: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently
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Beneath the scope, the spectacle, the parkour and the thrills is a baseline for the most essential kind of human story—about people searching for purpose, struggling with questions of identity and destiny and faith.
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ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
Beneath the scope, the spectacle, the parkour and the thrills is a baseline for the most essential kind of human story — about people searching for purpose, struggling with questions of identity and destiny and faith.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
He’s certified as a personal trainer and a parkour instructor, after all.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
With nearly 11 million YouTube subscribers, the parkour collective known as Storror has become one of the biggest brands in athletics.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
Beneath the scope, the spectacle, the parkour and the thrills is a baseline for the most essential kind of human story — about people searching for purpose, struggling with questions of identity and destiny and faith.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
He’s certified as a personal trainer and a parkour instructor, after all.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
With nearly 11 million YouTube subscribers, the parkour collective known as Storror has become one of the biggest brands in athletics.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Parkour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parkour. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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parkour
noun
par·kour
pär-ˈku̇r 
ˈpär-ˌku̇r
: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently
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