Tyson Cecka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrPeYPE-7e8

A 20-30 minute portion of this warmup I believe was inspired by my inability to hold that sitting pose Forrest pushes people into much at all in the previous days warmup Also the reason I was up front and center…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeMEgqTFRk8

Watch the control Stephane and Kazuma are demonstrating here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xw24SaAEg

Wow. I was right there in the bandana and black shirt, and I don’t even remember how rock solid Kazuma’s balance is. That’s ridiculous.

Oh BTW, that jump to the railing he tests first has a 10ft drop on the other side…hence the spotters.

Cheers to Parkour Generations, Julie Angel, and Parkour Horizons for these!

Finally some Parkour classes in Seattle! Check out the space:

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And check out -the details-

Be sure to come this Saturday at 12 noon to check it out and learn some stuff!

They cut out a few cool things, but the quality is amazing! Behind the scenes post is -here-

Edit: Check out http://nurdproductions.com for the HD version!

The day is done!

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Before the first video has even been completely finished and released, a new one we just shot in Seattle is coming out this Friday the 8th. Graciously sponsored by Stoel Rives law firm, this one focuses on a race in a full business suit across Seattle shot in full 4K (about 8 times the size of 720 HD) by the RED ONE camera.

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Stills for an upcoming Parkour spot sponsored by Stoel Rives LLP and produced by NüRD Productions, starring Tyson Cecka

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Stills for an upcoming Parkour spot sponsored by Stoel Rives LLP and produced by NüRD Productions, starring Tyson Cecka

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Death drop #1

Freaky as hell, can't wait to see this shot

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I feel bad for not bringing my camera along on Saturday, I had no idea how beautiful Chicago is. Wandering around downtown with 70 traceurs next to the river surrounded by huge skyscrapers is quite the experience. Not that many amazing spots downtown that I could see, but the college campus we were at beforehand (UIC) was fricken awesome and we only saw a small portion of it.

Yesterday wasn’t particularly hard, but I just wasn’t feeling the energy for today at all and am looking forward to finally coming home tomorrow. We attempted to some parkour this morning before heading to the beach, but it ended up torrentially raining on us when we got there and we found ourselves surrounded and blocked out from the outside by the gay pride parade. After taking more than an hour to get the few miles back home, we just went and watched WALL-E Which is an awesome movie! Since I’m sitting next to Zac whose working on a writeup as well I’ll just leave it at that…

RED One

The RED One camera :) Plus lens, matte box, battery, hard drive, huge monitor, and double rails with a few grips.

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Updated with new footy!

Blog’s been quiet recently as I’ve been having a little mini-vacation with my folks in Vancouver, WA. I came down originally for a video shoot with some cool guys but I ended up staying down for Mother’s Day as well (love ya Mom!).

The shoot went really well though and I’m very excited to see the finished project. Why? We shot on the RED One digital camera system 110fps at 2K resolution, that’s about 4x slow motion in higher than full HD resolution.

Update: The song is “Death of a lonely superhero” by Clover. Here’s a link:

Click -here- to see a hires rough cut of a few locations, and see below for the photos!

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The global front page of Youtube this Friday May 2nd will be showing ONLY Parkour videos all day long. The videos will be hand picked by the fine folks over at Parkour Generations.

Hopefully it won’t take all day to watch them all Prompted me to clean up and add to my Youtube channel.

Known as a ‘Takeover Day’, this event will give incredible new exposure to the grass roots of the discipline and will bring it to a whole new audience. The videos have been selected to show the international nature of parkour and the day-to-day nature of practise as opposed to the media spectacle that is so often given the limelight, and the eclectic range of edits comes from many of the global communities that Parkour Generations has had the pleasure of working with.

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.

WRPA group

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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 audience

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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!

Today Tuesday the 18th from 3-4pm on KOMO TV be sure to tune in to the Northwest Afternoon show to see Rafe and I blathering on about parkour, live (ish)! We’re heading down there now to meet the hosts, wish us luck!

Edit: We got them to try some parkour! W00t!

For everyone who couldn’t make it out to NY last week for PKGen’s visit…you missed out big time! Dan Edwardes, Stephane Vigroux, Chris Keighley, and Julie Angel came over from the UK for an open training day in Central Park. Over 80 traceurs showed from all over the US and Canada, Ohio drove up a van full of 10 guys, Ottawa made a showing, and I flew all the way from Seattle to be there. Click through for the full story and media!

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