Take Flight is a company of the people. And when you guys ask, we respond. One of the most recent requests we’ve had is for new spapback colors. So we did just that. For our new snapbacks we decided to balance out the vibrancy of our first 5 snapbacks by going with more solid colors, dark [...]...
The Debrief puts questions to people from every aspect of the global parkour community - from lifelong practitioners to newcomers to professional coaches and performers, from every country and from all walks of life. Exclusively at ParkourGenerations.com. PKG: How long have you been a Traceuse ? K.F: I started training parkour about 2,5 years ago in Uppsala. Since then I've had certain periods where...
At the Asia Fitness Convention 2013 directors Dan Edwardes and Stephane Vigroux together with the team from our Asia branch represented Parkour Generations for the biggest fitness convention in the Orient. We have just released a video from that event and can at the same time announce that we will be present again for the AFC 2014 to showcase parkour related fitness at its finest. The video...
It’s April 1st and we pulled a April Fools’ prank by saying the company had been sold. The truth is, Take Flight has NOT been sold, and Adam Dunlap is not a $14.1 millionaire. We’re proud to say that the company hasn’t gone anywhere and ownership hasn’t changed. Take Flight is for Traceurs and by Traceurs. [...]...
In the last few weeks of feburary, we were approached by FLOW and Robinsons, who requested we conceptualise and produce a POV Parkour video for the new Robinsons SQUASH’D range of products. Our brief was to show that the product can be used in any environment (it was to accompany this amazing video with the […] The post A SQUASH’D Parkour POV for Robinsons appeared first on . ...
We are extremely excited and yet feeling a bit melancholy to be the first to break some huge news. This story has been under wraps for about two months, but we’ve finally been given permission to disclose some detail. Take Flight founder and owner Adam Dunlap has recently closed a deal to sell Take Flight [...]...
As part of the project Geo-Caching The Hague (Leiden University, Den Hague) the Political Arts Initiative invited PKGen founder and director Dan Edwardes along with personas from various academic backgrounds to discuss along the leading topic of movement and “...exploring the ways in which photography, poetry, literature, music, performance and other creative arts interleave with political...
Published with permission from AdamDunlap.com _____________________ Question Do you ever find it hard to continue motivating yourself? Question by Jason Budd Answer Yes. But it’s easier when you follow your passions. David Belle never had to motivate himself to do Parkour. He used to wake up at 7am every day and go outside and trace until the night. Even on weekends! That’s [...]...
If you haven't already found these photos I took on set of DIVERGENT (#1 movie in America for its release week!) on our Facebook page, here they are! Scroll all the way down for a behind-the-scenes look at one of the train jumps we did! Behind-the-Scenes Video: Read a bit more about the jump from this email we sent out to all of our students and parents! ...
Our new video is nearing completion and will be releas [...] ...
On April 7th Dan is invited to talk about pushing physical boundaries at the “ Aesthetic Athletes and Dancers: training and optimising performance ” conference. Taking place at the Royal Society of Medicine in London the conference will provide a platform for collaboration amongst the interdisciplinary teams working with aesthetic performers. The key areas for discussion and debate...
Matty A, Fabio and James have just travelled back from Bangalore in India with 3RUN ambassadors James Kingston, Angelica Landin and Paul Jones. They were performing at an exhibition for Provident Sunworth a ‘Pre Cast’ concrete company that specialise in luxurious but affordable homes. 3RUN were performing alongside Chaos Faktory the local Parkour team from […] ...
Up bright and early for Family and Youth class this morning, Access have a long weekend of jumping ahead. With visits from Aberdeen traceurs today as well as hosting the new monthly advanced ADAPT class this Sunday, we’re all hands on deck all weekend for some excellent jumping. We’ll see you all out on the […]...
A few months ago we unveiled what we believe to be the absolute best Parkour pants ever designed. We named them the WB Parkour Pants and you can pick up a pair for $65. They are worth every penny. Now here is the mistake – we made thousands of pairs and out of those a few [...]...
London is set to host the Women's International Parkour Weekend this year, May 3rd and 4th 2014. This two-day training event will be run by the world's most experienced female coaches of parkour/freerunning and physical fitness and will provide both a fantastic way for newcomers to find their feet in the discipline as well as challenging even the most experienced female practitioner. The event will...
We can now confirm that our partners Freemove will be installing six brand new outdoor parkour training facilities across the UK over the next few months. This brings the total number of outdoor permanent facilities we have designed and built in the UK to well over 20 sites, with many more now being planned. The six confirmed new sites will be: Sheffield - Endcliffe park North Lanarkshire...
This week's video features athletes Reece and Thanda from Team Traceur in the new parkour academy in London, The Chainstore . Displaying some great techincal skill and fluid movement. Check it out! ...
Very, very soon Senior Coach Chris 'Blane' Rowat will be in Los Angeles, California, to run the first West Coast ADAPT Parkour Coach Certification course. The Level 1 Certification runs from April 3-5, with Blane then delivering a public access training event on April 6th. Details of the event can be found at the Facebook Event Page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/606941249380089/...
It’s officially spring. That doesn’t mean the cold weather is gone. But it does mean we are having a massive sale on ALL our long sleeve items. To be specific: Long Sleeves are only $14 (46% OFF!!) Thermals are only $15 (42% OFF) Crewnecks are only $25 (38% OFF!) Parkour hoodies are only $27.50 (39% OFF!) Hoodie Zips are only [...]...
This Easter break, we'll be offering two full weeks of Youth Camps at the stellar Chainstore Parkour Academy , as a perfect way to keep kids engaged and active during their holidays - after all, every kid loves to run, jump and climb! Starting the weeks commencing 7th and 14th of April and running every day, Monday to Friday, the camp will last from 10.00am to 1.00pm each day,...