Rochester Parkour is My Life

For those of you who actually follow my blog, you know how this goes. I write and write and write, and then a project comes, and I disappear for quite some time. Eventually, I will come back. I love writing and I love to share my experiences, however, time is not on my side.

It has been three months since my last post, My Vision, but I am proud to say I have achieved my goal. Rochester is now the home of New York state’s first dedicated parkour facility. The community has a place that can evolve and change to better serve their needs as well as house them from the troublemaker that is the weather six months of the year.

In addition to this, Rochester Parkour took out no loans to build the facility and is not in any sort of start-up debt – another one of my requirements. The Rochester Parkour Gym was started by college students, with no real savings, for less than $6,000 (AFTER first month’s rent and insurance down-payment), in under three months.

We still have a long ways to go and still have so much more work ahead of us, but I’m damn proud of this gym and I’m damn proud of this community. We don’t have youtube showreels, massive media sponsorships, or super-mario blocks; Instead, we have each other and a community based on positive, strong relationships. These relationships are and will be stronger and more valuable than any video ever could be. Our parkour is not found in the traditional way; our parkour is found in how we treat other people.