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On the airwaves!
Were you listening to Radio Adelaide this morning? SAPA Director Travis caught up with Sean Butterworth, briefly discussing the history of parkour, the Adelaide scene and the ongoing battle against parkour’s appropriation into gymnastics. Catch the audio here:
Creaky Knees – Adults Beginners Parkour Session
You think your knees are too creaky to safely jump off buildings? Think you’re too old, or too unfit to do what you’ve seen those crazy kids do on Youtube? You’re right! You might pass the first hurdle and hit the ground without breaking, but if you expose your joints to stresses that you haven’t…
Hackham West Parkour Park Opening
In consultation with the Onkaparinga City Council and Southern Adelaide Parkour group Vertical Freedom – SAPA was very happy to be involved in the opening of a brand new purpose built Parkour training park, in the Southern Adelaide suburb of Hackham West. The facility is in Warsaw Reserve – a park which has beautiful views…
3 week holiday break for classes
Adelaide classes will be stopped for 3 weeks over the holidays. Classes will not run Sunday Dec 23rd, 30th, or Jan 6th. Thursday classes will also be stopped between these dates. Point A will continue to be open for casual training and private sessions. Keep track at Facebook or via the Website Have a happy…
Marion Parkour Park and Recreation Plaza Opening
On the 10th of October 2015, the Marion City Council officially opened the new Oaklands Recreation Plaza – a multi-use site complete with a skate park, mini basketball court and Parkour specific training area. Marion City Council consulted the community for design ideas, and the project was primarily funded via $900,000 in grants, through the…
SAPA's Toi gets school infrastructure approved!
We’d like to take a moment to both congratulate and thank Toi Suriyasenee on his recent efforts. Toi is an assistant instructor and very active member of both the SAPA team and the Adelaide training community. He has just revealed that he has convinced his school to fund and construct a calisthenics ‘bar park’, thanks…