Parkour practitioners (or “traceurs,” as they’re called in the sport’s homeland) took their fleet-footed stylings to the roof of Blakely Elementary. That is, until their practice session was halted by Bainbridge police.
Sort of like skateboarding but without a skateboard, or circus acrobatics without the tights, parkour is a newfangled French sport in which the urban environment is used as an obstacle course. Read all about it here, and see a traceur (and an angry chicken) perform here.
An officer heard me chuckling as I read the police report on the parkour-bust. I thought the four teens must have been pulling the arresting officer’s leg with the parkour excuse. Not true, the officer told me. There are actually quite a few traceurs on the island, he said. They mostly stay close to the ground, preferring planters, bike racks and benches to leap and flip over. He said hopping atop rooftops is a new development.
Also this week, harassment is spread via Harley on Winslow Way and a Point Monroe man’s grass is stolen (no, not that grass).
