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Parkour and Freerunning has found a lot of exposure in the media and the entertainment industry both worldwide and locally.
Parkour and Freerunning Australia and the parkour.com.au Team have been involved with the various opportunities, including:
Live Performances
Tech Ed! - Microsoft - September 2008
Through Urban Action Australia, we arranged for Sydney performers to show off their freerunning for the big wigs at Microsoft at Tech Ed!.
Centrino 2 Media Launch - Intel - July 2008
parkour.com.au Action Team members Scion, Jerds, Puppetteer, Freebird and Chris came together to perform a freerunning show for Intel, to celebrate the launch of their new mobile processor, the Centrino 2. Clips of the performance can be found in the Urban Action Australia showreel.
K-Swiss - 2007-2008
Action team members Scion, Puppeteer and Spidermonkey have taken part in store demos and photo shoots for the early 2008 release of the freerunning shoes, the K-Swiss Ariakes (and Rosnys).
Sydney International Motor Show - Audi - September 2007
pkaus Action Team members Scion, Jerds, Anan, Puppetteer, Ish and Wiseno came together to perform a freerunning show for Audi on the Media Launch Day of the Sydney International Motor Show. We did our thing in front of many press and automotive bigwigs, whilst popular singer Jade McRae sang one of her hits "Do Your Thing".
The performance:
> Video of the show (YouTube) <
> Video of the show (download) <
Media exposure:
Arguably the most spectacular performance at the Sydney International Motor Show, clips of our show made it on Channel 7, 9 and 10 news.
> Exposure in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper <
> Video featuring the show by the Daily Telegraph online <
> Short clips of the show in Drive.com.au video article <
Bangkok International Motor Show - Nissan - March 2007
Across three weeks in March 2007, the Parkour Australia Action Team (consisting of Swift, Alex, Jerds, Anan and Scion) filmed a VDO and performed in 23 shows at the Bangkok International Motor Show. This was for Nissan, to promote their 2008 Navaras, under the theme of "Thank you for the obstacles in life".
> Photo Gallery (Part 1) <
Television
Channel Ten - FREE - April 2006
On Sunday 30th April, at 3pm on Channel 10, Free screened a segment on parkour and freerunning, filmed around the Brisbane scene.
The article features interviews from Swift and Jerds of Parkour Australia and the local Brisbane talent in action.
> FreeTV video download (.avi) <
(18Mb, DivX video, 128kb MP3 audio. 2mins 55sec)
ABC - Stateline - April 2006
After a full days filming on Monday 17th, the Canberra parkour scene lead by Ruzkin of the pkaus Team hit the ABC on Friday 28th of April at 7:30 pm.
> Stateline video download (.avi) <
(75Mb, XVid video, MP3 audio. 5mins 4sec)
Commercials (TVCs)
DiGi - June 2007
pkaus Action Team member Scion flew to Malaysia to freerun in this mobile phone commercial for DiGi.
> Watch the commercial on YouTube <
Mobile One - 2005
Arranged through pkaus' Jerds, Brisbane traceurs Swift, Jerds and Bj with Gold Coast's Alex performed in a full day's filming for Korean mobile phone commercial.
Summer Hunter - 2005
Arranged through pkaus' Jerds, Brisbane freerunner Bj and Gold Coast's Alex performed in a Korean ice cream commercial.
> Download the video (.wmv) <
Old Navy - June 2006
Arranged by Parkour Australia, Sydney talent performed in an Old Navy commercial.
> View the video (YouTube) <
Other work
SEGA/Creative Assembly - Motion Capture - February, June 2008
 
parkour.com.au Action Team's Scion and Jerds did motion capturing for an upcoming video game being developed by Creative Assembly, a SEGA owned gaming studio. The game is scheduled for release first quarter 2009.
Scion and Jerds acted as the models for motion capture in a long list of impressive physical movements, including stealth, combat and freerunning.
RUNNING FREE: The Art of Efficient Movement (Documentary) - August 2007
Tania Tobiano and filmmaking crew worked hard towards making a parkour/freerunning documentary in Brisbane. The doco features excellent movement in city and nature captured by good filming.
> Watch the documentary (YouTube) <
Parkour Australia: High Gear Teaser - March 2007
A couple of quick hours on a rooftop, a van and a car. A quick showreel we whipped to show some of action with vehicles.
> Download the teaser (.avi) <
Newspapers
Courier Mail - April 2006
On Thursday the 6th of April, Brisbane parkour/freerunning made it into The Courier Mail, page 15.
This was complimented with front page status on www.news.com.au.
> Visit TheCourierMail.com.au article here <
> Visit the news.com.au article here <
> Download the article (.jpg) <
Sydney Morning Herald - April 2006
On Saturday the 1st of April, Parkour made page 6 of the Sydney Morning Herald.
> Download the article (.pdf) <
The Mercury - December 2006
On Friday the 1st of December, an article focussing on Freerunning was published in the Hobart paper, "The Mercury".
> Download the article (.pdf) <
Magazines
Frankie - May 2006
The May edition of popular girl magazine "Frankie" write a one pager, quoting Jerds and Canberra Traceuse, Hef.
> Download the article (.pdf) <
Inside Sport - September 2006
Working with pkaus, Inside Sport published a 6 page article covering parkour/freerunning and it's new influence in Australia.
> Inside Sport online article <
> Download the article (.pdf) <
Ralph - September 2006
September's mega-issue of Ralph magazine had some shots and a mention of parkour and pkaus.com in an advert.
> Download the advert (.pdf) <
Acclaim - November 2006
Australian urban culture magazine Acclaim worked with pkaus and front covered parkour in it's Sep-Nov '06 edition.
> Download the article (.pdf) <
Radio
4BC Radio - April 2006
4BC Radio interview featuring Swift.
> Download the .mp3 <
SBS Radio - Alchemy - 2006
SBS radio segment featuring Jerds on culture show "Alchemy".
FBI Radio - Culture Bites - February 2006
"Culture Bites" radio segment featuring JZSyd.
> Download the .mp3 <
If you are looking for parkour, freerunning, tricking or other specialist talent for:
* television, commercials, film, motion capture, etc
* live performances or demonstrations
these opportunities are now handled by Urban Action Australia.
Email: enquiries (at) urbanaction.com.au |
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