Riley Jaspers’ “Sundews”

I’m glad so many people liked the film. My goal was in the beginning just to make a video and post it on my YouTube, but when I was at the film screening for JOD 6 and saw the amount of energy that was there, I thought to myself “well if I’m gonna make a video anyway, why don’t I just submit it here”? So that’s what I did! I

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Egg’s “Poppies In October”

Poppies In October Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts.Nor the woman in the ambulanceWhose red heart blooms through her coat so astoundingly — A gift, a love giftUtterly unasked forBy a sky Palely and flamilyIgniting its carbon monoxides, by eyesDulled to a halt under bowlers. O my God, what am IThat these […]

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Egg’s “Tether” 2025 Retrospective

It’s been nearly two years since making “Tether” and almost three since tearing my meniscus. It truly feels like it can’t possibly have been that long ago, as cliché as that sounds. That period of my life remains fresh and present in my my mind. The video itself and the narratives it touched on stay […]

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There’s a certain aspect of filming where like “If I do this it’s cool, but I don’t want to get injured and have it be a George solo video.”… I think Turf’s in a really exciting place at the minute. This is easily our biggest and most thought-out project.

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From the outside, it seemed like you had a long period of experimentation, transitioning from trad pk to a “beans style” and then landing somewhere in the middle. Do you think “Dirty” displays your mature style?

Ross: Yeah that’s a good way to put it. I put a lot of thought, care, and effort into every clip. When we would find a new spot I would usually spend some time just looking at the spot and asking myself what’s the most visually satisfying thing I could do here? Sometimes the answer would jump out at me and I would know right away what the spot was asking for. Other times it would be more of a challenge and I would play around on the spot and try a handful of things until I found what I felt the spot was asking me to do. In the past I wasn’t too concerned with this. I was letting my movement dictate the spot, while now I try to let the spot dictate my movement.

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Logan Frady’s long awaited solo video part “Charmed” finally hits the front page. Logan is one of the USA’s “hidden beasts” who is starting to garner a worldwide reputation. Logan left it all out there for this part, filming with Egg for over a year and a half to make one of the best videos of the 2025.

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Marquis: That Ender… holy fuck. I found that ender back in October of 23. What I first spotted didn’t even end up being the final product. There’s a setup right next to it with a flat wall to push off of, as opposed to the pillar. That’s where I was going to do it but Noah had the idea for me to do it off the pillar instead, where there’s more risk and a harder surface to push off of. In my heart I was like, yeah, if you’re gonna do it, you might as well fucking do it. If you’re gonna push yourself, then push yourself to the limit. Don’t push yourself to 85% you know.

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“Me, Ross, and Egg looked at this as more business than pleasure this time. We’ve had so much fun together, but we wanted to see what we could make if we really pushed this. Training was on the schedule just like our day jobs. Egg, Ross, Ezra, Leo, Trevor— I may have suffered doing the tricks, but they suffered filming me too. Filming was almost harder than the tricks most days, and you could probably say the same for the edit. We all put ourselves through hell to work on this, and it sucked in the moment, but we aren’t gonna grow if we’re comfortable. We gotta slog through the mud and see what we can get done.”

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Articles

Dear Chris, “Maven”

A Conversation with Chris Roff and Ritto, hosted by Egg: In anticipation for the release of Maven, I sat down with Chris (@freethemotion) and Ritto (@whyburrito) to chat about their approach to movement, the process of making the video, and the training dynamic the two of them share. Egg: How are you guys? How’s the […]

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Dear Ezra, “Sandbox”

A conversation with Ezra Schroer (@ezzyschroer), written by Egg Klickstein (@klickstein) Egg: Congratulations on all of your hard work, this project is really something to be proud of. As a mover who seems to really prioritize play, how did it feel to work on such a focused project with dedicated filmmakers? Ezra: Well, for me, […]

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Norf’s “Lullaby”

Norf falls into the category of “your favorite freerunner’s favorite freerunners.” Though they haven’t found social media notoriety; They are deeply respected in the core community for their creativity, filmmaking, and attention to detail. The movement across the team is diverse, but centers on memorable spot choice and inventive spot use.

Norf also garners attention for their online “critiques” — to put it diplomatically. They are save-your-clips warriors, educated critics, and occasional hooligans. For better or worse — we think for better — they are standing up against toxic positivity, Instagram e-waste, and brazen incompetence.

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Egg’s “Tether”

Featured image for the video "Tether" by Egg

Parkour for me, is a grounding practice; when I say this, there are a couple of layers. First, the movement connects me to myself, and the vessel that I occupy. Second, it connects me to the space in which I exist and move. And third, it connects me to other people, and that is beautiful.

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Connor Pennington’s “413”

Area code 413 (LATA code 126) is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the western third of Massachusetts. This solo piece by Connor Pennington was filmed over three days during a trip home to the 413 with the intent of combining movement and photography.

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Fishboy & Dr. Eel

A conversation with Kevin Franzen (@kevinfranzen01) and Matt McCreary (@matt_mccreary1), hosted by Egg Klickstein (@klickstein) Egg: Thanks so much for making time to chat with me today, and congratulations on making such a lovely piece of art! I want to kick things off by asking how long you two have known each other? Matt: I’m […]

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Norf’s “Lullaby”

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Riley Jaspers’ “Sundews”

Egg’s “Poppies In October”

Egg’s “Tether” 2025 Retrospective

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