosco is dope!

[jonnois]

I'm keen to get into this, any crews in Auz??

[ParkourVisions]

@jonnois Several, check out the Australian Parkour Association

[EpicNessEpicTrocity]

@ParkourVisions

i believe its apa

[neah]

can the police ever catch them?

[DemoraX]

its a secret ninja recruiting test held by the government! dont be suprised if they all vanish next week :P

[DaGodDamBatman]

Should be called the Hipster Olympics

[YetiRSVlogs]

@DaGodDamBatman Silly kid! hipster's don't free run, They plank.

[YetiRSVlogs]

@DaGodDamBatman Parkour* sorry lol.

[r3volu7ion]

Camera man needs to run more often.

[WINZ0W]

I don't always watch races, but when I do it's for the crashing.

[AceOfSpadesX]

dreadlocks is a mean demon

[homeskilletkas]

This competition has been out for a while. Its called Ninja Warrior. Check it out.

[uhlbadmonkey]

Should be call The International Floor is Lava Invitational

[TysonCecka]

@uhlbadmonkey :) The floor was only temporarily lava in the 2nd course though, but you get the idea

[soguuud]

I hope this doesn't become commercialised and start getting sponsors from big assed corporations like Red Bull cos it would kill it...parkour's a way of life man...

[TysonCecka]

@soguuud Red Bull has already sponsored several comps. They were all pretty bad though, that's why we've created our own to develop the format properly

[Cakerolled]

LAME. Little kids jumping around. Anyone could do that. How is this even a sport?

Reddit is retarded.

[SnorlaxSquad]

The camera guy actually sounds like he's running for his life and scared to death.

Poor guy, he did an awesome job!

[klaqua]

What steadycam did you use? What Cam?

[TysonCecka]

@klaqua John used a 7d and I think just a normal flyer

[ShowKase]

camera guy sound like he been smokin Marlboros all day lol

[Synakus]

Poor camera guy... he did a good job keeping up! Sounds like good exercise.

[RafeKelley]

This is a once a year event for the moment, in order to compete you need to have established yourself as skilled traceur, through reputation in the community, or qualifying by competing in smaller local events.

[TheNewThesis]

so how can you attained/compete in one of these?