But this rather misses the point, doesn’t it. The whole point of Parkour is to find new, fluid ways of traversing terrain. It’s about funding unconquerable spots and conquering them. It’s about not being restricted. Doing backflips inside a special backflip hall has already got a name. It’s called gymnastics.

Just look at street skating. The council can build all the skateparks they want. They can build bad skateparks, and they can build good skateparks, but street skaters are still going to want to hit that rail outside the civic centre. Parkour is no different.

Obviously, we sympathise with the property owners who have suffered financial loss because of damage to property. However, we rather suggest that there are laws, both civil and criminal, already in place to prevent this kind of action.

“This is using a sledge hammer to crack a walnut because the council can’t be arsed to use their walnut cracker”

These should be enacted to prevent damage to property, not a blanket ban on all activity. All that will happen is that kids will continue to practice Parkour, and will, eventually, be criminalised for it. History continuously suggests that the criminalisation of a sub-culture, does more long-term harm than good.