Comments on: Damien Walter's 2009 parkour free running showreel http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 06:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508416 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508416 Alternate Universe: Reese: You got Parkour in my Penutbutter! Damien: You got Penutbutter in my Parkour! Reese: I will call it Reese's Parkour Butter Cups! Yes, this guys Parkour skills are more awesome than chocolate! Alternate Universe:
Reese: You got Parkour in my Penutbutter!
Damien: You got Penutbutter in my Parkour!
Reese: I will call it Reese’s Parkour Butter Cups!

Yes, this guys Parkour skills are more awesome than chocolate!

]]> By: spiderman0521 http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-523269 spiderman0521 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-523269 @37 - What is Danny MacAskill (the bicycle guy, uh, god) going to do to top that, make cold fusion practical and portable? Holy crap. @37 – What is Danny MacAskill (the bicycle guy, uh, god) going to do to top that, make cold fusion practical and portable? Holy crap.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508424 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508424 It's not parkour, it's free running. It’s not parkour, it’s free running.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508942 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508942 veh kool. this is equally awesome, and not something i'd seen before: BIKE PARKOUR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o veh kool.

this is equally awesome, and not something i’d seen before:

BIKE PARKOUR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508435 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508435 Here at RedBull R&D we've been experimenting with various stimulants. Our receiving clerk, one Mr. Walters, received a package that was leaking. He finished his work for the year, then started running around like a crazy person. The video is in slow motion. Here at RedBull R&D we’ve been experimenting with various stimulants. Our receiving clerk, one Mr. Walters, received a package that was leaking. He finished his work for the year, then started running around like a crazy person.
The video is in slow motion.

]]> By: alowishus http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508436 alowishus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508436 Does this guy run with Chase Armitage? Check this out, my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmIRB55RJE Does this guy run with Chase Armitage? Check this out, my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmIRB55RJE

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508438 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508438 I would pay money to watch police try and catch this guy on foot. I would pay money to watch police try and catch this guy on foot.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508441 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508441 Actually, I think a lot of what he's doing would technically be Free Running and not Parkour. The differance, as I understand it, is that free running tends to be flashy, while parkour is all about efficiency. They are equally cool in differant ways. Actually, I think a lot of what he’s doing would technically be Free Running and not Parkour.

The differance, as I understand it, is that free running tends to be flashy, while parkour is all about efficiency. They are equally cool in differant ways.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508449 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508449 Where's the Yakety Sax version? Where’s the Yakety Sax version?

]]> By: Tdawwg http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508456 Tdawwg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508456 That pole-climbing he does by jerky increments around 2:00 is nuts. That pole-climbing he does by jerky increments around 2:00 is nuts.

]]> By: weatherman http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508457 weatherman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508457 This guy is definitely one sick ninja. As much as I appreciate seeing him do all the tricks, I still want to see the blooper reel though. @knowles: are you talking about the trick at 1:21? That was one of the coolest ones, in my opinion. This guy is definitely one sick ninja. As much as I appreciate seeing him do all the tricks, I still want to see the blooper reel though.

@knowles: are you talking about the trick at 1:21? That was one of the coolest ones, in my opinion.

]]> By: BrotherPower http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508461 BrotherPower Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508461 And they cast Ben Affleck for Daredevil? Huh. And they cast Ben Affleck for Daredevil?

Huh.

]]> By: Brother Provisional http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508462 Brother Provisional Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508462 I wonder how long it will take for this to become an Olympic sport? I wonder how long it will take for this to become an Olympic sport?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-511022 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-511022 Technogeek: didn't you see the opening foot chase in Casino Royale? Technogeek: didn’t you see the opening foot chase in Casino Royale?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508472 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508472 That's called gymnastics. That guys is a gymnast. That’s called gymnastics. That guys is a gymnast.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508476 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508476 that was sick!!!! u should check out the brazilians or the africans..... pretty cool.... that was sick!!!!
u should check out the brazilians or the africans….. pretty cool….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508482 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508482 "Parkour! I need those pictures of Spider-Man!" “Parkour! I need those pictures of Spider-Man!”

]]> By: ruzkin http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508483 ruzkin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508483 Sorry to be such a stickler for semantics, but the majority of Damien's (excellent) showreel isn't parkour at all, but just very elaborate gymnastics. Parkour is a physical and mental training method designed to get people out of trouble as quickly as possible. It was developed over three generations of French military firefighters (David Belle, his father Raymond Belle, and Raymond's father-in-law) for the purpose of saving lives in extreme situations. The last thing you will see in parkour is a flip. If you're in a burning building, or racing to save someone from drowning, or a car crash... why risk your life showing off? For easy info, check out http://parkourpedia.com/ Sorry to be such a stickler for semantics, but the majority of Damien’s (excellent) showreel isn’t parkour at all, but just very elaborate gymnastics.

Parkour is a physical and mental training method designed to get people out of trouble as quickly as possible. It was developed over three generations of French military firefighters (David Belle, his father Raymond Belle, and Raymond’s father-in-law) for the purpose of saving lives in extreme situations.

The last thing you will see in parkour is a flip. If you’re in a burning building, or racing to save someone from drowning, or a car crash… why risk your life showing off?

For easy info, check out http://parkourpedia.com/

]]> By: spiderman0521 http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508486 spiderman0521 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508486 Most of it is way too flashy to be parkour. Not question about the level of his awesome though, a truly amazing and talented guy. For a more pure look at parkour in a feature movie, watch Banlieue 13 (District 13) with David Belle. Whoa. Most of it is way too flashy to be parkour. Not question about the level of his awesome though, a truly amazing and talented guy. For a more pure look at parkour in a feature movie, watch Banlieue 13 (District 13) with David Belle. Whoa.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508487 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508487 I'm curious as to how much of it is due to a known and oft-repeated route with elaborate choreography versus improvised as obstacles come up. The physical portion of it is no less impressive either way, but the outcome of anon11's scenario (the police trying to catch him on foot) would hinge quite a bit on that. I’m curious as to how much of it is due to a known and oft-repeated route with elaborate choreography versus improvised as obstacles come up. The physical portion of it is no less impressive either way, but the outcome of anon11′s scenario (the police trying to catch him on foot) would hinge quite a bit on that.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508489 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508489 what a compendium! We live in a time where a grand synthesis is finally possible of all human martial/movement systems. From all times and all cultures. You could dress this man in national and historic costume for this reel and have a complete human history lesson and travelogue. I can see him in Chinese opera, leaping bulls in Minos, on a myriad of battlefields and performance stages. what a compendium! We live in a time where a grand synthesis is finally possible of all human martial/movement systems. From all times and all cultures. You could dress this man in national and historic costume for this reel and have a complete human history lesson and travelogue. I can see him in Chinese opera, leaping bulls in Minos, on a myriad of battlefields and performance stages.

]]> By: pinehead http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508496 pinehead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508496 Damien Walter could be the recruitment poster child for male gymnastics. If I was some young punk and I saw that video, I'd have my butt in a gymnastics class the next day. Damien Walter could be the recruitment poster child for male gymnastics. If I was some young punk and I saw that video, I’d have my butt in a gymnastics class the next day.

]]> By: ravenword http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508500 ravenword Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508500 I think I prefer David Belle's style as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x98jCBnWO8w I think I prefer David Belle’s style as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x98jCBnWO8w

]]> By: hbl http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508511 hbl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508511 Ok, we get it, parkour and free running and gymnastics are not the same thing. Regardless of the semantics, this dude had better be a bloody well paid stuntman/choreographer. A lot of the moves reminded me of the Ninja Assassin rehearsal vids last year. Except on fire. Ok, we get it, parkour and free running and gymnastics are not the same thing.

Regardless of the semantics, this dude had better be a bloody well paid stuntman/choreographer. A lot of the moves reminded me of the Ninja Assassin rehearsal vids last year. Except on fire.

]]> By: Enormo http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508520 Enormo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508520 Jesus wouldn't stand a chance against him! Jesus wouldn’t stand a chance against him!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508784 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508784 Fithos! Lusec! Wecos! Vinosec! I wonder if he knows that he's using music from FFVIII in his showreel... Fithos! Lusec! Wecos! Vinosec! I wonder if he knows that he’s using music from FFVIII in his showreel…

]]> By: rawbacon2 http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508540 rawbacon2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508540 Very, very cool, if only I had a sense of balance.. instead I fall of chairs. Even more fascinating: Scientology ads on BoingBoing. Very, very cool, if only I had a sense of balance.. instead I fall of chairs.

Even more fascinating: Scientology ads on BoingBoing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-509315 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-509315 0:25 and 2:19 sure look like a Prince of Persia audition to me. 0:25 and 2:19 sure look like a Prince of Persia audition to me.

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508579 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508579 This is what X, extreme sports, has done for athletics. I challenge anyone in history to match this man's skills. Or Shawn White's. X is a revolution in athletics. Eat this, Greece! This is what X, extreme sports, has done for athletics. I challenge anyone in history to match this man’s skills. Or Shawn White’s.
X is a revolution in athletics. Eat this, Greece!

]]> By: frankieboy http://boingboing.net/2009/06/02/damien-walters-2009.html#comment-508591 frankieboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508591 now I've got a headache. now I’ve got a headache.

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