Moving through time
Zadar is an amazing city with an even more amazing history. And it also happens to
be the birthplace of Sasa Sevo, founder of Skochypstiks.
Parkour is about community, strength and adaptation. Something Skochypstiks have
made abundantly clear that they breathe through their immense engagement with
the community.
Zadar have been through many wars and been under more governments than many
countries in Europe. France, Italy, Roman Empire, Yugoslavia to name a few. But
they’ve always rebuilt. They built on the foundation laid before them and made
something new. That’s what makes it beautiful. That even though there’s been
different cultures and religions in this city they still found the spirit to accept it and
build onto what was already there. Some of these buildings date back as far as
before the Roman Empire at the 7th and 8th century. With a lot of reconstruction
going on as the city as gone from catholic to orthodox and all the same they have
reused the old structures. There’s been a beautiful co-existance of many different
cultures over hundreds, even thousands of years.
What I find beautiful with these images is that they combine the amazing spirit of
parkour – of adaptation, strength and community, they combine the spirit of Zadar
and the people that no matter what war or monstrosity came at them, their
community found the strength to adapt and rebuild. The place and the images
conjoin very well to promote the amazing brand that is Skochypstiks.
The sad part about this is how after the fall of Yugoslavia, the old ideas of
community, co-existence and somehow fell apart and there’s a lot of segregation
between the different cultures in the former state. I wish people could look back
further into the history and see how beautiful it’s all been – with co-existence with all
cultures and people for hundreds of years.