This thread deserves more awesome parkour videos. 

Holy shit, OP and second post are awesome videos.

Parkour always kinda confused me. I just seems weird to me, I took gymnastics when I was young and climbed tons when I was young as well. On one hand I'm trying to figure out why it took so long and garnered a special name, on the other sure I enjoy it - just doesn't seem much different than what childhood was like.

That first one is still my favorite parkour video of all time. I wouldn't say the best just because I haven't seen all the parkour videos out there, but it's for sure the best I've ever seen. I mean dude, he back flips from three stories up onto packed, rock hard dirt after flipping around 10 or so stories up on top of a burned out apartment building. If that isn't the definition of bad ass, show what is. And no, Kid Rocks extremely authentic video for his song Bad Ass doesn't count for anyone looking to joke around with me :P
 
@cid798: I don't get what you're saying. What took so long and garnered a special name? Parkour? What about Parkour took so long? If you were scaling buildings using only the balconies during your "childhood" you sir are amazing, and I know for a fact you weren't anywhere near this level, ever.

The flips are more impressive to me, but the climbing/traversal is more useful. I mean, how else can I catch up and assassinate that dude?

If your interested in Parkour, you should watch "Jump Britain". Its just a small documentary but its pretty cool.

These guys are certifiable wizards!

Man, I remember that video. Shit's crazy.