Week Five 09/27/2011
Trevor Ray Age: 23 From: Deer Park, NY Discovered PK, how many years ago: I've been training for about 4 years Team or Communities: NYPK http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=622993279 http://www.facebook.com/pages/NYPK/172011268040 http://www.youtube.com/user/TrevorRayParkour Who are your inspirations? and why?
There are so many Inspiring people out there and to name just a few wouldn't do them justice. Humanity (the average person) in itself is inspiring to me. The way our race evolves, regresses a step, then progresses two in return. The people who stay positive, even when it seems that hope has run out. To truly learn from your mistakes and make yourself a better person. That is my inspiration to push through life and make the most of everyday. What is your goal with Parkour and your life? I hope to be training for as long as I can move. I hope that parkour leeds me into having a career being a stunt man/double, and to be able to carry on teaching parkour to younger generations as I grow out of my prime. What is your honest opinion of Tranquil Movement? Always coming through with strong videos, and they are very enjoyable to watch. I have not had a chance to meet a lot of the team, but for the one that I have had the pleasure of training with, (Justin Sheaffer) gotta love em'. Greatest obstacle you are overcoming or have overcome? I would have to say it was a mental obstacle, truly breaking the shell and becoming who I was meant to be, becoming my own person. Just because you're breathing, doesn't mean you're alive, Don't be afraid to live. Add Comment Week Four 09/20/2011
Dan Teel Age: 18 From: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Discovered PK, how many years ago: 5 and a half years Team or communities: Just training with friends in the springs! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1593920942 http://www.youtube.com/user/Flashblastx?feature=chclk Who are your inspirations? and why?
Personally for me my biggest inspiration for me has to me Michael Guthrie. He tricks, doesn’t do parkour, but what he is doing with just the human body is beyond comprehension. You can tell that man must train so hard to have such perfect and pleasing tricks to watch. I love tricking also so for me he has got to be the biggest inspiration. My other inspiration is Travis Pastrana. I don’t think any human is a battered and bruised as he is and just keeps going and pushing the level of his sport. Truly inspiring how he can get back up every time and keep going and still be beyond his competition. His carefree and nice attitude is also something to be admired. My last person but certainly not least! Scott Skeleton!!! He just admits such positivity to me and I feel is a great person to look up too. Not to mention his tricks are pretty darn insane! I feel his positivity brings so many people happiness with his feel good samplers, and definitely inspires me to be the best Dan Teel possible!! What is your goal with Parkour and your life? My goal for parkour is just to be able to keep doing it! Right now I am taking a break from parkour to let my body heal. I don’t know how long it will be but I hope to return in better health so that I can actually progress without pain. My life goal is just to be happy and enjoy the things I have! I would love to have a family and enjoy the company of loving friends for as long as I can! While I know most strive to live off parkour that just isn’t for me. I am just going to keep it as something close to my heart forever! What is your honest opinion of Tranquil Movement? I think it sends a good message of positivity! I know a lot of kids in Colorado look up to you with what you guys are doing; I hope you guys do great in whatever you aim for! I used to be a part of Tranquil so it’s cool to watch it grow and see what direction it will take!! Greatest obstacle you are overcoming or have overcome? Oh man I would definitely have to say Tendonitis! This dumb stuff has bothered me for the last 3 or 4 years if I had to guess haha! I have it in both elbows at the moment and a little in my knees still thus that is the reason I’m resting once again! I have had some real lows because of it but I guess it teaches you to appreciate what you have while you have it! I plan on beating it once again! :) Anything else we should know about you? Not much! Just a guy living and hoping to help and inspire anyone along the way, If I have inspired someone in any way then I feel like I have accomplished something to be proud of. With that I hope everyone reading this is doing wonderful and if not, just smile! :) Week Three 09/13/2011
Christopher Hollingsworth  Age: 18 From: Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA Re-discovered PK, how many years ago: I rediscovered myself through Parkour about 5 years ago. Team or communities: I am the founding member of "Team Aeolus" http://www.youtube.com/user/TeamAeolus http://www.facebook.com/AeolusParkour Who are your inspirations? and why? In terms of Parkour, I have two fantastic inspirational figures, the first figure being "Dylan Baker. I never really noticed Dylan at the jams or on youtube because he's a very soft-spoken person, it was only after viewing his video "Manhood" that I gained respect and admiration for him. Long story short, Dylan decided to conquer an obstacle that had almost killed him in the past, but that's not what gained my respect. Dylan took his camera and his tripod out to the area, and completely on his own filmed his triumph. After getting about 20,000 views on youtube in just a few days, he took it down because he felt that the achievement was no longer his. That, to me, is respectable because in my own opinion, Parkour is about self betterment, not youtube views. I would have to say that my biggest inspiration as a practitioner is "Justin Sheaffer", founding member of Tranquil Movement. Justin has shown me nothing but patience in his teachings, and without him I can honestly say that as a practitioner I would have no-where near the understanding that I do about myself, and the discipline I practice. Justin, through calm understanding, has taught me that if I practice Parkour for the people around me, or to show off, then I become a slave to the people. For the majority of my years training that's exactly what I was. Parkour, in my own opinion, is meant to be something expressed and utilized as a method of freedom, but instead it was a cage for people to watch me through. Without Justin and his teachings I would still be trapped, and for that i'm extremely grateful. What is your goal with Parkour and your life? My goal as a practitioner is to become the best that I can be as an individual. I'm just as aware as anybody else that no-one is perfect, but I am a firm believer that the only thing a person can be perfect at, is being themselves. A Traceur has the ability to push himself past all expectations, not only those that are given to him by others, but also the expectations that he holds himself to. If one wishes to become truly free, one mustn’t see a wall as an obstacle, but rather as an opportunity to push himself over the expectation of staying inside of it. When one frees the mind of the idea that in order to act, one must think, then he shall be free of obstacle and shall truly flow with opportunity. Becoming a Traceur is truly becoming the embodiment of freedom, freedom expressed through movement, and free transformation. Through Parkour I wish to center myself and become the best that I can be as an individual and as a practitioner. Being a practitioner effects all other areas of my life, and because of it I can now asses any situation calmly and I can look upon any situation with any biased opinion because I see all angles and all opportunities any situation may bring. What is your honest opinion of Tranquil Movement? I found out about Tranquil Movement about 2 years ago with the "Winter Sampler" video. I didn't think too much of Tranquil movement until I had the opportunity to meet with a few of the members. Through Tranquil Movement I have found that Parkour is not about showing off or looking cool, but that it's a way to create a self expressed outlet of discipline utilized for the sole purpose of self betterment and calming ones own mind using the obstacles, or rather, opportunities around you. I have tried my greatest to spread the message portrayed at Tranquil Movement because they teach not only the idea of Parkour and how it can be utilized to handle everyday situations calmly and effectively , but also ones capabilities and understanding through the art and practice of movement. Greatest obstacle you are overcoming or have overcome? The greatest obstacle that i'm overcoming is slowing down. For the longest time Parkour was always about the next big trick, and I never utilized my strength as an individual or took the time to slow down and appreciate the true art of my movements. I realize now, that Parkour is a discipline and should be treated as such, slowly and at my own pace. Iv'e learned that if someone’s only goal is to become greater than what they are capable of in order to become better than someone else, then their bodies will break and deteriorate, so iv'e taken the time to stop comparing myself to others, and to just let myself become what I was meant to be at my own pace without force or hesitation. Week Two 08/16/2011
Vinnie Coryell  Age: 19 From: Grand Junction, Colorado, USA Discovered Parkour, how many years ago: 2.5 years ago Team or communities: Aura Movement and the Grand Junction parkour community! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aura-Movement/169065253147357 http://www.youtube.com/user/AuraMovement Who are your inspirations? and why?
I cant think of anyone that specifically inspires me. I find inspiration on a day to day basis, big or small. If I can think of someone who truly inspires me of the top of my head, its Max Runham. If you dont know who he is.. look him up. Youll see why :) What is your goal with Parkour and your life? My biggest goal in parkour, is to just do parkour. I dont want to stop. Its as simple as that! I definitely want to be able to train when Im 30 and older. My biggest goal in life. Would be to spend my life with someone special and travel with them. Explore and keep my wonder and imagination going! What is your honest opinion of Tranquil Movement? I love you all. I started hearing about TM a while back when I was still fresh into parkour. Always have had a ton of respect for all the guys on it and I love training with each and every one of the members! Greatest obstacle you are overcoming or have overcome? Greatest obstacle? There are no greatest obstacles :) Only different ones. Each obstacle is great in its own way. You have CF(Cystic Fibrosis) right? How does that affect your training? CF has been a life long thing for me. Since day 1. I've really just learned how to adapt my life around it just like with anything else. What is CF? http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/ Because CF is different with each individual, some of those symptoms do or do not apply to me. Week One 07/21/2011
Miguel Southee Jr.  Age: 20 From: Binghamton, New York, USA Discovered Parkour: 1.5 years ago Teams or Communities: Upstate Movement http://www.facebook.com/pages/Upstate-Movement/237195092963290 Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/miguel12ization?feature=mhee Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/miguelsoutheejr Who are your inspirations? and why? My number one inspiration is by far my mother, Karen Southee. After seeing her battle breast cancer from day one, being so mentally and physically strong made me realize how much I love her and to never take anything for granted. And thanks to her for being the fighter that she is, she is now cancer free. :) What is your goal with Parkour and your life? My goal is to just spread positivity through my movement and open peoples eyes to the endless possibilities that are out in this world. As for life itself, just live life to the fullest every single day because you never know what you're going to be dealt ;and whatever is handed to you needs to be taken one day at a time, no rush needed. What is your honest opinion of Tranquil Movement? My honest opinion of Tranquil Movement: By far one of the classiest, wait scratch that, THE classiest team out there. The way they go about business and show love to the community is amazing, and every individual on the team has the up-most respect for anyone they happen to come in contact with. Love their movement! I heard you are a hero in your home town, care to share? That is what I've been called here ever since that early morning of March 17th. My neighbors house was engulfed in flames in a matter of minutes. Thanks to whatever told me to look out of my window when i heard a pop, my father and I ran over to the house quickly, but not quick enough, in my mind. My father and I rescued 6 out of the 7 family members before the firefighters arrived. One boy did not make it, he tried to run out of the front of the house which was the most engulfed part of the house. R.I.P Jeffery Aisaa, forever in our hearts. But in my eyes I am no hero. I just did what i had to do and would expect nothing less from them if the same happened to my family. http://www.wbng.com/news/gallery/Fire-Kills-One-Family-and-Neighbors-Mourn-118194574.html http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/536927/deadly-fire-in-binghamton-labeled-suspicious/?ap=1&MP4 | Weekly, SHOUT OUT!Finding those who Inspire, Progress and Share.
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