A 17-year-old youth in Tsim Sha Tsui accidentally fell from a building while playing extreme sports on the rooftop. The police are investigating what kind of sports he was doing at the time and why he fell from the building. It is initially believed that he fell from the building while jumping between rooftop buildings.
In the past, there were also young people in Hong Kong who fell from a building and were seriously injured while playing the extreme sports "Parkour" (known as Parkour or Feiyue Road in Chinese) on the rooftop.
"Hong Kong 01" learned from Daniel, the president of the Hong Kong Parkour Mobile Art Association, who is also a stuntman. He admitted that he would not recommend such sports on the rooftop because it requires high personal skills and courage, and the risk is too great.
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Daniel said that playing Parkour requires players to have solid basic skills, so it is necessary to practice repeatedly on the flat ground to ensure that 100% of the skills of parkour are mastered before they can go to a higher position to perform such sports.
Players need to double-check the stability of obstacles to make sure the footing is firm, such as the railing surface is not too smooth to slip, and that there is enough friction on the bottom of the shoe.
As for playing parkour on the rooftop, Daniel said frankly that he does not recommend it because it requires extremely high physical and mental quality.
Even if he works as a stuntman, he must also be equipped with safety measures when performing difficult maneuvers on the roof, such as wearing "Wei Ye", safety ropes, and even installing safety nets on site to ensure that there will be no accidental casualties.
He pointed out that many foreign players filmed parkour in dangerous places, and he urged young people not to imitate them. He pointed out that foreign players have practiced a lot, and their physical and mental qualities are high, and the accident rate is relatively low.
He sometimes teaches parkour in classes, always reminding students not to play parkour alone, and to avoid running and jumping on the rooftop, but he admits that he cannot stop the freedom of others to choose a location.
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Parkour (known as Parkour or Feiyue Road in Chinese) was created by the French in the late 1980s, and became popular internationally in the 1990s due to the movie "Yamakasi" (Hong Kong translation "Because of errands").
There are no established rules for this sport, and athletes run and jump through various daily facilities as obstacles or aids.