Influx Insights Tag Feed: paris http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/ 2008-11-22T00:12:25Z emerge's european tour http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/article/1398/emerge-s-european-tour.html <b>James Friedman</b> of our <b>EMERGE</b> unit, has just returned from a whirlwind trip to Europe. He's started to post his findings, including a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.emergetrends.com/index.php?id=327">review </a>of four interesting galleries in Paris and Berlin. <br> Influx Insights 2007-06-06T12:36:20Z 48.893615361480194 2.35107421875 the new yorker picks up on parkour http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/article/1285/the-new-yorker-picks-up-on-parkour.html "Parkour, a made-up word, cousin to the French <i>parcours</i>, which means &#8220;route,&#8221; is a quasi commando system of leaps, vaults, rolls, and landings designed to help a person avoid or surmount whatever lies in his path&#8212;a vocabulary, that is, to be employed in finding one&#8217;s way among obstacles. Parkour goes over walls, not around them; it takes the stair rail, not the stairs."<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/16/070416fa_fact_wilkinson"><br><b>New Yorker</b></a><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Most viewed YouTube Parkour video</span><br><br><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uUksaD-JJgI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uUksaD-JJgI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Old Nike spot featuring Parkour</span><br><br><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YpkSb04fA_4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YpkSb04fA_4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br> Influx Insights 2007-06-14T14:17:17Z