A Brief(ish) History of Parkour | The Takeoff feat. Callum Powell

Описание: After a short hiatus, we’re back with a big one - a brief (ish) dive into parkour’s history with Callum Powell, nerd supreme of all things parkour. Callum just released his first book, “What is Parkour?” which covers parkour’s culture, history, and practice through hilarious anecdotes from his own training and adventures alongside STORROR. I had the privilege to proof-read quite a decent chunk of it over the past few months and I have to say…I didn’t think I’d ever laugh out loud at parkour non-fiction but here we are.

In this episode, we cover the development of parkour - from the founding Yamakasi group to the modern day - in broad strokes, and try to leave references for an interested listener to dive deeper into anything we skip over. Hope you enjoy it and check out the links below for some of the key reference points we make throughout the episode!

Callum Powell, “What is Parkour?”: https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.c...

Julie Angel’s “Breaking the Jump”: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Jump-...

Jump Britain:    • Jump Britain (Parkour / Free Running Docum...  

Jason Paul’s Russian Parkour video:    • how "crazy Russians" took Parkour to the n...  

Matthias Mayer’s Eastern Parkour video:    • The GOLDEN ERA of Eastern Parkour / PODCAST  


New Year’s Eve Eve Jam Video:    • New Years Eve Eve