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Erin Stretch Fingers

2008-12-10T00:10:00.004Z

Erin goes into vampire mode and flicks a shocker for the first time. Whilst we applaud her effort, we have to point out that the positioning of the fingers would be best suited to a heifer like Julie's mum.

How's About That Then?

2008-12-10T00:07:00.002Z

At the Swatch studio shoot, Blue donned this dodgy white wig to serve up his best Jimmy Saville impression (minus bouncing a kid on his knee while blowing in his ear).

East End Fatties

2008-12-07T14:15:00.002Z

During the Honda Dreamscape event we had time out to go swimming in the Thames. Most of the guys decided that bridge jumping was necessary to cool off and they were joined by all the local cockney kids who'd obviously been eating way too many pork pies.

UF Sausage Jockey

2008-12-07T14:14:00.001Z

No words needed really. Sticky admits to loving sausage and he's not bothered which hole they go in.

New Superhero

2008-12-07T14:10:00.002Z

Introducing a new Superhero from Finland in the form of Spider Head. Here we see Spidey during the Honda Dreamscape event. The sun was just too much for everyone and the costumes they had to wear, were unbearable. So the shaving of heads became essential. Nobody told Spidey that he looked like a twat though.....we simply let him dig that hole for himself.

Buckwire

2008-12-06T22:51:00.004Z

Too many handstands have had a detrimental effect on Livewire, who's teeth have grown x 5. All is not lost though as he's just landed a role in the Alice and Wonderland panto in Brighton. He can be seen performing handstands dressed as the March Hare.

Tits Out For The Lads

2008-12-06T21:23:00.002Z

In Prague doing the shoot for Swatch, Neil showed the guys his feminine side by flashing his tits.
Nobody made a move on him from our team but Timmy the lighting guy, had his wicked way and said that Neil with a wig on definitely passed the test. Poor Neil wasn't able to vault properly for 2 days.

Asimo

2008-12-06T21:13:00.002Z

The Honda Dreamscape show saw us working with Asimo, the walking and talking humanoid. He had a bit of an attitude problem and kept calling us a bunch of c**ts but after taking him out and getting him drunk, he was ok in the end.

Falling From The Sky

2008-12-06T21:10:00.002Z

Whilst doing the Honda Dreamscape shows we were blessed with some blazing sunshine. Wasting no time at all were the guys who used a nearby bridge to dive off of into the Thames. Here we see Livewire falling from the sky.

Gay Trek

2008-12-06T20:53:00.003Z

In Prague for the Swatch commerical shoot. There were so many pranks played on each day and here we see the guys hamming up for the camera in Village people stylee. The stylists provided the most whack clothing for everyone to wear and at best, they looked like extras from the gay version of Star Trek.

Thames Festival

2008-12-06T20:48:00.002Z

One of the best team experiences to date. In Sept of 08 we were provided with a beast of an obstacle right in front of the London Eye on Jubilee Gardens. Was an absolutely amazing experience and one that none of us will forget in a hurry.

World's Lines Fuck Up

2008-12-06T20:43:00.002Z

At the World Freerun Championships Kerbie had the task of being MC on stage throughout. Here we see him being pranked by the team with his page being printed in extra small text. It read as "If you have trouble reading this, you are gay".

Newcastle Shocked Into Action

2008-12-06T20:33:00.002Z

During the last leg of the Sony Ericsson 'Off The Wall' tour, we got to hook up with the safest bunch of guys from NEPK. This pic shows us at the end after having taught them the ways of the shocker. Gotta love manipulative teachings....

Beef Curtains

2008-12-06T20:15:00.005Z

As part of the Visit London shoot, Asid, Cali, Kerbie and Sticky had to dress up and blitz London in costume. Asid pulled the shortest straw and had to get kitted out as a Tower of London Beefeater. He proved to be very popular with the tourists who were puzzled to see him flipping and spinning all over the place. He was so convincing that he got a bollocking from a real Beefeater. Noob!

Sticky wasn't too far behind in the clown stakes but managed to redeem himself with a well timed shocker.

City Shocker

2008-12-06T20:09:00.002Z

It still makes us laugh out loud how we've managed to single handedly convince so many people to (unwittingly) adopt the shocker as THE hand sign of Parkour. What started out as a joke has turned into a beast of its own and seen film stars, politicians and a variety of journalists into flicking it to the camera thinking they are 'street' and in touch with youth culture.
Here Ez and Sticky drill a couple more at the Bruce Lee documentary shoot.

Moving With Ruthless Precision

2008-12-06T20:05:00.003Z

Gotta love rocking fly apparel and then being the centre of some photoshop shizzle. Here we see Cali, sneaking about in London Metropol....

Introducing Cali

2008-12-06T19:58:00.002Z

After we got rid of the whingers from our team a couple of years back, we promised ourselves to never allow another Frenchman into the team. Then steps up Cali who restored our faith and made us change our minds. Not just naturally gifted as an athlete, but he's got the full package and what is not usually common with our Gaelic step brothers, he has a wicked sense of humour.
Shame about the earrings. Gay.

Pimped

2008-08-11T09:42:00.003Z

At the end of the Swatch shoot we had a chance to kick back and pimp it up. Back row - Copdom, Pip, Livewire, Bam. Front row - Neil, Ez and Sticky.

PK Day - OG

2008-06-16T06:55:00.009Z

Only announced 7 days prior, we expected about 10 people to turn up to our first outdoor jam in 4 years. PK Day - OG turned out to be a mammoth one with so many highlights. 100+ people all united by Parkour/Freerun and there to simply train and have fun. Classic old skool vibes.....

ez plays santa and dishes out the freebies. Within seconds 50 x backpacks and over a thousand stickers were snapped up by the hungry pack.

Kerbie and Bam garmed up and representing. Kerbie can be seen sporting a circa 2006 exclusive Seidojin tee (only 7 were ever made) while Bam sports an adidas number.

ez repping a murdered out glyph.

Stoney (complete with black eye after getting a beating from some local priests) and Molotov look on unimpressed with their fellow team members. What used to be a serious team has decended into one of pure filth and a jackass mentality.

But when in doubt, a human glyph usually does the trick to get things back on track.

Neil tries to figure out other uses for the FRPK wristbands.

While Sticky opts for a more vulgar approach but gets merked by the tiny red dot.

New kid on the block (Majora) was told to earn his stripes as part of his initiation and what better way to do it, than shove your fist in your mouth? 100 cool points awarded on the spot.

Soap Dodger No More

2008-05-20T10:34:00.005Z

Having got rid of our French soap dodgers a while back, Neil stepped up to fill the void of smelliest team member. However, due to a mishap with a bottle of washing up liquid and a fountain, he was 'cleansed' and no longer smells like a bag of shite.

Ahhhh, look at them having fun.

A landmark day for Neil who not only washed his entire body, but got to wear his dads y-fronts for the first time ever. Gotta love family bonding.

Bumboclaat!!

2008-05-01T18:55:00.002Z

Having spent a long time locked away editing our Black Ops video offering, Bam decided that he had to get away from the doom and gloom to recharge his batteries. So where did he go? The fucker got on the phone to Maxi Priest, headed off to Jamaica and basically chilled out big style for 10 days. Pictured here taking a 'taxi'.

Caught In The Act

2008-04-26T07:35:00.005Z

Inspired by Banksy, Sticky decided to try his hand at a bit of stencil graff at night down at Southbank. Rule number one when getting into some existencilism - DON'T GET CAUGHT! Here we see Sticky being papped while in the act. Total shutdown!!

Tools of the trade.

Another Hair Scare

2008-04-25T07:58:00.004Z

With Kie constantly being tagged as the only girl in UF because of his flowing locks, he took the step to eliminate his gayness completely, by getting Pip's mum to do the honours and give him a going over with the clippers. Whilst we applaud the fact that he stepped up for the chop and now looks a little bit more like a man, the number 6 graded finish has a striking resemblance to a famous 1970's comic called Dick Emery, which is NOT so cool.

Separated At Birth

2008-03-31T19:30:00.003Z

UF sponsored athlete, DjuXa, from Latvia has just been rumbled as a bit of a headbanger before his PK days. Is he a hairy metal head or a troll? You decide.

Microsoft Performance

2008-02-26T18:54:00.005Z

At Microsoft's head office, we were engaged to deliver a series of dynamic performances as part of their 'Heroes' campaign. Because it was staged indoors, a purpose built set of obstacles were shipped in for us to use consisting of scaffolding, vault boxes and a cat leap wall. This allowed the guys (Asid, Blue, Livewire, Neil, Pip and Sticky) to let loose in front of the 300 strong crowd and really crank things up a notch. As a result, the whole event was an outstanding success and outside of representing in our usual pro manner, we had plenty of time for some fun stuff.

Asid collars poor Pip and preaches about the benefits of converting to scientology. Pip listened for 5 mins before dribbling from the corner of his mouth and falling asleep.

These guys were blacked up to represent the heroes silhouettes, but they obviously didn't think about the possibility of upsetting anyone and being branded racists. We tried to get Blue to act offended and refuse to perform until the 'situation' was addressed, but he couldn't keep a straight face from laughing so much. So we opted to just get a group shocker pic. For anyone who can't tell, Blue is on the far right.

One of the obvious things when the guys were jamming, were all the females coming out to check out all the fuss. This saw plenty of requests for photo's and for the guys to perform topless (which of course they did). Making the most of a photo opportunity, we corrupted these ladies into striking shockers by telling them it was the universal freerunning hand sign. Gotta love the art of persuasion.

LG Shoot

2008-02-25T20:00:00.004Z

In January we were commissioned to shoot an ad for electronics giants, LG. For the release of their new Plasma tv (which is all picture and has no borders) we were briefed to 'take it to the edge'. Starring in the ad were Blue and Kerbie, who stepped up to run riot around the rooftops of Soho.
In this pic Sticky surveys the bigger of the jumps. Below lies a box rig made up of 200 cardboard boxes, crash mats and a tarpaulin cover. This 'should' ensure a soft landing but on the first jump, Kerbie (pictured in pink to the left of the mats) landed awkwardly and sprained his ankle badly. As a result, he had to be carted off to hospital and we had to call in Molotov who was sleeping at the time. Being the true star he is, he got a cab over, did the jump twice and then fucked off back home to sleep.

Here we see Blue on the left and Molotov on the right as they fly through the air.

In The Trenches

2008-02-20T11:51:00.006Z

Our third visit to the Royal Marine Commando's training grounds (CTCRM) in Lympstone, Devon, saw the U$F TV film unit roll in to capture the final segments for our new Black Ops video. During our 2 day visit we filmed a night stealth run featuring Livewire, Kie, Neil and Jashman from the Glyph Unit and Sean, Ratty and Si from the Marines as they moved in around Exeter city centre. The second day saw Ez, Neil and Sticky attack the Commando's 6 mile endurance run, which was a killer, but you'll see for yourselves when Black Ops is released. Outside of the filming (as per usual when the guys get together) pranks and games were in full effect. None of us can wait for the next project to unroll as the Commando's are both inspirational and funny as f**k to be around.

Bam with his weapon of choice for the stealth run

Neil before shouting "Say hello to my lil friend" and then running off screaming into the woods

Sticky taking no prisoners and collecting STC scalps by the dozen. BOOM HEAD SHOT!!

Sean foolishly allows himself to be on the receiving end of one of Sticky's games. In this case, blood was drawn from a whipping and full credit needs to be given to Sean for taking it without so much as a groan. When it came to Sticky's turn, he whinged like a bitch and ended up getting away very lightly. Jashman wasn't so lucky and now has his very own red stripe to prove it.

Sticky Outsized At Last

2008-02-12T11:48:00.000Z

This picture of Sticky with Jashman has been unearthed from their school days and is valid proof that we've at last, found someone with a bigger head than Sticky's widescreen one. In recent years Jash's body has balanced out and grown in proportion with his skull but as this early pic shows, he was once king of the shiny forehead brigade. For that alone, he now gets the title of 'Biggest head in Parkour'.

Leave It To Beaver

2008-02-02T09:13:00.000Z

During our time at the Royal Marine Commando's training grounds in Lympstone, Devon, Sticky got dumped off the rope regain with Neil and showed an uncanny likeness to a certain beaver from Canada. Separated at birth? You decide....

On The Blag

2007-12-25T20:41:00.001Z

In Prague after another highly successful shoot, ez tries to style it out by chomping on a cigar. Being a non smoker, as soon as someone offered to light it up, he could be found trying to offload it quick time.

Lemon Twist

2007-12-25T20:33:00.002Z

In Prague, Czech Republic, after a shoot with DHL in freezing cold conditions. Here at the wrap party, we see the normally teetotal Blue, after being coerced into a Redbull and Vodka drinking comp with ez. Midway through the night, some bastard got a round of tequila shots in and here we see Blue after taking a hit of cinamon, downing the shot and then killing it off with a twist of lemon.

Finding it hard to shake off the zing, Blue freaks out. Wrrrrrrrrrrecked!!

In no time at all Blue passed out and in his sleeping state, became the subject of a few pranks. Here we see him being stitched up to look like he's been doing lines. Notice the drunken attention to detail with frazzles being meticulously placed all over his head. *NB......No narcotics were used in this pic. The 'evidence' was captured with use of pitta bread crumbs. However, Blue was mortified when we told him the next morning that he'd been doing class A's all night.

What Happens In Vegas.....

2007-12-08T23:42:00.000Z

With Kerbie, Livewire and Sticky working in Las Vegas for our project with Spike TV for their annual Video Game Awards, the guys got to hang out with a whole host of celebs.

At the awards all pimped out.

Here we see them with the Mac Daddy of Boxing - Don King.

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters begs to hang out with Kerbie. Reluctantly he agrees.

Livewire gets himself some man-love.

Wrestler Kurt Angle gets a quick squeeze from Sticky.

Kerbie with Spiderman creator, Stan Lee.

The guys with living acting legend, Samuel L Jackson.

Spinning Marine

2007-11-24T21:34:00.000Z

Fresh from being taught 'Parkour' for the Extreme sports channel/Royal Marines Commando challenge, Capt Sean Lerwill throws it all back in our face by taking up Freerunning. In all seriousness, the whole Commando squad took to the discipline like ducks to water and as seen in the pic, Sean has been getting in plenty of practice of his own.

Boooooolsheeeeeeeeet!!!

2007-10-25T19:54:00.001Z

As part of the Motorola RAZR2 promotion, Kerbie, Livewire and Sticky had to hit the streets of Birmingham. Here they session the famous bronze bull statue at the Bull Ring.
The Mexican mouse, he say booooooooooolsheeeeeeeeeeet!!

Do You Know How I Know You're Gay?

2007-10-25T19:47:00.000Z

Hoping that this pic had been buried in the UF vaults forever, this nice little snap has just resurfaced to haunt Sticky. bwahahahahahahahahahaha!
Set up as part of the Vauxhall Tribes promotion, Sticky and Kerbie were coerced into appearing in some rank girls mag. And they say that there's no such thing as bad news.....

Bo'Selecta!

2007-10-25T19:41:00.001Z

With Avid Merrion being ill, Blue got the call from Channel 4 to step in and do Bedtime With Bear for the beginning of the new series. Originally he wasn't up for it, but when they waved £5K under his nose...............

Army Shocker

2007-10-25T17:46:00.001Z

October 25th saw Sticky and Ez deliver a Parkour workshop to the 4th Battalion of the Royal Engineers. It was the first time that Parkour had ever been taught to the army and it won't be the last. Turned out to be a massive success with all the soldiers stepping up to attack everything thrown their way with varying levels of success. Here we see a group shot with almost everyone flicking a shocker.

Naked Ambition

2007-10-23T17:39:00.001Z

Not content with coming first at the 'Big Trick 3' event in Germany, Livewire hooked up with local photographer, Salajin, to take some action shots. She wasted no time in convincing him that regular Parkour action pics had been done to death already and to get his rat out instead. All done in the name of art. Riiiiiiight.

Numero Uno

2007-10-23T09:42:00.001Z

Sticky tries to large it up but being dressed like a cross between Freddy Krueger and an extra from a Boy George video, he fails. Shutdown!

Rappers Delight

2007-10-23T09:14:00.001Z

For a while now we've kept the truth about Steve the rapper quiet, but now is the time to reveal that he's the latest edition to our 'street team' and you don't get much more street than Steve. Finding a homeless man at Southbank is no big deal, but with Steve, we've unearthed a gem who can rap with the world's finest. Since meeting him we've hooked him up with sponsorship and whenever we hit London for a media opportunity, Steve is always on hand to spit some lyrics and spice up the day. He even managed to start a fight with the usually placid Blue, at a recent MTV shoot and for that alone, he deserves his stripes. Here we see him gatecrashing the Kevin Zacher shoot and in no time at all, was serving up cold lyrics to amuse everyone.
Not ones to miss a photo opportunity, Sticky and Livewire got up close and personal. For most, the smell would have killed it but having had a former team mate being a soap dodger, they were used to it and weren't deterred in the slightest.
Wandering off to the London eye, Steve continued spitting for anyone who would listen. Here he encounters another street performer and rolls off some lyrics about a headless chicken to Rihanna's 'Under my umbrella' song. Class!
Steve, look at the lens bruv. We want a profile shot. He tries his best but in his altered state of being absolutely wasted, he can't get his eyes to work properly. After 6 or 7 snaps, this was the closest he got to nailing it.
As always, after 10 mins in his company, we get bored and try to lose him. Here we see him saying "Its all good in the hood" after we've just slipped him a tenner for beer and fags. Until the next time.......

A Bum Note

2007-10-23T09:08:00.000Z

During our photoshoot with award winning photographer, Kevin Zacher, Sticky couldn't resist getting his ass out for this photo opportunity down at Southbank.

Plastered

2007-10-12T13:39:00.001Z

During the Motorola roadshow, Livewire and Sticky decided to empty 2 packs of plasters and cover their faces completely. Huuuuuuuge improvement!

Battle Of The Machines

2007-10-03T16:35:00.000Z

For our up and coming 2008 Connex project in Las Vegas with JCB, we've had to spend time at their Midlands based HQ to play around with their heavy machinery. With the production team mapping out the ground to replicate the performance area, ez and Bam had to get to grips with the 'Loadalls' and figure out what could and couldn't be done. Here we see Bam testing out the roof for a proposed cat leap from a central stage platform. Performing aside, the team can't wait to get back to Las Vegas again. The last time around Asid, Blue, ez and Sticky had the time of their lives filming with Mad Media and Boost Mobile. This time around we could have as many as 8 athletes there running riot. hmmmmm

Portland Pwnership

2007-10-02T16:40:00.000Z

Location: Portland, USA and with Bam and Sticky previously doing a high tempo job in Prague, they were expecting more of the same in the US for the second leg of the shoot. However, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the vibe was much more relaxed and as a result, found themselves with plenty of time to venture out on their own. Here we see them dabbling with Sticky's SLR and Bam's fish eye lens in their downtime.

Acidic By Nature

2007-10-02T16:30:00.000Z

Prague was a fantastic place for Parkour and everywhere you looked, opportunities presented themselves. Another very clear thing was how prominent street art is there, with literally every wall being covered in graf. Here we see Asid pointing our where he's going to add his own piece later on during a night stealth mission.

Motorola Roadshow

2007-09-28T18:14:00.000Z

September 2007 and Kerbie, Livewire and Sticky get stuck into the Motorola RAZR2 campaign. The project itself was cool enough with the guys shooting a viral video and then performing at various cities. The downside was the gheytto shiz they had to wear in the process, which was a cross between Hong Kong Phooey and The Village people.

UF Brotherhood

2007-09-23T20:27:00.000Z

UF sponsored athlete, Stoney, decided to take a gap year from Uni and instead of taking the easy path of fame n fortune through the 'street circus', he opted to work in a cathedral as an assistant. There haven't been any reports of any strange incidents yet, but we are all betting that its only a matter of time before he has to bash the bishop. Right now there are rumours going around that the priests are already calling him their 'lil bitch'.

My Name Is Earl

2007-09-19T16:25:00.000Z

During their photoshoot in Portland, USA, Bam and Sticky found themselves with plenty of free time to rinse all their money on designer clothes. In the process, they saw an American Apparel store and decided to tick off 'wearing the whackest clothes you can find' from their to do list. Here we see Sticky in a fetching white number and Bam looking ravishing in his two piece titled the 'lady killer'. The pictures taken in the Anne Summers shop with crotchless panties and fishnets will have to wait for glyph ting V.2.

Goodfella

2007-09-19T12:11:00.000Z

Kerbie in gangster mode for the Daily Mail shoot. Rumours are floating about that he decked the photographer and went through his pockets to 'borrow' 300 quid and the keys to his Bentley. You can take the boy out of Sutton but can't take Sutton out of the boy.....

Blue Shocker

2007-09-19T11:58:00.000Z

Fresh back from filming in Prague and it was straight back into action with our seminar in Camberley, Surrey. Nice turnout and positive minds all round. Joining us for some fun was Blue, sporting his busted hand. As pissed as he was about not being able to join in properly, he still cranked out a shocker which showed that his priorities are still in place.

Protection From Muppets

2007-09-19T11:48:00.000Z

It is common knowledge that the UF glyph has armour-like properties, but nobody has ever captured it on film before.
Here we see Asid wearing a red 'Street prophet' top from our range after being asked if he would do an advert with Wendes for Lillets. Before Asid could say "Fuc..... the glyph took over and went into shutdown mode. Now THAT'S what you call protection.

Wearing his scars with pride? Yeah right....

2007-09-09T23:49:00.000Z

With Ez and Sticky training for a series of marathon and triathlon events, Sticky literally dived in head first, taking his training to extremes and ending up in an Italian hospital bed. Although he is a strong county level swimmer, while on a 1.5 hour swim in harsh conditions, assisted by a coach in a canoe, things took a turn for the worst and he was swept against a pier by the strong tide and battered relentlessly by on-coming waves. An air ambulance and rescue team had to be called in and once pulled clear, he was whisked off to A&E with severe cuts and bruises along with suffering from hypothermia and shock. What a muppet!!

French Tomfoolery

2007-07-31T16:41:00.000Z

Who are these fools pictured with phones? As part of a stock library shoot we did aaaaaaages ago, we had to dress up in suits and jump around a bit in London. Was an ok time but luckily, the money paid was lucrative to fund a trip for Sticky and Bam to go to the US, where some real clothes were purchased in the form of Bape and LRG. Who said that money doesn't buy you happiness? More than likely some guy signing on and bitching about being hard done by.

Lewis In Pole Dancing Shocker

2007-07-20T21:24:00.000Z

During the No More Landmines shoot, Lewis was singled out to be dressed up as a chav and told to get himself up a lamppost. Thinking that they were making things easier for him, one of the production team attached a saddle which protruded and at first, it looked fine. However, they had him stay up there for about an hour and when he finally got down, he could be heard cursing anyone within earshot and moaning constantly about his sore arse. Quality!!

No More Landmines

2007-07-19T21:07:00.000Z

As part of a the 'No More Landmines' project, we completed a 2 day shoot at Battersea Park in London. Members from the core performance team, sponsored team and moderators on our forum were featured (Asid, Blue, ez, Sticky, Neil, Molotov, Lewis, Pip, Kie, Bandit and Biomech). As with most shoots, it was at times, a painfully slow process and this served to bring on the fun n games quicker than anticipated. A great deal of it involved fighting but in between punches, pinches and chokes, we managed to trick Neil into eating 4 flying ants (earning him the new nickname of Anthony) and managed to laugh hard as Molotov was dressed up as a postman and Pip as a carpet depot salesman. The finished piece will go online as a viral, will be shown in cinemas and could possibly make its way onto TV.

Bam Bond

2007-07-18T18:38:00.000Z

As part of a 7 page spread we did with the Sunday Times, Bam got to play the part of Bond kitted out in Prada garms and accompanied by some fine ladies. Here we see him being snapped mid flight going over a car and below, we see his love interest in the form of Stiffler's mum.

Fashion Faux Pas

2007-07-04T20:41:00.000Z

Here we see Spidey kitted out in his Euro fag shorts which won him many looks from passers by. The night before we'd been watching the '40 year old virgin' movie and these shorts prompted the infamous line "You know how I know you're gay?".

Hi-Rollin'

2007-07-04T20:38:00.000Z

Monte Carlo was a beautiful place with so much to do at night. But being lazy asses, the guys opted to rinse the room service and get wasted on the alcohol in the mini bar. As a result, the ghetto jacuzzi was thought up and here we see Sticky, Asid and Bam getting a little too familiar with each other.

Shrek III

2007-07-04T20:24:00.000Z

With the main Mercedes-Benz performances done and dusted in Monte Carlo, Monaco, it was time to hit the beach. Here we see a newly shaved Shrekwire doing a spot of sky diving.

Erm, I'm Tied Up At The Moment

2007-07-04T16:40:00.000Z

During our last day in Rome, the whole team were invited up onto the main stage to say our goodbye's and thanks to everyone for such a great experience. As Stefano (the organiser) gave a little speech, ez motioned to Blue after seeing some cable ties lying around. He stated that with just 2 little cable ties, he could incapacitate a man and render him helpless. Just as Blue finished saying "Bullshit", ez looped the ties over his fingers and tightened them as quick as a flash. Realising that he was in trouble and in no position to escape, Blue started to panic, especially as the team were taking their turn to speak to the crowd. As soon as everyone realised what was going on, they burst into laughter which just made Blue panic even more. Eventually some wire cutters were found and he was released to a big cheer.

Egg and Poon

2007-07-04T16:34:00.000Z

In Rome, Italy and having the best team trip experience yet. Who of all people steps up to kill it dead? Yep, Sticky the man best known for his random hotel hijinks decided to use his time to set up an 'Egg and Poon' race. Without going into too much detail, it involved a toilet, a bidet, a bog brush and plenty of heaving. Plain nasty!

Sightseeing In Rome

2007-06-26T20:40:00.000Z

With workshops and performances complete, a tour of Rome was called for and the sights weren't hard to find.

From Mug To Thug

2007-06-26T20:32:00.000Z

With Livewire looking like a right plum sporting his badger rug haircut, an 11th hour meeting was called before the team were due to go on stage for the Mercedes gig, and a drastic decision was made to unleash the Barcelona clippers once again. Yes, he kicked up a stink and whinged like a little bitch, but he had no choice other than to cave in to peer pressure.

When In Rome

2007-06-26T09:03:00.000Z

June 2007 and quite possibly the best team trip to date, with so much being crammed into the time we had at hand for the Parkour Italy gathering. A lot of ground has been covered over the last 4 and a half years since the birth of UF and we've seen people come, go and have their whingeing asses kicked out of the camp. But when reflected upon, the core team (the same collective who've been representing together from the very beginning) has never ever been stronger as a unit and this trip alone, confirmed this to everyone. Left to right - Bam, Blue, Asid, Kerbie, Ez, Sticky and Livewire outside the colosseum.

Countdown To Blackout!

2007-06-07T13:25:00.001Z

After being told that he could be put to sleep in 5 seconds without the need of any punches or kicks, Sticky stepped up and challenged ez to produce the goods. Here we see Sticky sitting down with ez behind him applying the rear naked choke. In the 2nd pic we see Sticky start to panic at the realisation that its no joke, and by the 3rd pic his eyes are glazed over as he fades into la-la land. The 4th pic shows him laid out on the floor waking up in total confusion as to where he is and how he got there. All captured on video and making its way to a youtube account near you, soon.
*Please note that the choke was executed by a trained martial artist and unless applied correctly, is extremely dangerous. Do NOT try this at home noobs.

Badidas

2007-06-06T19:09:00.000Z

If you look a little further down the page, you'll see a piece about Steve the Rapper, who in all honesty is just a 40 year old Southbank piss head that thinks he's a rapper. When we first met him, he was all kitted out with Reebok gear but we managed to hook him up with some adidas garms and here, we bumped into him again (by complete accident) while conducting recces for Done & Busted. We're glad to announce that he has cleaned up his act and was repping hard in his 3 stripes but unfortunately, is still busting out no hope lyrics.

You're Shit And You Know You Are

2007-06-06T18:54:00.000Z

At Thorpe Park and in-between performances with plenty of time to rinse the rides with fast track passes. On the way back to the dome, Blue motioned over to the ladder challenge and said "Piece of piss!". Yep, obviously being a practitioner for over 4 years gives you a heightened sense of balance. So first up was Blue, all garmed up in his adidas kicks and fresh glyph armour. Boom! Wiped out instantly.

Next up was Asid, who anyone would have expected to breeze it and claim his Tweenies soft toy. Blam!!

Stepping up to save the day was Sticky, but with a head that has officially been titled the 2nd largest in Parkour, the odds were always gonna be dodgy due to the weight of it. Needless to say he got taken out straight away and everyone then sheepishly walked off shaking their heads.

Thorpe Park

2007-05-31T19:35:00.000Z

9 day performance and workshop event at Thorpe Park in Surrey, with our very own Asid and Blue, who were working their asses off. Here we see them on stage with Funkstylerz after completing yet another set piece. While they were milking the applause from the crowd, others from the team were lending their support by abusing their VIP passes to fast track every ride in the park and jump as many queues as possible.

Livewire and Sticky at the beginning of the day and kitted out with VIP passes. With those in hand, there's only one thing to do.......start the rinsing. From here only a few snapshots were captured but almost everything was stealthily filmed on a POV videocam. A little edit is being prepared right now and once ready, it'll make its way here on Glyph ting.

The first ride sessioned was called Stealth which shoots you from 0-80mph in 2 seconds and literally tears you a new asshole!!! Next up was a water ride called Tidal wave (don't quote us on the name). Sticky - "Yo ez, when you went on this before, did you get wet?" ez - "Nah, it looks worse than it is". 5 mins later and as everyone hurtled down the runway to smash into the water head on, all that could be heard were screams as the freezing cold water coated everyone from head to toe. Livewire saw sense beforehand and knew he was in for a soaking, so he stripped naked and rode it bareback, much to the amusement of all the staff.

Sticky, who is now a pro in the art of rinsing, gets some long overdue payback as Thorpe Park dishes out a rinsing of its own. In this case, its more of a rinse down which saw him walking around like a hunchback for an hour while waiting for his clothes to dry off.

High Speed Jowler

2007-05-31T19:03:00.000Z

After a long day of filming at the Latimer estate in London for the 'Seek n Destroy' (working title) project, we returned to Surrey with the top down and Cypress Hill blasting loud "You won't be real with us, but ya reelin' us and you want to ride", which is quite apt at the moment. Here we have Bam deciding to pop his head over the windshield to capture a quick jowl while hitting 120mph. Boom, head shot!!!

Waxing Lyrical

2007-05-26T18:40:00.000Z

After a team meeting in London, we headed over to Jubilee gardens in Waterloo, London, to kick back and chill in the sun. We hadn't been there for longer than 30 seconds before being accosted by this random 40 year old drunk, who proceeded to cuss everyone while spitting in an MC style. Was the most random and funniest thing to happen for ages and luckily, Bam had his camcorder at hand to capture most of it. Blue was on his first hit list and when asked his name, the drunk fired back with "Blue?! You should be called Brown" and then launched into one of his lyrical sessions where he rhymed about Sticky being called Pricky and ez being called Tiger on the guitar from Spain. Yup, very odd but no doubt, it'll make it into a new UF edit very soon.

Signing The UF Oath

2007-05-26T07:14:00.000Z

Some people will stop at nothing to pledge their allegiance to the cause.
Shutdown!

Separated At Birth?

2007-05-26T07:06:00.001Z

Those who've been on the scene for over 4 years will remember Blue sporting his afro (before he saw sense). Looking back, it has now dawned on us that he could in fact, have been leading a double life as one half of the Outkast group. hmmmmm

Picture Callout

2007-05-25T07:02:00.000Z

Right now we are attempting to collect snapshots of as many people wearing UF clothing as possible. The pics will be used for a London art project to go on display later this year. Anyone wishing to participate simply needs to send in a jpeg of them wearing a tee, hoodie or beanie from our range (sized no bigger than 500 x 500 pixels). As submissions start to come in, we'll be randomly firing out exclusive limited edition freebies (some designs that have yet to see the light of day), so anyone taking part should include a forwarding address in case they are chosen. Also state preferred tee-shirt size. email to parkour@urbanfreeflow.com

The pic can be action based but a regular profile pose would be just fine as long as the clothing is clearly obvious. Pics like the one here are perfect.

Thanks
ez

Friday Night Project

2007-05-18T21:32:00.000Z

The 18th of May saw the completion of a new action edit for The Friday Night Project tv show for Channel 4. It features the show's 2 main stars; Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr, running through the London streets performing Freerun feats. Obviously they weren't capable of doing the moves themselves, so in stepped our very own Livewire and Sticky who performed as their stunt doubles. Initial and Tech recces carried out by Bam and consultancy/coordination by ez. Pictured on the left is Livewire who doubled for Justin Lee Collins. bwahahahahahahaha! Urban FreeflOWNED!

Tutorial in how to annoy someone beyond belief

2007-05-10T22:17:00.000Z

Make sure your victim is drained after a hard day of shooting, wait for them to fall asleep in the minibus during the hour long drive back to the hotel, bring out an SLR with the flash set to annoyance mode, point near their head and click away. When they awake, pretend that you yourself are asleep and when they drift off again, repeat the process. After about 10 times when they've snapped and lost their temper, promise to stop, wait for them to fall asleep again and then start all over again.

Monte Carlo mission begins.....

2007-05-09T20:54:00.000Z

Arrived in Monte Carlo, Monaco and have completed the last bit of location scouting. Things started off with a production meeting to revise the schedule for the shoot. Here we see Sticky (the star of the action edit) showing off the new Mercedes C class with the DOP sitting in the background. A whole bunch of updates to follow......

Kie gets a haircut

2007-05-09T20:48:00.000Z

Fresh from getting his long locks chopped off in favour of a ladylike bob, we ask ourselves if Kie was in fact, separated at birth from the X-Files munter - Scully?

The Full Monte (Carlo)

2007-04-25T18:55:00.000Z

June 2007.....Team trip to Monte Carlo, Monaco, for Mercedes Benz. None of that Nissan Qashqai 200 quid a day drizzle where you bust a gut and and are lucky to get some biscuits and diluted orange squash (served in foam cups). We're talking business class travel, helicopters, yachts, 5 star hotels and fine food. bwahahahahahahahaha!! Forget Vegas....The rinse-ometer has just been turned up to max.

Estonia - Nokia Simpel Session tour

2007-04-25T17:16:00.000Z

Team shot taken in Estonia. Standing from left to right - Kerbie, Blue, Mikel, Sticky, Bam, Spidey and ez. Crouching - Hilario and Luis. Mikel the guy in the camo was our chaperone and in his own time works as a DJ and hip hop dance teacher. A very cool guy but for some reason he liked to wear oversized combat trousers that looked so stupid. We thought about telling him but couldn't be bothered.

Head Rocked

2007-04-25T17:04:00.000Z

After a heavy duty week of filming overseas, the last night was spent partying hard, with no sleep being had before the flight home. So naturally everyone was out like a light as soon as they got on the plane. For some reason Sticky has a head that is perfectly shaped for slapping and here we see him in cloud cuckoo land, before getting served upside the head and rapidly woken up.

Lookalikes.....

2007-04-24T20:51:00.000Z

Chris Waddle, ex-England international footballer but mostly famous for his 1980's dodgy mullet, gets paired up against Livewire, the number one mullet bearer in Parkour. Who is who? hmmmm

Discovery - Extreme Body

2007-04-24T19:42:00.000Z

On the 24th of April, Asid, ez, Kie, Pip and Sticky were involved in an ambitious project for the Discovery channel with the working title being 'Extreme body'. In the piece including Freerun, a group run was filmed in segments at Royal Oak (Meanwhile 2) and for one particular shot, special attention was given to a landing from height to show how the knee deals with the impact. This will eventually be done via computer animation which will zoom into the knee itself and show all the muscles, tendons and bones in action. The day proved to be another good one (standard procedure) and although we weren't really allowed to film the action pieces, we got some random behind the scenes shit especially for the Glyph ting.....

Asid at the world famous skate spot - Meanwhile Gardens. This place has been here since the 1970's and has played as a backup area for us whenever we've been rained out of Southbank. However, word on the street says that it is about to be demolished by the local council. If this is true, it'll be a real shame.

Sticky shows everyone that he is in fact, addicted to crack.

The camera crew set up in a corner spot to capture all the action.

Pip thought that by being a sponsored athlete, he'd be saved from Hasan's fists of fury. No, no, no! Slaps are given out at every opportunity. Next up is Sticky who's head has now officially been confirmed as the 2nd biggest in Parkour. Last but not least, we see Asid getting some brotherly love.

Pip tries to unleash his Inner monkey.

Being his first full on paid job for jumping railings n ting, Pip succumbs to the pressure of FSIGS and flakes out from exhaustion. Noob!

Sticky decides to get serious for a moment and looks at the playback on the monitors.

This girl was actually one of the production team who they dressed up as a tramp for the tunnel sequence. Erm......nice try but the first thing every one of the team said was 'Bride of Chucky'. Shutdown!

The guys wait about like lemons as the camera crew set up their next shot.

Kie, Asid and Sticky rocking glyph apparel. Kie with his long hair, has been constantly chided for looking like a girl and the never ending abuse seems to have paid off. He's at last promised to cut it off in favour of a Billy Ray Cyrus mullet.

More free time between takes and it was only a matter of time before someone dropped one. Kie here on the right points a finger but forgets the golden rule of farting.....The one who smelt it, dealt it.

Redbull Beatrider

2007-04-20T20:01:00.000Z

In 2006 5 of the team (Asid, Blue, ez, Stephane and Sticky) had the opportunity to fly over to NY for the Redbull Beatriders summer camp. We spent a week there at the most amazing campus, eating fine food and training in an Olympic gym. One whole week to just teach Parkour for one day. Mental!!! Outside of teaching, it was all swimming in lakes, topping up our tans, upsetting the Ninjitsu students, playing basketball, rinsing the Xbox and raiding the bboy dorms with water bomb stealth missions. One trip to remember for sure.
Here's an insight into what the bboy experience was like.

Lil Jack Jam

2007-04-14T21:18:00.000Z

A hot April day down at Southbank, London, Jak took it upon himself to arrange a team jam and as they say 'arrange it and they shall come'. With a healthy turnout, almost all the sponsored athletes along with a good dose of vets joined together for a nice relaxed session.

Kie tries to style it out but fails miserably

Neil, Pip, Kie and Molotov watch Lewis try out a new angled cat leap down the Imax stairs

Kerbie catches it on camera and they crowd around to watch the playback

With the pace being nice n chilled, everyone headed to the skate area at Southbank for some experimentation training

Jak launches himself across the Imax orange walls. Pic captured by ez's 5 year old son

Mid-training and Jak's attention span wavers

Monaco

2007-04-13T09:03:00.000Z

In Monaco doing a very ambitious project for Mercedes Benz and it is 1st class all the way. Here, ez is picked up at the airport and whisked off by helicopter to perform a series of location recces and write up risk assessments. This trip prepares the rest of the team to fly back out in May, where they will film a video sequence before flying home and then returning again in June/July to perform live.

Handstand practice

2007-04-13T08:40:00.000Z

Sticky practicing handstands up at the crack of dawn and showing that there's always light at the end of the tunnel.

Addicted to shaving products

2007-04-13T08:28:00.000Z

In Estonia and taking time to 'Chill out', Sticky decides that the best way to entertain himself is to cover himself and most of the room in Shaving gel. Ordinarily, this wouldn't raise too many eyebrows, but this kind of behaviour is becoming a bit of a regular occurrence when overseas.

Estonia - Simpel Session

2007-04-12T20:46:00.000Z

At the Simpel session for our sponsor - Nokia, this is the amazing panoramic view we had of the venue. 6000 people were in attendance for the final day and it was absolutely insane. Things started off with the skate comp, which was zzzzzzzzz. But the BMX comp was out of this world with huge techs and combo's being pulled by the riders. If the word 'professional' is to be dished out, these guys are the ultimate with balls of steel and skills to pay the bills in skillionaire fashion. This picture was taken from the top of the scaffolding structure we were given to play with.

Double scoop

2007-04-12T20:41:00.000Z

Bam and ez doing a shoot for the Evening Standard newspaper at the beloved Cat alley location.

PK5

2007-04-12T20:36:00.000Z

Held at Southbank for the first time and generating a massive turnout. At this spot, when the tide goes out, soft sand allows for a great landing area from height. Picured here is the stairway that Blue famously front flipped down.

PK4

2007-04-12T20:30:00.000Z

This time we moved away from Liverpool st in favour of Kerbie's area of Sutton. Numbers had grown exponentially (40+) and again we attracted attention from the police. We later found out that the first rooftop we'd hit, was in fact the roof of a Bank and the police had been alerted to a break in. Pictured here, we have Asid launching himself across a gap from said Bank.

PK3

2007-04-12T20:23:00.000Z

PK3 and its the turn of Blue to meet up with us for the first time. He instantly stepped up and tore apart the Leap of faith. A little later we ventured up onto some higher rooftops above Liverpool st station and as a result, were involved in a full on chase by the police. After only getting away by the skin of our teeth, he said "You know what guys, this shit ain't for me". 4 years later...........

PK2

2007-04-12T20:15:00.000Z

A month after PK1, we held another and again, we felt as though things were getting crazy. Despite the number pictured here, Pk2 attracted 17 people to practise. Pictured in the middle is Bam, who had found out about the jam a day previously online and before heading off from his flat, had told his flatmates "I have a strange feeling that today is going to be a very important day in my life".

PK1

2007-04-12T20:02:00.000Z

Group shot from PK1 held at Liverpool st, London. Only 13 of us in attendance but at the time, we all felt as though we were a part of something huge.

Merrell

2007-04-12T19:51:00.000Z

Before the glory days of adidas sponsorship, our primary shoe sponsor was Merrell. While with them, we did a print campaign starring Bam as the main athlete and a close up of ez's foot. These huge posters could be found all over the London underground and there's still a store in Soho, London, that has the poster in its shop front window.

Big day out

2007-04-12T19:46:00.000Z

In 2004 we were invited to the 'Big day out' which was a street event in Nottingham, UK, where for the day we were paid top dollar to jam in the streets, with them providing full insurance cover. Insane!! Here, Asid launches himself off a portable toilet while crowds of people mill about beneath.

Twathill

2007-04-12T19:36:00.000Z

Those from the early days on the message boards, will remember this guy and what a twat he was. There is an animated gif of this ID card, but its too offensive to post in this blog (and that's saying something!).

Purple Monkey

2007-04-12T19:26:00.000Z

In 2003 we were invited to feature in a punk video for Purple Monkey. Was probably the most random thing we've done and was a complete waste of time. However, free food and beer was on offer at the venue (Cartoon club) so some quality rinsing was put into effect. The Cartoon club was later the venue used to hold UF's 1st birthday bash. In this pic, ez does a spot of monkeying around.

First UF logo

2007-04-12T19:21:00.000Z

Here's the logo that started it all. We hate it now but even so, it was still the first one and featured on the first tee shirts we ever sold in the car park, outside the Iceland store in Sutton at PK4.