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Parkour in Lisses

2006-03-23

There is a solution for every problem, a way for every obstacle. It´s called Parkour. Parkour is a sport, art and a philosophy. Team Traceur is in Lisses in France to practise. David Belle grown up in Lisses, a suburb to Paris. He invent what we called Parkour 15 years ago. His daddy were a soldier in Vietnam in the 50´s, and he practise a lot assault course. Parkour means path. Raymond Belle become a impassioned atletic och build his own assault courses for his kids, back home in France. David found it exciting to find his own path among the walls of the suburb. He called himself ”Traceur”. His friends joined him, and after a while they were published in the local paper. In the end BBC came in did a TV-reportage about them. That´s how Parkour became international.

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