Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "JimmyTheGiant" channel.

  1. I see these young bucks outdoors, testing their bodies (wrecking their bodies?), and it seems like a great activity for city kids. It's such a young sport, though, most of the 'community' is kids who like loud music and probably smoke weed (but maybe that's my USA bias). Neither the music nor the dope-smoking are big deals to ME, but if I had small kids and I lived on that block, I'm sure I'd look at it, differently. But I think parkour is here to stay, and as the current generation gets a little older, they'll work the system to make parks dedicated to parkour, just like you see skateboarding parks all over the USA. As an old fart, I'd rather see kids toughening themselves up, outside, doing parkour, than loitering around getting into mischief in an urban desert, where the main 'healthy' outdoor activities are organized sports run by grownups. I'm not as much into seeing the unnecessary/gratuitous gymnastics (Look! Double pike-position!), but I enjoy the timed competitions and would LOVE to see a "follow the leader" kind of race. Endlessly fascinating to see the 'solutions' these kids come up with for shaving seconds off their times. Like the first guy to say "Screw that route. I can just jump clear over that obstacle and WIN!" My biggest issue with parkour would be watching live events, where a kid crashes and burns. Edit that stuff out, AFAIC. I hate seeing people get hurt! Like the replays in NFL football, where they do the super-slow-mo of a guy's knee exploding... I don't watch those bits, even though I know a lot of people do, and they'll never stop showing them. Heh. That's fine.
    2