Paul Corkery
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Paul "Ez" Corkery is the manager of Urban Freeflow[1].
Paul then decided to give up free running after he broke his ankles and just run the company so he could use it for moneymaking purposes only, he only trains to trick people into thinking he's a traceur.
[edit] Controversies
Ez is a source of controversy in the free running community, and has been accused of earning money at the cost of 'blackening' the reputation of freerunning and parkour[2]. Before managing Urban Freeflow, he was the owner of a failing tshirt company, and was in trouble for tax evasion[2].
He has also been criticised for moderating the Urban Freeflow forums too strictly, with noticeable deletions of posts and even whole topics[3][2]. 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[4][5], and argued with Cane Armitage, and eventually claimed Urban Freeflow's superiority, boasting their many members. However, the forums are pretty much dead[6]. (Some claim this is caused by Paul's strict deletion policy of any posts disagreeing with UF, leaving no posts left).
In May 2011 Josh Pommills uploaded a submission to the FR World Series mocking Ez and the competition.[7] A few weeks after that StorrorBlog later uploaded a mock results show of the event with the video ending with a mock version of Ez complaining about the video[8] the feud between StorrorBlog and Ez continued on October 29 2011 during the Daggettween 2011 jam in which Josh filmed Ez for an interview that Ez declined and then tried to attack him by hitting his camera saying "Clear off, I'll fucking knock you out you little cunt" in which Josh replied "Shut up, SHUT up" and then laughs afterwards.[9].
Paul has also been accused of uploading videos to the Urban Freeflow Youtube channel 'Glyphmedia' without the owners' prior consent[10][11]
Most recently, he has been accused of threatening a minor after posting controversial information about him in a facebook group. [12]
Also he has openly supported a very controversial YouTube video which makes London look like a bad place to train in and also contains racist content[13] on the Urban Freeflow Facebook page he calls anyone who doesn't agree with it 'Purists'[14] despite that his comment on the video using the Glyphmedia channel has received so many negative votes that it has been hidden with a show option next to it.[15]
[edit] Praise
None and I doubt there ever will be.
[edit] Notes
- ↑ "UF Team | Urban Freeflow ® Official Freerun/Parkour Site". Urbanfreeflow.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Public Misconception of Parkour - NEW ENGLAND PARKOUR". Parkourpedia.com (PDF)
- ↑ For example the thread congratulating Tim Shieff for winning the WFC
- ↑ "3RUN Forums • View topic - 2009 Barclaycard Worst Freerun Championships Announcement". 3run.co.uk
- ↑ "3RUN Forums • View topic - 2009 Barclaycard Worst Freerun Championships Announcement". 3run.co.uk
- ↑ "Urban Graffiti - General Discussion - Urban Freeflow ® Worldwide Freerun/Parkour Site - Message Board - Yuku". Yuku.com
- ↑ The video in which this happens
- ↑ 'FR World Series Results' - Episode 48
- ↑ 'EZ-ly Annoyed' - Episode 69
- ↑ "Pasha commenting that he "didn't ask glyphmedia (to put up his video)"" Facebook.com screenshot hosted on imgur
- ↑ "Youtube user GalizianUrbanProject repeatedly states that glyphmedia did not have permission to upload their video" Youtube screenshot hosted on imgur.com
- ↑ "Gyen Angel post claiming EZ warned him that "what goes around, comes around"Facebook.com
- ↑ The Parreel 2011 Part 1
- ↑ The post in which this is said
- ↑ The comments section of the video
