News
Devon Parkour Back Online!
Due to some ongoing technical difficulties we experienced some extended unforseen downtime. Regular readers will be pleased to know the website is now back up for good and so is the forum! Normal service has now resumed!
Sport South Devon Magazine
A new bi-montly sports publication is going going to be hitting the shops soon, aimed at all sports enthusiasts in South Devon! Sport South Devon magazine the only FREE specialist full colour bi-monthly glossy magazine, packed with features, interviews, topical news and reviews related to the South Devon sports scene.
Parkour Sessions for Beginners in Newton Abbot
Teignbridge District Council is teaming up with South Devon Based Free Running club, Street Motion to set up new opportunities for 18-25yr olds to take up physical activity through a new project called Sportivate.
Street Motion Free Running Workshop - Dartmouth Townstall Youth Club
StreetMotion Parkour & Free Running Workshop THIS WEEKEND! (Saturday 26th March) 8pm til 10pm in DARTMOUTH, South Devon for everyone aged 12 - 17.
Displacing the Ordinary - Devon Parkour Documentary
A documentary looking into the Parkour scene in the South West of England. Discussing the motivations of those who do it and how they become involved. Filmed entirely in January/February 2011. Features footage and interviews from DevonParkour and a number of other local freerunners & teams incuding Torbay and Plymouth. Produced by Sean Lowe.
Street Motion BBC Spotlight Interview
In addition to the recent coverage on BBC Radio Devon, StreetMotion also got the opportunity to do a television interview on the BBC local news Programme, Spotlight which goes out every evening on BBC 1 all over Devon & Cornwall.
Street Motion BBC Devon Radio Interview
On Friday 11th March Streetmotion did several interviews for the BBC Radio Devon Breakfast show including a pre-recorded interview in Totnes and a live interview in Plymouth with Gordon Sparks.
Devon Parkour Featured in The Motion Online Magazine
Devonparkour.com is curently featured on the front page of 'The Motion Online' complete with full page interview, photographs and video footage.
Dartmouth Sport Taster Day
The Dartmouth and District Sports Association are holding a Sport Taster Day at Dartmouth Leisure Centre on
StreetMotion Parkour / Freerunning Classes
Devon parkour is pleased to announce that we are working with
Eden Project Xpress '10 Promo Video
Devon Parkour ran a series of freerunning workshops at Xpress '10 festival of extreme sports & expressive arts. Plymouth based LIFE Video productions (http://www.lifevideoproductions.co.uk/) filmed the day's events and produced a promotional video featuring the best of what went on.
Xpress 2010 RELAYS Festival of Extreme Sports and Expressive Arts
BBC Blast! Devon/Cornwall 2010
The South West BBC Blast! workshops were a great success. The first took place on Paignton seafront with 15 students from Paignton Community College and about five other local freerunners. The beginning half of the day was spent indoors working on the fundamentals and then in the afternoon there was an opportunity to try out what had been learnt in the real world. The penzance event followed a similar format and the rain held off long enough to capture some decent footage.
Landance 2010 Woodbury Castle Performance
Devon Parkour worked with Landance in July, putting on a workshop that linked parkour movements into a music/visual art/dance performance. Here is a video of the finished piece.
BBC Blast Parkour Workshop - Paignton & Penzance
Devon Parkour is working with the BBC throughout July 2010 to put on parkour & freerunning workshops in South West England. Each workshop runs for a full day and covers everything from the very basic fundamental movements right up to the advanced flips and tricks.
Landance Parkour Workshop
Be Part of a Dance Project exploring the amazing hill fort site of Woodbury Castle.Develop skills in Dance, Music, Visual art/design & film at workshops leading to performances in the landscape.
East Allington's Got Talent
Last night Dom was invited to take part in a local talent show which was based loosely around the 'Britain's Got Talent' TV show format. The stage was about the size of a postage stamp which put a massive limitation on the moves that could be performed but in spite of this, it was still well received by the audience and judges.
Red Bull Art of Motion Parkour Documentary
Devon Parkour was recently asked to take part in an up coming six part TV series for Red Bull called 'Wingman'. Aiden, Dom & Pete went to represent and put on a stunning demonstration of parkour and freerunning along with some interviews and tutorials.
Fight Science - Parkour
Daniel Ilabaca & Ryan Doyle explore the physics of parkour and demonstrate the science behind landing safely from big drops.
SPIKED Parkour Magazine
Several big names in the parkour world have previously tried and failed to produce a successful parkour magazine though at last it seems someone is on the right track. Teaming up with the experts from Parkour Generations, SPIKED Magazine have produced something that looks very promising filled with well researched content and stunning phography.
Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2010 is On!
After the spectacular success of the first Red Bull Illume Image Quest, the world’s biggest photography contest for action and adventure sports now returns for a new edition – and you can be part of it!
Teignbridge Council Anti Litter Campaign
Devon Parkour was recently commissioned to help out with an on going anti-litter campaign being run by Teignbridge council.
Chagford Arts Festival 2009
Devon Parkour was invited to perform at the opening night of the 2009 Chagford Arts Festival. The show was a great success and we recieved a lot of positive feedback.
Who is Charlie Keeper?
"Who is Charlie Keeper?' is the shockingly fast paced fantasy novel by Marcus Alexander.
Kalenji Parkour Trainers: Limited Stock Remaining - Reserve Yours Now!!!
For over a year, London based outdoor/sportswear shop, Decathalon has been selling a trainer called the Kalenji Success which quickly became popular within the parkour and freerun community. Many will argue Kalenji have achieved the holy grail of the perfect parkour shoe by making something that is durable, lightweight, cheap and outstanding grip on nearly all urban surfaces in wet and dry conditions.
Parkour : way of life (DVD)
If you're looking for a last minute parkour related christmas gift that won't break the bank, take a look at this offering from Oxtricks; the world renowned parkour/street stunts team from oxfordshire.
Manchester Parkour/Freerun Photo Oppertunity
Lucy Ridges Photography are looking for freerunners based in Manchester to participate in a photo shoot for a new project.
TV Opportunity: Channel 4
"Are you aged 15–19? Want to make film about you and your mates?
Locations Pages Updated
Newly added (Exeter)
Parkour.net Closed
Parkour.net has been taken offline. It appears that the owner of the site, Jerome Lebret was contacted by David Belle and David's brother, Jean-François Belle requesting that anything refering to David Belle, his family, the Yamakasi, or the word 'Parkour' must be removed else action would be taken.
District 14 (Banlieue 14)
"A sequel to the 2004 French parkour action film District B13 is set to begin production in July. Written by Luc Besson, and directed by Patrick Alessandrin (Mean Spirit, August 15th), the sequel will be titled Banlieue 14 (or District B14 in the states). No plot details have been released, we only know that an open casting call for parkour practitioners has been put out on the official blog. The first film is best known for it’s intense parkour chase sequences."
Parkour Magazine
While many have tried and failed in the past, one of our members is keen to produce a monthly parkour magazine and would be interested in recieving some feedback regarding the type of things the community would like to see in publication of this type.
Tricking & Freerunning Competion at Basingstoke Gym
Basingstoke Gym Club are holding their first ever compeition aimed at the freerunning and tricking community on Sunday 13th July 2008. Anyone is welcome and trickers, free-runners, gymnasts, breakdancers and all encouraged to take part.
Jump 3 ?!
Rumour has it that a third 'Jump' documentary is in the pipeline. This would be a sequal to the highly popular 'Jump London' & 'Jump Britain' documentaries televised on channel four a few years ago which were largely responsible for the massive surge of interest in parkour & freerunning in the UK.
Media Attention for Cornish Parkour
Truro based parkour/freerun group recently got a mention in their local newspaper and managed to get an article published which sent out a very positive message about the discipline.
Zomblies Filming - We Qualified!
Just recieved a phone call in the last 10 minutes from Zomblies HQ; all the freerunners who attended the auditions last sunday have been invited to the filming in Devon; starting Sunday 6th July to Saturday 12th.
Zomblies Auditions
A few months ago a local film production company got in touch with all the highly experienced parkour/freerunning groups from the Westcountry as well as a few select teams and individuals from further afield. We were invited to apply to take part in a 30 minute action movie about zombies and that was about as much detail we were given. The only thing we knew was the reason we had been approached for this part because what ever the director had in mind was beyond the physical ability of the majority of 'normal actors'.
Smoothments School of Parkour and Movement
Officially the first school of parkour, ever! Well, in this country at least. As it stand WorldWideJam have not managed to locate one that has been open anywhere else in the world so for now, it's the first school in the world.
Television Oppertunity - Channel 4
'So Television' is working on a new project for Channel 4 education and is looking for interesting individuals between the ages of 16-21 years old with real life ambitions, be they personal or professional, to take part.
Happy New Year!
Another year has passed and a new one has begun; now is the time for reflection over the previous 12 months and of course everyone is now talking new years resolutions, so what's yours ? Maybe you have already got a clear vision of how you wish to improve yourself this year or maybe you still need to decide.
New Website
It took us longer than anticipated to get there but we have finally developed the website to a point where it was possible to go live, albeit with a few bugs to iron out and content a little thin on the ground.