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He has been a member of the Take Flight Street Team for months, but upon his request we held back the announcement in order to allow him to finish his first TF Flow Team video. Well the video is finally done and so the announcement in also here. We are extremely pleased to welcome Colorado based Traceur Noah Mittman to the Take Flight Street Team!

Noah Mittman is a WFPF affiliate athlete, a member of Tranquil Movement, and the founder of Snowman Films. He has so much going for him and his passion and devotion to Parkour is so evident that we were thrilled to add him to the team. Below is a little more about Noah, as well as his first Take Flight Promo Video featuring Noah training in TF Parkour Clothing.

Noah Mittman is a 21 year old Traceur from Denver, Colorado that epitomizes the passionate practitioner and the ideology of ever higher, ever stronger. Picking up Parkour just two years ago in 2008, Noah thrives on pushing himself to new limits by stepping out of his comfort zone daily reaching new heights in his training. His dedication and skill has lead to a place on the recently emerged team Tranquil Movement. In addition to his adeptness to Parkour, Noah is also an accomplished videographer, and has produced some of the best Parkour videos to come out of the U.S. Parkour community in the last couple years through his production company Snowman Films.

To find out more about Noah you can visit his Take Flight athlete profile by clicking here.

In February, Take Flight partner Texas Parkour will be hosting a Parkour workshop lead by members of the Yamakasi and Majestic Force! This is a huge event for the Parkour community and one of the first times that the US Parkour community has been graced with the experience and presence of these coaches. More information is below:

Who: Yamakasi and Majestic Force (ADD Academy)

What: Some of the most well know and respected Traceurs and Parkour instructors are coming to Texas to teach a workshop for everyone in the US. The workshop will be a three day event lead by Châu Belle Dinh and Yann Hnautra.
Where: Austin, Texas (USA)

When: February 11-13^th, 2011

Cost: One Day: $30 -  Two Days: $60 – Three Days: $80

Texas Parkour’s goal is to help spread movement in the world. We felt that there would be no better way then to bring the founders of the art out to show people movement again. Many of us here at Texas Parkour have studied and followed many of the coaches and their training for years.  It has influenced us on a Mind, Bondy and Spiritual level and we would like to carry that onto everyone that has the chance.

Click here to RSVP for the Official Facebook event and to see more details!

The last day to purchase your pass to the workshop is February 3^rd! So make sure to make plans as soon as you can and get your tickets!

We’ve made an impromptu decision to have a 27% OFF sale. Why? Well we reached 27,000 fans which has promoted the percentage discount. And Take Flight founder Adam Dunlap was born on the 27^th of June so he liked the idea because of the similarities. But other than that, we just decided we wanted to give back a little bit by offering everything in our store up to big discounts. And who can object to that?

The sale will take place starting today, January 14^th, and continue through Sunday night (January 16^th). The code is:

TF27(P)K

All you have to do is enter this at the coupon code field at checkout and your discount will be applied. Because this is a coupon code this sale even applies to items on sale AND closeout items.

To give you some idea of how much discount 27% is here are some numbers:

Usually $14.95, with 27% OFF this shirt will only cost $10.91!

Usually $19.95, with 27% OFF this shirt will only cost $14.56!

Usually $39.95, with 27% OFF this hoodie will only cost $29.16!

Purchase this shirt before Monday the 20th and we guarantee delivery by Christmas!

Christmas is just a few short days away and we know many (ourselves included) are running around trying to find that last perfect Christmas gift. Well have no fear because we are working overtime to make sure that the Parkour enthusiast in your life is not left out! When you place any order through our online store for Parkour clothing, gear, or other items such as Parkour DVDs or Parkour Magazines we are giving one thing and guaranteeing another:

#1. We are giving all U.S. orders placed between now and December 25th a FREE 2-3 day Priority Shipping upgrade!
#2. We are guaranteeing that all U.S. orders placed by Sunday December 19, 2010 at 11:59pm will be delivered by Christmas!

If you have any questions about your order, our customer service department is working around the clock to help. Simply send us an email at support@takeflightapparel.com and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

For the Holiday Season we know that receiving your order in time is just as important as the product itself. For this reason we are taking our 2-3 business day shipping policy and adjusting it to GUARANTEED 24 hour shipping policy through the 24^th of December!

Whether you order Parkour clothing, PK DVDs, Parkour training wear, hoodies, pants, Parkour magazines, or posters with David Belle, you can rest assured that we will receive your order immediately and personally ship it will all deliberate speed so you receive it before Christmas morning and in time to wrap it and place it under the tree. Guaranteeing to ship your order in 24 hours is just one aspect of our commitment to our customers, fans, and Traceurs around the globe. And in this case, we also consider it part of our Holidays promise.

Happy Holidays!

Our last release of 2010 is here! Inspired by David Belle and called the PK Jumper Tee, Take Flight founder Adam Dunlap is calling this, “The, hands-down coolest tee we’ve ever produced.”

The PK Jumper Tee. Inspired by David Belle.

You can see the shirt above in all three inaugural colors. Authentically Parkour, graceful, clean, urban, and true, this shirt says Parkour in every way. Foreshadowing of the future, we hope this tee ushers in a new era of Parkour clothing, and points us in the prolific direction consistent with David’s vision that brought us all here in the first place.

Need we say more ? We’d love to, and given the chance we probably wouldn’t stop talking about this tee. But we’ll leave all the discussion and analysis to those that really matter: our fans and Traceurs worldwide. In the meantime, you can be one of the first to own this tee. It is only $19.95, and you can get it by clicking here.

We are constantly striving to bring Parkour to the masses and make Parkour clothing more accessible to our fans, followers, and friends. As many of you know, one of the main ways we accomplish this is through Facebook and the Take Flight Facebook page. In an added effort to fully utilize the sharing tool of Facebook we recently created a Parkour Clothing tab on our page!

Our new Parkour clothing tab gives our fans and followers, both new and old, a quick glimpse and directory on and to the Parkour apparel we have created specifically for Traceurs and urban and movement enthusiasts worldwide. Every image is a shirt design, designed and produced by us, and it links directly to all the version of that design. Click the image below to try it for yourself and see!

We hope this new page gives all those connected with us easier access to Take Flight, and our vision, inspiration, and foundation of Parkour. If there is a page you think we should add to our Facebook, let us know!

We have just released the most highly requested shirt ever! In multiple surveys, online questionnaires, and customer and fan polls, we asked “What color combo do you want for the Original Parkour Tee?” Hundreds of answers came back, and the most common was what we have just released: a purple shirt with a lime green print.

This is the limited edition Donatello Original Parkour Tee. We have only made 35 of these so make sure to get to the store and pick yours up before they are gone!

This new Original Parkour Tee, appropriately called the Donatello Original Parkour Tee in respect of the color combination used and made famous by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Donatello, is our first ever limited edition release. We have only made 35 of these!  We are not planning to make more of these, so if you want one you better rush to the Take Flight store and pick yours up before they are gone!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Whether you live in the United States where this holiday originated, or on another side of the world entirely and have never heard of Thanksgiving, the theme is the same; Thanksgiving is a day of celebration to give thanks for all we have and have been given. For us this includes, in part, thanking you our fans, customers, and fellow Traceurs for your support and love of Parkour that has brought us into existence. We also thank David for his influence and presence for founding Parkour and bringing it to the world as we see it today.

On another note, in the U.S. the day after Thanksgiving is referred to as Black Friday. Black Friday is a day when people start the Holiday shopping season, and it is filled with huge sales at virtually every store. Not to be left out, we are committed to doing the same! With that we’ll let hush be the word. Simply tune into the Take Flight Facebook page tomorrow for new deals and big sales.

Wishing you all the best for today and in the coming Holiday Season!

Take Flight is now an official partner of yet another state wide Parkour organization. This one is newer to the PK community and just as passionate and energized, if not more. They are Iowa Parkour and here is a little more about them:

Iowa Parkour is the official state wide Parkour organization of Iowa. A not for profit organization, one of Iowa Parkour’s main endeavors is to catalog the Parkour groups in Iowa on their our website so that anyone interested in Parkour activities in the state can readily find a group that is located near them. In addition to facilitating the communication between Traceurs in Iowa, Iowa Parkour maintains open communication with Parkour groups across the United States and beyond in an effort to help spread an awareness and understanding of Parkour and Freerunning beyond their state lines. Their mission is educating people about the philosophies of Parkour and the techniques used by traceurs, and Iowa Parkour’s ultimate aim is to support the worldwide community in their efforts to strengthen the popularity of Parkour and make it known and accessible to people from all walks of like and all age levels.

We are very pleased to have an official association with Iowa Parkour. We believe this shows the growth of Parkour in the United States and the continued positive influence it is having on youth around the country.

To find out more about Iowa Parkour you can visit their Take Flight partner page here.