Superfly Parkour Showdown 2013

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The parkour competition was won by someone who used to be scared of heights.

The Superfly Parkour Showdown 2013, held yesterday at Suntec Convention Centre, is believed to be the first such competition held here.

Of the 21 traceurs, or parkour practitioners, Filipino Jowenson Ian, 24, who once had a fear of heights, emerged the winner.

You wouldn’t have known, seeing him effortlessly scale and leap off the top of a metre-high scaffolding.

He beat his rivals from Singapore, Malaysia and Japan to clinch the title.

The crowd watched these urban acrobats as they flipped and rolled through the obstacle course, which included plywood blocks and a metre-high scaffolding.

One 10-year-old in the crowd even exclaimed: “Wah! They’re like Spider-Man!”