We are excited to announce the appointment of Adrienne Toumayan (USA) and John ‘Hedge’ Hall (Scotland) to the Executive team. In addition to providing administrative support, Adrienne and John will work alongside CEO Dr Damien Puddle with implementing Parkour Earth’s strategic plan, growing the organisation, and enacting key projects following the 2020 Global Engagement work. […]
Parkour Earth is pleased to welcome Česká asociace parkouru(Czech Association of Parkour) as Affiliate Members, following completion of our membership process and their application being approved by the Board. Czech Association of Parkour President Michael Filipin has shared that “being a member of the multinational Parkour Earth association has been one of our top priorities. […]
To support the ongoing growth and development of Parkour Earth, we are seeking to recruit a part-time Deputy CEO on a voluntary basis. Parkour Earth is entering an exciting phase in its development with significant opportunities opening up to support the global parkour community. To ensure the effective completion and implementation of our current strategic […]
Paul Gray, Parkour Earth’s last transitional Elected Director has retired following the end of his transitional term. At the Parkour Earth AGM on December 8th, Paul was thanked for his contributions to Parkour Earth and commended for his services to the international and South African community where he resides. Paul has issued the following statement: […]
Parkour Earth held its AGM on December 8th via digital methods. The AGM, originally set for July was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic but needed to be held no more than 18 months after the previous AGM. The date of the AGM turned out to be serendipitous, with Parkour Earth and its member federations […]
Parkour Earth has today issued a letter to the IOC to petition the Executive Board to reject any submission by the FIG to include Parkour on the Olympic programme. A decision which is to be made at the upcoming meeting scheduled for December 7th. “We are aware that Parkour [Freerunning/Art Du Deplacement] is not currently […]
In July this year, Parkour Earth announced its Global Engagement project, a series of online engagement sessions and surveys to begin capturing the vision and voice of the global parkour community. Those steps marked the first series of activities in taking a genuine community-driven approach to strategy development. The summary report is now available to […]
As per our Memorandum & Articles of Association, 31.1 An AGM/General Meeting is to be called by at least 30 clear days’ written notice. A General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 8th December 2020 at 21:00 NZDT (08:00 UTC) online in various locations via Zoom (a link will be provided to members not less than 7 days […]
Following an extended global public recruitment process, the Parkour Earth Board has appointed Mikkel Rugaard of Denmark as an Independent Director* for an initial four-year term. Mikkel has been involved with parkour since 2005, growing up with the ethos and values of, and a close personal relationship to, the Yamakasi founders. He has a physical […]
DISCLAIMER: This article was originally written by Damien Puddle on his personal website and has been reposted with permission and with minor edits. While the article remains an attempt to present a factual history of events, any opinions expressed herein are Damien’s alone and do not officially represent Parkour Earth’s position. How It Started In […]
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Parkour Earth would like to thank David Tressler and Dalibor Parkour Reporter for the use of their photographs.
