7.FREE RUNNING & PARKOUR
Whereas most of the sports on this website are looking at sports where man pits his wits against nature, Free Running and Parkour are usually practised in the urban environment.
Participants jump, vault and summersault over obstacles in their way with acrobatic fluid movements.
Most important are good jumping and landing techniques.
Although the two terms - free running and parkour, are often interchangable, there is a difference between the two disciplines. A Parkour Traceur (person who does Parkour) will get from point A to point B in the quickest most fluid way possible whereas the Free Runner will do it as stylishly as possible adding more acrobatic moves. These will including tricking which can be thought of as martial arts power tumbling.
Although not originally thought of as an extreme sport there are now those who practice in situations where a badly executed move could result in serious injury or death
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