CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- “跑酷” (paoku) is a transliteration of “Parkour”, which means “training ground to overcome obstacles”. “You can’t run smoothly in Chongqing because you never know what’s under the wall you’ve turned over.” This sentence is often used by Parkour people to make fun of the geographical features of Chongqing. However, Bai Lv, native of Chongqing has been telling people that Chongqing is a very suitable city for Parkour in the past 15 years. They run freely in the mountain city, recording the beauty of the mountain city.

“I heard that parkour people never go to Chongqing.” “Chongqing is the best city I’ve ever seen for parkour.” Bai Lv, 33, has been in contact with parkour since the age of 18. He is one of the earliest players in China to contact parkour. Bai Lv has run in many cities. He thinks that Chongqing’s three-dimensional sense gives parkour more space to play. There are many climbing and other movements in parkour process, and the “point” is needed to support the next step. Therefore, the uneven terrain and stairway are “perfect” places for parkour.

In general, people can’t jump too high in the case of sprint and bounce, but parkour runners can easily cross the half meter high platform through the change of movements and the support of buildings. The ups and downs of the mountain city give parkour runners better play space.

In order to ensure safety, Bai Lv and his team will spend more time than running to survey the terrain, checking whether the focus point of each action is stable and whether jumping will cause strain. For professional parkour runners, “Unknown to the other side of the wall” is not allowed.

Many people think that parkour is a dangerous sport. Indeed, this sport requires high physical fitness and requires strong explosive power. Two years ago, in a game in Guizhou, Bai Lv accidentally injured their waist. Fortunately, they had good physical fitness and quickly recovered. In order to avoid injury as much as possible, Bai Lv and team members will spend at least 10 minutes warming up before parkour. “Zero-risk sports does not exist, but we can minimize the danger,” according to Bai Lv.

There is a fence several meters high on Changbin Road in Yuzhong District. Usually, when a person runs and falls from a high place, they will generate a huge force when touching the ground, which is unbearable for ordinary people, but parkours will adjust the curvature of the body. When landing, the entire body becomes an elastic shock absorber, so as to achieve a safe landing. Bai Lv said that it was precisely this kind of repeated practice to control the body. Every step you take is steady, so you can enjoy the moment of turning over into the air.

The 33-year-old Bai Lv is already considered a veteran compared to team members whose average age is in their early 20s. In recent years, he has been more of a parkour recorder. Parkour is fast and has a high drop. If you want to capture every wonderful moment, you must plan the route in advance and have a pre-judgment for the wonderful pictures. In order not to miss wonderful pictures, he often kept the photography device in his mouth to record.

Parkour is not long, but post-editing takes a lot of time. After shooting, he will repeatedly evaluate and correct with the team partners, striving to achieve the most perfect state, and sometimes even to shoot a perfect one. In the parkour scene, an action will be repeated many times, striving to be the best.

In 2008, the 21-year-old Bai Lv formed a parkour club. In 2015, the club transformed and upgraded a company and established a professional parkour training base. Today, he is not only the first parkour promotion ambassador in Chongqing, but also the International Sports Federation. Parkour referee. “It’s all right now, and the way was finally unblocked.” Bai Lv let out a sigh of relief when he said that.

Bai Lv and the team shuttled between the new houses on the streets and lanes of Chongqing, churning. They use the camera to record parkour runners and static city. Now, the biggest dream of Bai Lv is to be able to use parkour to convey the beauty of Chongqing, and use their methods to break the misunderstanding of the sport of parkour. “There are no prescribed actions, no fixed venues, parkour is a very free thing and our attitude of freedom of expression,” he said. But he also reminded netizens that people without professional training should never imitate parkour at will.” (Translated by Luo Juan, Fathom Language Limited)