These guys are really amazingly brave or stupid. Depending....
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/amazingjumper.html
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/amazingjumper.html
Bionic man...for real
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hahahaha I just looked at it twila. There are amazing..you know, I am gonna play that tune in my CD player next time I am out walking and see if I can do some of those leaps 
Ah, yes - It's an extreme sport known as free-running: It treats man-made structures as an obstacle course that participants negotiate by daring feats of graceful gymnastics. It was invented by a group of childhood friends in Lisses, near Paris in the 1980s, when Sebastien Foucan, David Belle et al created what they call le parkour (a deliberately un-French spelling to make the point that they were doing something different).
Unlike other extreme activities, it has developed a philosophy. “It is not just a game,” Sebastien Foucan is quoted as saying, “it is a discipline because it is a way of facing our fears and demons that you can apply to the rest of your life.”
Anyone interested can learn the moves here: :wink:
http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/fundamentals/fundamentals.htm
For the more sedantry amongst us, try the dvd "Jump London" or the film that Luc Besson made with the originators of the movement, called "Yamakasi".
Unlike other extreme activities, it has developed a philosophy. “It is not just a game,” Sebastien Foucan is quoted as saying, “it is a discipline because it is a way of facing our fears and demons that you can apply to the rest of your life.”
Anyone interested can learn the moves here: :wink:
http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/fundamentals/fundamentals.htm
For the more sedantry amongst us, try the dvd "Jump London" or the film that Luc Besson made with the originators of the movement, called "Yamakasi".