On The Box Last Night...
 An ideal antidote to David Blaine as Channel 4 follow a bunch of French 'free runners' as they somersault and vault their way across some of London's best-known landmarks.
Posted: 9 September 2003
by Jon
Jump London: C4 22:00
One programme that looks unmissable is tonight's Channel 4
documentary 'Jump London' featuring a group of French 'free-runners'
as they bounce their way across some of the capital's most famous
landmarks.
If you caught the BBC 'advert' featuring a dark, muscular, gallic
chappy somersaulting his way home from the office, you'll have an
idea of what to expect, viz, spectacular jumps, somersaults, running
up vertical walls etc.
Apparently the whole sport kicked off when a bunch of bored
Parisian teenagers were playing at being 'ninja superheroes' in their
local park, since then it's grown to international cult status. Beats
getting the tube anyway and arguably indoor climbing walls as
well...
Check out this French
site, for more information. Oh, and there's even a British branch
of the sport - see this
web site.
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