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freerunner101 |
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Passed on my info EZ?
You Only Live Once
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ez |
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At media level, most newpapers will always convey the wow aspect, but speak to anyone at grass roots level and its an entirely different story. Every single
council official, school teacher, youth org worker, police officer.....(the list goes on and on) that we've had dealings with, has identified the positive
attributes that come from practising the discipline.
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OO ninja |
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Build international. *cough* America *cough* West Coast *cough*
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ez |
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Well.................the biggest client of Playworld Systems is Woodward in the US and we know how far their reach is.
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ChrisJeffs2 |
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ez it's nice to see that this project is really shaping up to something that is aiming to make a difference and integrate projects that are maybe in the
pipeline already but need final clarification.
So when are the massive drops, spike pits and flaming torches being integrated into the park?
I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.
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Biomech |
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That would be freerunning, these are Parkour parks
Biomech
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mcquade |
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The majority of people (with the exception of those from London and possibly a few other areas where parkour seems to be well known) don't understand what parkour is, or haven't heard of it at all, and thus, don't see it as something positive at all. At a glance what we do seems antisocial and derogatory. Most of those that have heard about parkour have got their information from the media, which we all know doesn't show parkour as anything more than another adrenaline filled extreme sport in most cases. So yeah, the general public don't have a positive view on parkour. If these parks got built what's stopping the council (pushed by the general public) taking action to ban parkour in the streets and restrict it to these 'designated areas'? People never really have an excuse to move us on (as we aren't doing anything wrong), they sometimes come up with the old "Health and safety" or a security guard might be acting on his superiors words. However with these parks, I can see many more moving us on and telling us to "go and do it where you're meant to". People will get far more vigilant about us training somewhere other than these parks and I know that I, for one, like training 'on the streets', I like the variations of obstacles that you can not possibly provide in a purpose built area. I would hate to be so restricted! I honestly believe the public needs much more education on parkour before these parks become anything more than a problem solving solution, much like skate parks are. How are you proposing to label these parks… What information will be given about them? What about copy-cat behaviour. It is already a problem getting a little out of control, will this not fuel it? What's stopping little fearless kids throwing themselves around in these parks trying to copy what they have seen, and inevitably hurting themselves? These parks might pass safety regulations but parkour is by no means safe if practised improperly! How can you possibly ensure proper practition!? Will there be any emphasis on strength training and conditioning in these parks? After all, isn't that what the majority of training towards parkour should be? I do understand that there can be good… Great! benefits from these parks, but you have all these guys to tell you these things. I think certain precautions
need to be taken to ensure these parks are a positive thing for the community. Education of the public, the councils authorising the parks are obviously aware
of the positive side of parkour but most of the public are not. An established, experienced parkour scene to help all the new guys (that these parks will
attract) understand what should and shouldn't be done. Finally a range of equipment allowing for strength training
and not just equipment for jumps, vaults and flips.
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con0692 |
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Posts: 627 (Fri, May 23, 2008 06:11) waste of space
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Man this would be so sweet..then again it'd probably end up covered in pissed/stoned chavs like all the other parks around here lol
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paul or fish |
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all depends on council really. Its pretty cool here, they are fine with us doing it, they have even come out there building and told us we might be able to get
funding (film equipment maybe even some apparatus.) Will speak to them soon and see if something could be organised, parkour park sounds like a great idea in
my opinion.
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dsfargeg |
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As Ez was saying, people in the right places see it as something positive. The amount of times I've been told by some council jobsworth that I'm
vandalising and causing a nuisance... only for a police officer to stand and watch us, and look genuinely pleased with what we're doing.
The people who have a problem with parkour and want to portray it in a negative light... aren't really the sort of people who matter anyway.
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Cocopop |
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"If these parks got built what's stopping the council (pushed by the general public) taking action to ban parkour in the streets and restrict it to
these 'designated areas'?"
Thats a good point. But lets not hope it happens. |
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paul or fish |
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very good point actually. Like with skating there may end up with a lot of areas with "no pk signs." However there are many places to practise it so
i doubt itl matter to much. Luckily for us one of the good training places is a big park place, cant see it being stopped there and the other good spot is next
to the council who enjoy seeing us do it. I doubt itl cause that much nuisance tbh, i reckon you will still be able to train in other spots as well. What
roughly is going to be included in these parks? mainly rail sort of work or a mixture of things?
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dsfargeg |
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"If these parks got built what's stopping the council (pushed by the general public) taking action to ban parkour in the streets and restrict it to
these 'designated areas'?"
Which is why I'm agnostic about getting a park in our area. Looks like it's happening anyway but doesn't mean I can't cry like a baby.
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fLexPk |
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well
they wont be able to catch /stop me so i guess ill just have to disobey if they choose to try keep me to the designated areas. Rules are made to be broken , Rules like gravity. |
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Zakreece |
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Small question about the actual parks - just wondering what the surfaces would be made of, eg will it be soft/springy ground which won't hurt as much if
you bail onto it, or concrete for "realism". Oh, and the materials of actual obstacles. Or will there be a variety for the sake of
cheapness/availability/having variety.
Cheers Andrew Everyone is equal... but some people are more equal than others. |
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con0692 |
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Posts: 627 (Fri, May 30, 2008 09:54) waste of space
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Zakreece wrote: Ahh I reckon soft/springy ground..cause concrete would kinda take away the whole safe training area idea I think..but I would imagine that the rails and stuff would be made of metal.
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Ben K |
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Good question Zakreece. I'd like to see a combo. I think putting these parks ontop of a 10ft scalable only wall would solve the whole "chavs"
would piss on it senario
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dsfargeg |
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Concrete only
No cushioning FINAL DESTINATION
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Sk8r Stu |
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haha I'm liking the 10ft scalable wall idea, kinda was thinking about that myself =P
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Zakreece |
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Yeh, but newbs might not be able to get up it.
Everyone is equal... but some people are more equal than others. |
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