Jump Britian

[chaos_insomniac]

Did anyone see this programme? It's about a sport called free running.

free running site (http://www.urbanfreeflow.com) is the site.

I for one would love to be able to do some of the things they do, it's more than just jumping around and over things, it's so gymnastic and elegant, and I'm willing to bet it can be a great way to relieve stress as well. I expect this will become more popular throughout time and will eventually be a mass scale sport, as it's not like skateboarding for example, where it takes years to master your tricks. Your body and fear is the limit, you can push your physical body to the limit, and it doesn't take years of learning.

Any thoughts?

[big_man_with_a_]

it's something you did as a kid, just taken much further... some of the stuff was very impressive, just think you'd get crazy stares doing it.

anyone care to start a leeds 'jump' massive? :D

[Kiezo]

Posted it ages ago in Anything Goes. Twice, actually ;<

[AlmightyBob]

I reckon the more media attention Free Running gets, the more like the next jackass its gonna be....i mean, how many early teens are there burning themselves alive/jumping off houses/crashing trolleys into each other are there now? Before long theres gonna be kids up and down walls, jumping across buildings and dying horribley as they do it.....be on Newsround before long....

Personally, i think its amazing...and only wish i had the physicality to do it...yet sadly im doomed to a life of chubby/unsportingness....

Peace

[NinjaMaster]

Some rather impressive stuff but I can see problems.

Councils are pissed off as it is with skateboarders "ripping up the urban concrete". Imagine how they're gonna feel when neds start jumping from rooftops and walking on railings, etc..

[O_o]

darwin's evolution theory in effect.

[Distraction-Jo]

That is absolutely amazing and it isn't like jackass....I think it's more spiritual. :cool:
It's urban but it's stretching beyond limits I think it's much deeper than rollerskating or setting yourself on fire.

[Fiend_85]

Thought it was very cool.

[chaos_insomniac]

Originally posted by Kiezo
Posted it ages ago in Anything Goes. Twice, actually ;<

If it was ages ago, it would probably have been about Jump London, not jump Britian :p

[Kiezo]

Originally posted by chaos_insomniac
If it was ages ago, it would probably have been about Jump London, not jump Britian :p

It was that exact same site.

See (http://vbulletin.thesite.org.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55356&highlight=urban+free)? :razz:

[Flake_Mustaine]

I had a go at this after it was first on BBC a couple of years back, and I couldn't do it. I'd always pause before jumping something instead of it all being one fluid movement. I love watching those guys in action; it's incredible.

[chaos_insomniac]

Originally posted by Kiezo
It was that exact same site.

See (http://vbulletin.thesite.org.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55356&highlight=urban+free)? :razz:

But I was posting about the programme. :razz: