The Brest Urban Jam wants to become an annual event for urban sports [En images]

From 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., this Thursday, May 2, 2024, the Ateliers des Capucins came alive with the first edition of the Brest Urban Jam event.

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Enora, member of the breakdance collective Better Dayz, led the initiations offered to the Capucins this Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Photo Le Télégramme/Manon Fontaine)

Alexis, 4 years old, Timéo, 13 years old, and even Marine, 22 years old, shared the Machines place.

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This Thursday afternoon, the Ateliers des Capucins, in Brest, welcomed dozens of young people, from primary to university, for introductions to breakdancing, led by the Better Dayz collective. (Photo Le Télégramme/Manon Fontaine)

Experienced players and beginners met for initiations, free practice, a show and a competition around breakdancing and skateboarding.

Organized by five students at the request of the Brittany University Sports League, the Brest Urban Jam aims to continue. (Photo Le Télégramme/Manon Fontaine)

And between dance and skateboarding, it wasn’t “two rooms, two atmospheres”. Already because, in the middle of stunts, the skaters could have been confused with hip-hop dancers. But above all because the young people did not hesitate to test everything.

Among the spectators present at the Brest Urban Jam this Thursday, May 2, 2024, many parents and loved ones. Like Steve and Elise, who came to encourage their son Timéo, 13 years old. (Photo Le Télégramme/Manon Fontaine)

“We had around a hundred participants,” says Baptiste, one of the organizers, a sports management student in Brest.

Thanks to the advice of Enora, Lison and Nolwenn, the four groups of young people discovered the basics of breakdancing, and in particular its poses, or “freeze”. (Photo Le Télégramme/Manon Fontaine)

“We wanted to create a sporting event made by and for young people. It’s a good start, the goal is to make it last! », says his friend Melvin, who is one of the ten or so skaters registered for the competition.

Mostly coming “for fun”, the teenagers and students who took part in the competition did not fail to exchange their “tricks”. Among the ten skaters, two young girls were present. (Photo Le Télégramme/Manon Fontaine)

Charlie, who has been skating for seven years, performed tricks in front of his friends, who came for the occasion. At 19, he was a member of Marée mauve, an association which also organizes competitions. (Photo Le Télégramme/Manon Fontaine)

All afternoon, the athletes were accompanied by Deejay Taj' and his turntables. — All afternoon, the athletes were accompanied by Deejay Taj’ and his turntables. (Photo Le Télégramme/Manon Fontaine)

The skaters competed two by two in a “Game of Skate”, before showing off their best tricks to the assembly. (Photo Le Télégramme/Manon Fontaine)

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