International Festival of Extreme Sports Battle of the Champions began in Saudi Arabia today, with a day of parkour

skateboarding and roller skating, saw Ukraine's Erik Mukhametshin win the day's climax of the freestyle pro parkour

The International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) will return to Saudi Arabia this week, a year after staging the Kingdom's first major BMX competition.

inaugural BMX event.This invite-only event features BMX freestyle park and BMX flatland events, as well as parkour

BMX freestyle has been axed from the programme for the first edition of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in San Diego, it has been announced.

freestyle, sports climbing bouldering and skateboard park, as well as break dance, freestyle flying disc, parkour

Payments stemming from gymnastics's presence on the Olympic Games sports programme are expected to account for over half of the International Gymnastics Federation's (FIG) income during the 2017-2020 quadrennium, it has been acknowledged.

is said to have been secured for "the Testing Institute in Freiburg".Spending and revenue related to parkour

International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) President Morinari Watanabe reflected on the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal in his New Year's message, stating "we should share the pain".

had achieved innovation in each of its World Championships last year.Morinari Watanabe stated that parkour

Watanabe added that a "new wave of parkour athletes joined us" during 2018, with the FIG Congress approving

parkour as an official new discipline last month.The vote came despite a concerted campaign from parkour

the world to persuade participating National Gymnastics Federations to vote against the inclusion.Two Parkour

and the Chinese city Chengdu are set to host World Cup competitions this year, while the first ever Parkour

Parkour Earth chief executive Eugene Minogue has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of

The FIG voted to officially include parkour as a new gymnastics discipline at its Congress in Baku last

credibility, legitimacy and authenticity" and has "no validity whatsoever".Minogue told insidethegames Parkour

not revealed the exact breakdown of votes.The decision came despite a concerted campaign from parkour

submitting the discipline for inclusion at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.A series of Parkour World Cups

organised by FIG are due to be held next year before the FIG-run Parkour World Championships take

Governing bodies in the Olympic Movement have made a habit of going back on their word by saying one thing and doing the other.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) including parkour as an official new discipline fits quite

aptly into that bracket.Some years ago, the FIG was keen to distance itself from parkour, citing concerns

 Members of the parkour community have consistently reacted with justifiable anger and indignation

We all know this is being driven by nothing-but income," Parkour Earth chief executive Eugene Minogue

perhaps more absurd is the fact that FIG has continued its parkour campaign when it clearly has much

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Congress has voted in favour of including parkour as an

year following the FIG Executive Committee’s decision.The vote came despite a concerted campaign from parkour

World Cups as test events in the same year in Montpellier, France and Chengdu, China, and the first Parkour

The FIG Congress in Baku has produced a vote in favour of officially incorporating parkour into gymnastics

In addition, another World Cup competition will be held in Chengdu.The first ever Parkour World Championships

the sport's Congress tomorrow and Monday (December 3) have received open letters from their own parkour

In the run-up to the Congress parkour communities from all over the world, including Switzerland, New

It is of deep concern to Parkour NZ and the New Zealand parkour community, and should be of deep concern

The FIG has received no mandate from Parkour Earth, the International Federation for parkour/freerunning

and thus have no right to assume control of parkour."

Parkour is not gymnastics."

Jump, or if you prefer, vault back just over two years ago to the point where Bruno Grandi, the grand old man of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), was about to give way as President to one of two men.

Parkour involves seeing one's environment in a new way, and imagining the potential for navigating it

Two vistas of parkour lie ahead.

But those within the parkour community feel their sacred flame has been spirited away to sustain the

Olympic cauldron.In October, FIG's foray into parkour was plunged into crisis after more than half of

It is of deep concern to Parkour NZ and the New Zealand parkour community, and should be of deep concern

rule on the creation of a Gymnastics Ethics Foundation and - controversially - official recognition of parkour

in Baku ©Getty ImagesThe release adds: "The other big decision that the Congress must take concerns parkour

For parkour to be officially recognised as an FIG discipline, the General Assembly must approve the necessary

Last month, four members of the FIG Parkour Commission - established last year - confirmed they had quit

Our parkour values are in incompatibility with this new project that will not preserve the essence of

our parkour community," the four officials added.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Parkour Commission has held what it describes as "important

It comes around a month after the world governing body’s foray into parkour was plunged into crisis

General Assembly vote to ratify the decisions of the Executive Committee and the Council to include parkour

as a new discipline in the FIG statutes.The FIG organised the first-ever Parkour World Cup events earlier

The apparatus norms and the code of points for parkour were other topics discussed thoroughly by the

Commission members during their meeting.The Commission also looked back on the success of the Parkour

Los Angeles has been announced as the host of the first two editions of the World Urban Games in 2019 and 2021.

include 3x3 basketball, BMX Freestyle, sports climbing bouldering, break dance , freestyle flying disc, parkour

Angeles, the Organising Committee and International Federations to make Patrick’s vision a reality.”Parkour

The International Gymnastics Federation's (FIG) foray into parkour has been plunged into crisis after

In an open letter, four members of the FIG Parkour Commission - established last year - confirmed they

Our parkour values are in incompatibility with this new project that will not preserve the essence of

Also implications for code of points and parkour equipment that the Parkour Commission Presidency wants

doesn't reflect neither our or the parkour community's view."

We see problems that worries [sic] us for the future of parkour."

Budapest has revealed its determination to host the inaugural World Urban Games, a project of Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) President Patrick Baumann who died suddenly in Buenos Aires this month.

 BMX freestyle cycling, break dancing, boulder sport climbing, freestyle flying disc, parkour, roller