Parkour in Commercial Ads

Charlie Ruedpokanon

2007-10-02T05:35:00.000-07:00

Charlie Ruedpokanon acted as a stunt double for the main actor in this energy drink commercial. He rushes out to save a girl (her heels stuck in the drain) from an oncoming truck.

M-150 Ad (2006) - shot in Bangkok, Thailand

Video credit to twistkickz

The Tribe

2007-09-26T04:24:00.000-07:00

The Tribe extends far beyond the category of a team. The Tribe is an idea, the idea that a group of talented people can become a single extraordinary entity. The Tribe has experience in film, photography, television, commercial, and live performances, as well as offering workshops and classes for both parkour and fitness. Above all, Tribe members are dedicated to their individual training and supporting their local communities. (http://www.tribalmovement.com)

K-Swiss Ariake Shoes - Race to Center Court (USA 2007)
Tyson Cecka, Levi Meeuwenberg, Michael Zernow, Victor Lopez and Xin from the Tribe team acted as stunts in the ad. Elegant flips and turns. The title says it all.

Video credit to http://www.tribalmovement.com/content/view/19/36/.

K-Swiss Ariake Shoes - Even Playing Field (USA 2007)
Tyson Cecka and Victor Lopez reunites to film another K-Swiss ad. Again, a beautifully laid out techniques of tic tac, vaults and jumps. The 2 races across the street, jumping through the bus to get to Anna Kournikova.

Video credit to http://tysoncecka.com/archive/kswiss-freerunning-directors-cut.

Akshay Kumar

2007-09-26T04:11:00.000-07:00

Akshay Kumar is a popular Bollywood film actor. Kumar have been praised for his action-packed movies as well as the romantic films. He is a hero to many Indian fans.

Thumbs Up - Anything for Thunder (India)
Akshay Kumar performing some swinging jump and turn vaults. Kumar sees the Thumbs Up truck from his balcony, therefore uses parkour to get to it.

Video credit to shockw4ve.

Team Traceur (TT)

2007-09-26T03:44:00.000-07:00

Team Traceur was formed in September 2004 when a handful of UK parkour practitioners from a large community were united to help spread parkour to the masses. However, now they have grown to be an international team with no central base. (www.teamtraceur.com)

Virgin Ad
Featuring Owen Covill and Dane "DC" Grant from TT, performing jumps, tic tac and a flip to reach the girl's Virgin drink.

Video credit to owenteamtraceur.

Chase Armitage

2007-09-26T02:08:00.000-07:00

Chase Armitage is from the UK, and he is a member of Team Evolution (3run.co.uk). Armitage have practiced parkour since the age of 14. He also practice street stunts and a martial art called Wushu.

Lkxa Bank
Featuring Chase Armitage from Team Evolution, performing some nice jumping skills, as well as some rolls and back flips. Armitage and a few others races to the roof of a building.

Video credit to dotajames.

Sprite Ad - Garage Band
Sprite advert featuring Chase Armitage as a stunt double. Good combination of flips. Another peak hour traffic theme, Armitage uses parkour to avoid the traffic jam.

Video credit to dotajames.

Rogers Mobile (Canada 2006) - shot in UK
Features Chase Armitage, Cole Armitage, Stephanie Vigroux, Danny Ilabaca, Kerbie, Luke Markey to name a few. The team race across Milton Keynes in UK to meet another team. Outstanding performance of flips, jumps and rolls.

Video credit to robdcore.

Urban Freeflow (UF)

2007-09-26T01:23:00.000-07:00

Urban Freeflow is a UK based Parkour/Freerun organisation, represented in the public eye by a team of 7 core athletes. The efforts of the entire team at UF have been instrumental in bringing the art of Parkour and Freerun into the global consciousness. The main traceurs in commercials from this team are Bam and Asid. (http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/index.htm)

Hewlett Packard - Tea Running (UK 2006)
Bam from UF attacks the office with a display of flips, spins and slides.

Video credit to TheUFMuseum.

BT broadband (Ireland) - shot in South Africa 2003.
Bam uses parkour tp deliver a notebook to his girlfriend at the airport. Another great combination of techniques used such as vaults, tic tac, jumps, rolls, climbing up and sliding.

Video credit to TheUFMuseum.

Canon - The Shot (UK)
An advert for Canon featuring Asid, Hasan and Kiell. Shot on the roof of the London School of Economics. April 19th and 20th, 2005.

Video credit to asiddragon.

After Shower Ad - shot in India
Asid chases after a wrist-band he dropped with nice vaults and flips.

Video credit to asiddragon.

Sébastien Foucan

2007-09-26T01:04:00.000-07:00

As one of the founders of parkour, Sébastien Foucan later created the second generation of parkour, known as 'free running'. According to wiki "He is well known as an ambassador for free running to many countries and is generally considered to represent free running. Well known for his views on the philosophy nehind free running, he also stresses the need for proper training in the basics of free running, not only for safety, but also to maintain the positive appearance of the activity in the public eye.

Toyota Scion
Foucan plays hide and seek with the cars utilizing back flips, vaults and tic tac.

Video credit to A5.

Nike Presto - The Angry Chicken (USA)
Foucan runs away and fools a chicken.

Video credit to A5.

David Belle

2007-09-26T00:29:00.000-07:00

David Belle was born in France, he is a stuntman and physical educator. Belle has had military and fireman training, as well as early training as a gymnast. Applying his skills used in parkour, he later formed a group with his friends (Yahn, Frederic, Hnautra, David Malgogne, Sébastien Foucan and Kazuma) called the 'Yamakasi'.

Nissan (USA)
Belle uses parkour climbing skills to get up the apartment's balcony, then does a very high back flip to come down.

Video credit to A5.

Nike Presto -Young Love (USA)
Belle performs back flips off the wall to make his way down the building.

Video credit to A5.

BBC - Rush Hour
Belle using parkour to rush back home during peak hour traffic to watch the BBC channel. Belle performs straddle press to handstand on top of the railing.

Video credit to michellehsien.

Introduction

2007-09-24T07:05:00.000-07:00

The founders of parkour are David Belle, Sébastien Foucan, Stéve Harrison and Stephane Vigroux. Of the four founders, Belle and Foucan are more well-known for their appearance in ads and films.

A short video of the founders in action.

Video credit to sniperjesus.