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Undersökningen -  framväxten av parkour.
Artikeln handlar om hur parkour växer som sport, hur det påverkar samhället och hur unga människor involveras och ta enorma risker för att göra det de brinner för.

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Artikeln har för syfte att ta synpunkter på parkour, och utforska det rättsliga ansvaret efter ökningen och deltagandet av denna farliga verksamhet/sport.

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Is parkour a Problem - College and university Liability (Anne2014)

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Handlar om att folk upptäcker olika delar av städer och varför de väljer att riskera med att climba, springa, hoppa på farliga ställen än att köra på den säkra sidan och träna på ett säkert ställe.

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Kort film med sammanfattning av parkour, framförallt extreme parkour.

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Kort film med sammanfattning av parkour, framförallt extreme parkour.

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While the gyms' owners say they are broadening the activity's appeal, and making it safer in the process, hard-core enthusiasts say parkour's renegade soul is at risk.

"If you limit parkour to the indoor setting, you effectively nullify its very point," said Dan Edwardes, 37, author of "The Parkour and Freerunning Handbook." "The prevalence now of 'parkour gyms' in some countries, particularly the States, is worrying, as it means within a few years parkour will not exist anymore in its original form."

Parkour's popularity has boomed in the YouTube era, as daredevils across the world record themselves leaping, and sometimes crashing, in a digital game of one-upmanship. Kudos go to the person who most creatively turns a parking meter into a diving board, a wall into a ladder.

The gyms, with their padding and liability waivers, offer a more sanitized version of the urban landscape. Many gyms are decorated with urban costumes, adopting indoor graffiti, scaffolding and handrails to mimic the outdoors.

On a recent Saturday at Bklyn Beast, children and adults leapt across a purple, springy floor, launching over vaults with abandon. They climbed fire poles and swung from monkey bars in front of walls tagged with spray paint.

Elizabeth Bellis Wolfe, a 29-year-old lawyer, said she found parkour to be a far more exciting workout than another session on the treadmill.

"It's just scary enough that you're thinking about being scared and in pain, but not so scary that you don't want to do it," she said.

But as with any subculture on the verge of gaining wider popularity, purists scoff at what they see as the commodification of their beloved pastime. They argue that the gyms, with their foam pits and soft floors, are spoon-feeding tricks to the public, dumbing down the jazzlike improvisation that is central to parkour.

"It's about using what is there and being creative with the space in front of you," said Kaspar Schröder, 33, a Copenhagen filmmaker who directed the 2009 parkour documentary " My Playground."

Many gym owners say they encourage their members to practice parkour inside and outside. And there are signs that even some hard-core parkour enthusiasts have taken to the indoors.

In June, New York hosted the seventh annual PKNY Jam, a weekend-long event that brings together enthusiasts from across the country. This year, for the first time, it also included an indoor session at Bklyn Beast.

Beyond the gyms, a flurry of groups is looking to capitalize on the trend. Red Bull started an annual freerunning contest in 2007. Video games like Assassin's Creed and Infamous feature characters performing parkour tricks.

The World Freerunning and Parkour Federation has seen increasing interest in its certification program, said Victor Bevine, one of its founders, with classes held in Miami, Boston, Dallas and Fairfield, Conn., and others scheduled in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The federation also began an insurance product in April tailored to parkour gyms that have certified teachers.

When the federation was created in 2007, Bevine found "no one trying to support the overall growth of the sport on a global level," he said. Now, that landscape is crowded.

On a recent afternoon spent vaulting over chin-up bars in a Lower Manhattan park, Vanya Prokopovich, a 20-year-old lab technician from Ann Arbor, Mich., extolled outdoor parkour.

"You feel free, and you feel such happiness," he said. Then he added: "You just have to be close to the concrete. Inside, it doesn't feel as natural."

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Parkour, a Pastime Born on the Streets, Moves Indoors and Uptown

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While the gyms' owners say they are broadening the activity's appeal, and making it safer in the process, hard-core enthusiasts say parkour's renegade soul is at risk. "If you limit parkour to the indoor setting, you effectively nullify its very point," said Dan Edwardes, 37, author of "The Parkour and Freerunning Handbook."

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Applikation för parkour-träning, amatör nivå.

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Applikation för parkour-träning, amatör nivå.

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Parkour for Beginners - Android Apps on Google Play

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Parkour for beginners: workouts and tips

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Kreativa utrymmen för parkour. Design av hinder med olika nivåer.

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Kreativa utrymmen för parkour. Design av hinder med olika nivåer.

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Parkour Visions is committed to promoting the design of our physical spaces with parkour and physical in mind. We offer design support and consulting on a wide range of projects--including art installation, event build-outs, parks, playgrounds, landscapes, private estates, and indoor/outdoor facilities. We have collaborated with government, artists, architects, and other design professionals on larger work.

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App design för nybörjare, inlärning av parkour.

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App design för nybörjare, inlärning av parkour.

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Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Parkour Tutorials. Download Parkour Tutorials and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

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Facebook sida med många följare globalt.

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Facebook sida med många följare globalt.

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Parkour. 1,403,692 likes · 54,074 talking about this. To report copyright infringement contactus.parkour@gmail.com . Snap :Parkour.1 Submit Video : http://bit.ly/2emDYpn

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Örebro Parkour. 165 gillar · 1 pratar om detta. Örebro Parkour är en del av Örebro GF/KIF. Bedriver parkour/freeruning/tricking för alla olika nivåer i åldrarna 6 år och uppåt.

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Hemsida om parkour globalt, tips, forum etc.

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Hemsida om parkour globalt, tips, forum etc.

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Urban Freeflow - Worldwide Parkour Community

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Share your parkour stories, adventures and knowledge! Create your profile and connect with Freerunners around the world on UrbanFreeflow.com

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WHOValde en vän som är nörd och konnesör inom parkour. WHY Anledningen är inte så svårt eftersom de som håller på med WHATparkour riskerar sina liv med "dumheter" som många andra människor brukar kalla. Jag vill designa en applikation som erbjuder parkour älskare olika ställen att träna på som skall vara riskfritt men med en känsla av risk ändå. HOW- På de ställen som appen ska tipsa ska det finnas hinder och digitala lösnignar med hjälp av exempelvis projektorer som gör platsen impulsivt och ger en känsla av risk trotts att det är riskfritt. WHERE appen skall köras nationellt som senare kan utvecklas vidare för global användning. WHEN appen skall lanseras under 2018

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Statistik från 2016 för skador inom parkour.

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Statistik från 2016 för skador inom parkour.

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Anecdotal advice about parkour injuries is easy to encounter. Unfortunately, that type of guidance only works for an underground tribe. As a sport enters the mainstream, a more complete strategy is needed. With dozens of gyms and tens thousands of new athletes joining our ranks, it is time to get serious about parkour injury prevention.

Ryan Ford and I published Parkour Strength Training at the beginning of 2016 to ignite a conversation about what it takes to be lifelong practitioner of our sport. Drawing on Ryan's coaching career, the book discussed the strength, mobility, and joint preparation needed to keep an athlete injury-free.

Yet, besides that writing, there is little published on injury prevention for our community. Finding academic information about parkour injuries, rates, risk factors, or how they occurred is a practice in futility. A study came out of Brazil in 2014, but only 91 individuals were sampled. The conclusions were that age and the duration of a training session were the main variables associated with injuries. It also concluded that more studies were required to develop a more comprehensive prevention strategy.

To that end, perhaps you heard about the survey conducted by Dr. Lafe Harris and myself this past summer. The questionnaire was issued IRB approval and we had a turnout of over 1700 consenting respondents.

From height and weight, number of years training, sex, and prior fitness level, we collected a massive amount of information. Cleaning and organizing the data has taken some time, but we are now in the process of submitting it for academic review. Because the results are still unpublished, we are limited in how much we can disclose at this point.

Nonetheless, we are eager get the results out to everyone as soon as possible. The bullet points below offer a quick summary of our findings. Understand that this is a superficial overview, with more details to follow upon publication.

Survey Summary

The vast majority of respondents were men, under the age of 35.

Almost 4/5 of them had an injury that kept them from training parkour in the past year.

Most injuries resolved in less than 2 weeks, with a much smaller fraction causing impairment that lasted over 6 weeks.

The injuries were more likely to be sustained while outside ortraining alone, than indoors or with a group.

Sprains/strains and contusion/bruises accounted for the majority of recorded injuries.

A sprain/strain/tear of the ankle (including the Achilles) was the most common reported injury by individual response count.

The knee was the most commonly reported bruised/contused body part.

Landing was the most frequently recorded cause of injuries, followed by falling, andimpact with an obstacle.

Over 1/3 of respondents said that they have experienced a non-traumatic injury, such as a tendonitis or similar syndrome.

The knee was the most common joint to suffer from a non-acute injury.

Points to Remember

Whether you are a solo practitioner or the coach of many athletes, a few take-homes should jump out:

1. The environment and setting where you practice is important. Training outside or alone presents more risks than indoors or with a group.

2. Landing, falling, and passing obstacles with grace are essential skills. High loads and harsh impacts don't make for a happy body

3. Parkour athletes need better methods to protect their ankles and Achilles from injury.

4. Like every sport, parkour has its own collection of cumulative and overuse injuries. Prehab work must be part any strength and conditioning program, especially for your knees.

As we dig deeper into the data, new insights are bound surface. Slicing the sample according to age, gender, and experience, should provide a deeper level of understanding.

One theme that stood out was that many people said parkour actually helped them avoid injuries. That is a pretty cool, don't you think?

Dr. Harris and I are interested to hear your thoughts about this topic. What additional research questions would you like to see addressed? Are our findings congruent with your own experience?

Finally, if you would like to be notified once the official results are published, please add your name to the email list here.

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Anecdotal advice about parkour injuries is easy to encounter. Unfortunately, that type of guidance only works for an underground tribe. As a sport enters the mainstream, a more complete strategy is needed. With dozens of gyms and tens thousands of new athletes joining our ranks, it is time to get serious about parkour injury prevention.

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BEST VR PARKOUR | Sprint Vector (HTC Vive Virtual Reality Wireless)

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