Flying Man, Parkour Athlete & Vegan Warrior with Chase Armitage | Episode 9
Chase has been pushing the arts of Parkour and Free Running since they first came to the UK over 20 years ago. Chase is known as a pioneer in the sport and has shared inspiration across the globe through his personal and professional projects. Founder of the world famous Parkour team 3RUN who travel the world working on feature films, commercials, live shows, promotional events and producing their own mind blowing action films. Chase has a long history in Chinese Martial Arts. He became British champion multiple times competing around the World. He also has the Guinness World Record for the farthest back flip off a wall over a moving car! WATCH RECORD. Chase is a student to all types of movement, from skydiving to rock climbing, snowboarding and Capoeira, anything that will better his performance and understanding of self. He has trained and worked with some of the Worlds top stunt men and developed a deep understanding of stunts for cinema and how to get the most from each and every shot. His passion runs deep into every level of film making, not only is he an action actor, parkour athlete and choreographer, he directs short films and tv commercials that have racked up over 40 million views on Youtube and been nominated for multiple awards. “I literally love what I do, I have never even considered it as work, it’s my passion. When your doing what you love you give it your all. It’s all about progression for me, to better my previous work and explore new possibilities. Most importantly, it’s got to be fun!” Chase has played a pivotal role in the development of the Parkour and Free Running scene. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of the sport and helped shape its evolution into a more acrobatic expression of movement. With 20 years of experience Chase is an absolute asset to any project looking to co-ordinate a live performance or put together an action scene for film. Chase has been employed by feature films such as You got Served and Mind gamers to supervise the Parkour, supplying the team, creating the choreography and shooting and editing the previz through to performing on screen and shooting second unit. Chase has been performing Parkour at world class level for live shows, events, films, music videos and TV commercials. He holds a Guinness world record for wall flipping over a moving car and has safely completed 25 flips over a speeding car in front of live audiences around the world. Find out more about Chase here https://www.chasearmitage.com Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Ciaran Austin REVIEW/SHARE: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Based News podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. And if you have any friends that you think will benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Based News podcast episodes please share – together we can make this world a more compassionate place.