Windex April 14, 2010 Share Windex April 14, 2010 As some of you know, I'm involved/interested in Parkour and Free-running. Last summer I started work with my friend Matt on building the nations first Parkour/Free-running Gym/Training Center. 1000$ later we had a good start. Matt's boss let us use the 3rd floor of an old industrial building he owned to get us started (Free electric/utilities but no heat or AC either). Sometime in November he decided to lease it out to an office furniture company and down came all of our obstacles and hard work we put into the place. I almost cried.. Seriously.. haha I've been in financial hell due to my previous job screwing me over.. thanks to them I'm out $3,900.00 so needless to say leasing a new space for the gym wasn't in the budget. Paying the late house/car payments was the priority. So I'm not without a gym and set further back than I planned. Then I had an Idea! I saw a while back MTV had an Ultimate Parkour Challenge TV show. The gears started turning. I figured with shows like "Made" "Fantasy Factory" "My Sweet 16" etc that I'd e-mail one of the exec's behind the Parkour Challenge and Pitch them an Idea.. Granted finding the exec's e-mail was a pain in the behind I managed to dig my way through the crap and reach who I was looking for. Turns out he wasn't the right person but he responded with 30 minutes of seeing my e-mail and wrote me back as well as gave me the contact info for the woman I needed to speak with and also copied her on the e-mail. With any luck they'll give me a call if they like my Pitch. Wish me Luck! *THE PITCH: (Brief version) A follow up special/series on the Parkour Challenge Themed around building the first legitimate Parkour Gym in the United States. (Denmark just spent 1 Mil on an outdoor park!) See Jiyo Park for more info - The finale to the show would be the next Ultimate Parkour Challenge and be held at the Gym/Training Facility. - The nearest Parkour specific gym is MonkeyVault in Toronto and is extremely small. Monkey Vault although small attracts a lot of big name international tracuers (parkour practitioner) Which means if my gym is as diverse and nice as I want it people will travel from all over to appear on the show and also train on the gym. Reward for winning the challenge? A on-site apartment and help me run the gym. Plus MTV Prize The extremely quick follow-up along with being put in contact with the correct people gives me high hopes of this becoming a reality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny April 15, 2010 Share EbilDustBunny April 15, 2010 That's sooooo cool! I remember watching those videos a few years back on youtube. Yeah it seems to be picking up again. They mentioned it on one of my favorite shows "the office" I hope the MTV works out great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windex April 15, 2010 Author Share Windex April 15, 2010 Lol I'm not a religious Office watcher so I missed that episode but a couple friends made sure to send me the youtube clips! ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny April 16, 2010 Share EbilDustBunny April 16, 2010 i watch them on Hulu most of the time... i can never make it to watch the new episodes on TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick April 16, 2010 Share [LaW]Maverick April 16, 2010 That's awesome! Let us know if we can help! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windex April 16, 2010 Author Share Windex April 16, 2010 (edited) The only parts I have left from it are the crash mat and the inward ladder climber that I built Gotta rebuild a lot! Oh and that smaller vault box *Mav - Donations are kindly accepted, all money orders can be made out to Matt Peveley PO Box.. lol Edited April 16, 2010 by Windex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughterâ„¢-TopBrass April 17, 2010 Share Sgt. Slaughterâ„¢-TopBrass April 17, 2010 That's good news Windex! Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny April 18, 2010 Share EbilDustBunny April 18, 2010 i wanna see windex make youtube videos... maybe we can send you a gc shirt to wear for them it'd be misleading but lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean April 19, 2010 Share Unclean April 19, 2010 +1 for the Youtube clips. It could strengthen your case for MTV. "Look at how many followers I have on Youtube from this..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windex April 19, 2010 Author Share Windex April 19, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/peveleywhat Those are old, I'll be making a few more this summer and adding in some footage from the old gym.. I think we got me doing a "double kong" vault which is one of the more impressive moves.. Just stay on me and I'll get to it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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