UK teenager lands stunt job with YouTube freerunning video

Marcus Wilson, 17, from Beccles in Suffolk has been offered a dream job teaching Parkour after catching the eye of talent spotters in the US in a series of YouTube clips.

The World Freerunning and Parkour Federation (WFPF) contacted the Suffolk teenager after tracking his development online for two years in a series of clips uploaded to the video sharing website by Mr Warren and his friend Ryan Lovejoy.

The WFPF asked Mr Warren, who spends eight hours a day clambering over buildings and leaping off rooftops in his hometown, to teach his skills to youngsters in Los Angeles.
Freerunning, or Parkour as it is also known, originated in France in the twentieth century and involves participants navigating often urban terrain by means such as vaulting, jumping and climbing.
Mr Warren, who hopes to become a professional stuntman when he turns 18, has been practising the art for four years.
“I will only do the jumps if I am in the right frame of mind. It is a mental thing as well. I wouldn’t do them if I was tired or feeling ill. (torontosun.com)