An increasingly popular form of activity is parkour, which is a method of moving over, round and under obstacles varying in the level of difficulty. It originates from France and the idea behind the development was for traceurs, practitioners of parkour, to learn to use their bodies gymnastically and as efficiently as possible with the environment, always looking for, finding and conquering more and more difficult paths.
Parkour is essentially made up of acrobatic movements such as vaults, rolling, climbing and jumping, and concentrates on two specific areas: efficiency and speed. Many benefits are claimed to result from doing parkour, such as enhance spatial awareness, self-confidence and bettered critical-thinking. It has a growing number of enthusiasts that appreciate a creatively challenging environment.
Lappset Group Oy, a Finnish developer of outdoor fitness (in Finnish: ulkoliikunta) and play environments (in Finnish: leikkialue), has developed in co-operation with the Finnish Parkour Academy a wide variety of parkour equipment. As a result of this co-operation, high quality products have been designed specifically with the true requirements of the activity in mind.
The driving force behind the company is the desire to constantly develop more versatile opportunities for outdoor fitness for everyone to get the most out of the experience. The new parkour product line that was designed with diversity in mind and was awarded in Finland as the Best Domestic Fitness Product of 2010.
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