Parkour - extreme sport?

[Twio X]

hi there

take a look at this video. tell me if you think that parkour is an extreme sport or not??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyDF7tDQjms

[Harald]

I think it is. I also do it so ...

[Jreck_p]

I definitely think that parkour/free running is an extreme sport. It takes a lot of athletic ability to do the things they do in it. Lots of kids here are doing it, even little kids around the ages of 8 & 10. They really like to do the jumps, leaps, and flips.

[JoePeckham]

Parkour is a very great game which is completely enriched and filled with all the excitement, thrill, hard working, and it is a game for very active, fit and vigilant people.

[kecth]

Hey! If you're interested in Parkour check out this new video by Damian Walters. It's been done in conjunction with Kodak to show off the new Playsport - designed specifically with extreme sports in mind it's great for this kind of thing. Either way, this is some great footage so definitely worth a look...

YouTube - Damien vs Yannick

[bounder]

yeah mahn I think it is an extreame sport but because it is more an expression of movement I believe it to be more closely related to a discipline. That is only my opinion as a traceur.

I don't think parkour on it's own could become a sport because it is about getting from A to B but I think freerunning could more easily because then it can be judged in a similar way to how gymnastics or the X Games is judged.

Freerunning still isn't a recognised sport as of yet but such events like redbull art of motion and the freeruning championships are making it more of a sport whereas when I started in 2006 it wasn't about competition.

Parkour - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj5AQLYHgF0

Freerunning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU0raxRwApY

Above are two videos which I think allow you to see the difference between parkour and freerunning x

[Master]

Fairly extreme no doubt. The more competition based it is becomming then id say a few years down the line it may well be considered a sport

[adrenalinfeed]

Parkour is most definetly extreme. But, it´s like any other sports. You can make it into what you want.