‘FIG President claims not aiming for parkour's inclusion in Olympic Games’ - ⁦insidethegames⁩ 🤔🧐 Glad to have led the charge on preventing World Gymnastics⁩ from attempting to unilaterally usurp Parkour Parkour Earth ✊🏼⁩ #WeAreNOTGymnastics insidethegames.biz/articles/11371…

As our recent journal article shows, World Gymnastics, tried to get parkour included into the Olympics twice with Parkour Earth vehemently opposed. Now Watanabe says its not their goal 🤔 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… insidethegames.biz/articles/11371…

One month out and it's clear that political change is on the way. Tired old slogans and ideological rhetoric from major parties is propelling us backwards fast. So the latest upbeat campaign video from TOP - The Opportunities Party is a breath of fresh air. youtube.com/watch?v=X6XsV9…

Known to his colleagues as Dr Play, #PhD alumnus Dr Damien Puddle is a pioneer in the #play advocacy space in #NewZealand. Read about his passion for creating play opportunities within our communities with the support of councils & Sport NZ 👉 brnw.ch/21wCRn6 Dr Damien Puddle

From “as safe as possible” to “as safe as necessary”: #RiskyPlay improves children’s physical, mental, and social development. Learn more: cps.ca/en/documents/p… Suzanne Beno

Sharing the Parkour Earth experience in this roundtable discussion on actions sports and the Olympics. #wearenotgymnastics olympicstudies.org/action-sports-…

If you have #riskyplay research that might be relevant to our review please send it our way. 👇 RTs appreciated so that we can spread the word. ChYMe @playengland

I'm running a play-based city design workshop this Saturday at a youth festival. Send any 12-24yr olds who like food, activities, music, and have great ideas for a more fun/youth-friendly Invercargill, to these links for details and workshop registration: letstalk.icc.govt.nz/icyc

Stay tuned for more details on Play Opportunities Through Environmental Design, hopefully next week! #POpTED

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Workplace safety rules in NZ are hurting child development. We need to protect workers WITHOUT bubble-wrapping kids. The "dignity of risk" matters. Check out my latest article: The Dignity of Risk: Why Context Matters For the HSWA linkedin.com/pulse/dignity-…

Announcing Journal of Olympic Studies Studies Vol. 5, Iss. 2! Featuring contributions from Molly Frizzell, Dr Damien Puddle, Dr. Neftalie Williams, Belinda wheaton, Chad Carlson, & more! Centro Cultural Universitario UCA scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/issue/…

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Check out my latest article: Remove Fun, and it's just a 'Ctional' City — Nonsense linkedin.com/pulse/remove-f…