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WE ARE PRO PARKOUR
So what’s Parkour? You haven’t heard?
Well get schooled because it’s scheduled to hit the scene, like, yesterday. This is the next big action sport, folks. Some might say Parkour is the sport of moving quickly, efficiently and acrobatically past obstacles. But it’s more than a sport. It’s a discipline really, the act of replicating how human beings were meant to interact with our environment.
Pro Parkour is taking Parkour to the professional level for the first time. We’re taking that big step into the mainstream—leaping up the scaffolding right into that limelight and blowing the world away with a showcase of the most gifted Tracers in the world. And our beginnings are bright. Pro Parkour Tracers will make their national TV debut on Jump City: Seattle on the G4 network in 2011 and will come to a sports arena near you with The Pro Parkour Series Championship, live Parkour competitions storming the nation city by city.
So there’s your lesson on Pro Parkour. Wrap your head around it, because you will be tested…
THE ELEMENTS
Don’t You Mean Traceur? .........................................................................5
The Tracer Manifesto ...............................................................................6
Why the Code? .........................................................................................7
OUR SOULOur Tag ............................................................................................. 10-13
Our Scribble ...........................................................................................14
Our Ink ............................................................................................. 15-17
No Ink- Zone ..........................................................................................18
OUR STEEZOur Noise ........................................................................................ 21-24
Tracers ...................................................................................................25
Our Turf ............................................................................................ 26-27
Our Yard ..................................................................................................28
Our Gear ........................................................................................... 30-31
Our Peeps ..............................................................................................32
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Tracers are all about efficiency. Every movement has a purpose, every decision is calculated. So naturally we don’t deal with silent letters. To the French, Traceurs might work, but for us it’s Tracers.
Tracer / ˈ-noun
1. A practitioner of the sport and art of Parkour; one who looks at an obstacle and sees an opportunity; a skilled runner and jumper who practices flowing through a given environment as efficiently as possible using the natural abilities of the human body and an assortment of techniques.
Pro Parkour Tracers are the most accessible pro athletes in sports. Parkour takes a sense of imagination, and a thirst for freedom and endless fun. We’re disobedient at times, yea, but we believe in respect, integrity, authenticity, health and community.
Most of all we’re true to ourselves, free from society’s boundaries and expectations.
“A good Tracer trains until he gets it right. A great Tracer trains until he cannot get it wrong.” –David Belle, Parkour originator
DON’T YOU MEAN TRACEUR?
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THE TRACER MANIFESTO.I am free.Free to change the world with physical movement, To be loud without opening my mouth. I am free to run, jump, climb, twist, flip, roll and run again.I am free like the wind—like infinity.Shapeless, and unstoppable.
I am a Tracer and I am free.
We know what you’re thinking.“Rules? Who needs rules? Isn’t this exactly what we live to conquer as Tracers?”
Well, here’s who needs rules: pros. Behind us are the times when we made Internet videos of our friends jumping out of trees. Gone are the days we were on the run from security.
Those were our beginnings and let’s not forget them. But this is Pro Parkour. The world is watching us now. Looking to us to learn about Parkour and the philosophies behind it.
We’re pros, and pros need a code to live and work by. This Pro Parkour Code gives us a little guidance for when the lights are on, the cameras are rolling and our soles are scorching the sidewalk. It’s a pro-tocol—a Bible for our professional identity. The mass public will soon see our icon as a symbol for the greatest Parkour competition in the world. And a symbol is just a scratchmark if there aren’t rules to back it up.
Any other way would be, well, amateur.
WHY THE CODE?
OUR SOULBrand GuidelinesThe elements of Our Soul are the hard rules. This is how we present Pro Parkour in the most basic ways—shape, colors and writing.
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Use it on black or use it on white—just use it.
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When you absolutely gotta use the Tag in grayscale, use it like this.
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SINGLE COLOR / STENCIL
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If you can’t do color and you can’t do grayscale, use our Tag like a stencil—in all black or all white.
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We won’t be contained by one set of colors. Stencil the Tag onto any kind of background color—just make sure it’s a solid color, and make sure it’s a fresh one. The format is
basic—flip it to black if you’re on a light color, and white if you’re on a dark color. Make our Tag mean or say whatever you want with a hot color of your own. Check out some
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OUR SCRIBBLEWhen we speak our mind, people listen. The Primary Fonts we use are Midnight Kernboy and Din. We use these wherever we write—whether promo billboards or on the web.
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OUR INKThese colors do run. Fast. The red is for resistance to the mainstream—there are no followers in Parkour. The blue is for freedom—boundaries are nothing to us. And the green is for
rebirth, because we’re out to change the face of the earth. These colors are as solid, bold and fearless as Tracers themselves.
We don’t always have to use our Primary Colors, but they give us a place to start. The Primary Colors are only a must for the boring stuff—business cards, stationary, mailing labels,
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It’s is a colorful world out there, so let’s make some music for the eyes. Use these colors—and use them in excess—on merch and gear, for look and feel creativity, in sets,
arenas and lighting, for sub-brands, and grassroots projects. Use them anywhere we don’t need to be serious stiffs.
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It’s is a colorful world out there, so let’s make some music for the eyes. Use these colors—and use them in excess—on merch and gear, for look and feel creativity, in sets,
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THE NO-INK ZONEWhenever the Icon is rocking the Pro Parkour label underneath it, it’s crucial that we let it breath a little. Too much noise around it comes off as messy, which is un-pro.
To figure out the No-Ink Zone, take the height of the “P” in Pro Parkour and use it as a border around our Sign. This border is the No-Ink Zone. So don’t even think about it.
Let’s spell it out with a visual aid:
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OUR STEEZBrand StyleOur Steez is the way we flex our visual muscles. This is how we represent, grabbing the public’s eyes in posters, flyers, announcements, tickets, gear, merch and online.
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OUR NOISEPro Parkour
The world’s first professional Parkour tour.
Follow PRO PARKOUR on Twitter@PROPARKOUR
http://www.proparkour.com
PRO PARKOUR Major props to rookie Sam Casillas for pulling off a HUGE, career-first W at PRO PARKOUR this weekend’s event in Seattle.
PRO PARKOUR teamed up with K-SWISS to develop the all new PRO PARKOUR Parashoe 1.0, the sport’s most gripped shoe! Check out pics of the sneaks and buy a pair online today!
PRO PARKOUR Who is the best Tracer on the Tour?? Voice your opinion in the comments below.
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OUR GEAR SAMPLE SHIRTS
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Every Tracer knows that we’re nothing without our team. These are some members of our squad and how our icons collab side by side.
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