Barclaycard World Freerun Championships

2009:

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2009 World Freerun Championships' Lineup:

The Promoters

World Freerun Ents is a partnership between Urban Freeflow and its agents and business managers, All Our Business (AOB) www.allourbusiness.com. Urban Freeflow is the leading Freerun/Parkour organisation worldwide, developed around the online freerun hub, www.urbanfreeflow.com. It was founded by Ez, a global pioneer of the Freerun/Parkour movement, as exemplified by the commercial activities (more info here), as well as by many other community initiatives, including workshops with young people and training the police force and Royal Marine Commandos.

Freerun began as an urban expression of freedom and athleticism in Paris in the mid-1980s Its exponents perform breathtaking combinations of running, climbing, jumping, vaults, lips and spins, across urban landscapes.

From small screen, high-impact documentaries (“Jump London” and “Jump Britain”) to Hollywood’s big screen (“Casino Royale” and “Bourne Identity”) and countless commercials in between, the spectacular feats of freerunners - variously described as artistes, athletes or simply life-stylists - have enjoyed global exposure. Despite this general awareness, freerun has preserved its mystique, arousing curiosity and admiration for its practitioners everywhere. The “Jump…” series in particular established London as a focal point for freerunners and the development of their online community.

For information on all things Freerun/Parkour related – visit www.urbanfreeflow.com

Saturday 15th August 2009 will see London’s Trafalgar Square transformed as it plays host to the second Barclaycard World Freerun Championships!

The event, in its second year, is the foremost international competition for the rapidly expanding urban sport of freerunning. It is set to attract up to 7,000 fans to Trafalgar Square.

For one night only, 27 freerunners representing 17 different countries across five continents will tackle a specially designed course in Trafalgar Square that will enable them to showcase their creativity and the excitement and physicality of freerunning.

Among the competitors will be the inaugural Barclaycard World Freerun champion, Gabriel ‘Jaywalker’ Nunez from the United States who triumphed at the 2008 event held at Camden’s Roundhouse. He will face stiff opposition this year from an even stronger field that includes British hopefuls Paul ‘Blue Devil’ Joseph, George ‘G-Force’ Mayfield and Tim ‘Livewire’ Shieff, runner up to Nunez at last year’s event. Other names to watch out for include Pavels ‘Pasha’ Petkuns of Latvia, Austrian Andrej ‘N-D’ Lisal, Jason Paul from Germany, Mexico’s Erick ‘Daer’ Sanchez, Bulgaria’s Delian Dimitrov and Nunez’ countryman Victor ‘Showtime’ Lopez.

Best of all tickets are completely free. To get your hands on some simply visit www.facebook.com/barclaycard for more information

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The Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships take place on Saturday 15th August and are sure to be one of the hottest urban sports events of the autumn calendar. With 27 of the best freerunners from all over the world taking part, the World Freerunning Championships are set to be a hard fought contest with plenty of amazing moves.

Celebration of parkour

Freerunning has been around for some time, but has only really hit the mainstream within the last couple of years. Originally from France, where it's called parcours or parkour, freerunning has now reached the heady heights of having its very own Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships, where the best of the best compete for the title.

Top urban sport

Based on the principle of getting around the urban streets in the straightest and most smooth fashion, freerunning sees all kinds of unusual and athletic manouevres combined to create an efficient and unrestricted path for the runner across walls, benches, railings and anything else that might prove an unavoidable block to your average pedestrian. Supremely elegant and requiring serious skill, freerunning is a truly urban sport, inspired by the urban environment and landscape.

Global competition

Celebrating the art of parkours and the artistry of some of the world's best freerunners, the Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships is a chance to see these urban masters at work. All of the athletes taking part in the championships are required to perform their best moves to the accompaniment of their own soundtrack, to show off their twists, turns and leaps to their best advantage.

Judging criteria

The judges in the Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships will be marking the contestants' athletic skill, creativity, complexity and general flow. The freerunners in the 2009 competition will be expected to use the obstacles and urban landscape of Trafalgar Square to their full advantage as they attempt to make their freerunning routine the best in the competition.

The Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships run from 4pm - 8pm, Saturday 15th August 2009. If you would like to book free tickets for the event at Trafalgar Square, follow the link below to the official site and register before Wednesday 5th August.

We are delighted to be able to confirm that the Barclaycard World Freerun Championship event, will be broadcast LIVE by the BBC in the UK. The show will broadcast direct from Trafalgar Square, London, on the 15th of August at 7pm (GMT) on BBC3 and will show highlights of the days action before going live to cover the runs of all the athletes in the final round. This marks a very significant time in the development of the World Freerun series and will lead on to the show being packaged and showcased internationally. More exclusive news will follow about the show being broadcast in the US and Abu Dhabi…

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