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About the 5VF idea - by Olly Rickman-Williams

As a reward for one of my misadventures I was asked to produce a leaflet about parkour which I'm still working on but you can download - here are a few extracts:

"The majority of the British population know about the increase in childhood obesity and carries on shifting blame from computers to television to games consoles to children’s lack of imagination however only a small minority are trying to do anything to help, I'm aiming to set up a street sports organisation for supporting and funding general 'street' youth activities such as Parkour, Basketball, Skateboarding etc, if you have any information or can help in any way please contact me."

"Parkour like any sport increases fitness, however unlike football, tennis, skateboarding and most other sports requires nothing but the ‘traceur’ (free runner) so it can be performed anywhere with enough practice...."   "Anyone of any age can try it, if you can run and jump you can do Parkour it’s all a matter of training from there."

"Parkour has received very mixed views from the media some in favour of the activity and how it is helping to inspire young people but needs to be made safe..... "    "Parkour is a rapidly increasing sport; however facilities for the sport are slow on the move. Kids in Stroud are taking the sport in their stride but don’t know about all the risks they are taking......."

ORW

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13/11/08 - I'm working on this site and it is due to go live properly soon, it will cover free-running stuff that's happening around Stroud and give people a place to link up, share stuff and make plans.

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The main UK site to look at

http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/