What The.....: Par Qoui? Oh, Parkour!

Ever think about jumping from your third story balcony to the parking garage below?

Sure, we all have. But have you actually ever tried it? Unless you're reading this from your hospital bed, probably not.

A phenomenon known as "parkour" has swept our athletically gifted, and often intellectually challenged youth into trying grandiose feats of jumping and flipping off of things (I'm not sure how else to describe it, until you watch the videos).

For those who excel at this new "sport", I tip my hat. Some of the acrobatics involved are quite amazing. I sometimes have the thought of attempting some of these outrageous tricks, but then remember I am a forty-something not-in-quite-as-good-of-shape-as-I-used-to-be person, and the thought expires.

I first came across a video of some guys jumping around a set of staircases a few years ago. But from what I remember, there was no tag or name associated with the behavior. Now it seem these videos are everywhere.

I do realize after some rudimentary research, that Parkour and Freerunning have been around for some time.....just not in the limelight.

I doubt this will ever make it into the mainstream sporting world. But maybe one day we will see an X Games version.

You never know.

I will leave you will a few videos on the subject, as well as a parody video on the subject.

Sit back and enjoy!

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