{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Sports"],"cover":{"alt":"Largest Parkour Jam on Earth","height":836,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2009-10-14T09:10:08Z","description":"Over 3,500 traceurs in 37 countries teamed up, called for a world with clean power and set a new Guinness world record! This was the “One Giant Leap” parkour jam...","html":"\u003cp\u003eEven if it’s some days ago, I can’t ignore the largest free running jam on earth!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn September 26, 2009, over 3,500 traceurs in 37 countries teamed up and called for a world with clean power. In over 217 cities around the globe, professional and amateur traceurs jumped, ran and climbed through the urban landscape and set a new Guinness world record!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis great urban acrobatics event, called “One Giant Leap” was organized by environmental action group \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandbag.org.uk/ogl/\"\u003eSandbag\u003c/a\u003e together with pro traceurs from \u003ca href=\"http://www.parkourgenerations.com/news\"\u003eParkour Generations\u003c/a\u003e and the international parkour community.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSandbag will direct this public support towards the UN meeting taking place in Copenhagen this December – in a bid to JUMP start a climate deal, DROP global power emissions by 10% and ROLL out clean electricity everywhere.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf included in the next global agreement, the One Giant Leap policy would control and reduce a third of all global carbon emissions - only 3,300 power stations around the world account for this huge source of emissions. (press release)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it up!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1400px; --image-ratio: 1400 / 1580\" data-source-width=\"1400\" data-source-height=\"1580\" data-width-cap=\"1400\" data-height-cap=\"1580\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_87e68bce6af8b6d2.avif 480w, /largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_2313d625ec6643db.avif 960w, /largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_c1395bbd7b8e0e5e.avif 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_4513567966de5f7b.webp 480w, /largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_323cfa4f86b15b14.webp 960w, /largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_eb514da409a9a66.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_2bedc5e32bf6e672.jpg\" srcset=\"/largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_bc130927cae0bbe2.jpg 480w, /largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_b945eba7d75c7a.jpg 960w, /largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event_hu_2bedc5e32bf6e672.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1580\" alt=\"parkour urban event\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eparkour urban event\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/pictures-largest-free-running-jam/16293\"\u003eenvironmentalgraffiti.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nEven if it’s some days ago, I can’t ignore the largest free running jam on earth!\n\nOn September 26, 2009, over 3,500 traceurs in 37 countries teamed up and called for a world with clean power. In over 217 cities around the globe, professional and amateur traceurs jumped, ran and climbed through the urban landscape and set a new Guinness world record!\n\nThis great urban acrobatics event, called “One Giant Leap” was organized by environmental action group [Sandbag](http://www.sandbag.org.uk/ogl/) together with pro traceurs from [Parkour Generations](http://www.parkourgenerations.com/news) and the international parkour community.\n\n\u003e Sandbag will direct this public support towards the UN meeting taking place in Copenhagen this December – in a bid to JUMP start a climate deal, DROP global power emissions by 10% and ROLL out clean electricity everywhere.\n\u003e\n\u003e If included in the next global agreement, the One Giant Leap policy would control and reduce a third of all global carbon emissions - only 3,300 power stations around the world account for this huge source of emissions. (press release)\n\nKeep it up!\n\n![parkour urban event](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/parkour-urban-event.jpg\u003e)\n\nparkour urban event \nVia [environmentalgraffiti.com](http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/pictures-largest-free-running-jam/16293).\n","tags":["Freerunning","Parkour"],"title":"Largest Parkour Jam on Earth","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/"}