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Aug 14, 2011

Red Bull Art Of Motion Sao Paulo - Best Action Aug 14, 2011

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On a thrill-filled night in South America’s largest city, top international free running stars were joined by a selection of Brazil’s best to compete on a challenging course that included jumps of up...

Aug 11, 2011

The Freerunning Elite: Red Bull Art Of Motion Sao Paulo 2011 Aug 11, 2011

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This weekend, Red Bull Art of Motion - the world’s top freerunning and parkour competition - stops in South America’s largest city, Sao Paulo. Twenty elite freerunners will gather at an abandoned...

Event Details

Location
Sao Paulo, Brazil (Map this address )
Start
AUG 11, 2011 at 12:00 AM
End
AUG 11, 2011 at 11:00 PM
About
Established as the first free running competition in the world in 2007, Red Bull Art of Motion makes its US debut in September 2010. The event is like no other and will captivate the eye with an amazing blend of artistry from the disciplines of free running, parkour, martial arts and gymnastics. Parkour is the physical discipline of training to overcome obstacles within one’s path by adapting movements to their surroundings. Free running is a form of urban acrobatics where individuals utilise the city landscape to perform movements throughout the natural features and terrain. You can expect to see the boundaries of both sports continually pushed as the athletes blend the two, and also add aesthetic movements seen in tricking and gymnastics to create entirely new styles and moments, or extensions to existing movements which were previously considered impossible.

During the first round of the competition, each of twenty competitors have 90 seconds to freestyle across the course, showing off on and utilising several different obstacles and features. Based on their run, the top eight contestants then advance to the finals, where four of parkour’s most recognisable names are given the task of judging the contestants based on four skill sets: creativity, execution, flow, and technical difficulty. Without doubt, this is the finest competition of its kind in the world.

Not only the largest city in Brazil, Sao Paulo is the largest city in the western and southern hemisphere, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis has significant influence nationally and internationally, in terms of culture, economy and politics, and houses several important monuments, parks and museums. The city, which is known colloquially as 'Sampa' or 'Cidade da Garoa', the city of drizzle, is famed for its unreliable weather, its stunning architecture, gastronomy, and multitude of skyscrapers.