This is the Closest to Flying You’ll Ever Get

He leaps, he flips, he spins, he rolls, 17-year-old Louie Chavez will be flying by the end of the year.

Parkour is a type of military obstacle course field training that teaches recruits how to propel, jump, climb and swing. It has also become a popular dance and acrobatics practice. After discovering the unique activity online, Louie knew it would be the perfect sport for him.

The teen parkour and freerunning aficionado has been pushing the limits of gravity since age 14, and a new video montage posted to YouTube of his most impressive moves is a testament to his incredible skills.

"Ever since I was little, I just kind of liked jumping around and then I saw [parkour] videos on YouTube," Louie tells the Good News Blog. "I didn't know there was a name for that kind of stuff."

Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico Louie is a senior at El Dorado High School, and learned to how to do parkour from testing the scope by jumping over walls around his neighborhood and later joining a gym that teaches such acrobatics.

"I've always wanted to be like Spider-Man," he comments.

A typical day for Louie includes school and lots of flipping. He takes classes at the gym twice a week, and can otherwise be seen spinning in spirals around town. As far as injuries go, the teen says there've only been two major ailments: the first, a twisted foot while he was learning, and the second, more recently, at the gym.

"I drifted off the side of a trampoline, and fractured my foot on rim," Louie recalls. "I was out for three months."

Louie says he hopes to pursue parkour as a career and also aims to go to college.

"The big main people, they usually just travel around the world and do competitions, so that would be great," he says.

Onward and upward Louie… and to the moon!

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