Assorted video footage can be found on our youtube
Planet Parkour channel.
Background: Urban
Freeflow is the world’s largest Parkour/Freerun organisation, represented in the
public eye by a team of 7 core athletes. The efforts of the entire team at Urban Freeflow have been
instrumental in bringing the art of Parkour and Freerun into the global
consciousness. Since forming at the end of 2002, we have expanded rapidly
from our London base to become the
global centre of contact, information, fundamental teaching and performance.
Focus:
Urban Freeflow (UF) constantly works alongside companies, businesses and movie production
teams from a wide range
of fields to promote, perform, teach and demonstrate this dynamic, vibrant art in a positive
and safety-conscious light. Urban Freeflow is dedicated to displaying
Parkour and Freerun with the highest levels of competence and skill, and never ceases to
strive for excellence. The UF team, have worked
with the likes of Oscar award winning movie director Anthony Minghella,
provided consultancy, choreography and stunt services for the 007 - Casino Royale
movie, worked with a host of renowned performance choreographers such as
Gary Lloyd, Kim Gavin and Gavin Walker along with stunt coordinators from
the film World such as Julian Spencer, Marc Cass, Steve Dent, Tom Lucy and
Gary Powell. UF have also carried out
high-profile projects with a number of the world’s most innovative
companies/organisations, including:
A selection of our
clients
A
selection of the commercials we've done
Nokia
Canon
BT
SAP
Relentless
Aftershower
Hewlett Packard
Guinness
Schwarzkopf
Mercedes
Snickers
Toyota
In the Media Eye: Urban
Freeflow maintains an excellent relationship with the media and has featured
in numerous television appearances, documentaries, commercials, radio broadcasts, newspaper and magazine
articles, music videos and photo-shoots, all culminating in Urban Freeflow's
central role in the critically acclaimed Channel 4 documentary, Jump
Britain.
Asid's main photo for the Nokia global
campaign
(Click pic for larger image)
Ez meeting Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of
Edinburgh after the Royal Variety Performance, where the UF team performed live
on stage.
The 'Freerunning' game starring Bam, Blue
and ez. Released on the PSP and PS2.
Bam and Asid leap into the
unknown off the top of a skyscraper for the SAP commercial
Filming the Toyota Aygo
advert in Barcelona, Spain. Here Ez, Asid, Bam and Blue get chased
by 2 cars.
Bam takes his time to
scan the London skyline during filming for the Relentless energy drink
commercial.
Performing a
choreographed piece at the Geneva motor show unveiling the Toyota 'Aygo'
to the public for the first time.
"Look no further - UF
are the real deal. Having just completed one of the most demanding
commercials of my career, I want to thank EZ, Asid, Bam and Sticky for their
tireless professionalism, talent, patience and above all, humour. Having
worked with UF once before, I was completely at ease knowing that I could
count on them to help me execute a blend of complicated visual effects and
Parkour for a compelling ad. My clients in New York were thoroughly
impressed and excited to be working with such a great team. Looking forward
to working with Urban Freeflow again soon". - Andrew Walton, Director of the
Speedstick USA commercial.
"If Jump London was a film about Parkour, Jump Britain was a film about
Urban Freeflow. Without UF and the Seidojin guys, there would have been
quite simply no Jump sequel made in 2004. It’s a testament to their skills
and personalities that it exists. They stepped up, they let us fuck their
lives around for 2 months, and they sparkled". – Mike Christie, Director of
Jump London and Jump Britainwww.christiehq.com
Filming an advert for
Canon titled 'The Shot'. Here Asid tears up the amazing rooftops of the
LSE in London.
One of the closing
sequences from the Jump Britain documentary, which was largely
responsible for creating a tidal wave of interest in the discipline.
Bam attacks the works
office with a display of flips, spins and slides for the Hewlett Packard
'Tea-Running' advert. Very much tongue in cheek but the end result was
outstanding!
"Thank you so much for your recent significant
contribution to the launch of the Toyota Aygo at the Geneva motor show.
The show was exciting, challenging and very different to previous Toyota car
launches. The feedback we have received so far has been full of praise, much
of which is down to your own enthusiasm.
Many thanks for helping us make the event run so smoothly and we would
particularly like to thank you all for your hard work, as it really was an
amazing performance". Jack Morton Worldwide (Toyota).
Television appearances for Urban Freeflow have not been limited to the UK,
the team having also worked with premier channels from the United States,
South Africa, Jamaica, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Canada, Spain, Argentina and Italy. Parkour being the
visually stunning art that it is, interest in this medium is continuing to
grow at a rapid rate.
Performing in front of 10,000 people for
the Royal Navy T2000 show at Trafalgar square, London.
Filming for the Planet
Parkour documentary in Singapore. Here an ambitious Kong vault is
performed at the National stadium.
On stage at the Royal
Variety Performance in front of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of
Edinburgh.
Was aired on ITV.
"I just wanted to say to all of you....Thank you so much for your work,
patience and professionalism throughout this project. You were all a
pleasure to work with and all complete gentlemen. You're a credit to
your craft and I look forward to many more things we can do together". -
Gary Lloyd, Choreographer for the 77th Royal Variety Performance.
Live team performance
and workshops at the 'Simpel Session 07' event in Tallinn, Estonia, in
front of 6000 people.
Urban Freeflow has always enjoyed a positive and productive relationship
with the Press, and has welcomed a large number of publications to the
various Urban Freeflow events, workshops and gatherings.
Outside of our commercial
interests we are heavily involved in grass roots level projects from
working with the police force, training the army, teaching in schools and universities,
running youth academies and as seen
in the picture above, running our own events called PK Days (the longest
running series in Parkour's history). At PK10 and PK11 we had 260+
practitioners in attendance at each event.
We
were all amazed and delighted by both the workshop and demonstration, and
really pleased to bring something so urban and contemporary to rural
Victorian Haworth. I bet the Bronte sisters would have loved it!
The rest of the festival was a resounding success - thank you very much for
the significant part you played in it". - Rachel Johnston, Haworth Arts
Group
Filming a Parkour
tutorial video in Tokyo, Japan. Here Asid exits out of a diving roll.
Teaching at the Worlds
first ever dedicated workshop for females. Held at the Talacre sports
centre and sponsored by Vauxhall.
Filming a documentary
with Boost mobile in New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Here
Asid and Sticky perform a rooftop run.
"All of our students were totally and utterly absorbed in the course. I have
never seen them so focussed and attentive as they were towards the
instruction they were given. They could not get enough of it and have
worked the hardest many of them have ever done in a physical context.
The students commitment and enthusiasm was generated directly by the Urban
Freeflow team and it was almost tangible as they worked together. One
student commented to me that it was the best day of his life. As head
of Physical education I was delighted to hear this. I fully recommend Parkour to any school and especially the Urban Freeflow team to
deliver it. I couldn't have asked for a better team or a better
response from the students". - Keith Salter, Head of Physical Education,
King Edwards VI Community College.
Below is a list detailing our media history:
April
2008 Evening Standard Piece featuring Chima in an incorrect piece about a championship in
Germany.
April
2008 Leicester City Council Workshops 10 week workshop sessions for Leicester City Council with Livewire
leading the way.
April
2008 Nissan In association with the Independent newspaper, we staged a photo shoot
and review of one of Nissan's cars. Starring Livewire.
April
2008 Hewlett Packard Commercial 3 day shoot starring Asid and Sticky with Bam being hired to shoot it.
March
2008 Renta Date In association with Elle magazine, we took part in a fun dating auction
in aid of Brain cancer research. Featuring Livewire and Sticky.
March
2008 Adidas Commercial 2 day shoot with our sponsors, adidas, to spotlight the new adiscape
range.
April
2008 Metropolitan Police Workshops 8 weeks worth of workshops for the Met Police in London.
March
2008 School Workshops 8 week workshops staged in the East End of London. Run by Asid.
March
2008 Paul O'Grady Show VT filming with the award winning UK TV chat show. Featuring Bam and Ez.
February
2008 NY Trip Visit to
February
2008 REME Article about one of our workshop sessions with the Royal Engineer
regiment of the British Army. Taught by Ez and Sticky.
February
2008 Police Demo Team performance in London on behalf of the Metropolitan Police.
February
2008 Microsoft A 6 man team performance at the Microsoft HQ in Reading, UK. All part of
an internal promotional release of their Window Server 2008, Visual Studio
2008 and SQL Server 2008.
February
2008 Evening Standard Double page spread featuring the whole UF team training in London.
February
2008 School Workshop Pip teaching on behalf of South Yorkshire Council delivering workshops
to kids.
February
2008 Royal Marine Commandos 2 days of filming with the Royal Marine Commandos in Lympstone, Devon.
February
2008 NY Trip Visit to New York by Sticky to teach/train.
February
2008 LG Advert Commercial for electronic giants, LG, featuring Blue and Kerbie.
Consultancy by Ez.
January
2008 Evening Standard
Feature with the UF team teaching a journalist
the basics.
January
2008 Daily Mail
2 page spread talking about Urban Freeflow and
the Royal Marine Commandos project.
January
2008 Southwark News
London based newspaper featuring Sticky and
talking to Ez about Freerunning.
January
2008 ITN 'London Tonight'
ITV news piece featuring UF's Sticky
demonstrating some moves and discussing our Royal Marine Commandos project.
January
2008 BBC Breakfast Radio
Featuring UF's Sticky, talking about our work
with the Royal Marine Commandos and a general chat about Parkour.
January
2008 Der Speigel Magazine
German magazine feature on UF's rise to
becoming the driving force behind Parkour/Freerun globally.
January
2008 Sunday Times
Feature on Urban Freeflow's work with the
Royal Marine Commandos.
January
2008 Adidas Performance
Team trip to Adidas HQ in Herzogenaurach,
Germany, to deliver live performances/workshops.
January
2008 Guardian Newspaper
Feature about Urban Freeflow's involvement
with the Royal Marine Commandos and the on-going training scheme.
January
2008 Shortlist Magazine
Feature about UF athlete, Sticky.
January
2008 Sunday Times Newspaper
Feature in the Sunday Times 'Style Magazine'
supplement featuring UF athlete, Sticky.
December 2007 DHL Video
Action video for DHL and shot in Prague, Czech
Republic. Featuring Asid, Bam, Blue, Kerbie, Molotov and Philli.
Coordination by Ez.
December 2007 Eelyn Lee Productions
Action shoot with Eelyn Lee Productions Ltd
featuring UF sponsored athletes, Kie, Neil and Pip.
December 2007 Metro Newspaper
UK national newspaper feature about our
involvement with the No More Landmines campaign. Featuring UF sponsored
athlete, Lewis.
December 2007 Spike TV Video Game Awards
Shooting of an action video at the Mandalay
Bay hotel in Las Vegas, USA. Also a live performance at their award ceremony
with actor, Samuel L Jackson. Featuring Kerbie, Livewire and Sticky.
December 2007 Men's Health Magazine
6 page feature on Urban Freeflow featuring
Blue, Livewire and Sticky.
November
2007 Relentless Advert
Filming of an advert for soft drinks co -
Relentless. Shot in Capetown, South Africa.
November
2007 Hewlett Packard
Live stage performance in Barcelona, Spain for
a 3000 crowd. Involved a complex choreographed piece featuring Asid, Bam,
Blue, Kerbie, Livewire and Sticky. Coordination by Ez and choreography
delivered as a team effort.
November
2007 Royal Marines Commando
Challenge Challenge set by the RMC and filmed
by the Extreme sports channel. Featuring 4 x members from UF (Ez, Livewire,
Spidey and Sticky) teaching Parkour to 4 x PTI's from the Royal Marine
Commandos
before visiting Lympstone, Devon, to tackle their assault course and their 6
mile endurance course, carrying 31lbs of kit each.
November
2007 Youth Sports Trust Production of an action DVD for the
KS4 Health and Well Being Programme. Distributed in every secondary school
within the UK.
November
2007 Army Workshop Parkour workshop delivered to the
British Army's Royal Engineers in Farnham, Surrey, by ez and Sticky.
October
2007 Kevin Zacher Action/Lifestyle shoot with award
winning action sports photographer, Kevin Zacher.
October
2007 MTV Europe Filming an action piece for the
Nickleodeon awards, where we provided stunt doubling services for UK pop
band, McFly.
October
2007 Islington Council 5 week teaching course titled
'Staying Alive' aimed at kids.
October
2007 Redbull 'Art of Motion'
Event The World's first freerunning
competition staged by Redbull in Vienna, Austria, saw us flying over to take
part and be involved in various media TV opportunities. 3 of our athletes
competed with Livewire making it into the final.
October
2007 Motorola Roadshow Commercial shoot and street
performance campaign for the RAZR 2 phone. Starring Kerbie, Livewire and
Sticky as they hit Nottingham, Birmingham and Bristol.
October
2007 CBC 'Project X' Canadian TV piece starring Bam,
Blue and Lewis for a scientific study about muscle memory. Included motion
capture studio work.
October
2007 Fuji Sponsorship
We were engaged to be involved in an
open ended lifestyle project, detailing our exploits via a specially setup
blog site of Fuji's.
September
2007 National Geographic Film shoot for the National
Geographic channel titled 'Incredible Human Machine' and showing the amazing
feats of the human body through Freerunning.
September
2007 Oxford University DVD English language piece being
distributed worldwide and featuring ez and Kerbie who are deemed to have
unusual and interesting professions.
September
2007 adidas Commercial Shot for our sponsors, adidas
sporting the new adidas 'traceur' trainers. Starred Asid, Blue, Kerbie and
Livewire. Coordination by ez.
September
2007 Speedstick Commercial Print Shoot
Colgate funded commercial for their newly
launched 'Speedstick' product. Shot in Portland, USA.
September
2007 Mail On Sunday
Extreme fashion shoot featuring UF's Kerbie.
September
2007 Speedstick Commercial
Colgate funded commercial for their newly
launched 'Speedstick' product. Filmed in Prague, Czech Republic to air
exclusively on US TV. Filmed by Goodfilms from New York, who we worked with
for the SAP commercial in Mexico. Starring Asid, Bam and Sticky with Ez
providing his services as coordinator and general consultant.
September
2007 Vodafone
Vodafone roadshow in Dublin, Ireland,
featuring UF's Jash, Kie, Neil and Pip over a 4 week period.
September
2007 Guardian Newspaper
Feature on our academy sessions in London,
with their on the spot reporter trying his hand at Parkour.
September
2007 Bollywood
Shoot in Goa, Hampi and Bombay in India.
September
2007 Two Magazine
Man V Machine challenge with UF's Pip going up
against the world's number one freestyle trails bike rider, Jason Finn, for
August 2007 Sugababes Music Video
Music video for the Sugababes band starring
UF's Blue.
August 2007 Hewlett Packard
Dynamic live stage performance in Barcelona,
Spain, featuring the whole team.
August 2007 Men's Fitness Magazine
Piece about the phenomenal rise of Urban
Freeflow as the central force behind Parkour and Freerunning Worldwide.
August 2007 Videojug
A 'How to' shoot capturing the basic movements
of Parkour/Freerun in a tutorial setting. Featured UF's Blue.
August 2007 National Playday
In association with the Mayor of London, Urban
Freeflow delivered structured Parkour workshops.
July 2007 Snickers
Advert shot in Mexico city and featuring UF's
Bam.
July 2007 No More Landmines
Advert shot for the 'No More Landmines' trust
in London. Featuring the entire UF team, sponsored team and forum
moderators. To air online, in cinemas and on TV.
July 2007 Land Rover
Shoot for 4x4 company - Land Rover featuring
UF's Blue and Sticky
July 2007 MC Sez
Music video for Garage/RnB/Hip Hop outfit - MC
Sez and Hybrid titled 'I won't stop', featuring UF's Kerbie and Lewis.
July 2007 Peak District Promo
As part of a UK promo for the Peak District,
Livewire and Jashman were filmed by Access Films as they made their way from
an urban environment to the peaks.
July 2007 Epping Forest - Homelife
For Epping Forest District council in the UK,
we were hired to engage disaffected youths in the neighbouring areas via
parkour/freerun coaching. The end result saw a DVD being produced and a live
display being put on by Asid, Blue and Livewire.
July 2007 Mercedes Benz
Live event featuring the entire team in Monte
Carlo, Monaco for the Mercedes general dealers meeting, where the C-Class
was launched.
June 2007 Parkour Italy
2 day workshop/performance event in Rome
featuring the UF team (Asid, Bam, Blue. ez, Kerbie, Livewire and Sticky).
Hosted by the www.parkour.it
organisation.
June 2007 BT Online
Generic action piece with interviews featuring
Bam and UF sponsored
athletes, Lewis. Neil and Pip.
June 2007 Concrete Stylez Performance and
workshop event staged over a 9 day period at Thorpe Park in the UK. Event
was a collaboration between the UK's number 1 bboy team - Funkstylerz and
ourselves.
May 2007 The Friday Night Project Advert for a
new series of Channel 4's hit comedy series starring Justin Lee Collins and
Alan Carr. Our involvement came in the form of a spoof Freerun video showing
them running through the London streets but with Livewire and Sticky being
their stunt doubles. Tech recce by Bam and Stunt coordination by ez.
May 2007 Mercedes Benz Film project
featuring Sticky and choreographed by ez in Monte Carlo, Monaco, for
Mercedes Benz as part of a new car launch.
April 2007 Discovery Channel - Extreme Body Ambitious piece
for the Discovery channel featuring Asid, Kie, Pip and Sticky performing a
run at 'Meanwhile 2' in London. The focal point being the landing from a
jump, where computer animation zooms inside the knee to show how the
tendons, ligaments and bones deal with the impact.
April 2007 School Workshops For the
Archbishop Michael Ramsey school, we were involved in a 6 week intensive
training course culminating in the work being put into a video edit.
April 2007 No More Landmines For the No More
Landmines Trust we had UF sponsored athlete, Lewis, spend the day in London
making his was through the landscape without touching the ground. All done
to help raise awareness for such a worthwhile cause.
April 2007 Sally Morgan : Star Psychic ITV2 piece
featuring members from both the UF core and sponsorship teams.
April 2007 Saatchi & Saatchi
Commercial in South Africa starring UF's Blue.
April 2007 Adrenaline Junkie Shoot for Jack
Osbourne's Adrenaline Junkie TV show. Featuring from UF - Bam, Blue, Ez,
Jashman, Kerbie, Kie, Lewis, Livewire, Pip, Sticky and Stoney.
March 2007 Casino Royale
DVD release
Live performances by UF team in Virgin Megastore's flaship store in
Tottenham court rd, London.
March 2007 OpenEnded Group
Motion capture digital art project shot in New York and featuring Blue.
March 2007 Sky
Ident shot for Current TV starring UF's Molotov and Stoney.
March 2007 BT
Advert shot in Cape Town, South Africa, starring Bam.
March 2007 Schwarzkopf
Advert shot in Buenos Aires starring Kerbie.
February 2007 Midas
Film shoot to help promote the city of Manchester.
February 2007 ITV - London Tonight
News piece looking at our work in schools and our association with Positive
Futures/Westminster City Council.
January 2007 Ford Commercial
Commercial shot in a green room studio for Ford motors and starring Kerbie.
January 2007 BBC Breakfast
Piece shot with Mike Bushell for BBC 1's Breakfast news show featuring 10 of the UF team.
January 2007 Casino Royale
DVD Promo
Promotional campaign for the Casino Royale DVD release. Starting with media
work for Mens Fitness and Stuff Magazine along with the London Post
newspaper.
January 2007 'Simpel Session
07'
Yearly Skate/BMX competition staged in Tallinn, Estonia, and introducing
Parkour for the first time, using 8 of our international team (Bam, Blue, Ez,
Kerbie, Spidey and Sticky) through performances and
workshops. Sponsored by Nokia and attended by 10,000 people over the 2 days.
January 2007 Parachute Gel
Commercial shot in India featuring Asid.
January 2007 Drona
Bollywood movie shot on set in Prague, using Asid and Kerbie as stunt
doubles.
December 2006 YKTV
TV
piece featuring UF athletes - Blue and Stoney. Shot in
London, the focus is on action, interviews, lifestyle.
December 2006 SAP Advert Shot on location in
Mexico, the advert stars Asid and Bam as they negotiate the Mexican
architecture. Stunt choreography by ez.
December 2006 Hewlett Packard Advert
Titled 'Tea-running', the ad features UF's Bam as he negotiates an office in
a spoof like fashion.
November
2006 (Release date) James Bond - Casino Royale movie Early consultation with ez in London.
Kerbie hired as part of the stunt team filming on location in the Bahamas.
November
2006
Nokia X-Factor Advert
Filming of a 'bumper' advert shown on ITV during the screening of the UK's
X-Factor show. Starring Blue with stunt
choreography by ez.
October 2006 MPH Car Show Live
choreographed chase sequence involving our athletes (Blue, Kerbie and
Livewire) and 4 stunt cars at
Birmingham's NEC and London's Earls Court arena's. Whole piece has a James
Bond theme.
September 2006 BBC Blast
Short piece for BBC2 TV channel detailing our work within the school system
and at some of our youth community projects.
September 2006 Sway/Stanton Warriors Music
video titled 'Get em high' featuring a cameo by Bam.
September 2006 Footlocker Campaign
for the Footlocker chain to promote a new pair of adidas shoes being
released. It saw UF's Bam, Livewire and Sticky jamming the London streets
near their flagship Oxford street store. Also involved jamming in store
where exclusive new UF Media material was looped on a big screen.
August 2006
Bollywood
Intensive training of an Indian actor for a Bollywood movie.
Training in London for a 2 week period before flying to Australia, where the
film was being made for us to act as on set consultants.
August 2006 Red Bull
Filming of an action video for Red Bull featuring UF team members - Asid and Blue. Stunt choreography/consultation by ez.
July 2006 Planet Parkour Documentary
Filming of the Seidojin team members - Asid, Bam and Blue
in action in Singapore. Stunt choreography/consultation by ez. Filmed
exclusively in High Definition for broadcast exclusively in the US.
June 2006
Nokia Advert
Filming of an advert for the Nokia 5500 sports phone in Singapore. Advert
launched as part of a global campaign, Featuring UF's Asid and
Sticky. Saw us bring on board the talents of Williams Belle from the Yamakasi group and also the use of female
practitioner. UF Media was used to direct
and produce the 'making of' video along with filming some specific action
sequences. Stunt choreography/consultation by ez.
June 2006 PK10
The tenth in a series of our open jam PK day events. The biggest Parkour
event to date with x 230 traceurs participating, the Iconscious collective as DJ's,
Redbull and 'One' water providing sponsorship of the event. All in all, an
outstanding success.
June 2006 Jump Westminster
Documentary commissioned by Positive Futures, using UF Media to tell the
story about our work in the school system, working in regeneration areas
within the Westminster area of London and teaching in our 2 x London
academies.
June 2006 Ecko
Filming of a
promo video for New York urban clothing company - Ecko. Principle
filming/photography by UF media and starring Stephane with a cameo sequence
featuring Blue. Camera work by Bam and Hasan and stunt choreography/consultation by
ez.
June 2006 Nokia Green Screen Filming of a special video for Nokia using a camera set at 1000
frames per second to produce super slo-mo action sequences. All filmed within a
green screen studio. Featured Asid, Blue and Sticky with ez acting as advisor.
May 2006 Lalapalooza Promo work in Thailand using UF's Blue and Stephane with
Chau Belle Dinh from the Yamakasi team.
May 2006 Nokia Launch Promo tour in Reykjavik to launch the new 5500 sports phone for
our sponsors - Nokia. 2 dynamic live demos in front of 60 x specially invited
media representatives flown in from all around the world. Included journo's from
Elle, FHM, GQ, Vanity Fair, T3, Mens Health, Playboy and Esquire.
March
2006 Popworld Channel 4 music show featuring Bam.
February 2006 MTV
USA Extensive
piece featuring the entire UF team in action along with interviews.
January 2006 Relentless Drinks Soft drink advert featuring Bam along with various action sports
stars. To be played exclusively in UK cinema's.
January 2006 ITV
Midlands Featuring Blue
and Sticky being interviewed while practising in Sticky's hometown of
Nottingham, UK.
January 2006 Positive Futures Project running throughout 2006 with Positive Futures/Westminster
City Council to teach Parkour in schools/community centres in regeneration areas
throughout London. Saw the setting up of the first ever Parkour accreditation
programme (AQA) to encourage kids to take up exercise.
December 2005 Freesports Film Festival Film festival for action sports staged the Prince Charles cinema
in London. Showcased the World premiere of 'Asid - Diary of a freerunner' along
with U$F TV Volume One.
December 2005 Henry Reichhold art exhibition Exhibition featuring the UF team in action covering the
entire year of 2005. Sponsored by Nokia and captured by Henry Reichhold.
December 2005 Royal Variety Performance Live piece aired on UK national TV (ITV) for the 77th RVP.
Seidojin were hired to launch the show with a set piece which included a 60
piece brass band, the 'Danceoff' breakdancing team, Urban Tribes dancing troupe,
a BMX flatland rider, MC Killa Kela and TV celebrity - Bradley Walsh.
November 2005 Royal Navy Show Live performance at Trafalgar square in London in front of 10,000
spectators. Highlights aired on UK national TV by the BBC.
November 2005 Sky News Featuring one of our workshop events and showing the team in
action. Also features interview with Blue.
October 2005 Ripe TV 4 part Documentary filmed in the United States of America
following the UF team as they spread the word in New York, Las Vegas and
Los Angeles.
October 2005 Leisure Industry Week (LIW) Live performance at the NEC in Birmingham at the Leisure
industry's yearly premiere health and fitness event.
September 2005 Vauxhall Female Workshop The Worlds first ever female only workshop which was staged in
London using the full UF team to teach. Sponsored by Vauxhall.
September, 2005 Discovery Channel Ident for the Discovery channel.
August, 2005 Blue Ribbon Very slick South African tv advert shot on 35mm.
August, 2005 Blood and Chocolate Horror movie featuring Kerbie.
August, 2005 Piaggio event
UF team hired to take part in an outdoor training day with 20 UK
journalists from different periodicals. They were given a guided tour of some
famous London hotpots while also seeing the team train in their natural
environment.
August, 2005 RTE German TV feature filmed during the Vauxhall Tribes 'Going
underground' event.
August, 2005 Vauxhall Tribes 'Going Underground'
event Sponsored by Vauxhall and featuring the UF team, who performed in a
designated area within an underground car park. Alongside us were
Skateboarders, BMXers, Break dancers and a live sound setup featuring DJ Peshay.
July, 2005 Canon 1 minute action advert featuring Asid and Hasan. Shown in
UK cinemas and on digital TV.
July, 2005 Casio Poster campaign featuring Sticky doing a backflip.
July, 2005 UF international tour DVD film production featuring the entire Seidojin team as they
travel around the World. UK, USA, France, Finland, Greece, Spain, Germany,
Switzerland, Turkey and Japan.
July/August, 2005 Breaking & Entering Feature length movie directed by Anthony Minghella which stars
Jude Law along with Juliette Binoche, Ray Winstone and Martin Freeman. Urban
Freeflow were hired with ez acting as 'freerunning consultant' working alongside
stunt co-ordinator, Steve Dent doing location recces, preparing stunts and
overlooking the freerunner's safety and also providing training to two of the
teenage stars in the film, with the help of Bam, who also appears in the film as
a stunt double. The rest of the UF team appear as extras.
June, 2005 Architecture week Live demonstrations of Parkour by UF team at Trafalgar square,
hosted by the Arts council England.
July, 2005 Sky One Interview with ez and first airing of the UF tutorial DVD
trailer.
June, 2005 MTV Europe Film team from Italy came to hang out with various UF team
members in London before heading back home across Europe in a 'Pimp my festival
ride' tour bus.
June, 2005
London today Afternoon news
piece on ITV promoting the 'Architecture week' featuring an interview with ez
while the rest of the UF team freestyle in the background.
June, 2005
GMTV Morning tv
feature to promote the participation of UF at the arts council's
'Architecture week' at Trafalgar square in London.
May, 2005 MTV Filmed for a middle East audience to air on a show called
'Showtime'. Featuring the UF team practising in and around Southbank,
London.
May, 2005 The Shot High tempo piece for Canon featuring team members, Asid and Hasan
running around London streets and
rooftops in order to capture the perfect photographic shot.
May, 2005 L'Oreal 50th anniversary bash Live show featuring the UF team alongside 2 x
skaterboarders, 2 x bmxers, 2 x inline skaters, 10 x models, 15 x dancers, a 40
piece brass band and MC beatbox Killa Kela performing together in a
choreographed piece on stage leading to down a 70metre catwalk to a half pipe..
May, 2005 Adidas Promotional Tour of
New York High profile
media work along with core level indoor workshop sessions. The climax of the
trip will see a new Adidas flagship store being opened on Broadway/Houston with
a display from the UF team.
April 16, 2005
Urban Music Festival UF
perform live demonstrations and run workshops during the Nokia London
Urban Music Festival held at Earl’s Court Olympia. 16,000 visitors in total.
Aprill, 2005
Fuji tv Big piece
filmed about Urban Freeflow and the team. Broadcast in Japan to 7
million people.
April, 2005 MTV Base Interview with Seidojin members Blue and Sticky at the
Urban music festival.
April, 2005 T4 Live piece featuring T4 presenter, Steve Jones being given a walk
through of the Nokia built ‘Parkour village’, while UF team members performed
in the background. Tour of the set was given by Bam.
March, 2004 ID Magazine
Fashion shoot using photography of Parkour, featuring ez advertising the
Y3 clothing company.
March, 2005
Toyota
For the release of the Toyota Aygo car, UF were hired to perform two epic stage
shows in Barcelona to 6000 people. These were immediately followed by a
performance at the exclusive worldwide unveiling of the car at the Annual Motor
Show in Geneva. 4 members of UF team (Asid, Bam, Blue and EZ) were shot on 35mm
film for the accompanying television advert for the Toyota Aygo.
January, 2005 Adidas To promote the launch of the new Adidas Hyperride shoe, posters
featuring ez precision jumping at Waterloo
Bridge along with a promotional DVD (produced by UF Media) were used throughout
Europe exclusively in the Footlocker stores.
January, 2005 Channel 4 Documentary, The Making of Jump
Britain See above.
January, 2005
Ministry of Mayhem
Live children’s TV show featuring Sticky and Kerbie. Also featured footage of
Jump Britain.
January, 2005 Channel 4 Documentary, Jump
Britain See above.
January, 2005 MTV A training day in Milan, Italy, hosted by Bam, Blue and ez.
Interviews featured.
January, 2005 Richard and Judy show
Interview on the UK’s Channel 4 to promote the Jump Britain
documentary.
January 13, 2005
Jump Britain
UK television release of the sequel to the critically acclaimed Channel 4
documentary, Jump London. The documentary, produced by Carbon and directed by
Mike Christie, focussed heavily on UF team members Asid, Bam, Blue, ez, Kerbie and
Sticky, and was instrumental in bringing Parkour to the mainstream audience.
Followed quickly by the televising of the behind-the-scenes documentary, The
Making of Jump Britain.
September, 2004 BBC TV
3 stages of filming for the BBC programme Inside Out featuring budding traceur,
Matt Volsen, as he trains with UF in preparation for a complete Parkour
run through London.
September,
2004 Arts Council
Europe Live
demonstration of Parkour by Urban Freeflow at Nottingham’s Big Day Out for the
Arts Council Europe. Heavily attended by the media, this event was freely
accessible to the public and stands out as one of Urban Freeflow’s many
successful endeavours to raise the profile of the art of Parkour.
August, 2004 EX TV 'PK Night'
Extreme Sports Channel aired for the first time the Urban Freeflow documentary
along with other Parkour material. Shown in 52 countries and translated into 12
languages. Has since been broadcast many times over.
July, 2004 Siemens A live demonstration for the mobile phone company Siemens.
Involved a spectacular roof run and some ground level technical vault circuits
at Covent garden, London. UF also gave a speech via PA system introducing
Parkour to a large audience mainly comprised of photographers, journalists and
celebrities.
July, 2004 NGA TV Live Saturday morning children’s TV show on the UK’s Channel 5,
called No Girls Allowed. Featuring Bam, Blue, Ez and Sticky giving a
display of Parkour while the programme’s presenter also tried his hand at a few
simple techniques.
July, 2004 Tivoli Entertainment 16mm film shoot with Hollywood-based production team, Tivoli
Entertainment. Shot entirely in London featuring Bam, Blue and ez.
June, 2004 Merrell
Urban Freeflow’s second advertisement for international footwear company,
Merrell. To be displayed on buses throughout the major UK cities and to have 80
large-scale billboards, featuring Bam and ez, on display in central London,
including within London Underground stations.
May, 2004 Turning Point Televised piece on the culture of Parkour featuring Asid and ez with
action footage and interviews. Shown throughout the Caribbean and Africa.
May, 2004 02
Film shoot using 16mm film, for the mobile phone company - 02. Parkour footage
to be broadcast in huge bubble-shaped tents with thirty-foot screens showing a
variety of extreme sports. The project was established as a visual and audio
spectacle and was shown at several major events including Party In The Park and
the Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ concert.
April, 2004 CBC (Canadian TV)
An in-depth news piece featuring the whole of the then-'UF Krew' training
throughout the summer of 2003
March, 2004
Deft Productions, Precision Landing video Complete action piece featuring Asid, Bam, and ez at London
Waterloo and Southbank area.
March, 2004 Attaboy TV
Commercial featuring Parkour for a major haulage company Panalpina.
Contains re-edited footage of the Urban Freeflow’s Parkour-Rama documentary and
E=PK2 video.
February, 2004 Merrell
Filming of an advertisement for international footwear company,
Merrell. The shoot featured the entire UF team.
February, 2004 Eidos Computer game called 'Free-running' featuring members of UF team
(Bam, Blue and ez)
and available on PS2 and PSP in the winter of 2005.
January, 2004 ARTE TV
German TV channel production featuring UF, Chris Alexander from
Germany training in London. Also contains footage of French traceurs Romain
Moutault and Dominique Lexilus in action, as well as interviews with ez,
Dominique, Romain and David Belle, the co-creator of the art of Parkour.
January, 2004
TRBL TV TRBL TV filmed one of its own presenters practising Parkour for
the day at Urban Freeflow’s PKSeben indoor event. Also contains an interview
with Sebastien Foucan.
November, 2003 TRBL TV
2 features: The 1st a slot on Urban Freeflow/Parkour in general, with interviews
with Asid and ez, followed by a short run around the streets of London with Asid,
Blue and ez; the 2nd a trainer test featuring Asid and ez.
November, 2003 Capital TV
A major piece by Canadian TV/magazine outfit, Capital TV, featuring the UF team
training indoors at Europa Gymnastics Gym, then training outside at London
Waterloo and Southbank area. Also features full length interviews with all of
the team.
November, 2003
Iconscious Film Festival Broadcasts of Urban Freeflow members filmed while training at Arthur's
and during the Urban Freeflow open event, PK5.
August, 2003
Dishing the Dirt: Adrenaline Junkies Extreme sports TV programme featuring a short piece on the UF
team.
August, 2003 Iconscious Film Festival
Urban Freeflow’s own Parkour-Rama documentary and PK:UK film broadcast
throughout the festival.
April, 2003 Sweet Talk video
Music video produced by UFD Media.
January, 2003 Purple Monkey video shoot Music video for Punk band Purple Monkey featuring most of the UF
team and a number of members from the Urban Freeflow forum.
June 2007 Guardian Newspaper Piece about our
academy classes featuring Sticky.
May 2007 Royal Jordanian
Airlines
Piece in their 'Royal Wings' magazine featuring ez
May 2007 Time Out Magazine
Featuring our academy classes in the '101
things to do in London' article.
May 2007 Athletics Weekly
Imagery featuring our athletes - Asid, Bam,
Blue and Sticky.
April 2007 Independent
Piece that focused on the whole competition
debate.
December 2006
Sunday Times
Featuring UF teaching one of our many outdoor classes.
November 2006
Telegraph
Newspaper
Interviews with Bam and ez along with a generic piece about free-running.
November 2006
Times newspaper
Interview with ez as a generic piece leading up to the release of the Breaking &
Entering movie.
November 2006
London Paper
One on one training with their journalist and interviews with Blue, ez and
Kerbie as part of a piece to promote the Breaking & Entering movie.
September 2006
The Knowledge (Times newspaper supplement)
DVD review of the District 13 movie using the UF team as an expert panel.
September 2006
Stadium supplement
Swedish magazine focusing on the nations biggest sports chain - Stadium.
Exclusively featuring UF.
September 2006
Nestle magazine
In house magazine featuring Sticky.
September 2006
Health & Fitness magazine
6 page spread featuring UF.
September 2006
Sunday Times
Piece titled 'Getting fit for Parkour' article published in one of their
supplements.
August 2006
The Telegraph
Generic piece about Parkour featuring interview with ez.
July 2006
Independent newspaper
Generic piece about Parkour featuring interviews with UF's ez.
July 2006
Evening Standard newspaper
Generic piece about Parkour featuring UF's Asid.
June 2006
Mens Health magazine
Feature on UF during the Nokia Singapore tour.
May 2006
Times Online
Piece on Parkour with UF, touching on the work we do in schools
and the workshops we conduct in our academies.
April 2006
Live - Night & Day Magazine
In depth piece featuring the UF team in The Mail on Sunday's 'Live - Night &
Day' supplement magazine. Came out on Easter Sunday.
March 2006
Youth Market Alert In depth piece
on Urban Freeflow about how in tune we are with commercial ventures.
February 2006 Timeout London
Training day with the UF team in London for their special edition titled 'Health'.
February 2006
Day and Night Daily Mail
on Sunday supplement magazine piece featuring the entire UF team in
London.
January 2006
Contact Quarterly magazine Extensive
piece about Parkour in their bi-annual journal of dance and improvisation.
Includes many quotes and pictures supplied by Urban Freeflow.
January 2006
Daily Mirror newspaper Small piece
detailing the benefits of Parkour as an ideal way of getting fit. Linked to
Urban Freeflow.
January 2006
South China post Feature on
Parkour in Hong Kong's leading newspaper featuring interview with ez.
December 2005 Venue magazine Feature on the UF team.
December 2005 Buzz magazine Feature about Urban Freeflow during the UK national workshop
tour.
November 2005 The Post In depth feature on Sticky in Liverpool, UK.
November 2005 Inside
London Big feature on
our London female workshop.
September 2005 Esquire magazine
Fashion feature using members from UF.
August , 2005 Body & Soul magazine Personal training with a female journalist to spread the word
about UF's female workshop in September. Featuring ez.
August , 2005 Angel magazine In depth article about Parkour featuring Sticky and ez.
August, 2005 The Times In depth interview with ez.
August, 2005 Timeout Featuring Sticky.
July 2005 One Aim -
Toyota magazine Featuring
UF members - Kerbie and Sticky on location in Paris, France.
July, 2005 The Times Training guide in their 'Body & Soul' supplement featuring ez.
June, 2005 Playstation magazine
3 page spread about the 'Free-running' game featuring interviews and pictures of
the UF team.
May, 2005 Cosmopolitan magazine Naked centrefold with the UF members featured in the Jump
Britain documentary. All for the 'Everyman' charity to help raise awareness
about testicular cancer.
May, 2005 Mens Health magazine Feature from one of the Urban Freeflow workshops where one of
their journalists joined in with the action.
April, 2005
Playstation magazine
The editor of the magazine joined UF for a full on day of training to
experience Parkour first hand. Article to mention the 'free-running' game.
January, 2005
London Media Week
To promote the Adidas Hyperride shoe, various magazines were invited to training
days with Urban Freeflow in London and Milan. These very successful events were
hosted by UF’s Bam, Blue and ez, and among the many magazines present were
Timeout, Zoo, GQ, Fast Forward and Vibe.
November, 2004 Inside Magazine A popular Australian design magazine featuring extremely high quality
6-page spread of UF in action.
November, 2004 Atlanta Journal
This American paper ran an article featuring quotations by ez.
October, 2004 Life Magazine
A high-profile publication from the USA, Life ran an article on Parkour
featuring interview with ez.
October, 2004 Focus Magazine
Italian publication featuring several photographs of Sticky in action.
October, 2004
South London Press A double-page
centre spread featuring action shots of ez.
September,
2004 Verdens Gang
An article in Norway's largest newspaper featuring pictures and
interviews with the team.
August, 2004
Evening Standard
Photo-shoot and interviews with the UF team.
August, 2004 The Independent
In-depth article on Parkour and Urban Freeflow.
August, 2004 Chicago Tribune Feature on Parkour including an interview with ez.
August, 2004 Front Magazine
Photo-shoot and article featured Front men’s magazine. Included pictures
and interviews with Asid, Bam, ez and Hasan.
July, 2004 Metro Newspaper
Small feature on Parkour with pictures of ez.
July, 2004 Men’s Health Magazine Feature on Parkour to coincide with the release of the Jump
London DVD.
June, 2004 Gizmondo Magazine Fashionable popular culture magazine aimed at the computer gaming
generation. Gizmondo writer, Rich Clayton, joined the UF team on one of their
full training night runs and reported from a traceur’s point of view.
June, 2004 The Guardian
Organised by the PR company Kazoo, the piece centred on the parallels
between the art of Parkour and the abilities of the wall-crawling superhero of
the Spiderman 2 game and movie. A journalist from the Guardian was assigned to
Sticky to learn the basics before a full speed display was put on by other
members, including Bam and ez. An amazing photo-shoot resulted from the day’s
action.
June, 2004 The Observer
A creative article about Parkour featuring action shots of the team with some
inventive photography work using mirrored domes. Published in the Observer’s
Sports Monthly edition along with a written feature including interviews with
Asid and ez.
May, 2004 Timeout Magazine
Three-page article with quotations from ez about the global Parkour
scene. The piece was sponsored by Merrell and featured pictures of most of the
team in action.
May, 2004 Blow Back Magazine A high-quality publication featuring some amazing composite
photos of Asid, Bam, Blue and ez in action, accompanied by a short piece about
Parkour.
April, 2004 Italian Focus Magazine
Featured an interview with ez.
April, 2004 International Herald Tribune
A basic feature on Parkour in the United States featuring interview quotations
by ez.
March, 2004
New York Times
An
article featuring interview quotations by ez to coincide with the first ever PK
Day event in the USA.
March, 2004 Matador Magazine
German magazine featuring pictures of Asid, Bam, Blue and ez. Interview
with ez about the birth of the UK Parkour scene and the rapid spread of Parkour
around the World.
March, 2004 AKA Magazine An interview with ez about the formation of Urban Freeflow and
the birth of UK Parkour.
March, 2004 Bliss Magazine
Another teen magazine to feature interviews and photos with the 'Real boy' from
Urban Freeflow – Sticky.
March, 2004 Fader Magazine
A music and lifestyle magazine based in New York, Fader ran an in-depth
article featuring Bam, Blue, Hasan and Sticky. Included comments from ez.
February, 2004 Focus Magazine
An in-depth feature on Parkour featuring interviews with the UF.
February, 2004 Dagens Nyheter Newspaper The leading newspaper in Sweden featured an article on the phenomenon
of Parkour. Focussing on the highly active UK scene, the article followed
a day in the lives of UF team members training in London, including pictures and interviews.
January, 2004
PC Gamer Magazine
Urban Freeflow recommended as one of the sites of the month.
January, 2004
Times Newspaper
A two-page article on Parkour and the use of the urban landscape. Featuring
interview with Bam.
November, 2003 City & Islington Newspaper
Front-page article about UF.
November, 2003 Saab Magazine
10-page feature on Parkour and Urban Freeflow conducted at a large-scale jam
event at London Waterloo and Southbank area. Features a front cover image of Bam. The magazine is printed in 20 different languages
and goes out to 500,000 Saab owners worldwide.
November, 2003 Box Magazine
Three-page story on Parkour and Urban Freeflow containing photographs
of Bam and Sticky.
November, 2003
Smiths Student Magazine A feature on Urban Freeflow conducted at a small-scale jam event,
featuring Asid, ez and Hasan.
November, 2003
Source Magazine
Feature on Urban Freeflow conducted at the PK6 event in London.
November, 2003
Speak Up Magazine
Pictures of ez, Sticky and Bam in action and an interview with ez during a jam
event in Croydon, London.
September,
2003 Metro Newspaper
Full page article on Parkour featuring high-quality photographs of Blue.
September,
2003
YM Magazine
A full spread featuring Sticky.
September,
2003
Jack Magazine
A two-page article on Urban Freeflow.
August, 2003
The Independent A full-page article on Parkour with stylish black-and-white
photography of Bam, plus an interview with ez.
April 2007
BBC Radio
Interview with Bam discussing everything Freerun.
February 2006
BBC Radio Interview with
Bam about the rise of Parkour in the UK.
December 2005
Bristol Radio Interview with
ez about the UK national workshop tour.
November 2005
BRMB Interview with
ez and featuring Urban Freeflow leading up to the UK national workshop with
Vauxhall Tribes.
August, 2005
BBC London Sports Interview with
ez talking about the art and stressing the importance of safety, in
the wake of a teenager tragically dying while jumping a roof gap.
March, 2005
BBC London Radio Interview with
ez carried out at the PK Workshop One event along with bite-sized snippets from
the rest of the UF team.
January, 2005 LBC Radio
Interview with ez and Bam about the meteoric rise of
Parkour after the televising of Channel 4’s hugely popular documentary, Jump
Britain.
January, 2005 Radio 5 Live Interview with ez and Sebastien Foucan prior to the first
ever airing of Channel 4’s documentary, Jump Britain.
September,
2004 BBC World An Interview with ez and Bam.
September,
2004 BBC Scotland
An interview with Asid and ez.
August, 2004
Kerrang Radio
Birmingham-based radio show invited UF to join Ugly Phil for his breakfast
show. Blue took one of their staff, 'Monk', out on the streets
of Birmingham to try his hand at Parkour.
January 2004 BBC London Radio On-air discussion regarding the art of Parkour, featuring ez.
April 2007 Monkey Slum
Online piece featuring Kerbie talking about
his role in the Casino Royale movie.
May 2006 How Stuff Works Feature on the mechanics of Parkour with pics/quotes from Urban
Freeflow.
December, 2004 Japan Design An online article featured on architectural company Japan
Design’s website concerning Parkour and the use of the urban landscape.
Featuring interviews with UF along with action photography of the team
taken in London.
May, 2004 BBC Online
Article written by Urban Freeflow for the BBC website.
This in-depth piece on Parkour was accompanied by five galleries’ worth of
photos featuring the entire UF team.
October 2003 Urban Wire
Featured an online article about Parkour, including a photograph of ez.
