Pyro – Precision.
Today was a jam of two halves, while some of the Npk community had gone on a trip to Birmingham with Livewire, the very few of us who were left in Nottingham trained like we usually did on a Saturday. I can’t recall exactly how the events of Birmingham went down because I didn’t go myself, but from the accounts of others I am able to piece together the day like a patchwork quilt of memories, with each person adding there own thoughts and feelings from the day. The images you see within this blog are from the day and are what Pyro (Tom Frankenburg) was kindly enough to send over to give everyone an idea of the days events, after all what are memories without colourful images to cultivate.
I remember that everyone had to meet up earlier in Broadmarsh Bus Station, where the guys would meet up with Tim before collecting their bus tickets to get on a coach to Birmingham which took just over an hour or so to get too, minus the peak time traffic. When I say earlier, I mean long before our one o’clock meet. They had to be there for ten o’clock, a shock to many people’s system. Going by coach was much cheaper than going via train, even if it was a slower form of travel. Still, it was all part of the fun and adventure, being seated in a big group, taking over the coach. Many more people than the initial ten had turned up, no doubt they had decided to join the trip at last minute being persuaded by others going. I guess with Livewire going too and the promise of a special guest (Blue Devil) being out in Birmingham, had brought people out like a swarm of ants.
To be honest as a Parkour community it has so far been very rare, if ever that we have trained other areas within Nottinghamshire, never mind other cities with the exceptions of myself and Flip going to Mansfield [2][3] on a few occasions last year to train with Sark. I feel this year may be different though because people are progressing quickly and with their new found movement skills, they are wanting to sample other cities to challenge themselves. I’m not saying they are tiring of being out in Nottingham and the same areas week after week, as we still have plenty of stuff to do here, but it’s always nice to be some place new from time to time too. There have been talks that we should visit other close cities such as Derby where Tim is from, as that has some nice areas and it only takes a thirty minutes bus ride. Also we should maybe join the guys in Leicester as their scene seems to be thriving, that and they have Blane, another well known Parkour celebrity within the online community.
Livewire – Human Flag.
Even with all the Parkour/Freerunning politics currently with people bitching about which is better, the true practice and meaning of Parkour. The biggest debate is the A-B of Parkour vs Freerunning and showing off with acrobatics not to mention some people who are classed as ‘purists’ who have decided to use all the French terminology of l’art du déplacement too. It’s one debate which is currently poisoning the online and physical communities around the world and I won’t even go into the group divides and rifts it is causing! Continue reading ‘#92 – Birmingham Trip.’
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