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Open Zeeland Freerunning Championships

The Open Zeeland Freerunning Championships (OZFK) are a recurring event, organized by G.V. Deltasport in Zierikzee. Participants from across Zeeland and beyond compete in two disciplines: the speed run and the style run.

Speed run

In the speed run you run a parkour course against the clock. The goal is simple: get from start to finish as fast and as smoothly as possible, without letting speed come at the cost of control. This discipline leans heavily on the parkour mindset, where efficiency comes first.

Techniques you’ll often see in a speed run:

  • Vaults, such as the speed vault, kong vault, lazy vault and dash vault, to clear obstacles as quickly as possible
  • Precision jumps between platforms or walls
  • Tic-tacs and wall runs to change direction without losing momentum
  • Rolls to absorb the impact of a landing without slowing down

Style run

The style run is a short, free routine of 30 to 45 seconds where execution counts, not time. Participants put together their own line of movements and are judged on, among other things, difficulty, creativity and how clean the landings are. This discipline sits closer to freerunning: movement as a form of self-expression, where it’s not just about getting somewhere, but how.

Techniques you’ll often see in a style run:

  • Flips, such as forward and backward flips and side flips (aerials)
  • Twists, often combined with a flip
  • Combinations of multiple tricks strung together into one flowing line
  • Creative use of the available obstacles, finished off with a controlled, “sticked” landing

Parkour or freerunning?

The two disciplines of the OZFK really reflect the two sides of the sport. Parkour began as “l’art du déplacement”: the art of movement, with the emphasis on getting from A to B as efficiently as possible. Freerunning, a term made popular by Sébastien Foucan, added a more expressive layer, making room for flips and tricks that aren’t strictly necessary to move forward quickly, but that make the movement more beautiful or personal.

The speed run ties in with the parkour ideal of efficiency, while the style run sits closer to the freerunning idea of creativity and self-expression. Together they give a good picture of the full breadth of the sport.

The next edition of the OZFK is (tentatively) expected in 2028. There’s no guarantee on that yet; we’ll share more here as soon as we know.