On the 29th May this year it will be 65 Roses Day, in benefit of Cystic Fibrosis Australia which raises much needed funds for research into Cystic Fibrosis and provides support for families dealing with the disease.

On the class of the 31st of may we will donate all proceeds to help with the research of Cystic Fibrosis.

To read up more about 65 Roses Day
http://www.sydneyparkour.com/forums/index.php?topic=780.0

Easter Sunday classes will not be running.

Classes will resume as normal the following week.

Another Barnz tour has come and gone and has reminded us that another year of training has passed. This year we made the trip to Brisbane to explore more training areas that this amazing country has. As always a video has been produced to document the good times and can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc_G6wxF6kw

Thank you Barnz for once again coming out here. I think I speak for everyone when I say we all LOVE you. See you next year!

Basic classes will be recommencing in only three more short weeks. The 1st of February will be the first class for 2009 and its going to be good.

Details on the classes can be found HERE

This is just a reminder the Sydney class will not be running during December or January, but we highly encourage you to continue training throughout the break.

This Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th of November EA games will be hosting a launch event at the Customes House at Circular Quay. Myself (Shaun) and Rhys will be performing at the event along side Blake and Chris (ufm) and Alex and Chippa from Melbourne. Over the past 3 weekends the guys have been out around the city promoting the new game Mirrors Edge which is heavily based around Parkour and its movements. Those who attend will be among some of the first to play the game and see what all the hype has been about for first hand. The game looks very promising and is a lot of fun. Everyone is welcome to come and join us down at the event from 12pm - 8pm.

For more information on the game be sure to check out http://mirrorsedge.com.au

Hope to see you all there.

Shaun.

Well the Weekend of the National gathering which turned into a whole week of training has been a huge success seeing approximately 80 to 100 people attend from NSW, ACT, SA, VIC, QLD and even a couple from New Zealand!

Much training was done, many lols were had, and many friends made! I hope everyone enjoyed their time and got some good training done.

I would just like to thank all the locals who helped plan, guide, cook, host, spend, and put long hard work into the success of the gathering, without you it just wouldn't be the same.

We hope to see an even better turn out at the National Gathering next year!

The National Gathering is only 3 weeks and 300km away!
This mean two things for you guys,
  1) Get down to Canberra for some massive training
  2) Class is canceled on the 5th of October for most of the instructors will be in Canberra.

If you havn't already booked, now is the time.
See you all there

Resident Long Man Rhys James has said goodbye to the other boys in Europe and is teaming up with Austrian Traceur Andreas Kalteis (The Partytier). Together they will travel around Croatia on a Party Boat for two weeks, stopping at several cities for performances.


We wish him luck and hope he will be returning with a tan.

Resident Sydney Parkour members Rhys, Shaun & Ish are all embarking on a trip to Europe. They will all arrive in England within the next few weeks but not before making a stop in Bangkok to pick up our much beloved former Thai popstar Anan.

In England they will be attending this year's TRACEur Gathering where they will meet, eat and sleep with some of the best traceurs in the world.

We wish them a safe journey and happy training!

As of the 27th of July the weekly Parkour classes will run for 2 hours (from 2:00PM to 4:00PM) instead of the 3 hours previously delivered. This also means we will be moving off from our meeting point at 2:00 so ensure you arrive at least 15 minutes early (1:45) to secure your place in the class. We will no longer be accepting latecomers as it is a liability risk for us.

We will continue to deliver the same content, skills and exercises but in a more condensed and efficient form. These changes, as well as others planned for the future, will bring the Sydney class structure in line with the national standard delivered by the Australian Parkour Association.

This is for a number of reasons, foremost it gets darker faster and the bulk of our current instructors are still students.

We are currently undergoing discussions as to how we can provide you with a better class. This is one of the changes that will be implemented to ensure you receive the highest quality parkour class possible.

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full article here

On the 22nd Shaun and Rhys will be joining forces for a second time with a group of break dancers and freestyle jugglers to promote the new Sony Bravia Televsion. After the success of the first show they have been asked back for the second performance, this time hosted at ANZ Stadium, which is playing host for the World cup Qualifier between Australia and China.