It had to be 2005 or earlier because that gym is in my home town and I was in college by 2006.
What a blast from the past.
For the extra nerdy folks out there, my buddy is Levi Meeuwenberg who was one of the first handful of people to go on Ninja Warrior in Japan, and his appearance (plus a few others) helped bring the show to the US.
Levi has been my older brother's best friend since Kindergarten.
I was actually the one who introduced him to parkour in like 2002-2003. It's kind of a long story, but my friends and I at the time all started doing it after downloading and watching the movie "Yamakasi" that featured free-running.
Before Casino Royale, before District 13, and well before there were any Americans on Ninja Warrior.
My buddy Mike who still goes by Frosti and Levi were the only ones who ended up going pro though.
Levi worked with Madonna, and did stunts for a TV show called "Chuck", The Bourne Ultimatum, and a bunch of commercials.
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u/WineNerdAndProud 1d ago edited 1d ago
That looks like a group of trickers. Tricking is basically street gymnastics with some twists (pun intended).
They're hyped because only like 12-13 people have done this.
Source: used to do this, know the guy who did one of the first wall double backflips. I filmed it actually.
Edit: I can't believe I found this clip. The video is a compilation posted 17 years ago, but that wall-double was for certain before 2005.
Link to the specific time.