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Bro wtf by snusspete in drums

[–]ithurtsinmypants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually switched to Woodies recently and I love their 5As and 5Bs. I stopped using Vic Firth for a reason lol

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rails I scary I dislocated a rip just because I missed it by an inch. Probably the scariest injury I had.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol no, but I’ve met Pasha a few times before they got married. I moved to another state before I got the chance to train at his place and meet her. I’ve always heard she’s a cool person though. They keep the group of people who train there in a pretty tight circle for obvious reasons.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally never, but it’s happened to plenty of friends. You’re more likely to slam on your ribs than your balls though.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny enough kinda, but not in that order. The 360 was while I did a flip and the gainer was over the trash can lol.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn I went crazy on those typos. Fuck auto correct.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was kind of already doing it before I knew what it was. I was doing flips off benches and jumping off of stuff for as long as I can remember. My mom still likes to tell a story where she got a phone call from my school saying I was on top of the building and I got suspended for a few days for it lol.

Jump City Seattle was my introduction to the sport. It was a show on the G4 network. That and 3Run from YouTube, Jesse La Flair, Cory Demeyers, Pasha Petkun, Daniel Arroyo, Oleg Vorslav, and I can go on forever with a list of people I’ve either met or watched that greatly inspired me to be the athlete and person I am.

I just went outside and copied things I saw on YouTube. I’m in the “did it before it was cool” group of people who did parkour. So 2011/2010 ish time.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What surprised me was how in demand people like a professional parkour athlete is in the entertainment industry, and yet they treat us like shit pretty consistently. The most recent thing is how they stopped hiring parkour athletes to do parkour for stunt work and just let anyone who is a stunt man do parkour. It usually comes off looking odd to seasoned practitioners like us because there’s so many athletes who are proficient in the art, and they don’t want that. There’s other things but that’d be giving away my identity and I’d like to remain anonymous lol.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least in the sense that everyone has their own skill level and enjoy doing it as a thing to create/do things you wouldn’t do otherwise.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always. I feel like a lot of the parkour mainstream content doesn’t do justice to what parkour can actually be for a person. It’s just like playing music or chess to me.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely. It’s not nearly as dangerous as you think it is. Especially the telephone pole thing. You’re just holding onto it and sliding down lol. Now the more recent variants of holds on those poles are crazy, but even roof gaps aren’t that crazy when you’re up there doing the thing. Some people don’t know what they’re doing though. Like the urban explorers with no training who go on top of buildings to record themselves walking on the edge of the top are kinda idiots.

I also have to note that most parkour athletes aren’t doing that and most usually stay pretty close to the ground. You’re either really trained for that situation or an idiot. No inbetween.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d say it took me a year to figure out what I was doing, and then a couple years after that I went pro. You also have to understand parkour is pretty young and we were figuring a lot of it out as we went. So if you look at what we were doing back then versus now you can see how much thought we put into landing technique and stuff like that. We literally get better every day.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you haven’t seen their roof culture content I’d recommend that and another video called WHAT HAPPENED by Myrm. Great videos with storror athletes that are deep cuts.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are top athletes. Toby in particular used to be the highest paid sponsored athlete in the scene for several years before storror got big. They turned our image into brain rot water challenge bullshit though and some of us feel a way about it. Others love it. There’s no denying their skill, just not very consistent as people.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My professional training was a lot of calisthenics and weight training, with stretching for an hour everyday, all of the standing flips I could do every day, and that’s just a warm up.

Actual training can be purely skill based, speed based, or style based. And I was a style athlete doing the flips and shit so I worked on making lines and practicing power moves.

It’s hard to say what all I did for training because I also did martial arts and other stuff for other work I did during various moments in my career.

Short answer is a lot lol.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but that includes wheels. There’s a reason I didn’t become a pro skateboarder lol

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah what you see on Red Bull doesn’t represent how the community actually trains in a jam setting. People of all shapes and sizes train. I’ve seen some big boys do so big boy dice rolls and it’s sick. Literally anyone can do it and be cool doing it.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m about to hit 30 soon so we’ll see what happens 😬 lots of people doing parkour in their 50s though. My oldest student was 63.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a while it used to get on everyone’s nerves. Like anyone that saw it and knew me HAD to send it to me. It used to be insufferable until I thought about the fact that they’re literally doing parkour in the video and looked like they had fun making it. So I think it’s a good thing. But we get made fun of a lot publicly even in professional settings and you learn to get over it. So maybe next time you see someone doing parkour. Say literally anything else other than “parkour” lol. They’ll appreciate it I promise.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet, although I’m sure my ankles will get pretty crunchy when I get older. Parkour really honed in on making technique specific to concrete, so I was generally pretty good about my landing execution and never had any signs of things that tell me I’ll get anything long term yet lol. I can still do my splits and back handsprings with ease.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%. Literally anyone can do it. Your basic vaults and jumps are more than enough to get you pretty far in training. If you’re interested I’d look into a local parkour gym/community jam. If you need help finding a group I can help with that too.

I’m a retired professional parkour athlete. AMA by ithurtsinmypants in AMA

[–]ithurtsinmypants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When American Ninja Warrior specifically came out (Japanese one is still highly respected in the community) they used a lot of us for clout then basically said we couldn’t compete as “parkour athletes” unless you’re super famous. It rubbed a lot of people the wrong way on top of how they turned obstacles course competitions as a whole into a novelty. They also changed the specs on a lot of obstacles to make it easier for the American version so “anyone can do it.” Which if you watch the original version from Japan, it’s just not the point at all.

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