Turkish Redbull Parkour athlete Hazal Nehir takes us through her journey from starting Parkour as a hip-hop dancer to entering the biggest Parkour Competition in the world. She also talks about her recovery from an extremely difficult injury and the techniques she used to find her confidence again and get back to both loving Parkour and performing at the highest level!
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Podcast Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:35 How Hazal got into Parkour
2:43 Hip Hop Dance to Parkour
16:16 Travelling for Parkour
17:47 Competing in Redbull Art of Motion
23:11 The Best Parkour Community for Hazal
25:24 Moving to the UK
26:40 Training with Women vs Men
28:12 Being part of ‘Gatecrasher’
32:42 Becoming a role-model
35:16 Hazal’s Big Injury & Recovery
40:53 Hazal’s Lessons on Mental Confidence in Parkour
50:53 Working with a Sport Psychologist
55:27 Shooting ‘Fantastic’ w Lisa Schneider
58:59 Hazal’s Current Goals
59:30 Getting Signed to Redbull
1:03:46 Professional Parkour Jobs
1:07:01 The Storror Italy Fiasco
1:09:47 Transferable skills from Parkour
1:15:18 How to get more Women doing Parkour
