Parkour on Campus

Profile piece on Patrick Yang, prominent member of Austin's parkour community. These ladies and gentlemen use architecture and public spaces as their jungle gym, so to speak. It's a fascinating and very aerobic activity, involving a great deal of conditioning and technique. I was surprised by how cool it is, and how interesting all the people are.

You may have seen parkour influences in free-running through cities like Jackie Chan or David Belle. I was just watching Jackie Chan's First Strike, which has some really amazing parkour-style moves.