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Parkour doesn’t have to be on foot

Parkour has become more and more popular and you often watch a video to see people scaling buildings and leaping over various obstacles, but Ronnie Shalvis is taking parkour up a notch. Ronnie brings in a car and shows off his parkour skills by leaping, jumping, flipping and sliding all over a car. Ronnie doesn’t just stop with parked cars either, but also flips and jumps over a moving vehicle all at a park structure showing you that there is nothing you can’t do with parkour with a little time, a lot of talent and your imagination. He doesn’t even just leave it to jumping over or around a car, but going through as well leaving you shaking your head as you watch.

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Ronnie Shalvis stars in this car parkour video. He jumps, flips and slides over a parked car leaving you watching in amazement and wonder as he performs each stunt. The leaping and flying over a parked car is one thing, but Ronnie also adds a touch of style by jumping over a moving car as it’s driving by all filmed by Warialasky. Ronnie is a professional parkour trainer, free runner and stunt coordinator from Utah and has spent the last seven years training and perfecting his craft and for the last two years has worked as a professional stuntman with his crew.

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This video of Ronnie Shalvis is an urban landscape featuring a parking structure where he does all his parkour stunts. From moving cars to parked cars, Ronnie shows off his skills in parkour and free running. The Moscow – Minsk House provides the soundtrack as we watch Ronnie do his thing keeping the video upbeat and high energy.

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Kicking off this video, Ronnie Shalvis drives into a deserted parking area and stops. Getting out he gets right to work showing of his parkour skills (0:14). After a few backflips to get a bit of distance, Ronnie leaps to the top of the car (0:18) and flips off before launching into his next set of skills. He leaps and jumps over the entire car (0:23) in a mix of power and grace. One of the most exciting moments is the complete jump over the car (0:42) without touching it at all adding in a little rolling flip. As the video continues, Ronnie opens the back doors on the car (0:51) and goes right through showing off his dexterity. An eye-catching moment is the leap off the cement wall (1:03) over the car driving by ending in a tuck and roll. After a few leaps over the car onto the cement wall (1:11) Ronnie really shows off his power by hurdling several parked cars (1:18) with different and unique moves.

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Meet Jumpy the parkour dog

Parkour is growing by leaps and bounds and it’s never been more apparent that this is a sport that has no limits than by meeting stuntman Alex Duong and Jumpy, the parkour dog. In this video, Alex and Jumpy show off just what is possible with parkour. You’ll be amazed and entertained as this duo jumps, flips and flies over all sorts of obstacles from trees to picnic tables to the soundtrack of “Straight West” by Kasket Club. Jumpy was trained by Omar VonMuller and teams up with Alex to entertain and amaze you with their skills and talents.

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This video was directed by Darren Dyk with Beyond SlowMotion and shows off the skills, talents and abilities of stuntman Alex Duong and Jumpy the Parkour Dog trained by Omar VonMuller. This duo teams up to showcase just what is possible with parkour and blast through the limits. Man’s best friend can definitely keep up and even upstage other two-legged partners. Jumpy flips and flies his way through this video as the two enjoy some time in the park.

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The video was made at a park and a skate park to allow both Alex and Jumpy plenty of obstacles to show off their skills. From easy things like leaping over bushes to scaling trees and leaping over picnic tables, this duo let’s nothing stand in their way as they play together in the park.

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You get right into the action from the very beginning with this video of Alex and Jumpy as they get into their parkour fun. The pair vault over a garbage can (0:15) and launch you into a nonstop action adventure at the park. Jumpy starts to steal the show with his skateboarding skills (0:42) and then continues to amaze us with some tree climbing (1:31) and ball catching before jumping over Alex (2:06). However nothing stands out more in this high energy video than the double back flip (2:27) which just leaves your jaw dropping watching them in action. Another fun moment was watching the two leap over a picnic table (2:56) showing off both their power and grace. Watching Jumpy leap from post to post (3:06) followed by Alex is just a fun moment and continues to make you smile. This is a video you just have to watch more than once so that you can be sure you did see what you just saw.

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