Clinics, Climbing, Clinics!
It may be hot outside, but our plans for Trad Fest are looking hotter!! Check out the clinic lineup, workshops + more! PLUS our education program is going off in the northeast 🔥
FESTIVAL NEWS
Hey! Hi! Hello!
As the weather heats up, so does festival planning at Flash Foxy! We’re excited to share what we’ve been cooking up for the 2024 Flash Foxy Trad Fest, but before we do don’t forget to reapply some sunscreen and take a sip of water ☀️🧴🥵
Clinics! Clinics! Clinics!
Our athlete lineup is looking 🔥🔥🔥 and so are the clinic topics they’ve chosen! We’re about a month away from clinic registration (which opens August 15th) and these clinics are just the start of your learning options:
Follower’s Flow with Marian Perez (they/them) *Flash Foxy Education
Trad for Sport Climbers with Majka Burhardt (she/her) *Patagonia
Crack Flow with Vikki Weldon (she/her) *Arc'teryx
Multipitch Magic with Sean Taft-Morales (they/them) *Flash Foxy Education
Movement Tactics - Bouldering with Ady Wright (she/her)*La Sportiva
Jamming with Janet with Janet Wilkinson (she/her) *Flash Foxy Education
Rescue Skills - Single Pitch with Sean Taft-Morales (they/them) *Flash Foxy Education
Remember, these clinics are reserved for registered festival participants, so get your festival pass now to make sure you get the clinic link when it goes live!
Looking for Meetup Leaders!
Are you a community organizer, affinity group or meetup leader? You’re invited to lead a meetup as a Community Partner! Meetups are a way to help participants break the ice, build community, and learn about your organization! Past meetups have included: Crag and Doodle, Belay Techniques for different bodies, Hike the Crag, and BIPOC Affinity Bouldering!
In exchange for leading a meetup, community partners get TWO FREE TICKETS and time to table at the fest to share your mission. PLUS, you get discounted festival passes to share with your community!
So… this festival is just a lot of climbing?
Heck no, bb!!!! Sure, we spend a lot of time climbing, talking about climbing, and daydreaming about climbing… but we’re also here to build community and strive to be well-rounded human beings! Here’s a little summary of programming included with your festival pass 🤩, but you can find the full details here:
Pizza Party + Mocktails
Salsa Dance Workshop with Luca Verano Diaz (they/them)
DJ Dance Party
Mini-Morning Workshops
Evening Yoga with Lisa McCoy (she/her)
Panel Discussion + Film Screenings
Gender Inclusion Workshop with Trans Climbers Belong
Stewardship Project
Community Slideshow Presentation
Thank you 🧡 to our sponsors including our title sponsor Patagonia; our featured sponsors Adidas TERREX, and Arc’teryx New York; our contributing sponsors Scarpa, La Sportiva, IMCS, and IME; and our in-kind sponsors Red Bull, Conway Hostel, and the North Conway Flatbread Co.
GET INVOLVED! Interested in our small business vendor market? Want to learn about sponsorship opportunities? Just curious? Send an email to events@flashfoxy.com!
EDUCATION COURSES
Whassup northeast!?? Wanna climb? We’ve got TWO opportunities to learn your trad basics PLUS the opportunity to hang with one of our fav festival athletes - Genevive Walker - during our August Trad Anchors + Rescue Skills course 🤩
NEW - Beginner to Baddie Bouldering Series
This course series will meet once a month for three-months at the Bouldering Project Brooklyn and is designed to help new climbers get comfortable bouldering and taking up space as climbers while also gaining the skills, confidence and community to plan your first outdoor bouldering trip. We encourage participants to climb together and practice the skills we talk about between sessions - maybe you’ll even plan an outdoor trip together by the end of this!
Round 1 of this series will meet Wednesdays 8/7 + 9/4 + 10/2. Space is limited to only 10 participants - so be on the lookout for registration directly via the Bouldering Project Brooklyn soon!
That’s not all, we’ll also be running a few special Arc’teryx community programs in New York and Colorado! These programs are open to climbers of all genders; so invite your cis-guy friends to experience the foxy magic ✨ All proceeds from these programs will be donated to local non-profits. Keep an eye out for registration coming soon!
8/9: TOP ROPE ANCHORS 101 (Brooklyn, NY)
8/10: RESCUE SKILLS 101 - SINGLE PITCH (New Paltz, NY)
9/6 - 9/7: RESCUE SKILLS 101 - SINGLE PITCH (Boulder, CO)
Thank you to our presenting sponsor - Arc’teryx - and our guide service partners - Rise Outside, Smile Mountain Guides, and IMCS - for making this program possible.
Questions about the Education Program? Email education@flashfoxy.com!
JOBS, GRANTS + PARTNER PROGRAMS
Access Fund is seeking a full-time Social Media & Marketing Manager to spread our mission across all channels and reach climbers nationwide.
Brown Girls Climb is looking for Girl Scout Troops for youth pilot programming, which will focus on working with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Girl Scout Troops in New York; New Jersey; Washington, DC; and San Diego!
High Mountain Institute is hiring Director of Students + Residential Life and a Director of Academics + Faculty
No Man’s Land Film Festival is accepting submissions for films featuring a female or gender-nonconforming subject as the lead. This includes women, trans women and men, and genderqueer or non-binary subjects.
Do you know an organization or brand that would be a great match for a collab with Flash Foxy? Send us an email at events@flashfoxy.com or education@flashfoxy.com! We have Sponsorship + Partnership opportunities available.