I'm used to the jumping, and looking at the course, I know what I can do."ĭuring the final round of the competition, participants were given a minute to leap, vault and somersault over wooden obstacles and metal scaffolding in a 10m by 10m arena in a freestyle parkour routine. He says of his winning routine: "I actually didn't prepare so much, I was just here to play around with friends. Sy's prize was a pair of Ollo shoes, worth $99, which are specially designed for parkour, as well as $100 worth of food vouchers.Ī traceur for four years, he is in Singapore studying sports coaching at the International Sports Academy. Now in its fifth year, the event drew 92,000 visitors, compared to 80,000 last year. The showdown was part of License 2 Play, a three-day gaming and lifestyle event organised by Sphere Exhibits, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings. The competition, which was organised by parkour academy Superfly Monkey Dragons, featured practitioners, also called traceurs, going up against one another in five tests of strength, speed, balance and agility. Parkour started in Singapore about a decade ago, and currently has over 100 active practitioners here. The discipline, which originated in France, uses creativity and athleticism to reinterpret and navigate an urban environment. SINGAPORE - Parkour, a sport in which participants leap, vault and somersault their way across a space, was in the spotlight in an unusual competition here over the weekend.īilled as Singapore's first parkour challenge, the Superfly Parkour Showdown 2013 was held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre on Sunday.įilipino parkour practitioner Jowenson Ian Sy, 24, beat 22 competitors to win the competition, which was a masterful display of acrobatics, speed and daring.
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