Traceurs get together to have some fun and learn some new tricks.
Whangārei has played host to a flying, flipping, adrenalin-filled good time.
The Parkour New Zealand National Gathering was held in the city over the weekend.
More than 20 traceurs, the term for parkour practitioners, descended on Whangārei from Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington and elsewhere for the event, based out of NorthTec.
Whangārei's Eamon O'Donnell appears to hang upside down in midair. Photos / John Stone
On Friday night the group headed along to Flip Out, the indoor trampoline park.
He said parkour was fun, something different, community-based, positive and inspiring.
It also helped youth learn to overcome obstacles in life, Mackie said.
Event organiser Frederick Mackie brought the event to Northland for the first time. Photo/John Stone
One of those attending the national gathering was 20-year-old Eamon O'Donnell from Whangārei. He said he had been doing parkour "on and off for six years, seven maybe".
It started with a front flip at intermediate school and has gone from there, he said.
Whangārei's Eamon O'Donnell appears to hang upside down in midair. Photo/John Stone
Aucklander Luke Griffiths, 18, said he had been training for about five years.
