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1st Massive West Coast Jam a huge success... to be repeated! (wrap-up)

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SafeNSure

Tue 26 May 2009 : 04:16

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During Memorial Day weekend 2009 BAparkour and PKCali joined forces to bring as many West Coast communities together for a regional Jam in San Francisco.
We invited traceurs from Southern California, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and of course the whole Bay Area with the goal of establishing a stronger bond throughout the West Coast.
On Saturday, May 23 we hosted an all day session spanning five locations including WWII bunkers, a wooded trail run, park playgrounds and school campuses.

Following the wrap-up of this very long and fulfilling week-end:

Around 11:00am on Saturday we gathered more than 55 initial participants for the sign up at Battery Godfried overlooking the Golden Gate bridge. PKCali showed with a strong representation of 15+, while traceurs from Sacramento, Santa Rosa, San Jose and even Washington State were present.
They all joined the 10 local guides, who were ready to split into smaller groups of 20/25. That was planned, but also required by the only meeting with authorities of the day, when two cars of park
rangers approached us (after spotting the only professional cameraman "attending" the event...), and notified us that a permit was required within the GG National Recreation Space for groups bigger than 25...

So, while regretting not doing a speech and a collective warm-up at the opening, we started dispatching groups to the spots right away.
Some had a blast doing massive quadrupedal courses through the winding trees at Mountain Lake Park. Others had fun tricking on the grass, while people keep on joining in, filling the ranks of the
few that left early (lots of first-timers to big jams).

At any given time we estimate 80 traceurs training, with a strong traceuses representation.
A close by elementary school provided good rails fun, while after transferring to George Washington HS campus and regrouping all, we indulged in some serious follow-the-leader runs, burning out all the remaining fuel.
At about 5:00pm we were ready to party with a big barbecue, frisbee, soccer and a gigantic PDQ game, many Capoeira 'rodas' and some MMA jamming at Golden Gate Park.
A last vault box thrown on the grassy meadow kept on tempting the 50+, who hung out until sunset...

Here the MWCJ Main Session original thread, with lots of enthusiastic comments:
http://baparkour.ning.com/events/massive-west-coast-jam

From Wednesday to Monday, surrounding the main jam, regular and special satellite sessions were scheduled for anyone to attend.

BApk Gym class
Thursday Berkeley Session
Friday Silent Session
Friday Gym Jam and Slumber Party
Saturday after-party big kids jazzy fun
Sunday Basic Training
Monday Conditioning

In conclusion, it was a tremendous successfully 1st MWCJ edition, which costs were entirely covered by participant donations and was possible through the help of all the many people offering food, rides, cooking, hospitality, etc. (a huge thank to Matt for cooking for everyone!). Thanks everybody for attending and giving us all the best you had.
No doubt we will repeat next year, when PKCali will "pick up the baton"...

More info:
Honorable Mentions to the Local Group Guides!
see group guides composition here

Media and Cameras Policy: read it here
Attendance Policy & Waiver for Minors: read it here

"VolontÃ©, persÃ©vÃ©rance et humilitÃ©" - David Belle
"Train Hard, Stay Humble" - BApk
Parkour sessions in SF

Lonnie

Tue 26 May 2009 : 13:01

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Wo0t! Big thanks to BAPK for all the hard work that went into making this thing such a success! I had an amazing time, met so many talented and friendly people and made some great memories! I can't wait for next year! There was a ton of people but I would like to see some of the Washington and Oregon guys next year to make this truly a WEST COAST Jam!

[ Edited Tue 26 May 2009 : 13:04 ]

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David Jones

Tue 26 May 2009 : 13:10

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SafeNSure wrote ...

No doubt we will repeat next year, when PKCali will "pick up the baton"...

I like the sound of that! I should be in Cali next year if everything goes right.....

Ruder Than You

Tue 26 May 2009 : 13:22

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Location: Clmnt, SD
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can it not be memorial day weekend next time? thats when my ANNUAL batizado is...

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as long as what i do contains my soul and my spirit.

Seth

Tue 26 May 2009 : 14:54

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YAYA!

I had lots o fun!

Pain is temporary, quitting is forever....

Beretta

Wed 27 May 2009 : 19:47

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Joined: Sun 24 May 2009 : 23:14
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
Posts: 32

Total blast, tons of fun!

It was kinda nice as a Memorial Day thing, starts the summer off right!

Nice to meet everyone. Totally can't wait to head south!

cak010

Wed 27 May 2009 : 21:00

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I had a great time! Big ups to all who helped get this done.

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kasai_kun

Fri 29 May 2009 : 12:25

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any pics or vids?

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Lonnie

Fri 29 May 2009 : 14:37

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I've got some video(not much) but my camera records to a format that is not very friendly so it's taking me a while to figure out how to edit and convert them.

ascent

Sat 30 May 2009 : 12:52

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recap vid :)

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N o F l o

Sat 30 May 2009 : 13:14

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Location: Fullerton (Orange County) / Diamond Bar
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Nice video!!
That was an awesome time! Thanks TO BAPK for making it all happen. Was nice to meet new people and check out new spots.
I need to go back to Battery Godfrey & the other bunkers because we didn't have much time there at all.
hah, Liquid at the Manpower Gap!
Thanks to Andreas for letting us crash at Crossfit Marin & Giorgio for logistics, etc.
Thanks also to Matt & San Jose crew for showing us around your city.

[ Edited Sat 30 May 2009 : 13:15 ]

" Train parkour for yourself first. If people like it or not, who cares? As long as you feel good doing it. " --David Belle :: ALL FULLERTON LOCATION INFO. IS IN 1ST POST ON PAGE 1

SafeNSure

Tue 02 Jun 2009 : 14:56

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Joined: Mon 21 Jul 2008 : 18:55
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...end of the BBQ survivors:
Click for pic!

[ Edited Tue 02 Jun 2009 : 16:38 ]

"VolontÃ©, persÃ©vÃ©rance et humilitÃ©" - David Belle
"Train Hard, Stay Humble" - BApk
Parkour sessions in SF

Wed 03 Jun 2009 : 14:30

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Joined: Thu 31 May 2007 : 02:16
Location: mostly Montreal (QC, Canada), UCLA /Westwood area also
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Hey Lonnie. What format is your camera exporting at? Is it HD? With all the editing I do, I've had to mess around with video formats and conversions a lot, so I have a bunch of different solutions that give exceptional results. Hit me with your e-mail and I should be able to hook you up.

[ Edited Wed 03 Jun 2009 : 14:32 ]

SafeNSure

Wed 03 Jun 2009 : 18:12

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Joined: Mon 21 Jul 2008 : 18:55
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Jo wrote ...

I have a bunch of different solutions that give exceptional results.

Hey Jo! (Hi...)
That would make for an awesome 'article' that all and every community in the world could appreciate!!!

(you may have to stay generic, to avoid breaking too many copyright laws in too many states, though...)

Bboyease4

Wed 03 Jun 2009 : 18:50

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maybe next time it could be in the LA area?

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Beast

Wed 03 Jun 2009 : 23:49

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in that BBQ pic, where's Wasabe?! could have sworn he was in the bay area with us...

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orem

Wed 03 Jun 2009 : 23:50

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@bboyease4: that's the general consensus so far ;)

@rebbeh: i think in that picture we were yelling at him to come over

[ Edited Wed 03 Jun 2009 : 23:52 ]

Beast

Wed 03 Jun 2009 : 23:59

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i know ;) LOL

Bboyease4

Sun 07 Jun 2009 : 12:27

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Im just wondering, was anybody their from out of state? like oregon or washington?

orem

Sun 07 Jun 2009 : 14:05

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yeah, we had some washington folk

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