France's Parkour federation spotlights Aero Jam and summer camps
Aero Jam will return to Troyes July 3-5 with PKE qualifiers in Speed, Style and Skills, as the FPK uses the meet to frame a packed summer of camps.
France's Fédération de Parkour is putting Aero Jam at the center of a busy July calendar, with the Troyes event set for July 3-5 at Gymnase Charles Dutreix, 25B rue Charles Dutreix. The federation says the slate sits inside a network of more than 30 associations, around 1,600 licensed practitioners and about 150 certified coaches, a scale that makes one weekend listing matter far beyond a single gym.
That reach is the point of the FPK's homepage message. Created in December 2011 from the PKIA, or Parkour Inter Associatif, network, the federation presents itself as the national structure that links clubs, trains leaders, insures practitioners and gives the sport a common frame across France. It also says it has more than 120 trained animateurs across the country, another sign that its work is built on local coaching and not just headline events.
Aero Jam itself is the sharpest competitive marker in that calendar. The Troyes meet is billed as a competition with qualification for the PKE Championships in Speed, Style and Skills, and the program also includes free jam time, qualifications, an evening screening, finals and prize-giving. Athletes who want to qualify for the PKE Championships must choose the Pro category and hold a valid FPK license, which ties the event directly into the federation's competition pathway rather than treating it as a loose exhibition.
The Troyes stop is not appearing out of nowhere. Canal 32 noted that Aero Crew staged the competition in Troyes for the third time in 2024 and added the Skills category that year, a step that showed how the format has kept expanding. Troyes city sports listings also identify AeroJam as a parkour competition organized by Aero Crew at Gymnase Charles Dutreix, confirming it as part of the city's sports calendar rather than a one-off club gathering.
The federation is pairing that competitive track with summer camps aimed at younger practitioners. In partnership with Aubagne Parkour, it says it has run parkour holiday stays for six years, with sessions in Ardèche and the Drôme for 12-17-year-olds in camping settings. The camp format runs 7 days and 6 nights, or 8 days and 7 nights in the Drôme, and the 2026 Drôme stay is set to include creating a parkour park, initiations, a final demonstration and an exploration of a rocky ravine by a river.
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