Jump, duck and roll: mentorship through parkour

Meghan Walker Ballard

by Max Wasserman

From an outside view, Bryan Riggins’ job is about flirting with danger.

As a parkour athlete, he’s often jumping across buildings, hurling himself down stairwells, and balancing on the handrails many of us use to steady ourselves on flat ground.

If that sounds scary, that’s because it is.

Fear is a constant in parkour. And after ten years of experience, Riggins now uses the mental challenge of parkour to help kids overcome their fears inside and outside of the sport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIhhzB2Jru4

Max Wasserman is a student at the University of Washington’s School of Journalism

12 thoughts to “Jump, duck and roll: mentorship through parkour”

  1. Mr. Wasserman should offer free “parkour” lessons to O’Brien, Sawant, Durkan and the rest of the Clown College. Take them up to the Columbia Tower and have a go jumping between ledges. I will even Go Fund this!

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