: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently
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His social media feed shows him street skiing, a niche genre that is best described as a cross between skateboarding, parkour and alpine sports.
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Don Riddell, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Naoe excels in parkour and silent eliminations, using tools like a grappling hook, while Yasuke dominates in melee combat.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
But Apex itself is a different beast altogether, more reliant on lightning-fast player movement that borders on parkour, allowing for high-stakes acrobatics amid the mayhem of combat.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
Ubisoft Quebec brings back the parkour up and down buttons and, combined with the grappling hook, the movement system feels like a streamlined version of that in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Don Riddell, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Naoe excels in parkour and silent eliminations, using tools like a grappling hook, while Yasuke dominates in melee combat.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
But Apex itself is a different beast altogether, more reliant on lightning-fast player movement that borders on parkour, allowing for high-stakes acrobatics amid the mayhem of combat.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
Ubisoft Quebec brings back the parkour up and down buttons and, combined with the grappling hook, the movement system feels like a streamlined version of that in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Parkour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parkour. Accessed 22 Apr. 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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