Take Flight

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.