Take Flight

We had our Parkour 91 Hoodies on sale in response to crazy late winter weather. But, now spring is here and we are moving them out, which means huge savings for Traceurs worldwide. Hoodies are officially on closeout, so they have now been priced at only $22.00! (regularly priced at $39.95)

Now is your chance to grab a Take Flight Hoodie at almost HALF PRICE!  This closeout is subject to stock, so if you’ve had your eye on a Parkour Hoodie now is the time. The midday Spring sunshine may have you outside in just a Tee, but those chilly spring mornings will have wishing you had something cozy to put on. There are men’s and women’s hoodies still available, but hurry and get your Parkour Hoodie in your size before they are all gone!

In the past we had something called the 1,000 Interaction Challenge. Now we are unveiling our 1,000 Fan Challenge. This is another one of our unique Take Flight ways to give away lots of free Parkour clothing. Here is how it works:

• Right now we have 28,500 Facebook fans.
• When we get 1,000 more fans (29,500) we are going to give away 3 free shirts!
• To be entered, you have to be one of the first 20 people to post on our wall the details of which we will announce.
• We will select 3 of the 20 and send them their free clothing!

Hypothetical Example:

1. On March 7, 2011 we reach 29,500 fans. In honor of the giveaway challenge we post this on our page:
2. “We have 1,000 news fans! Be one of the first 20 people to post your favorite David Belle video on our page and you’ll be entered to win one of 3 tee shirts!”
3. 20 fans post a DB video. We select 3 at random and send them their prize!

Simple enough, yeah? The key if you want to win is:

Stay tuned into the Take Flight facebook page daily for updates and to monitor the increase in fans.

The 1,000 Fan Challenge is just another way for us to giveaway free PK apparel. And of course we want you to be excited about Parkour and the growing international Parkour community, and this contest accomplishes that too. We are wising all of our fans the best of luck in this ongoing contest which starts now!

Good luck!

Day 5 of 6 is here, and as promised we are continuing our in depth look at the design of the Take Flight 2010 Parkour Clothing Line. Today we are looking at, and giving away, the Lisses France Tee.

The Lisses France Tee is a design that takes us and the entire international Parkour community back to the roots of Parkour. Every Traceur knows the images of Lisses that so prominently populate David Belle’s videos and have since become the most sought after Parkour location for training in the world. With such a reverence for the small Parisian suburb from where Parkour was founded, we decided to dedicate an entire design to the location.

The result of our Lisses France quest is the Lisses France Tee. Boldly showcasing the location of the establishment of Parkour in a clean urban design, this tee could quite arguably be named The Original Parkour Tee in and of itself for its dedication to Parkour and historic authenticity.

Encapsulated by an outline of France herself, and with Take Flight written below the shirts prominent text, this tee combines the roots of Parkour with the worldwide following of its official clothing company Take Flight. The inspirational Flight Man placed at the bottom adds the movement edge and drives home the tone and focus of Parkour as not just a philosophy, ideal, or a discipline from which are created cool videos, but rather a movement based discipline that ever challenges practitioners to improve themselves and become strong.

There has never been a Parkour shirt with quite so much historic connection and reverence for Parkour than the Lisses France Tee. Two versions of the shirt are now available on our site (seen here), and we have another color combo in store for release here in September. Whether you choose to wait to see all three inaugural color schemes or pick one up now, this tee will surely be one that makes you proud to be a Traceur.

Here is a collection of inspirational quotes we’ve assembled and posted on our Facebook page over the past 6 months. Quotations below include those from Plato, David Belle,  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bruce Lee, Buddha, Bill Cosby, Pablo Picasso and others. For even more inspiring quotes you can view two of our previous blog posts featured at the following links:

Inspirational Quotes from Take Flight #1

Inspirational Quotes from Take Flight #2

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“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.” -Mark Victor Hansen

‎”Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn’t chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.” -Mark Batterson

“When you think that you are done you’re only 40% in to what your body’s capable of doing….that’s just the limits that we put on ourselves.” -David Goggins

“No matter where you are in life right now, no matter who you are, no matter how old you are – it is never too late to be who you are meant to be. Unless you choose to take action on what you want, nothing is ever going to come out of it.” –Esther & Jerry Hicks

“It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns an obstacle into an opportunity.” -Eric Hoffer

‎”The world is but a canvas to our imagination.” -Henry David Thoreau

‎”Discipline is simply choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” -Unknown

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.” -Marie Curie

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” -Bill Cosby

‎”Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.” -Muhammad Ali

“Do not run away; let go. Do not seek, for it will come when least expected.” –Bruce Lee

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because… the world needs… people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman

“Knowledge will give you power, but character, respect.” -Bruce Lee

“The greatest success comes just one step beyond the point when defeat overtakes you.”

“When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which opens for us.” -Alexander Graham Bell

‎”A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” -Unknown

“By endurance we conquer.” -Ernest Shackleton

“The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.” -Confucius

“When you’re training Parkour with passion, if you’re good, people will notice you. Don’t go around saying, ‘Hey look at this new move I got.’ No. We used to say, ‘If it’s good we’ll tell you.’ Do it for yourself first.” -David Belle

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” -Elbert Hubbard

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” -Pablo Picasso

“You will not do incredible things without incredible dreams.” – John Eliot

‎”Because some people may say ‘Woah they are crazy,’ but we are way more thoughtful than someone who might fall down the stairs because they didn’t pay attention.” -David Belle

‎”Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” -Robert Francis Kennedy

‎”When you freely express, you are the total style.” -Bruce Lee

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.” -Napoleon Hill

‎”To express yourself in freedom you must die to everything of yesterday.” -Bruce Lee

“They can because they think they can.” -Virgil

“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” -Doug Firebaugh

‎”It is never too late to be what you might have been.” -George Eliot

‎”Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.” -Buddha

“The mark of ferocity does not lie in the power to begin, but in the integrity of perseverance.” -Cy Cooper

“Be a practical dreamer backed by action.” -Bruce Lee

“Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong.” -William Thackeray

‎”To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one’s own nature is the words and most ignoble defeat.” -Plato

“Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire.” -Samuel Johnson

“Insist on yourself. Never imitate.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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