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West Coast Parkour Summit 2011 PDF Print E-mail

 

Title:  West Coast Parkour Summit

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Location:  Seattle, WA

Date: June 22, 2011 to June 25, 2011

Join Parkour Visions and traceurs from all over the US at this year’s Washington Parkour Summit (7/22-25). We’re going to spend the weekend doing parkour and learning about parkour-related stuff.
Here’s a rough schedule:
Friday 7/22 :: PKV Gym
11:00pm - Open Obstacle Course Challenge
4:00pm - Invitational Obstacle Course Challenge
8:00pm - Potluck Community Dinner
Saturday 7/23 :: Gasworks Park
10:00am - Group warmup
11:00am - Quick parkour workshops
12:00pm - Open jam
4:00pm - Summit sessions
8:00pm - Leaders Roundtable and Dinner
Sunday 7/24 :: UW, Freeway Park, Volunteer Park, etc.
10:00am - Open training around Seattle
4:00pm - Summit sessions
Monday 7/25 :: (if there are still unexhausted ppl)
10:00pm - Open jam around Seattle
Sessions (topics/speakers in parentheses are tentative)
  • Weight Training Basics - Rene Scavington, Project Warrior
  • Mobility Trainings Basics - Mike Hamm, Cortiva Institute and Rafe Kelley, Parkour Visions
  • Performance Nutrition - Justin Sweeney, Parkour Visions
  • Injury Mechanisms and Prevention - Ken Kao, Vital Balance Chiropractic
  • Parkour Vision: Creativity in Space - Jereme Sanders, Primal Fitness San Antonio
  • Effective Parkour Programming - Rafe Kelley, Parkour Visions
  • Parkour Equipment Construction - Tyson Cecka , Parkour Visions, STURDY
  • (Bodyweight Strength Training - Charlie Moreland, Rochester Parkour)
  • Art of Falling, Adapted for Parkour - Amos Rendao, APEX Movement

Register online for the competition and sessions... we'll see you in July!

 

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