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[nutty da drummer]

I myself do parkour, its not dangerous, cant kill nebody else and doesnt damage anything. then can you oplease tell me why people are so against us doing it? we get kicked off by police and cant argue because we are underage. does anybody else do parkour and do they hav the same problem?

[Bill Fernie]

Try this site for some info if you are not sure what this is about
http://www.parkour.org.uk/

[nutty da drummer]

www.urbanfreeflow.co.uk
www.thurso-pk-just-jump.piczo.com

[webmannie]

can't resist it, i had to, i know it's cheezy.

go take a running jump, he,he

Think ah seen ye guys last week scoutin oot wer local transformer compound. Ye surely werna gonna jump aroond 12,000 volts.

[Drutt]

Oh yes, I've seen this. It typically involves a bunch of 13-year olds on their way home from school jumping up and hanging from my back fence. Said fence is rather flimsy and won't withstand 13-year old hanging boys, so such action is normally followed by me walking up to the window and glaring at them. Said 13-year old boys then tend to look sheepish, jump off and scuttle away.

Seriously though, when done well this can be impressive to see. However, I've never been terribly impressed by seeing teenagers hanging off my fence while they realise that they are a bit stuck and don't know what to do next. Even I'm embarrassed for them.

I don't see the harm in it as long as you're not damaging or risking damage to other people's property. If you are risking other people's property then you've no right to complain about being moved on. I don't see why I should repair/replace my fence just so a group of teenagers get their entertainment on their way home from school.

As for whether you're putting your own health and safety at risk, I don't really care.

[katarina]

Try this site for some info if you are not sure what this is about
http://www.parkour.org.uk/

What exactly is this site suppose to tell me?

[2little2late]

Try this site for some info if you are not sure what this is about
http://www.parkour.org.uk/

What exactly is this site suppose to tell me?

Try this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour
I didn't have a clue either till I

[nutty da drummer]

well, drutt, there are several of us that have reached a professional level. recently, we have learnt how to run up walls then pull off a backflip.and we are doing "3 footers" which is where you run up the wall three times then do backflips We arent 13 either, we are 16+. so do you think we should get kicked off of places when people walk on it, and run on it? how can shoes destroy concrete, and if the police are kicking us off of places for running around, why shudnt they kick other people off? and we arent damaging property, the worse we do is spill our on blood on the ground, which personally has never hapened but on some websites it does

Bill Fernie wrote:
Try this site for some info if you are not sure what this is about
http://www.parkour.org.uk/
i dont no what it is either, a better one is www.urbanfreeflow.com then go to media to see some

[halkirk1]

This has got to be one of the daftest things I have ever seen.

Why would you want to jump over a handrail or do backflips off of a fence?

Is their a point to this activity?

[Drutt]

well, drutt, there are several of us that have reached a professional level.

Oh? You get paid to do it, do you?

recently, we have learnt how to run up walls then pull off a backflip.and we are doing "3 footers" which is where you run up the wall three times then do backflips

That's nice for you. Whose wall?

We arent 13 either, we are 16+.

That's nice for you. Of what relevance is this? All I did was relate a story of the 13-year olds I've seen trying to do it.

so do you think we should get kicked off of places when people walk on it, and run on it? how can shoes destroy concrete, and if the police are kicking us off of places for running around, why shudnt they kick other people off?

If it's just pavements, I don't see the problem with it. If we're talking about other people's walls and fences, it's a different matter. It may have escaped your notice, but neither walls nor fences were designed for people to walk or run on. So yeah, if you're doing that, I'd fully support the police moving you on.

and we arent damaging property, the worse we do is spill our on blood on the ground, which personally has never hapened but on some websites it does

I have a funny feeling that your idea of criminal damage and my idea of criminal damage are somewhat different.

As for the blood... I'm glad you haven't had any mishaps but I wouldn't care too much about your welfare anyway; I'd be more concerned about the wilful draining of NHS resources.

[Jeid]

drutt.... were you ever young once? lighten up.

and the bit about walls not being made to run or walk on is laughable. walls are pretty damn strong and i'm sure they will hold the weight of any of these boys.

i've seen these guys in action and they are pretty good at what they do. they ain't damaging property at all. the police pretty much have nothing better to do with their time so they just move them along. i've seen people do far worse and not get anything said to them. these guys are actually doing something creative and at the same time, their having fun. look at all the "neds" out there that are underage drinking and fighting on the street n that? think they should put more effort into tackling them, rather than moving on these guys?

its the same thing with people who skateboard and blade.... its not a crime! since when is it against the law to have fun?

pft, police need to sort their priorities out i think

[Drutt]

drutt.... were you ever young once? lighten up.

Oh yes. Still am.

and the bit about walls not being made to run or walk on is laughable. walls are pretty damn strong and i'm sure they will hold the weight of any of these boys.

And you're most welcome to invite them to run up your walls and fences. If other people don't like their walls and fences being used, they've every right to ask the police to move them on.

i've seen these guys in action and they are pretty good at what they do. they ain't damaging property at all. the police pretty much have nothing better to do with their time so they just move them along. i've seen people do far worse and not get anything said to them. these guys are actually doing something creative and at the same time, their having fun. look at all the "neds" out there that are underage drinking and fighting on the street n that? think they should put more effort into tackling them, rather than moving on these guys?

Like I said, they're welcome to use your property. If others object, they've every right to.

its the same thing with people who skateboard and blade.... its not a crime! since when is it against the law to have fun?

It's not. It is against the law to cause criminal damage, which is why the skateboarders who like to use the steps around the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow also get moved on.

[Jeid]

drutt.... were you ever young once? lighten up.

Oh yes. Still am.

and the bit about walls not being made to run or walk on is laughable. walls are pretty damn strong and i'm sure they will hold the weight of any of these boys.

And you're most welcome to invite them to run up your walls and fences. If other people don't like their walls and fences being used, they've every right to ask the police to move them on.

i've seen these guys in action and they are pretty good at what they do. they ain't damaging property at all. the police pretty much have nothing better to do with their time so they just move them along. i've seen people do far worse and not get anything said to them. these guys are actually doing something creative and at the same time, their having fun. look at all the "neds" out there that are underage drinking and fighting on the street n that? think they should put more effort into tackling them, rather than moving on these guys?

Like I said, they're welcome to use your property. If others object, they've every right to.

its the same thing with people who skateboard and blade.... its not a crime! since when is it against the law to have fun?

It's not. It is against the law to cause criminal damage, which is why the skateboarders who like to use the steps around the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow also get moved on.

i used to live in Aberdeen and i saw kids do exactly what these guys are doing, and in fact, right across from the police station, and never once were they moved along.

generally, if people want these guys moved on, they come out themselves, the police are hardly ever called, they just seem to turn up randomly and move them along.

i think your missing the point i'm trying to make in these guys defence.

[daviddd]

sounds like a harmless occupation - they could be doing much worse as someone pointed out - and they're keeping fit. That might save the NHS a fair few grand when they don't have heart attacks later in life like many other folk that are training in earnest to be couch potatoes by sitting here typing away - oops -

[Drutt]

i think your missing the point i'm trying to make in these guys defence.

I'm not but perhaps I'm just going to the other extreme of defending the motives of the people who complain. I suspect that the police don't move kids on for the sheer fun of it, but because a resident or two has complained and so the police keep an eye out.

The lads and lassies who do this are always going to be subject to the good will of people around. If you've got a strong wall, you may not bat an eyelid when they run up it. I've got a flimsy fence which won't last long if kids hang off it every day on their way home from school. I wouldn't call the police unless actual damage was caused (I just stare out the window at them until they go away) but others might - and they've every right to because it's their property.

It's no different to when I was kicking a football around on the street with friends and some neighbours would think it lovely to see kids playing while others would complain to my parents about the noise and the potential risks. We'd just play well away from the latter folk. I've delivered mail and had a few people tell me not to walk on their lawn - I may have rolled my eyes when they weren't looking but they had every right to complain if they so wished and I didn't walk on their lawns again. At the other extreme were the nice folk who'd put stepping stones across their lawns so I didn't have to get my Doc Martens muddy.

Lads and lassies who do this type of stuff (and skateboarding and blading) using other people's property depend on the goodwill of those people's and don't have a right to complain about being moved on. There's always somewhere else. Now, if there was talking about banning them from doing it at all, I'd have more to say in their defence.

[daviddd]

Yowser - yo bro - yo could leap up at out wall anytime yo want man!

If I were xx years younger I'd be doing the same

good luck yoos!

[Jeid]

garden hopping?

not what these guys do at all

[jay]

I've seen a bunch of guys doing this in Thurso on the wall at the back of Mackays shop as you go down to the co-op. Didn't realise there was a name for it - I just thought they were mad! saw one guy fall badly - he was lucky he didn't break his neck. These boys don't seem to be doing anyone anyharm and the shop keepers don't seem to be bothered about them being there - what I would say tho' is that, while these teenagers are doing absolutely nothing wrong ,it is fairly intimidating trying to walk through them when you're on your own. so perhaps they could make sure they leave a clear passageway for pedestrians - especially the elderly. It is quite entertaining to watch on the whole

[nutty da drummer]

Yeh, you have seen us, that was us, running up the wall and doing back flips etc. im sorry if were intimidating, we dont want to be. we are trying to get it out in the open. we are planning a scotland tour so it should be great fun. ill tell everyone to do the space for pedestrions. thanks

[nutty da drummer]

and what is garden hopping? is that like skippy or something? not what we do, we do parkour, its a proper registered sport.