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Featured Colorado Traceur December 2006

Name: Jimmy Gable

Forum Name: Altimot

Location: Colorado Springs

Parkour Since: Early 2005

Current Shoes: Merrell Chameleon Stretches

Favorite Hotspot: Downtown Denver, The Four Corners (Tiffany Square, Wind Chime Center, Black Building, Woodmen Valley Chapel)

Other Sporting Interests: Breakdancing, running, mixed martial arts, basketball and football.

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Q: How did you get into parkour?

A: I have been doing things similar to the movements involved in parkour for as long as I can remember. When I was in 8th grade, a kid in my class did a project on free running and showed Jump London to our class. The video seemed amazing and I think it was the freedom aspect that got me hooked. To be able to do it anywhere, anytime, and to achieve more than anyone could imagine, is the best thing about this discipline.

Q: What is your most memorable parkour moment?

A: I would have to say when I went to the June 4th, 2005 jam. Until that jam, my knowledge of parkour was very limited and it wasn’t anything more than crazy stunts people performed. It wasn’t the discipline or the state of mind that it is now. That day was awesome, it really showed me the potential of parkour.

Q: What do you like most about parkour?

A: The freedom aspect of it, is a big one. To be able to train anywhere at anytime is what I love about. There is no time schedule for parkour, I can go for a “stealth” run at night or a jam in the morning or even at lunch during school, there is no closing time. Progressing in parkour is the best feeling in the world. To be able to push my limits and extend them is always exciting. I love landing something that I have been looking at for a long time but haven’t been quite ready to do. That mid-air sensation when you know you’re going to land something that, before parkour, would seem impossible, is what keeps me training.

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world for parkour, where would it be?

A: France. To see where this art was started and to go through the same motions that David Belle and his crew went through when they founded this discipline. To try to get the same state of mind that they had and to try to see what they were thinking when they thought of this. Then to go through it in my state of mind to create new paths and overcome new obstacles.

Q: What are your future plans and/or dreams for your parkour?

A: To keep progressing to the point where going over any obstacle becomes more natural than altering my path to avoid it.