Because Parkour is so popular
i think its about time thare is a PK magazine
and was wondering how many people would be interested in one being made
and any ideas would be great
cheers
levick

I know WWJ tried and failed but that doesnt mean it cant be done.

I think its a good idea. I'd be prepared to pay for it if the content was half decent and i'm sure others would too.

Yh same here, if it had some decent stuff in it then i wud buy it. Sounds like a great idea.

yeah thanks alot
would you have any suggestions to what you would like to see in it
as it would be for all the traceurs it would be great to get everyones opinions
cheers

Well WWJ ddi try - still are, but a monthly magazine is out of the question i believe. quarterly? yes

1. Contents/ The Mag Team
2. Every magazine should have 'About Parkour/Freerunning' - 1/2 pages
3. Parkour Section - Vaults and other things like news - 5 pages
4. Freerunning section (Tricks Flips and Kicks) - 5 pages
5 Interviews - 2 pages
6. Articles - 2/3 pages
7. Images - 2 pages
8. Websites - 2 pages
9. Reviews - 2 pages
10. Techniques - 1 page. focusing on one techniques each month
11. Products - 2 pages
12. In The Media - 1 page
13. 'Window Shopping' - Places around the UK - 2 pages, focusing on one place each time
14. Q&A's - 2 pages
15. Backscene - 1 page
16. News - 2 pages
17. Plus advertising from businesses .... Screwfix always willing....More corporate money.....7 pages

Posted from another post of mine from WWJ

They could probs all fit into different categories....but have fun

yeah thanks alot
alot of good ideas there
keep em coming
cheers

In Poland exist one, Internet magazine: e-parkour (www.e-parkour.pl and forum: http://forum.e-parkour.pl). It so hard to regular write articles to this magazine... I know, because I’m one of editor.

cool, anything you might want to add which might help with this one neta?

Umm... Why not? ^^ But... my English is not good... I have problems about communications whit you... Then... what can I do? ^^’


You need good graphics and group competent people, who can write articles... We always have problems about write articles before deadline. ^^’ And subjects of articles is a problem too... I already going on the others, foreign sites under look for subjects for articles... ^^’

thanks alot
yeah articles will be a problem
but i might be looking to get some people to write the odd article now and again
and volunteer's would be great
just contact me on levick21@hotmail.com
thats my msn as well
cheers

i'd vounteer, i could do a couple of testing stuff! cuz i basically buy new like trainers or other things every month to find the best/cheapest things... its a passion of mine...

ok cheers man
um do have msn or something talk bout it some more
but yeah that would be great if you could be involved
cheers

I'm down with this idea, seems like it shoulda been done- successfully - a long while ago.

And i'm up with the same thing Jawz is up for, cuz well i like to test shizzle...alot. Its a hobby which can sometimes be explosive.

yeah cheers pezz and jawz
good to have you

First we need a big reputation an a street team to cover all of the UK, We would need reuglar authers and photographers from all around the country, money, and lots of it for printing costs, copy right issues. Committed people, not just us, other people, from other areas, shipping/ distrabution costs.

Small magazines pay distrabuters to have their magazine, then profits are on what is sold.

We need - designers
producers
editers
finacial experts
etc
and they all need to be experenced

it's a mamouth task

I'd buy one if it was made, but the task of making one is too much. I'd be willing to write articals for seperate magazines, such as 24/7 magazine

Hello,
I'm main editor of e-Parkour e-zin. I must admit it's a really hard work - collecting all the articles before deadline and preparing all the stuff. Actually, I think there's no chance to make a really professional magazine, especially non-internet (is there word like that? ) magazine. We have a lot of problems with releasing new issues.
On November we will be celebreting our third birthday. During those (almost) three years of work we managed to release only 17 issues.

Parkour scene is still too small for a magazine. It's hard to find new topic. We have ~150 articles now and we have no idea about further topics to write about. It's going to be really hard.

If you want to print your magazine... you will need a looot of money. I was thinking about printing my zin on occasion, but it is to expensive - we would pay something about ~400 zloties (~100 pounds) for... 50 pieces. Of course, the cost of one piece is smaller, when you print much more, but you should print something about few tousands pieces to have low price per one piece.

You need publisher, distributor and money. And it's not easy to find them "just like that" (especially if it is project like "Hey! Why don't we make magazine?").

Best wishes,
Rivo,
e-Parkour magazine

PS (haha, if I wrote something unclear or incorrect, just say it, it is good way to improve my english )

Well, how about rather than writing our own we. You could contact local team, such as ours to produce articals themselves and send photos with it. you could corrilate everthing and distrabute it.

I think all you need is a careful eye on the street, with faitful and willing people, and also be ahead of other forms of media.

I've seen seen this site grow rapidly, parkour is getting bigger. If your the first on the market the world is yours.

Best of luck with any future projects. I'm sure we could rate spots and locations, hold events and review them, product reviews, do maybe a traceur foucs artical, where an individul takes you through their jouny of self dicovery thruogh parkour.

it's still a develping culture, theres alot of stuff out there. you just need to be at the forfront.