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8-1-08: Whitey wins his first picture of the month! Congrats!
7-1-08: Lions wins July's picture of the month with a great shot from Glyph, "Juicin?"
6-4-08: Harvard Square Jam come check out the jam this weekend at 10:30 AM. Check
here for details.
6-1-08: akaminimattm07 wins his first picture of the month!
4-1-08: MR.JON 'squeezes' out another picture of the month victory.
3-10-08: Baby Pool Jam: There will be a jam in Charlestown, MA on March 15th at 10:30 AM. Click
here for details.
3-1-08: RoBear Wins Again! RoBear wins his third Picture of the Month with a narrow 10-9 victory over the ever photogenic Glyph. Congrats RoBo!
2-20-08: New Haven Jam: There will be a jam in New Haven
CT on March 1st at 10AM. Come check it out! More details
here.
2-8-08: David Belle Wants
You: to help with his
events in 2008. Read
here for more details.
2-1-08: RoBear Wins POTM: In a very
narrow victory RoBear has picked up his
second picture of the month win out pointing
Bird 9-8.
1-1-08: Two in a Row! Kaos nabs his second
straight picture of the month win. Congrats to me!
12-1-07: I Finally Won! That's right! I (kaos)
have finally won the picture of the month contest...its
about time!
11-26-07: Boldfacers.com: Glyph was featured as a traceur on
the site
bolfacers.com which profiles Boston residents that make the city
tick. Discuss the article in the forums
here.
11-23-07: FREE T-SHIRTS & HOODIES! Tis the season for free
NEPK gear. Go to the
gear page and nab a shirt or a hoodie for
only the cost of shipping! Limit one item per order.
More details
here.
11-10-07: New Video Archive: Click the Videos link on the
right of this page to check out our new video archive. We've
gathered up all the NEPK videos we could find and put links to them
all on one page. Enjoy the memories!
11-1-07: Robear wins picture of the month! It was very
close with some last minute votes coming in to inch Robear ahead of
kaos. Congratulations! Photo taken by Glyph.
10-13-07: Parkour North America: Kaos has been hard at work
with other parkour community leaders across the continent laying the
foundation for a new site that is bringing the communities of North
America together.
Click here for more details or go to
www.ParkourNorthAmerica.com.
10-1-07: Threepete! Glyph pulls off the first ever picture of
the month threepete with a fantastic photo asking the age old
question. "Where is my head band?
9-1-07: Congratulations Glyph...again! That's two POTMs in a row!
8-1-07: Congratulations Glyph! for winning
August's Picture of the Month contest. Glyph
always makes quality submissions...surprising that this
is only his second time winning.
7-5-07: On TV Again! The episode of Chronicle
that features New England Parkour will re-air Friday the
13th at 7:30 PM. Watch it!
7-1-07: Congratulations Beau! for being featured
in his first picture of the month. The photo was
taken by mellow.
6-6-07: The Eagle Tribune: Members RoBear, kentoe, and kaos were
interviewed for an article in The Eagle Tribune a few weeks ago.
We don't know much about the article because, unfortunately it is
not available online except for this
blurb.
6-5-07: Back Online: The bad news is that we may have lost a
few days of information. The good news is that we regained
tons of old posts before the first crash!
6-4-07: Server Issues: We are currently having problems with
our server. Please be patient and all information will be back
online shortly. In the meantime, go outside!
6-1-07: Congratulations D.e.M.o for winning June's picture of the month
contest with his wall run picture 'Reach for the Stars.'
In other news, we have abandoned our flickr account for something much
cooler. We now have a user submitted picture database as part of the site.
Details
here.
5-18-07: More Congrats to HaiWolfe: She is our third spotlighted member!
Check out the Spotlight page to read about HaiWolfe and her many contributions
to the community. Keep up the good work Jackie!
5-5-07: Parkour Terminology: Have you ever wondered how to pronounce all
those French terms? The Australian Parkour Association has created a flash
presentation with audio and video examples for the worldwide community to share.
Check it out at the top of our fundamentals page.
5-2-07: Keep Parkour Rivalry Free! Parkour was founded as a non-competitive discipline. Today traceurs worldwide have built communities on that foundation. The non-competitiveness and spirit of helpfulness are what make our communities great. Now there are businesses trying to destroy that for their own profit. Everyone please take the time to read the first page of this very important thread on parkour.net.
5-1-07: Congratulations HaiWolfe! for being featured as May's picture of the month. She has submitted a few times before, but this time she pulled it off with a very nice shot.
4-20-07: New Hot Spot Map: Since our old map was
somehow deleted, we now a new one using Google Maps.
This new map has more detail and is more interactive.
It is still a work in progress, but you can click the Hot
Spot icon on the left of this page to check it out.
If you have a spot to post, instructions will be posted
here soon.
4-8-07: NEPK Flickr Account: We now have an account on
Flickr.com where members can upload their photos and view pictures
of each other. More details
here.
4-1-07: Congratulations Toochi! for winning April's picture
of the month contest with a nice multi precision shot.
3-26-07: New FAQ & Tutorials: Check out our new and improved
FAQ page...especially if you are new to the site. There is a
lot of good content to help you get started. Also there two
new video tutorials on our examples page courtesy of pkto.ca.
3-23-07: The Great Forum Crash of 07: well not so much a
crash, but rather me accidentally deleting everything. Sorry
everyone. I've started to recover some of the old threads, but
we are going to have to start fresh for the most part.
3-18-07: New Research Article: Kaos has comprised an in
depth look into why there is so much confusion about parkour and
freerunning in the public. Check it out in the research
article section on the homepage.
3-15-07: Spring is here! and the forums have exploded.
With the forums buzzing and a surge of new members, we have
appointed Loki as a moderator. Please don't give him any
unnecessary grief as his perfects his moderating style. He is
easily one of the most dedicated members of this community.
3-1-07: Congratulations to E-rad for winning March's picture
of the month contest with a smooth blurry underbar!
2-11-07: Daily Collegian: Our very own HaiWolfe (Jackie
Hai) has written
this amazing article on
parkour. If only every
article on parkour was this
good.
2-9-07: New Hosting! Our
home page and forums are now
consolidated onto on server.
Farewell and thanks to
texahol.com for helping us out
for so long!
Also, check out the new
videos section. We are
using the Revver.com video
service to generate more money
for the site. You can
create your own Revver account
so that we can share your
videos, or just let us upload
the videos to the NEPK account.
2-1-07:
Congratulations
MR.JON
for winning the
Picture of the Month
Contest for a second
time with a narrow
victory over
HaiWolfe.
1-8-07: Eagle Tribune
Article:
For our first article of 2007
NEPK is featured in the Eagle
Tribune. We have the
closing section in an article
that is all about interesting
ways to get fit. Check out
the article
here and discuss it
here.
Also MR.JON is now featured in
our videos section (replacing
the Portland Jam video).
Anyone who makes a truly badass
video can join him.
Lastly there is a
new article on the
parkour roll in the
Research Articles
section. Read it!
1-1-07: Happy New Year!
NEPK has had an amazing year!
We have grown a lot as a
community in many ways.
Thanks to everyone for making
this one of the most tight knit
parkour communities in the
world. Keep it up!
Train hard and respect each
other.
Also, congratulations to
ShadowShogun for winning our
first Picture of the Month
contest of the new year!
12-28-06: Google Ads: They're back!
We once again have google ads to help pay
for the website. We will be doing
things a little differently this time
around. Please do not abuse the ads!
A few bucks from honest clicks is better
than getting kicked off again. .
12-21-06: Hot Spot Map: We now have a
comprehensive hot spot map using the site mapbuilder.net.
Anyone can log on and update the map with new training
grounds. The link to the map is on the left of
this page, and details on how to create new hot spots
can be found
here.
12-14-06: New Articles Section: Take a look at
the lower right hand of the screen and you will notice a
new icon. Click it and expand your mind with the
articles inside. Members who want to write
articles for this page see
kaos.
12-1-06: Congratulations to Loki for winning our
most voted on picture of the month contest yet! He
eaked out a victory over Glyph with 14 votes to his 12.
11-29-06: New Spotlight: Through hard work and a
lot of jam planning, Eekro has landed himself on our
spotlight page. Click the icon on the left to read
more about his accomplishments. Congratulations
Eekro! Keep it up!
11-19-06: NEPK Myspace: We now have our very own myspace page, www.myspace.com/neparkour. Check it out and be our friend if you have an account. Let me know if anyone wants any other pictures or videos on it.
11-17-06: NEPK on NPR: Today Quetzlcaotl and Kaos were featured on the NPR segment Here and Now. Kevin Donovan produced what we feel was a very good piece on Parkour. Go to here-now.org to listen to the piece, and click here to say what you thought of the piece in our forums.
11-1-06: Congratulations to Glyph for winning November's
picture of the month contest. Kaos gave him a run for his
money, but Glyph came out on top with a beautiful shot.
10-18-16: The Weekly Dig: Kaos, Glyph, and
Kentoe are featured in Boston's Weekly Dig. The
article focuses on Kaos' experience at the jam.
Although it does Parkour justice, Freerunning gets a
diss. You can read the article
here.
10-4-06: NU News: The Northeastern News ran a
nice article on parkour that featured Glyph,
ShadowShogun, IsaneCrazyStuff, Upriser, Robear, and Kaos.
The piece is good overall, but does not help our chances
of training at NEU. You can read it
here.
9-29-06: Congratulations MR. JON! on winning
Octobers picture of the month contest with a beautiful
shot at the Baby Pool in MA.
9-19-06: Huge Success! As the title states, the
All New England Jam was  a huge success. We had
close to 30 people show up, and jammed for 6 hours. Congratulations to everyone for making the New England
scene thrive! You guys are awesome.
Also, for everyone in the Boston area, make sure to
watch Chronicle on channel 5 tomorrow night at 7:30.
There will be a segment on Parkour!
9-6-06: Are you coming? NEPK is hosting a large
"All New England" jam in Boston on September 16th.
This is a chance for our members from all six states to
come meet each other and jam in some of New England's
best training grounds. Check out
this thread for details. Hope to see you
there!
9-4-06: Pulse Magazine: There is an article
on Parkour in this month's issue of
Pulse Magazine. The article features kaos with
pictures of eekro and ductmonkey. Congrats to
those two! There is some misinformation in this
piece. To see kaos' corrections look
here.
9-2-06: Evilo strikes again! Alex Olive a.k.a. Evilo
has won yet another picture of the month competition. He's got
some stiff competition this month. Can he pull it off again?
Also, Alex is featured on our new spotlight page. Check it
out at the bottom left of this page. Evilo is one of our top
contributors on and off the website, and we thank him for all his
efforts!
8-10-06: Cheshire Herald Article: Check out the new article in
the media section. Members Evilo and Kohan did a great job
setting up and participating in this article for their local paper.
8-1-06: A few news bullets: First off, congratulations to Evilo
on winning picture of the month for a second time! Second, the
old news bullets on the homepage have been archived. To access
them click the link at the bottom of this page. Finally, look out
for a short article on parkour coming up in
Pulse magazine
this September.
7-22-06: NEPK on WCVB: This past Thursday some nepk members met
with the producer for Boston's Channel 5 magazine show Chronicle.
Clint Conley and his camera man Dan shot footage for a parkour segment
in an upcoming show about outdoor activities. The shoot went very
well and Clint and Dan were fantastic. The piece is set to air
in late August, so everyone keep watch!
6-29-06: Congratulations Eekro for winning July's picture of the month contest. Eekro has submitted pictures consistantly for serveral months and it finally paid off!
In other news, the DB13 contest is over. The results will be announced sometime next week. Also, the weekend is coming and we have jams happening in Providence, RI and Boston, MA...so go out there and jam!
6-7-06: District B13 Poster Contest: New England Parkour is giving
away three
DB13 posters. The contest is simple. Use any medium
to show us "the essence of parkour." Submissions can be photos,
graphic designs, videos, short stories, drawings or any combination of
those things. Submit your entries in
this
thread, and mod's are welcome to enter. If you need some
inspiration, go see District B13. Good Luck!
6-1-06: EmperorcJ - Vortex: June's picture of the month features
some tricking. Although we concentrate on Parkour, we support all
types of exercise. Besides, you cannot deny its is an absolutely
beautiful shot.
5-28-06: Hartford Courant: The story titled "The
Amazing Race" features members of New England Parkour along with the
founder of parkour David Belle. Thanks to Joann from the Courant for
putting together a great article, and thanks to everyone who participated.
For those of you in Connecticut who are just learning about parkour,
welcome! We should be having a jam in your area soon.
5-26-06: District B13: The movie starring David Belle and featuring
parkour inspired action sequences, Banlieue 13 or District B13, is coming to
American screens June 1st. We have tickets to the advanced screening.
Click
here for details and your ticket. Also click
here
to view some screen shots and a poster.
5-2-06: Icon Contest: For those of you who are itching to use your
graphic skills, we have come up with the icon contest. Create icons
for one or all three of the open sections (videos, jams, and
become
a member). Winners will have their work immortalized on the nepk home
page. Please make them 90px wide and 80px high. Submit your entries
here.
5-1-06: OMFG Urban Gecko!: Urban Gecko has won May's picture
of the month contest. You might love the picture or you might hate
it, but you cannot deny that it is freaking awesome. Congratulations!
4-23-06: Welcome to New England Parkour! If you have read the recent
Boston Globe article and are finding us for the first time, please take
a moment to look at our FAQ and to browse the forum. NEparkour.com is
a place for people all over New England to meet up and discuss parkour and
freerunning. There are already regular training sessions in several
parts of New England. So if you are new to this, we welcome you to
come train with us!
4-20-06: kaos is coming to
train with you! I am planning a tour of New England to get acquainted
and train with nepk members. Click
here
for details.
3-28-06: Congratulations to evilo on being our first official (voted on) picture of the month! On
a side note I am going to Belize on Monday, so save the pm's...or send them
to texahol.
3-14-06: Internet
Explorer sucks! Everyone please use firefox as your browser. To
get firefox go here
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
If you insist on IE then you have to lower your security settings to view
the forum. Click the tool menu, then internet options, then
privacy...and lower it.
3-4-06: A Few Notes
You can now click your state in the banner to go directly to your state
section in the forum. Give it a try! Also, at the start of
today we reached 30 members. I hope to see everyone contributing to
the forums. On a side note, I will be attending a Jam over near Miami
tomorrow. I know you are all stuck in the cold, so I'll jam extra
hard for all of you.
3-1-06: New Forum
The new forum is in place! You will have to change your password and
update your profile again. Check your email for current login
information.
2-27-06: The Ductmonkey's
triumphant return!
Ductmonkey is a traceur that has been part of the American scene since its
first days. He came to Maine to give a presentation at an art
festival on Parkour that changed my life. That was a year and a half
ago. He's been out of the scene for a while, but now he's back, and
planning to train in Massachusetts this summer.
2-26-06:
New England Parkour is launched! Encompassing Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
and Rhode Island. New England Parkour is dedicated to bring traceurs
and freerunners in the Northeast together.
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