Welcome to Devon Parkour
Devon Parkour is the south west's largest online parkour/freerun/street stunts community, run by a group of traceurs based in the South Hams. While our primary focus is parkour, we encourage similar activities such as tricking, street stunts and martial arts. We frequently attend gatherings all over the westcountry including Plymouth, Exeter & Taunton; training with other groups such as Escape Parkour, Les Voleurs and Levity.
Locations Pages Updated
Newly added (Exeter)http://www.devonparkour.com/location/Exeter
Updated (Taunton)
http://www.devonparkour.com/location/Taunton
Parkour.net Closed
Parkour.net has been taken offline. It appears that the owner of the site, Jerome Lebret was contacted by David Belle and David's brother, Jean-François Belle requesting that anything refering to David Belle, his family, the Yamakasi, or the word 'Parkour' must be removed else action would be taken.Some speculate that David is trying to take ownership of the word 'Parkour' and how it is used, making threats of legal action to enforce his wishes; however the general concensus is that he wouldnt have a leg to stand on, as the word has long been in common use and was never protected by a trademark.
It does seem somewhat counter-productive to request the closure the one website seen to be promoting the practice of 'pure parkour' more than any other. Again, speculation here is that this is because parkour.net also supported 'l'art du deplacement', a variation of parkour developed by the Yamakasi. This suggestion seems to be supported by the recent opening of the Yamakasi Academy in Belle's home town of Lisses.
No doubt parkour.net will release a statement to clarify the situation sometime soon.
District 14 (Banlieue 14)
"A sequel to the 2004 French parkour action film District B13 is set to begin production in July. Written by Luc Besson, and directed by Patrick Alessandrin (Mean Spirit, August 15th), the sequel will be titled Banlieue 14 (or District B14 in the states). No plot details have been released, we only know that an open casting call for parkour practitioners has been put out on the official blog. The first film is best known for it’s intense parkour chase sequences."
If District 13 was anything to go by then this should be one to watch! Expect to see more big names from the parkour and tricking communities.
Source: http://www.slashfilm.com
Parkour Magazine
While many have tried and failed in the past, one of our members is keen to produce a monthly parkour magazine and would be interested in recieving some feedback regarding the type of things the community would like to see in publication of this type.If you were to buy a parkour magazine, what would you expect to see in it ? What would you like to see? What wouldnt you like to see?
Post your comments on the forum:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=549
Or Email:
levick21@hotmail.com
Tricking & Freerunning Competion at Basingstoke Gym
Basingstoke Gym Club are holding their first ever compeition aimed at the freerunning and tricking community on Sunday 13th July 2008. Anyone is welcome and trickers, free-runners, gymnasts, breakdancers and all encouraged to take part.There are three main events taking place, an open floor routine where competitors will perform set of their choice to music of their choice and can use the walls as well as the floor for their movements. There is an acrobatic obstacle floor routine which is the same as above but with obstacles and finally theres a non-acrobatic timed floor routine where no points will be gained for flips.
The event costs £12 to participate in all the routines, or £5 to do a single one. There will be a spectators area which will cost £3 per person.
Full details and booking information can be found at:
http://3run.dotagame.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12241