Ok, that can't be real. Can it?
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
It's real. I'd already heard about these dudes. They're insane.
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
Okay, here's some more info. It's a French form of martial arts developed by a guy named David Belle. It looks like these guys train in all sorts of Asian martial arts and gymnastics, and then run these urban stunt courses. I think it's meant to be about freedom and ignoring limitations, navigating unnavigatable terrain with apparent ease.
There's also a smaller group of extreme-sports types, also French, who show off at www.urban-climbing.com ...
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
They should have had this guy play DareDevil...
Posted by Jacare Sorridente (Member # 1906) on :
very impressive
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
That was pretty damn cool.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Which specific thing near the middle were you all gasping at? Nothing specific stood out from the rest in my mind.
This stuff really reminded me of the stuff that Jackie Chan used to do, before he got old and started using special effects. He was raised on martial arts and gymnastics, just like RND said.
Posted by JohnKeats (Member # 1261) on :
I am so moving to France. This is the kind of stuff I do all the time just for the heck of it! Albeit not from such death-defying heights, but none of it really looked that hard.
...the most wonderful thing about Tiggers....
Posted by Mr.Gumby (Member # 6303) on :
::staring in aw:: ::rethinks life goals::
Posted by Human (Member # 2985) on :
Hey...this reminds me, does anyone know what that lightsaber-fighting video that was linked to at one point was called? It was really cool, and I wanted to watch it again...
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
porteiro, the "wait for the middle" thing was to ensure that people get through the "training" section at the beginning and actually watch the urban stunts.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I understand when you sign up for this your loved ones get a free spatula to scrape you off the pavement.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
They need to wear capes. Otherwise, I'm just not impressed.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Capes or crepes?
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Real live D&D monks! Cool.
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
My dad did that! Two times!
The first time I just saw him back home with a cast on his wrist.
The second time I got to go with my mom to pick him up at the hospital after they took the rebar out of his arm.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
that was awesome.
though i was hoping to see men in tights and capes thwarting evil villians.
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
Storm, please don't tell me that you think those two words rhyme! [/petpeeve]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I also pronouce croissant, 'croysant'! Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Watching that video, while cool, makes me slightly ill for fear.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
*derails conversation to rip on Storm Saxon's language abilities*
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:I also pronouce croissant, 'croysant'!
Doesn't everybody?
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
There's some French version floating around. Don't look at me. Don't endorse it.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I want to learn that.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
P'shaw. The French can pronounce it the right way like everybody else. Posted by cochick (Member # 6167) on :
This is also called Free Jumping.
A group of these guys were in a documentary here in the UK called Jump London. They jumped some of London's most famous landmarks including Somerset House, the Albert Hall, the National Theatre, the rooftops of Soho, Tate Modern, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Old County Hall, the Saatchi Gallery and HMS Belfast.
It was really cool and you certainly don't get the idea of the heights and distances they're jumping from the clip Dog linked. They are very brave and very crazy.
I tried to find a clip of Jump London but couldn't and the only pics I can find just don't do it justice.
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