Swapping Shoes

Ahmed agreed to join me for podcast where the focus is the situation in Gaza, his hometown. Soon, we will record a second one, talking exclusively about Parkour.

Disclaimer: This podcast is completely separated from my roles at Parkour Earth. This is a personal project of me speaking to people I love and respect.

By the time I post this, Ahmed shared at his story that his sister and her two kids have survived an Israeli attack. Unfortunately, his Friend and fellow member of Parkour Gaza, Salah, was killed in another Israeli attack. My condolences and prayers to all Palestinian people going through this evil occupation and violence.

Benj Storror Cave is a charismatic and suave member of Storror. His movement is pure steez, nothing but kinetic charm and smoothness. Happy New Year!

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Joe Scandrett. The man was bred in the land of the mythological 3Run Team, Basingstoke, and has become one of the most influential movers out there with his unique style of vertical lines and mental flips in eccentric locations. This is a parkour talk. Movement, history, fear, style, training and fun. It was great to record this one live. I hope you can feel the energy.

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Chris Harmat is one of the founders of the World Parkour Family, co-owner of the massive Overground gym, Ninja Warrior Hungary champion and a very prominent athlete in the Parkour scene. The Swiss legend agreed to talk to me about this parkour till here and we ventured ourselves in a FIG debate, once Chris is one of the parkour gymnasts who participated most frequently on their events.

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Today on Swapping Shoes we have the one and only: Pedro Leon Gomez, known in the streets as Phosky! The Galician Urban Project legend is one of the biggest influences in Parkour we have yet witnessed. His unequaled, unique, magical flow inspires our community for almost two decades. We talked about teaching online, flow, his tragic injury and a lot more. Brace yourself for a very special talk.

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Today on Swapping Shoes I had the honor to talk with Julian Dutoit. Coming from the majestic Switzerland, Jewls, is a Parkour beast, a fitness freak and the sport scientist behind the Swiss Parkour Association. So get to know this legend and his endeavors in the Parkour universe.

Today on Swapping Shoes I had a delightful talk with Bulgaria’s Parkour OG Ilko Iliev. The self proclaimed Disaster Artist is a well stablished Stuntman, action hero, skydiver, base jumper, paraglider, snowboarder, kitesurfer, climber, I mean, overall legend. We talked a lot about parkour and its intricacies and how they transcend into different extreme sports. Super rad. Let’s do it. This is Swapping Shoes with Ilko Iliev.

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Today on Swapping Shoes I chatted with the dutch parkour rockstar Bart van der Linden. This groovy parkourist is strong in our scene for over a decade. He is the 2017 Art of Motion champion, musician, together with the amazing Siebe run a YouTube channel called Springbros, Andreas dad, and member of commit Freerun, we talked about parkour professionalism, how to create a team, and the legendary event own the spot, happening this weekend in Eindhoven.

Today on Swapping Shoes I had the honour to chat with Travis Verkaik. At only 19 years old, Verky has been constantly dropping our jaws with his immense ability, power and control. The current Art of Motion Champion revealed on this episode of Swapping Shoes details about his injury, plans for recovery, his personal approach to his achievements and lots of other nerdy PK Talk.

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Tim "Livewire" Shieff needs no introduction. As one of the pioneers of the Parkour we practice today, Tim always left a strong impression with his movement and ideologies. We talked about Parkour, Internet judgements, mental health and his current practices. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

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