Parkour is a 'sport' I've wanted to learn ever since seeing it in Eric Prydz's video for Proper Education.

But it'll never happen - I can't even do a backflip on the ground standing still, let alone into water or on a tramp. In fact, last time I tried I sprained my wrist. Don't ask me how.

I think my fascination with it is down to my little-boy crush on spies and ninjas. Just imagine this guy in a full tux or ninja outfit and you'll see what I mean.

Jack gives the camera a cheeky­ grin as he canters over the finish line, while he competitor strains at full speed to come second:

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Lovelock beating W R (Bill) Bonthron in a mile race, 21 Jul 1934
Lovelock beating his great American rival, Bill Bonthron, at the Oxford and Cambridge vs Princeton and Cornell Universities meeting at the White City stadium, London
Reference number: MSX-2251-027
Photograph with annotations
Part of Lovelock, John Edward (Jack), 1910-1949 : Papers (MS-Group-0012)
Manuscripts and Archives Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

The Dropkicks preview the Rugby World Cup - analysing the likely qualifiers from each pool; the number of injuries Tonga and Samoa will cause; how much the Irish squad will drink while based in France, and many other such pertinent questions.

Also: the Warriors qualify 4th for the NRL playoffs; the NZ rowers excel at the World Rowing Champs; and the world media take liberties with the Tyson Gay, the Fastest Man on Earth...­

Download Episode 2007/30 - World Cup preview.

Returned from their voyages to alternate realties, the Dropkicks return with more stunning insights into the Super 14, the Six Nations, and any other sport issues that take their fancy.

Download Episode 2007/08.