Without offending too many people, I’d like to introduce Buildering as a current day rendition of breakdancing; Buildering is an energetic mix of bouldering, gymnastics, stage fighting, and the style of BMX riding/skateboarding. To the suprise of many, Vancouver has a huge community of people who push the sport to new levels and the site buildering.net is the gateway to the whole lot. I’m still a little fuzzy as to what constitutes Buildering in its purest form, as it meshes closely with another grouping called Parkour. Regardless, it’s crazy, it’s fun, and it’s something farmers have been doing for years (Might seem like an inside joke, but some of the simpler stuff these guys do are common practice in herding cattle… now you know). Aside from horrible camerawork and editing, this video will give you an idea of what it’s all about (to really challenge your mind try to find some resemblance of a plot in it, they try to establish something but it’s not very clear).
Photo Credit goes to Lex in the city, via Flickr Creative Commons.
Posted by todd smith
Tags: Pop Culture
Mark (July 20th, 2006)
I can do that.