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Aug 13 2008, Ryan

f you watched the 2006 James Bond flick Casino Royale, you saw the sport of parkour in the opening chase sequence. If you didn’t make it to the theater, just imagine a rubber ball bouncing through a city, off walls, trees, banisters, buildings, fire...

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