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#6 Victor Bevine - Parkour's Autonomy: The Chess Match with FIG Parkour & More
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- Gesellschaft und Kultur
Victor Bevine is the Co-Founder & CEO of the World Freerunning Parkour Federation (WFPF) and currently the Acting President of the International Parkour Federation (IPF). He is an award-winning audiobook narrator and published author based out of New York City.
IPF has been in a chess match with the FIG since 2014 fighting for the autonomy of Parkour as a sport. Fighting for this autonomy ultimately allows the grass-roots organization that have been fostering and developing the global parkour community and cultures over the years maintain their independence and influence rather than handing their efforts over to another entity.
FIG certainly could have brought and still might bring a version of Sport Parkour to the world stage, certainly through world championships and the Olympic Games which they have over a hundred years of experience in doing so. However, around 2017 the Parkour Community fought FIGs efforts as loud as possible, but we truly didn't have the infrastructure in place to provide a compelling alternative. Luckily IPF began the process in 2014 to create roadblocks for FIG and mitigate the risk of leaving them uncontested. Especially in the eyes of the International Olympic Committee.
IPF has bought us more time and since 2014 has helped almost 50 countries achieve National Independence and autonomy for Parkour and communication with their sports councils. They hosted their first International Congress virtually in June 2020 amidst our global pandemic with over 50 countries represented and have made some powerful allies around the world helping them in their efforts against FIG.
With all of this said, I find it pertinent to clarify that I hold no current role or day to day function for IPF, so my opinions and passions you will hear me share are those of my own experiences and observations.
So with out further ado, I invite you, to jump into the mind of Victor Bevine.
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Follow The International Parkour Federation:
https://internationalparkourfederation.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/theinternationalparkourfederation/
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Victor Bevine is the Co-Founder & CEO of the World Freerunning Parkour Federation (WFPF) and currently the Acting President of the International Parkour Federation (IPF). He is an award-winning audiobook narrator and published author based out of New York City.
IPF has been in a chess match with the FIG since 2014 fighting for the autonomy of Parkour as a sport. Fighting for this autonomy ultimately allows the grass-roots organization that have been fostering and developing the global parkour community and cultures over the years maintain their independence and influence rather than handing their efforts over to another entity.
FIG certainly could have brought and still might bring a version of Sport Parkour to the world stage, certainly through world championships and the Olympic Games which they have over a hundred years of experience in doing so. However, around 2017 the Parkour Community fought FIGs efforts as loud as possible, but we truly didn't have the infrastructure in place to provide a compelling alternative. Luckily IPF began the process in 2014 to create roadblocks for FIG and mitigate the risk of leaving them uncontested. Especially in the eyes of the International Olympic Committee.
IPF has bought us more time and since 2014 has helped almost 50 countries achieve National Independence and autonomy for Parkour and communication with their sports councils. They hosted their first International Congress virtually in June 2020 amidst our global pandemic with over 50 countries represented and have made some powerful allies around the world helping them in their efforts against FIG.
With all of this said, I find it pertinent to clarify that I hold no current role or day to day function for IPF, so my opinions and passions you will hear me share are those of my own experiences and observations.
So with out further ado, I invite you, to jump into the mind of Victor Bevine.
*Please subscribe to Parkour & More anywhere you enjoy listening to podcasts, and feel free to leave us a rating and review in Apple Podcasts.
Follow The International Parkour Federation:
https://internationalparkourfederation.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/theinternationalparkourfederation/
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/justinsheaffer/support
1 Std. 12 Min.