Apr 16, 2020 8 min

Parkour

from Sporting Witness Hosted by BBC World Service

In the 1980s, a group of French teenagers created a sport with no equipment, no coaches and no rules. Called Parkour, the idea is to convert your local town into an obstacle course by jumping across rooftops, vaulting walls and hanging off ledges. Parkour is now so popular that it has featured in a Madonna video and a James Bond film. Claire Bowes talks to one of Parkour's founders, Sebastien Foucan. PHOTO: Sebastien Foucan in action (Courtesy Sebastien Foucan)

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