Do NOT try this at home! Andrew Dickey is an expert, and there's no telling how many bones he broke getting to this level. Oh, and there's a chance of vertigo just from watching this video. -via BroBible
Maybe that ought to teach you a lesson about going to the source for your information not from retellings which are bound to be skewed along the way?
I watched the video, and thought it was amazing, but then I read the comments, and realized its called "trials" not "parkour" and so then I thought the video was actually really lame.
Even at the end of the video it has "Bike Trials>>>>Direct", then some other symbol...TVV?
Also, I'm not sure if bike trails started two decades before parkour. Some quick search has bike trials starting around 1980 and parkour starting around 1988.
Came here to say what's already been said. A little bit of research before using terms you don't really know about would be nice. This particular genre of bicycling is called "street trials".
Parkour is more about flow, not just jumping up and down from stuff, not to mention done only on your feet and hands. You wouldn't say "bicycle skiing" about someone riding a bicycle on snow, right? So why this?
This sport it called trials and preceded parkour by at least two decades. Google Danny MacAskill or Ryan Leech. It's also performed on motorcycles and is somewhat popular in Sweden, Spain, and other European countries.
Also, I'm not sure if bike trails started two decades before parkour. Some quick search has bike trials starting around 1980 and parkour starting around 1988.
Either way bike parkour isn't what it easy.
Goddamncoolcrazyamazing. Sure.
gizmo
Parkour is more about flow, not just jumping up and down from stuff, not to mention done only on your feet and hands. You wouldn't say "bicycle skiing" about someone riding a bicycle on snow, right? So why this?
dburatti nailed it.