Parkour

Freerunning Vaults

Many vaults are used for style rather than speed and efficiency as in Parkour

• 360 vault: Like a side vault, but with a 360-degree turn over the object.
• Triple Kong: A kong with three taps.
• Screwdriver: A kong with a 360 performed after the hands are placed.
• Stinger vault: A kong with a 360 dive before the hands are placed.
• 360 Underbar: An underbar performed with a 360 rotation during the move
• Sky vault: A one-handed cartwheel over an obstacle.
• Vert vault: Hands are placed in a regular vault fashion but one leg is kicked up over one's head.
• Rocket vault: Done in a lazy fashion, both legs go together and are perfectly straight, and the feet are grabbed by the traceur's hand.
• Star vault: A cartwheel over an obstacle.
• Sky vault: A one-handed cartwheel over an object.
• Shoulder vault: To roll over an obstacle as efficiently as possible.
• Barrel vault: A double legged reverse vault over the obstacle with one hand placed on it for balance and control.
• Thief 360: A thief vault but with a 360-degree twist. It is usually immediately followed by a roll.
• Palm spin: A spin on an object landing on the same side as in the takeoff.
• Inside monkey: A monkey vault but the legs are outside the arms; the legs are still bent monkey-style.
• Inside dash: A dash vault but the legs are outside the arms.
• Dash 360: A dash with a 360-degree twist performed either before or after the dash.
• Weave: Practitioner goes through an opening (for example, between two bars) and quickly comes out the other side.
• Monkey roll: A monkey vault followed by a roll, without landing on your feet before the roll.
• Butterfly vault: A side vault with a butterfly kick performed over the object.
• Straddle vault: Performing a split in a mid air vault.
• Split One: A lazy vault with a split performed after the traceur is over the object.
• Leopard vault: Leaping from a higher object to a lower one placing slapping hands on lower wall and pushing off.
• Scissor Vault: In a lazy motion, but the legs move side by side in a scissor like cutting motion.
• Gate flare: Like a gate vault, but with the legs perfectly straight.
• Rail flip: Two hands are placed on top of the obstacle and a front handspring is executed.
• Cast bomb: A reverse Kong to a cast away.
• Monkey gainer: A monkey vault, but with a gainer performed before the feet touch the ground.
• Kong gainer: Similar to a monkey gainer, but with a Kong performed
• Dash bomb: A dash vault, but with a front flip performed while still in midair.
• Dash barani: A dash bomb with an a barani, or 180 front flip, instead of a regular front flip.
• Dash gainer: A dash vault performed with a gainer while still in midair. This move has yet to be landed.

Credits: Wikipedia