Paul Corkery

From Free Running Wiki

Paul "Ez" Corkery is the manager of Urban Freeflow^[1].

Paul used to be a traceur, however he broke his ankles^{[citation needed]}, so stopped training to focus on managing Urban Free Flow. Before his career in free running, he was a techincal advisor for the 1985 film, Scandal Sheet^[2]

[edit] Controversies

Ez is a source of controversy in the free running community, mainly due to his attitude of earning money even at the cost of 'blackening' the reputation of freerunning and parkour^[3]. Before managing Urban Freeflow, he was the owner of a failing tshirt company, and was in trouble for tax evasion^[3].

He has also been criticised for moderating the Urban Freeflow forums too strictly, with noticable deletions of posts and even whole topics^[4][3]. He also criticised notable rivals, 3Run of having sub-par athletes who wouldn't stand a chance in the against the WFC's line up^[5][6], and was easily trolled by Cane Armitage himself into claiming UF's superiority, boosting their many members. However, the forums are pretty much dead^[7]. (This could be caused by Paul's strict deletion policy of any posts disagreeing with UF, leaving no posts left).

[edit] Praise

...

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ "UF Team | Urban Freeflow ® Official Freerun/Parkour Site". Urbanfreeflow.com
2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089966/fullcredits#cast Imdb crew list
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "The Public Misconception of Parkour - NEW ENGLAND PARKOUR". Ning.com
4. ↑ For example the thread congratulating Tim Shieff for winning the WFC
5. ↑ "3RUN Forums • View topic - 2009 Barclaycard Worst Freerun Championships Announcement". 3run.co.uk
6. ↑ "3RUN Forums • View topic - 2009 Barclaycard Worst Freerun Championships Announcement". 3run.co.uk
7. ↑ "Urban Graffiti - General Discussion - Urban Freeflow ® Worldwide Freerun/Parkour Site - Message Board - Yuku". Yuku.com