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Feb 8, 2010Freerunning

Free running has taken the world by storm these last few years. It is a form of urban acrobatics in which participants, known as free runners, use the city and rural landscape to perform movements through its structures. It incorporates efficient movements from parkour, adds aesthetic vaults and other acrobatics, such as tricking and street stunts, creating an athletic and aesthetically pleasing way of moving. It is commonly practiced at gymnasiums and in urban areas that are cluttered with obstacles. Some of the world's biggest cities form an amazing playground and backdrop for some of the free runners in these raw yet energetic photos.

Asid in Soho. Hong Kong. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Ash in Chelsea, New York City. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Asid in Hong Kong. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Blue at Five Pointz, New York City. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Pedro in Mexico City. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Blue at the Fifth Ave in New York City. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Ash on the rooftop of Grand Hyatt New York at 42 Street. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Chima in Mexico City. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Pedro in Mexico City. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Chima on Maho beach in St. Maarten. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)

Pedro, Chima and Daer jumping down from the rooftop of Melia hotel in Mexico City. (Photo: Tomasz Gudzowaty/Agentur Focus/Hollandse Hoogte)
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