Frequently Asked Questions

What is Wam Jam?

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Wam Jam is the annual Australian Women's Parkour Gathering. It started in Sydney in 2015 and has been hosted in a different city each year since, including Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. This year, it's back in Sydney! Wam Jam generally consists of a series of open outdoor and indoor training, workshops and our annual Wam Jam talk, where we discuss challenges unique to women and minority groups in parkour and how they can be moderated.

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How much does it cost to attend?

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We've tried our hardest to cater to everyone, so the event is free! The only events which require payment are $10 to take part in event shirt DIY's to cover our materials cost and Sydney Olson's Freerunning Workshops which require a donation upon registration. However, to make sure everyone can get involved, the donation is of an amount that the participant chooses.

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If you're travelling from interstate or overseas and need to keep your stay low budget, please contact us via email or private message our Instagram page and we'll try our best to link you up with a local Sydney traceuse to be hosted.

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Is Wam Jam open to internationals?

Absolutely! Wam Jam is the annual is the Australia national women's gathering but we would love to see more internationals attending our event. Send us an email and if you'd like to be hosted by a local and we'll try our best to get you all set up. We already have traceuses flying in from the US, Philippines and New Zealand so we'd love to see more of you! Please also stick around before or after the event if you can so you can pack in some more jumps down under.

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Is Wam Jam open to men?

 

Short answer = Yes. While all of our open jams are open to men, there are restrictions on which workshops and activities can be joined. The primary aim of Wam Jam is to encourage female participation in parkour and men can easily dominate a spot and create an intimidating environment without intending to. Some events such as our BBQ and discussion, we highly encourage men to attend as the impacts of men on women's parkour is a big topic that can be navigated more progressively with input from  both sides. 

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Check the red and purple notes in the Full Itinerary for details on which events you are restricted from joining. Don't be discouraged, there's open jamming for everyone all day, everyday and an open gender workshop with Sydney Olson that you should definitely be registering for.

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What's on and when/where?

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We've made a PDF of the Full Itinerary so you can stay on top of workshops, locations and times. You can access our Full Itinerary here!!

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When an we start registering for workshops?

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Most workshops are already open to registration and can be registered by following the links in the All Registrations tab of our website! The exceptions are the Speedy Gonzales, Creativity & Flow and Flips & Freerunning workshops which are limited space and can be registered for from 7am on the 20th Feb (AEDT).

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When can we bid on the skills auction?

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The skills auction will be open for bidding from Saturday March 7th 9am til Sunday March 8th 9pm. Make sure you click going on the Facebook Event so that you get reminders when the bidding time gets close so you can get your bids in on time!

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When are raffle tickets available?

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They are already available and can be bought online through this link or in person from Anna Yamashita or Stephania Zitis but we highly recommend you waiting til we announce the contents of each raffle. We're still not sure when we can confirm everything so for now we suggest clicking going to our General Event Page so you can receive updates on the raffle goodies as they come in!

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