Swapping Shoes

Malik Diouf is one of the founding fathers of our discipline. He is part of the Yamakasi and is training for almost 30 years. I mean, Firstest of the first generations. I will not introduce the story because he is about to tell us. This is a magical one for me, and I hope it is also for you.

Adam Kozy is a Parkour practitioner for almost a decade and he is currently working as the Executive Director of USPK, a newcomer governing body to Parkour in the United States. This episode is different, informative and game changer. Kozy talks about the goals of the American federation and the works to institutionalize Parkour from within. The chat goes from fighting the FIG to solidifying or culture, education and marketing, and it’s an open call for you all to be part of this changing point of our sport. 

Calum is a Parkour coach from Scotland, currently working in Hamburg, Germany teaching at Die Halle. He is also an amazing traceur, Kendama master, and circus freak. 

This is a lengthy one, Calum is a champion of the words.

I had the honor to chat with Frida’s Father, the legendary game changer Parkour Artist: Jason Paul. He is maybe the most influential mover in the game. Being relevant in the community for over 10 years. He moves like water going through a creek, flowy and adapting, but also funky a stylish. We talked about his dad life, early years as a purist, professionalism, controversial topics and much more. 

Brandon Douglas is one of the strongest representations of high level parkour in the US. His movement is featherweight, mature and yet powerful, pure delight. B-dawg also hosts one of the coolest PK podcasts, called Height drop, since 2014!! I am hooked to it! We talked about being curious to learn from a Guru, interest and retention in Parkour, community dramas and a lot more. Now tune in, take a deep breath and join us for this chat.

IG: @brandondouglass

www.heightdrop.com

Ramon is a 38 years old Parkour OG from Münsingen, Switzerland. He got involved in the discipline in the year of 2000, way before PK was cool. 21 years later, he is still a super strong practitioner, coach and community leader. He works with ParkourOne(risky to say: but maybe the biggest PK school in the world), and represents Être-Fort. I hope you will enjoy it!

Today on SS I had the pure delight to chat with Barry He, the brilliant mind behind the notorious Instagram page PKDEGEN. I asked him to be a guest after listening to his talk at “Parkour Coach Companion” with Sam Coppack, so if you haven’t heard it, I highly recommend it, Quality chat. Barry, who is also an OG in the scene and a highly skilled practitioner, has ventured himself in this comedy project in which, I quote him “It’s not that deep, it’s all about having a laugh together, collective skin thickening process”. Enjoy this light-hearted chat, I hope it makes you laugh as much as it made me.

IG: @pkdegen

Today on Swapping Shoes, I had the honor to chat with the incredible Ed Scott. He’s been blowing our minds daily with his insane movement and crazy consistency. We talked about the differences between Parkour and gymnastics, competitions, parkour vs freerunning and a lot more. I Hope that you will enjoy it. This is Swapping shoes with Ed Scott.

Today on Swapping Shoes, I had the honor to speak with Giles. He is one of these figures who can be introduced only by the first name. Giles’s is the Quincy Jones of Parkour, being present in the top end of the community since Pk is cool, producing the highest quality content, founding and managing one of nowadays most prominent parkour teams and being himself a movement lover.

Today on Swapping Shoes I had the honor to speak with the athlete, coach, filmmaker, and Parkour fanatic Seneca Schwartz. Her recent Ted Talk has fed us with incredible food for thought, bringing up the subject of female representation on Parkour… If you haven’t seen this go and check. Seneca’s brain made me excited to see the upcoming generation of Parkour representation. Really. I mean. Listen to this. And let me remind you: She’s only 17… Now, I hope you will enjoy this chat, because it’s a meaningful one. This is Swapping Shoes with Seneca Schwartz. 

L I K E A G I R L: https://youtu.be/He8btEZEYgc

SENECA IG: https://www.instagram.com/sen.freerun/