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Burien has been talking to the PNWPA a good deal over the past year as they are really excited to bring parkour into the city, and we’ve been trying to figure out the best way to do that with them. One of the first steps is getting more local exposure for the sport…and what better way than to jump over their goverment figures and make lolkours out of them? :

Sorry I just had to! This is actually a shot from a video the B-townblog is putting together from a recent visit that the mayor came out for. Be sure to check them out when the video comes out, and if you’re a Burien native wanting to get into parkour, hop on WAPK and introduce yourself!

That’s right, a few days ago five members of the Pacific Northwest Parkour Association traveled East through sleet and slow to attend the hallowed but mysterious Washington Recreation and Park Association Annual Conference in Kennewick. Here’s how it went down.

PNWPA: Wow way more people showed up than expected, that’s awesome!
WRPA: Hello!
PNWPA: We heard that you guys didn’t know all that much about parkour, so here we are! Check out all these pretty resources we’ve been creating, watch our video, and listen to some of our stories…*edumacation*
WRPA: That’s really cool! But we have a lot of questions.
PNWPA: Well ask away, but remember that people will be training this stuff with or without us and the most we can do is act as a bridge to you while creating opportunities for beginners to learn this stuff safely and progress within their limits. Safety. Respect. Community. Accomplishing things!

WRPA: …Good points, but what if someone falls and potentially dies?!
PNWPA: Well what has happened in the past with accidents at parks? We’d like to ease your mind as best as we can (because parkour is very safe), but we could use some help defining exactly what the liability issues are and finding solid insurance.
WRPA: Well we don’t know all that much about insurance and liability except that we are supposed to worry about them a lot!
PNWPA: …awesome…Let’s go outside and teach you guys some stuff!
WRPA: Kickass!

…that’s pretty much what happened minus a bunch of real answers Actually it was an incredible opportunity for us, and everyone seemed open about working together! We made some great connections and are really excited for the future, big thanks to Ken Cohen and Jeremy (Raindog) for making it happen!

Hey everybody, I’m too tired to load any of the photos with this post but I wanted to make an update anyway. NYC ended up going quite well except for Mark getting pneumonia and having to go the hospital for all of it It tried to rain us out, but we had a few hours of dryness later in the day and busted out 3 or 4 good demos and workshops. Cheers to all the traceurs who came, and to everyone who came out for the jam the next day (which we had perfect weather for), that was a blast!

We finished up NY by getting up at 4am and flying to Hawaii to perform for Cisco Systems. The past few days have just consisted of rehearsals indoors all day long. The performance is shaping up nicely though and will be a huge one (5,000 people in the audience).

I really got to get some sleep though.

Wow, call time is at 5:30am and the weather is looking like rain… We’ll probably end up being there till 7pm too, this is going to be ridiculous, good thing we have a lot of people behind this one.

Edit: Still raining, taking a break while it clears up. It’s damn cold!

Edit: It cleared up for a few hours and actually went really well!

I know I know, I disappeared for awhile. But all is good and I have lots of pictures and posts built up that I just have to sit down and get out there. Unfortunately this blog is not a high priority for me right now as I’m straddling some very important projects at home that require as much attention as I can reasonably give. That and I’ve just been having too much fun and training really hard

Anyway, we got Times Square as part of the K-Swiss tour! I’ll be performing and teaching right in the middle of it along with a bunch of friends from the Tribe this Friday the 4th from early AM to 4pm. My plane leaves in a few hours and I’m psyched to be going back to NY. We’ll be there all Saturday as well before heading out to Hawaii, so let’s get a big jam going!