The volunteer journey – how did you get involved?
I have been doing parkour for 4 years. I know the Hungarian parkour community pretty well, The owner of HOP  (Hall of Parkour Hungary), told me that there will be a project called UUM and if I wanted to sign up for it. It meant travelling and meating people from other countries. It was a yes for me.

What is your connection to the NGO or the urban sports world?
I helped  build the first parkour gym in Hungary, called HOP (Hall of Parkour Hungary).  I also volunteered for WUG. I helped clean the parkour course between the competitors runs. In general I love parkour.

What was your experience like at the urban sports camp?
I love sports, I love moving, so  for me it was all very positive. I liked the way that the sports were split up onto different days. Each sport had it’s own day. I like  meeting new  people, I am  very open, and extrovert, so meeting people from different countries, who love sports was really  nice.

What did you learn from the local event organisation? How did you feel, what challenges did you have and how did you overcome them? 
At first it seemed like a daunting task, but with the help of my friend, I knew we could  manage it together. First we made the cover for the event, then we wrote the time stamp, about what will happen when. All that was last was to make the event happen. I think it went well, people who never trained parkour before, did do parkour that day, so it was a success.

What are you most looking forward to about what’s yet to come in the UUM project? 
The one thing I am looking most forward to is travelling. Nothing I have known in my life made me more excited than travelling. This is because of the things that come with it. Meeting new people, doing new activities.

The volunteer journey – how did you get involved?
I got invited to this journey by Vajk, who plays a really important role in the Hungarian parkour community, he told me everything important about the program and I instantly accepted. It is my pleasure that I can take part in it.

What is your connection to the NGO or the urban sports world?
I’ve been interested in extreme sports since a very young age, I remember discovering parkour as a kid and falling in love with it. Ever since then I’ve been doing what I love, got to know some amazing people, got accepted by this beautiful community and for the first time in my life I feel like I am where I belong.

What was your experience like at the urban sports camp?
The urban sports camp was a very memorable few days for me. I would say I’m pretty introverted, so meeting new people isn’t usually my thing, but it was really nice to get out of my comfort zone and luckily I got on with the other people involved surprisingly well. It was also nice getting to know other extreme sports cultures and seeing other people get to know my sport.

What did you learn from the local event organisation? How did you feel, what challenges did you have and how did you overcome them?
This was my first time taking part in managing an event like this so it was great to try something new again, our task was to give parkour challenges to the guests, which was not so easy because some of the people did parkour at a high level, and some of them didn’t at all and it is really hard to find challenges that are fun for everyone, but I tried my best and I think it turned out awesome in the end.

What are you most looking forward to about what’s yet to come in the UUM project?
I am really hyped to travel and also to see what challenges we will be given throughout this journey. But I think I am the most excited about meeting the other participants again after all this time. I really believe getting to know these people makes me progress as a person. I can practice my social skills, my English, and I can experience things that I would not without this little team.