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Freerunning Academy Hosts Mario Bros. Tribute

The Tempest Freerunning Academy – which opened its doors just this past weekend – boasts that it’s California’s only training facility solely dedicated to furthering the growth of freerunning and parkour.

An indoor city comprised of over 7,000 square feet of equipment is impressive enough, but we were equally entertained by some 8-bit love featured in the urban obstacle course.

A promotional video for the facility opens by showcasing a Mario-inspired motif. Check out the first bit of footage to see the NES tribute, and stick around for the fascinating displays of athleticism.

[Thanks to Rob Lawson for the tip!]

Comments
  • this looks so awesome
  • Parkour is cool and all, but something tells me that the majority of the people who practice it are total d-bags...
  • *** i should've stuck witch gymnastics as a kid i would be able to do all this ***, it looks like assassins creed stuff so awesome

  • 3 people died making this

  • Haha this is great!

  • Now to make a super meat boy level...
  • Epic... I think so.

  • The parkour and free running principals of terversing rural/urban landscapes in the most efficient way possible - seem to be at odds with the videos available on YouTube and similar sites... they mostly seem to be about showing off and ridiculous stunts. They are hella cool, just not really "parkour" or "free running" in the classic sense. This video is awesome though!
  • DUDE me wants to jump like ezzio!

  • very cool video. i wish i could get around town like that.

  • cool wish i could do that

  • See, Mario was doing it back when Levi Meeuwenburg was still in diapers, lol.  This is cool, a creative way to show their love for old video games.  Maybe they'll showcase this on Jump City Seattle.  

  • If I tried that, I think I'd end up breaking a few bones.
  • AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I would have killed for something like this a little over 10 years ago when I had my health :)

    who needs videogames when you can do that right?  did i just blaspheme?

  • I didn't even know such places existed... what a playground O.O

  • It's like watching real people climb buildings the way they do in AC! Haha! Makes me wanna do it >.> Free running is amazing...and I wanna learn. Hats off to them and their course though!

  • I LOVE THE SONG! Who is that? Video is awesome too.
  • I clicked on the video expecting it to be kind of dumb but that was pretty awesome. I like the transitions they did in there.

  • Holy ****... that was awesome.

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