Are THESE guys athletes?

[saucetradomous]

I know people are making it sound like the French invented this, but I gotta tell ya Jackie Chan was doing it in the movies back in the early 80's and before.  Just not as these guys do it.  These guys are unreal and I love watching every minute of it  and it would be great if someone marketed it in a way to make it an actual sport or competition where huge prize money is available.  It is just awesome to watch.  I would pick being able to do what they do over benching 700 any day.

for sure... Rumble in the Bronx blew me away back in the day! still one of my all time favorite movies.  "YOu don't need Diamonds in the bathroom!" and the kid playing GameGear without a cartridge inside... MY CUSHHHHHION!!!!

[Thin Lizzy]

What really blows me away is that in one of the videos, it shows one guy clearing a fence that was taller than him, anyone with that kind of vertical is a damn near automatic entry into the NFL........I swear it looked like a at least a 60" vertical !!

I wonder if those guys have some kind of special sneakers that gives them extra spring. Sure seemed that way.

[Birdman]

Yeah its incredible, but I bet they all need knee replacements by the time their 40

[Max_Rep]

Yeah its incredible, but I bet they all need knee replacements by the time their 40

Yeah I also wonder about the long term injury/joint stress.

Here's some good info on this:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Belle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour