In my almost 15 years of practicing parkour I have noticed a few things about public perception.

1) The average person has become wildly more familiar with the term “Parkour.”

2) The conversation around what parkour actually is has barely evolved within the main stream...

It is so rare that a bystander, relative or friend actually bring a fresh perspective or even refreshing conversation around what it is that I and so many others are doing. Their feedback when witnessing or asked by another is something along the lines of “Oh, he does Parkour.” Which generally receives an “Oh. That’s cool.” End of discussion. as you can see there is very little depth to the interaction and leaves the impression that Parkour has been more widely accepted as visual spectacle, a stunt, or a meme. It has been consumed and digested through a screen versus having any real, physical or tangible experiences in the average person's reality.

but honestly, I don’t blame them. Because we as the Parkour community actually owe them all a massive apology. We have done a fantastic job of debating one another and telling the masses what parkour ISN’T, and a very poor job of what Parkour is...Until now...

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