Palestinian parkour: Meet the Gaza wall runners who climbed, jumped and flipped their way to freedom
Some walls are fashioned of brick and mortar, while others exist only in the mind. For Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, the wall […]
Yen Chen, Jake Murray, Neil Craver headline funniest ‘American Ninja Warrior’ submission videos
Before they can star under the bright lights on American Ninja Warrior, contestants must send in submission videos to be taken under consideration by […]
Parkour passport: Freerunning with Jason Paul from Mumbai, India to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jason Paul’s love affair with freerunning began in 2005 when his best friend introduced him to the sport via a parkour documentary. From that […]
Mumbai train surfers risk life, limb and liberty for high-speed urban thrills
On any given day, nearly 13 thousand trains are running on Indian Railway tracks, transporting more than 23 million people (which translates to 8.5 […]
Office Olympics: From cubicle hurdles to chair rowing, workers compete worldwide
While offices are designed to be efficient workplaces, they also can unintentionally serve as stress incubators. From time to time, inmates of the cube […]
La La Land: Meet the skater, BMXer and freerunner featured in “Another Day of Sun”
Among the six Academy awards won by the 2016 musical La La Land was one for Best Cinematography, and perhaps no scene exemplifies the […]
“Humanzee” Leo Urban brings high-flying, Tarzan-like parkour to beloved Pyrenees woodlands
Ever since Edgar Rice Burroughs novel Tarzan of the Apes was published in 1912, fans of the orphaned wild man have have aspired to […]
Jukka Dudeson, Jesse La Flair play parkour-flavored ‘Hole in the Wall’ at Tempest Freerunning Academy
What happens when YouTuber Jukka Dudeson and freerunner Jesse La Flair get a hold of large sheets of styrofoam and meet at a Tempest […]
Wonder woman Jessie Graff makes obstacle-racing history on Japan’s ‘Sasuke’
You would think between movie and television work as a stuntwoman, completing her fifth season on American Ninja Warrior, performing in a circus, and […]
Carts of Darkness: High-speed shopping cart racing down North Vancouver’s steep hills
If you’ve ever ridden a shopping cart like an unwieldy scooter to get to your car in the parking lot, then you’ve tasted a […]
“Papal Ninja” Sean Bryan soars on ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Las Vegas National Finals: Stage 2
They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but when you’re known as the “Papal Ninja” that advertising slogan doesn’t necessarily pass muster. […]
Drew Drechsel proves speed thrills, while Kacy Catanzaro says goodbye on ‘American Ninja Warrior’
Every sport has at least one or two speed demons among its most legendary players — baseball’s Willie Wilson and Vince Coleman terrorized opposing […]