Authentic conversations with some of the most skilled athletes and well-known figures in the parkour community. The host, Luis Alkmim, takes the interviews deep into the sport&#39;s culture to share insights and stories that lacked a home.

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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.

#1 - Ahmed Matar

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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!@parkourearth@luisalkmim@benjcave

Ep. 54 - Benj Cave

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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. @luisalkmim@joescandrett@parkourearthhttps://parkour.earth

Ep. 53 - Joe Scandrett

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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. @parkourearth@luisalkmim@harmatchris https://parkour.earth

Ep. 52 - Christian Harmat

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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. @phoskygup@parkourearthhttps://parkour.earth@luisalkmim

Ep. 51 - Phosky

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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.

Ep. 50 - Julian Dutoit

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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. @ilko_iliev_@parkourearth@luisalkmimhttps://discord.gg/gAZRxwFz

Ep. 49 - 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.

Ep. 48 - Bart van der Linden

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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. @parkouearth@verky02@luisalkmimhttps://parkour.earth

Ep. 47 - Travis Verky

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Tim &#34;Livewire&#34; 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. @parkourearth@timshieff.sob@luisalkmimhttps://parkour.earth

Ep. 46 - Timothy Shieff

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Today On Swapping Shoes I had a wonderful chat with Martin Kallesoe, the mastermind behind the International Gathering, happening next week in Gerlev, Denmark.Martim is a Parkour OG, stuntman, in charge of Parkour in the Gerlev School, manager of Streetmovement, and Kie’s father. Impressive resume! More impressive than that is his Parkour history in which you will learn about in the next minutes. We also talked about Parkour parks, the old school training ways of Yamakasi and of course, a lot about the famous International Gathering.I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.  @mkallesoe@luisalkmim@parkourearthparkour.earth

International Gathering Denmark 2022

Ep. 45 - Martin Kallesøe

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Today on Swapping Shoes I had a chat with Panda Ilen, from Finlands. He is a PK coach part of Parkour Akademia and the Finnish parkour association, and he joined me to announce Coach Europe, a Parkour meeting happening in a few weeks that maybe you haven’t heard about, but might be the jam you are looking for. I hope you will enjoy. This is Swapping Shoes with Panda Ilen. FB event: <a href="https://fb.me/e/2kDkW8BV1" rel="nofollow">https://fb.me/e/2kDkW8BV1</a>Ticket shop:  <a href="https://www.ticted.com/fi/events/5308" rel="nofollow">https://www.ticted.com/fi/events/5308</a> IG: @pandajumpsFinnish Parkour Association IG: @<a href="http://parkour.fi/" rel="nofollow">parkour.fi</a> @luisalkmim@parkourearthhttps://parkour.earth

Ep. 44 - Panda Ilén

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Kevin, Parkour fanatic and movement freak. The dutch giant is a few centimeter below 2 meters while still a fluid, smooth mover. We talked about a wide range of subjects from doing parkour being tall and heavy to changing habits like drinking and smoking. I hope you will enjoy this one.

Ep. 43 - Kevin Geurtsen

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Hedge is an OG Scottish Parkourist, founder of Access Parkour and Deputy CEO of Parkour Earth. On this episode we talk about Parkour education, current&#39;s Parkour Earth developments. Become a Parkour Earth Supporter: https://www.patreon.com/parkourearthhttps://www.instagram.com/accesshedgehog/https://www.parkour.earth/

Ep. 42 - John "Hedge" Hall

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We are back! Now as a part of Parkour Earth! To REstart things off, I had the immense pleasure to have a chat with Lynn Jung. Lynn is a legendary parkourist based in the UK who is actively in the game for over ten years. She was the best female in Red Bull Art of Motion 2016 and is one of the most prominent girl mover in the scene. We caught up on the show she just finished touring in Luxembourg, jobs, competing and the recent discussion about female representation in this year’s art of motion.

Ep. 41 - Lynn Jung

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I had the honor to talk with Ihab Yassin, all the way from Frankfurt Germany. His movement is keeping us jaw dropped on a IG page named littleparkourhulk. Filled with energy, personality, and a transparent display of passion for Parkour. We talked about his background and upbringings, the benefits of parkour, and dove a bit into parkour and dwarfism. Man is a friggin legend. This is a good one. Hope that you will enjoy it.

Ep. 40 - Ihab Yassin

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Joel is only 18 years old and has been busy creating quality content on the socials and he is also printing a whole magazine with his team. We talked about movement styles, competitions and a lot about the duality between skateboard and Parkour. So let it roll. I hope you will enjoy.

Ep. 39 - Joel Larsson

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Chris Grant is an old school Parkourist and current development manager of ParkourUK. His work transcends jumps and his experience is being driven to push parkour forward. One more really important and informative conversation. I hope that you will enjoy it.

Ep. 38 - Chris Grant

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Thanks for listening! We gave each other the chance to talk and try to understand ourselves. The way this story turned out is very surprising. I hope you will enjoy it!

Solo Sesh Ep. 2 - "Listen to understand, not to respond"

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This is a story I didn&#39;t want to be part of. Or I maybe chose to be with my actions. What would you do? I would like to hear your answers to the questions I proposed in the end.

Solo Sesh Ep. 1 - "Come here! We have to talk!"

Pk talk with Luis Alkmim

Authentic conversations with some of the most skilled athletes and well-known figures in the parkour community. The host, Luis Alkmim, takes the interviews deep into the sport's culture to share insights and stories that lacked a home.