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Name: Chris SalvatoForum Name: Chris Salvato Location: Colorado Springs, CO Parkour Since: September 3, 2007 Current Shoes: New Balance 550s (They are nothing special, don't get them if you're looking for a good parkour shoe.) Favorite Hotspot: Cat Fountain Other Sporting Interests: CrossFit, gymnastics, olympic lifitng. Quote: "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Robert Heinlein Q: How did you get into parkour? A: I read an article in the CrossFit Journal written by Jesse "gearsighted" Woody. I was really interested in functional fitness and I jumped off my roof the next day. It is not what I would advise to beginners; I bashed my head on the ground first try and now have a deathly fear of drops. Q: What is your most memorable parkour moment? A: After training for about 4 months I left New York City to move to Colorado. After 2 months in Colorado, I went back home to New York and rocked a 360 underbar in Chinatown. I found out 2 months after I did it that I was the first person to ever even think of doing that there. I felt that at that moment I was becoming proficient enough to be creative and efficient. Q: What do you like most about parkour? A: The community. I have met very few people who have been drawn to parkour that are intolerable. Parkour has a tendency to draw open-minded and intelligent people who are willing to learn and take criticism. Being a part of the community, I feel like I have a training partner where ever I am. I even train techniques via IM with other traceurs all around the nation. It's awesome to be part of something so inclusive. Q: If you could go anywhere in the world for parkour, where would it be? A: The more I train the more I realize that its less about where you are. It is much more about thinking openly to exploring and experimenting in a novel environment. Where I am matters very little to me, but if I had to pick a place, it would be France/UK just since there are (supposedly) people doing it all over the place and it seems like there would ALWAYS be someone around to train with. Q: Is there anything else you would like to share with other traceurs? A: You are never going to become a good traceur unless you first focus on fitness and conditioning.
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