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Tricking vs Parkour - What's the difference?

tricking | parkour |

As verbs the difference between tricking and parkour

is that tricking is while parkour is to freerun; to use parkour (to move over).

As nouns the difference between tricking and parkour

is that tricking is dress; ornament while parkour is an athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, and other similar physical movements.

tricking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • dress; ornament
  • * 1599 , , IV. iv. 77:
    • Go get us properties / And tricking for our fairies.

    parkour

    English

    (wikipedia parkour)

    Noun

    (-)
  • An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, and other similar physical movements.

    • Verb

  • To freerun; to use parkour (to move over).
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , date = 2008-03-24 , title = Prototype [preview] , magazine = Xbox 360 , quotee = Tim Bennison , url = http://m.oxm.co.uk/3462/previews/prototype , passage = It's about running at 100mph through the world, then parkouring up an exploding cube van that's 100ft in the air, bouncing off it and hitting the wall and keeping on going. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2009-10-19 , first = Stephen , last = Davies , title = Hacking Timbuktu , publisher = Andersen Press , ol = 24091744M , isbn = 9781842708842 , section = ch. 24 , passage = They had parkoured seven roofs, clambered down a mango tree, and crossed over the bridge in the back of a donkey cart, unnoticed even by the driver. }}
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-03-25 , title = Death Defying Photos Of Mustang Wanted , first = Aaron , last = Lindberg , site = Fstoppers , url = http://fstoppers.com/death-defying-photos-of-mustang-wanted , passage = The daring Ukrainian can be found on his website dangling off of tall buildings with one hand, scaling bridges and parkouring through urban landscapes in search of a personal thrill. }}
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    • See also

    * free running

    Synonyms

    * (sport) traceur * (wikipedia "parkour") ----