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they train in tumbling and flexibility to avoid injury. Much different than just going out and leaping off stuff.
Yes, the guy on the link was spectacular, but David Belle is still the "master". He was afterall one of the founders (word is he had a falling out of sorts with the group who did the other film "Yamakasi", because he didn't want to "sell out" and chose to keep the sport underground initially).
For me, similar to martial arts, it not how spectacular or complicated the stunt is, it's in the EXECUTION is what it all boils down to. I've watched "Banlieu 13" sometime back and you should see Belle's flowing, almost balletic skills which doesn't looked as "forced" as the Russian kid's. Summersaults and flips are incidental (geez, any acrobat or gymnast can do that!), it's in the cat-like maneuvering of obstacles, heights, ledges, etc. that makes it mind-blowing.
For me, similar to martial arts, it not how spectacular or complicated the stunt is, it's in the EXECUTION is what it all boils down to. I've watched "Banlieu 13" sometime back and you should see Belle's flowing, almost balletic skills which doesn't looked as "forced" as the Russian kid's. Summersaults and flips are incidental (geez, any acrobat or gymnast can do that!), it's in the cat-like maneuvering of obstacles, heights, ledges, etc. that makes it mind-blowing.