Parkour and Freerunning have, without a doubt, become engrained in contemporary social culture. Just the other day, Stewie and Brian from Family Guy were chasing a french traceur in Paris, while J-LO was swaging her god-given assets in a parkour chase down the streets of Acapulco. This is good for all of us. It means that PKFR is being recognized and legitimized by society making it ever more palatable to the neighsayers and those that view it as a sign of the apocalypse. But to those that have made the disciplines a lifestyle, all this saves us is another explanation about what parkour is… and isn’t.

So how do we express the what Parkour and Freerunning mean. We know words and minute long videos on Youtube are not enough. This is why we have people like Cedric Dahl – visual masters who can translate emotion, thoughts and an entire way of life into a tangible visual masterpiece that will move you and answer once and for all what parkour means to those that live the disciplines.

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