Talk:David Belle

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"Most Skilled"

Who says that David Belle is the most skilled traceur in the world? Have there been international competitions? Has he been evaluated by an objective group? ~MDD4696 23:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I haven't heard of any like that, so I made a minor edit to the article to make it a bit more neutral, until someone can provide references to information of that sort. - Wintran 06:54, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

But those are weasel words! ~MDD4696 17:22, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

True, I know it isn't a preferred way of solving NPOV :/ But isn't it at least better than the old version? I'll make some better changes when I've got more time, but feel free to change it however you like. Maybe just remove that part altogether? We could mention that there've been some impressive video clips of David Belle circulating on the Internet for some time, proving that his skills in Parkour are above average. - Wintran 17:52, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Sure David Belle wanted competitions for Parkour? From all my experience, I don't think David Belle wants that. Of course it's going to be inevitable. The media will be crazy for Parkour {\:-( 71.100.119.249 20:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)Dbzruler72

Generally people say most experienced as an opinion. Nobody really knows, and therefore I feel it doesn't truly matter. There's really no way at this point in time to measure ones balanced skill. So, let's just say he's famous and great at it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.24.232.224 (talk) 00:45, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Biography and Background

There are quite a few really good articles lurking out in the Pk forums of the world about David's Background and biography, especially in regards to his relationship with his father. When I get the time i'll add some more into this (unless someone wants to do it for me?). DB deserves more than this glorified stub.

Some data...

[[
Hmmm, anyone knows some data about David Belle's height, weight, hair, eye color? I mean, as a traceur myself, I really feel depressed when I see that there's more information about japanese porn stars (no kidding) that about really important people (I don't mean that a porn star isn't important, but I mean, they don't make big changes in the world, Belle spread the parkour all around the world, and it's spreading faster every day).

I've been looking myself for tha information in a lot of blogs and fan pages, but nobody seems to have it. Anyone?]]

Thanks. --190.40.79.142 06:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

You need to calm down. Belle invented a sport that is enjoyed all over the world. I don't see your porn stars inventing popular sports. And by the way, using recreational drugs has nothing to do with a person's reputation; Aldous Huxley used drugs--and Brave New World is amazing.Chinawoman (talk) 00:10, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

"wtf?"

Why the heck is this article read like it was written by a third world refugee from mars?

-- The above comment is rather harsh. David Belle is French, and the page bears the types of errors someone common enough by someone speaking French first and English second. TaoPhoenix 09:43, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to edit, these new information was written by PdrArth (talk · contribs) a newcorner. Carlosguitar 21:25, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Did a major cleanup, I'm surprised that no one else has bothered. Though it did take about an hour N3v 11:08, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Sébastien Foucan

"A traceur also pre-founder of the movement and no acquaintance is Don Jean Haberey, and Sébastien Foucan."

What is this saying? That David is a co-founder of the traceur movement? Also, what is not clear is the current relationship that Sébastien and David have - both of whom are pretty big stars in the Parkour world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.6.250.44 (talk) 13:31, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Learned "Gong Fu" in India?

Shouldn't this be, "Learned Kung Fu in China" ? I didn't change it though because it might be correct, I'm just asking because it seems weird. Srajan01 (talk) 20:04, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

"Gong Fu" is the correct Chinese term.Chinawoman (talk) 00:12, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Speed-Air Man

I changed the text in the article from "speed-air men" to "speed-air man" because a) the second one is the one that appears in the video, and b) speed-air man is how in France, Spider Man is commonly pronounced (just read the word literally in french). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.40.208.74 (talk) 22:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Factual conflict

The first sentence says he was "born 29 April 1973 in Fécamp, France," and the fourth sentence says "Belle was born and raised in Seine Maritime, Normandy." I don't think he could have been born in two places. Someone sort out the conflict.

150.135.181.230 (talk) 20:38, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

That's not contradictory: Fécamp is a city located in Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie (Normandy), France. If you think it's confusing, please feel free to reword it. Thanks, Korg (talk) 14:12, 25 August 2008 (UTC)i helped him get to this stage

Stade 2 news feature

Is there a source for the bit about the Stade 2 news feature? Because the only Stade 2 news feature i know only mentiones the yamakasi but does not have them in it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqo2YotK8C8

"In 1997 the Stade 2 team (Francis Marroto, Pierre Sled and Pierre Salviac) were shown a video of Belle and decided to film a news feature about parkour.

In filming this news feature the term Yamakasi was used for the first time in connection with the team. David did not approve of the name and felt like it did not give credit to his father, so he split from the group after the feature." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.12.107.63 (talk) 21:59, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

The Stade 2 segment you're referring to is from 2002 and features La Releve. The Stade 2 mentioned in the Wiki is from 1997 and has been uploaded many times to YouTube by now snd has been mentioned in numerous credible sources (see Julie Angel's Breaking the Jump) Hunan201p (talk) 21:17, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Group Yamakasi

"Yamakasi

Contrary to popular belief, David was never a member of the Yamakasi group. He was a part of the group that later called themselves the Yamakasi, but the group chose the name Yamakasi during the filming of the Stade 2 news feature, credited as the first news feature about Parkour. Belle was against the name and wanted to call the practice Parkour. He then split from the group after the feature because he felt that naming took away from the recognition of the discipline and its history."

This bit contradicts the article on the yamakasi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamakasi Which says:

"The Yamakasi founders were Yann Hnautra, Chau Belle, David Belle, Laurent Piemontesi, Sébastien Foucan, Guylain N'Guba Boyeke, Charles Perriere, Malik Diouf and Williams Belle." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.12.107.63 (talk) 22:01, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Why is there nothing about the great controversy of Belle's association with FIG?

The whole Parkour community hated and despised FIG trying to usurp Parkour and then they saw one of the founders of the activity, siding with them, in a great and foul betrayal, and reacted with great outrage …and this article has not a single mention of any of this.--98.128.228.237 (talk) 22:14, 28 January 2022 (UTC)