Jump Magazine Issue 2

COMMUNITY SPIRIT The coolest new combinations are fast replaced by even newer and cooler ones. Brand new spots get played on and then rinsed to death before new gems are unearthed. Jogging bottoms get bigger and baggier before going back to being smaller as part of a never ending cycle. Up and coming noobs make the transition to becoming seasoned pro’s before the next wave of noob fills their shoes.

You get where we’re heading with this one, right? The community doesn’t dwell on the past or even in the present, because right now is history in the next second. Gone! But here’s what stays the same.....the community. Parkour, Freerunning or whatever you choose to call it, has always been about the people on the streets...products of their environment. As big as the scene grows and as much as it changes, the people that are down and holding it together - and that’s us, you and me, your favourite pro, the other kid wearing a backpack and jogging bottoms, the guy standing alone coming to terms with his own fears and saying nothing - he’s one of us too.

Everyone who runs - each of us - is part of this ever-changing yet everlasting community. Don’t ever forget that.