Swapping Shoes

Ramon is a 38 years old Parkour OG from Münsingen, Switzerland. He got involved in the discipline in the year of 2000, way before PK was cool. 21 years later, he is still a super strong practitioner, coach and community leader. He works with ParkourOne(risky to say: but maybe the biggest PK school in the world), and represents Être-Fort. I hope you will enjoy it!

Today on SS I had the pure delight to chat with Barry He, the brilliant mind behind the notorious Instagram page PKDEGEN. I asked him to be a guest after listening to his talk at “Parkour Coach Companion” with Sam Coppack, so if you haven’t heard it, I highly recommend it, Quality chat. Barry, who is also an OG in the scene and a highly skilled practitioner, has ventured himself in this comedy pro...

Today on Swapping Shoes, I had the honor to chat with the incredible Ed Scott. He’s been blowing our minds daily with his insane movement and crazy consistency. We talked about the differences between Parkour and gymnastics, competitions, parkour vs freerunning and a lot more. I Hope that you will enjoy it. This is Swapping shoes with Ed Scott.

Today on Swapping Shoes, I had the honor to speak with Giles. He is one of these figures who can be introduced only by the first name. Giles’s is the Quincy Jones of Parkour, being present in the top end of the community since Pk is cool, producing the highest quality content, founding and managing one of nowadays most prominent parkour teams and being himself a movement lover.

Today on Swapping Shoes I had the honor to speak with the athlete, coach, filmmaker, and Parkour fanatic Seneca Schwartz. Her recent Ted Talk has fed us with incredible food for thought, bringing up the subject of female representation on Parkour… If you haven’t seen this go and check. Seneca’s brain made me excited to see the upcoming generation of Parkour representation. Really. I mean. Listen t...

Kie Willis has done a bit of everything in the PK scene, but his main legacy is pushing Parkour to an incredibly high level. His long ass jumps, outstanding control and feather light touch inspired me, and thousands of others, for as long as Parkour is more than Yamakasi. But, this episode is different, Kie’s brutal honesty invested me into a reality check, our main topic is his distancing from th...

I had the honor to Swap Shoes with Scott Bass, the mastermind behind Ampisound. Scott has been a core community member since the golden age of Parkour in Cambridge. He started documenting and posting incredible and legendary Parkour videos on Youtube in 2006. , those motivated and represented a beautiful generation. This episode has two parts, we kept chatting after the usual time format of Swappi...

On today’s SS I had the honor to speak with the incredible Renae Dambly! She’s been pushing the female representation of the sport to the foreground for many years with a strong and consistent presence on the socials, high ranks on competitions and as a passionate coach. We talked about teaching parkour, visualization, competitions, representation, generations, legacy, and a lot more. Off to a gre...

Shane Griffin, aka ShaneParkour, is a one-of-a-kind, extremely talented, strong and unique Traceur. His movement keeps astonishing us everyday and we had a great talk about finding your own movement, working as a professional parkour athlete, his love letter to PK and much much more. I hope you will enjoy it regardless of the flawed audio, try to imagine that you are at a spot and the weird noises...

On today’s episode of SS I had the pleasure to talk with Sam Coppack, a passionate and experienced traceur and coach based in York, England. Sam is also hosting a great podcast project called Parkour Coach Companion. Focused on connecting PK education and spread a meaningful message. We swapped sits and you can listen to him interviewing me on his podcast. You can follow the link on the descriptio...

Phil Doyle is one of the most significant figures in the parkour universe. His movement and technique shaped parkour to its nowadays form since the beginning of the YouTube era. This mystical being is a legendary practitioner and even more incredible personality. We had a generalist conversation about too many things to summarize, I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

On today’s episode of Swapping Shoes, I talked with Philip Van Ees, the brilliant mind behind Progression Freerunning and JUMP Freerun. Phil is an OG traceur from the Netherlands and one of the co-founders/organizers of the biggest Parkour Jam in the world. He also works a stuntman, performer, coach, and other jobs done by those who master the art of professional Parkour. We chatted about 4TLOM, d...

Darryl has been keeping us jaw-dropped for as long as I can remember. He is a very unique, strong and fluid traceur. We talked about the (lack of) representation of black people in the Parkour community, integration in media, future projects and a lot more. This is a deep one. I hope you will enjoy it!

Tom Taylor is a Parkour OG member of the Norml Brand street team and has been practicing parkour for over 16 years and his experienced mindset and movement influenced a wave of incredible athletes from the UK. We chatted about Parkour's presence on media, competition, weaknesses and a lot more! I Hope you will enjoy it!

On this episode of Swapping Shoes, I had the pleasure to talk with Robin Link, a.k.a. RobinTheCoach, an experienced traceur and coach from Germany. Robin uses his Instagram to share important tips about Parkour training. We chatted about weight training, motivation and a lot more. Enjoy it!

After a public announcement on Instagram, I picked the first candidate to have a Parkour talk on this Podcast. It turned out super pleasing. Alessandro is a 21 years old traceur and student. We talked about his inspiration, aspirations, weaknesses, community and a lot more. I hope you will enjoy it!

Flynn is a Parkour athlete, coach and researcher. His interest in deepening the understanding of ourselves and our movement through a wide range of disciplines, is the subject of this conversation. He has a lot to share, and one hour felt short. However, I hope you will enjoy!

This week on SS we had the pleasure to chat with Max Henry. A real OG in the game. His movement is pure delight. Strong but light, creative but technical. I was joined by Caio, Ian and Camila on this conversation, sorry for the not-really-great audio and for the delay, it’s that time of the year. But I hope you will enjoy.

The Danish beast Oliver Thorpe is today’s guest on Swapping Shoes. We talked about his current projects, his inner chatter prepping for challenges and a lot more. Enjoy it!

Camila is only 18 years old and is a prominent name in our sport. Watching her presence on the Socials makes you wanna get out and move. We talked about her style, motivation, dedication and about being a woman in the Parkour community. Enjoy it!

 Nate Weston has already left his chapter in Parkour's History. The Tempest Freerunning Athlete is one of the most wellrounded movers in the world and has recently left us all Jaw-dropped with the banger video "Skull Chatter". Hope you guys will enjoy it!

Callum Powell is an incredibly talented, strong and intelligent traceur. The Beast from Storror inspire a whole generation of parkour with his movement and his presence on the community goes way beyond jumping. The plyo master shares his insights on training, longevity, Callum Tips and Storror.

Tim is one of the most skilled athletes in the world. We talked about his background in Gymnastics, solo training and injuries rehab. Enjoy!

Bart and Endijs are living legends of our generation. We talked about professionalism and adulthood, Endijs's new chapter, performing on theater and their exciting new project coming out really soon...

A very special episode of Swapping Shoes. Jesse Peveril is one of my closest friends in the PK Community. We talked about marriage, his Parkour Gym, Drugs, his two years hiatus, and a lot of Parkour nerdy conversations.