Interest in parkour is growing daily, says free running coach
THE parkour community is growing daily in Cardiff, according to man who coaches local free runners.
Cole Kulina, 31, first got into parkour at college, but never expected when he started to still be doing it a decade later.
“I got into it about 10 years ago, and I started seeing videos of up-and-coming free runners on YouTube. I noticed Glasgow had its own parkour club, I got involved, and after a while I started teaching my own small class.”
Cole, who lives in Cardiff Bay, attributes the meteoric rise in popularity of parkour in Cardiff to the Fluidity Freerunning Academy, off Pergam Road, the UK’s largest indoor parkour centre, where he works as a coach.
“Parkour is one of those really interesting sports where if you go out and start practising after seeing videos online, chances are that another person who is into it will see you and they’ll approach you.
“That’s how I met all the free-runners here, and how people have joined our group.
“When I moved to Wales I found there was a massive scene here, and I decided to jump back in and train harder than ever.
“The scene in Cardiff is growing daily.”
