Don’t Try This at Home…
It’s time to take a break from your PC and take a stroll round your local neighbourhood - Russian style…
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The clip is about 8.5 minutes long and there’s an arty bit near the beginning you just need to sit through and then the truly amazing feats start…
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Mon, July 17th, 2006 - Author
Yang-May Ooi - Category
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July 17th, 2006 at 11:10 am
wow! Those guys are the real deal in the ever-popular ‘Parkour’ movement. I’ve seen a couple of videos on Youtube but nothing like this. I find it fascinating to see the decaying landscape transformed into a place of wonder and surprise. The risks they are taking are enormous, but clearly they have developed skills in the art of falling. It reminds me of stunts that the old Hong-Kong ‘kung-fu’ film industry legends used to perform.
July 17th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Yes, what captured me about this video is how these guys have used a drab and depressing environment to create a beautiful artform - to me it’s an emblem of the human spirit rising above (literally!)dire circumstances.