Enso Movement
Regeneration Tricking Gathering VI
2021 Event Report
Regeneration Gathering VI
The sixth Regeneration Gathering was held over the first weekend of November 2021. Large events have taken a backseat since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. Demand is stronger than ever to gather as communities look ahead with the safe forecast of dwindling cases. We experienced a weekend full of connections in honor of tricking’s roots of inclusivity and community.
US Tricking brought the heat with a packed guest list of coaches from across the United States and Mexico. Attendees leveled up through specialized workshops covering kicks, strength & conditioning, recovery practices, and more.
We’d like to thank everyone for the vibrant energy that has brought fire back to the tricking community post-pandemic.
Event Recap
The tricking community has been looking for the right opportunity to gather after the halt of large events. US Tricking brought together some of the best tricking coaches and athletes together for a US tour.
This year’s Regeneration Gathering VI brought new and returning guests including Saúl Aguirre, Jacobie Burton, Adam Devenport, Sam Lincoln, Ethan Turner, and Brandon Schwerin; with a special guest appearance from Carson Crawford.
Members of the US Tricking organization are committed to pushing tricking through collaboration and organization. Durant Nature Park, Enso Movement, and Defy Gravity served as the three unique, indoor and outdoor venues. Regeneration Gathering served as the fifth leg of the national tricking tour.
Get the Most Out of Your Kicks
with Xavier Williams and Samuel Lincoln
Xavier Williams and Samuel Lincoln are masters at cheat kicks and their variations! In this seminar, participants will learn how to optimize the cheat setup. Tricking instructors will correct any errors they see in the technique, teach the progression ladders, and suggest the next steps when it comes to training cheat kicks. If there’s time left over, Xavier and Samuel will go over how to combo into and out of cheat kicks and teach their secrets to combine them ferociously and fluidly.
Learn & Optimize Swing Tricks
with Ethan Turner and Adam Devenport
Ethan Turner & Adam Devenport will help you master the most crucial transition in tricking: the swing through. Learn how to build power with each swing, connect multiple swing throughs, and block for big tricks! Whether you’re learning the basics or working on triple corks, this seminar will help take your swings to the next level.
Everything Double Legs
with Zak Ferguson and Malik Shepherd
Xavier Williams and Samuel Lincoln are masters at cheat kicks and their variations! In this seminar, participants will learn how to optimize the cheat setup. Tricking instructors will correct any errors they see in the technique, teach the progression ladders, and suggest the next steps when it comes to training cheat kicks. If there’s time left over, Xavier and Samuel will go over how to combo into and out of cheat kicks and teach their secrets to combine them ferociously and fluidly.
Variations to Add Some Spice
with Brandon Schwerin and Carson Crawford
Xavier Brendan and Carson are widely known for their creativity and style. In this seminar, participants will rotate between unique sessions between each instructor.
Although many trickers see the rodeo skill as a complicated variation, Brendan will elaborate on how it’s actually quite simple. Once you have the basics of the variation, he will teach you how to apply it to a myriad of tricks so that you too can look like an ice lord!
Carson will be going over how to add round kicks into tricks that you wouldn’t normally expect them. He will also be teaching a highly advanced variation of the round kick variation called a hawkeye; with the potential of turning it into a sidewinder.
Conditioning for Tricking and Aesthetics
with Saúl Aguirre and Jacobie Burton
Your tricks may look like theirs from anime but so does your body? Saúl and Jacobie will share their experiences with strength training for aesthetics and how it helped their tricking. Conditioning the body helps to enhance tricking, prevent injuries, and improve your acrobatic abilities. Participants will learn how to double back, both on and off axis, by the end of the session.
Tricking Recovery
with Brandon Schwerin
Got a long travel after the gathering and you can barely walk?
Let’s get your body recovered from the weekend and ease your travels! We will be doing a Sunday cooldown workshop.
The Tricking Recovery workshop implements yoga, functional movements, and foam rolling. Brandon will share his wisdom on the importance of a recovery practice in tricking for health, injury prevention, and longevity.
Come recover and let’s get back in stride.
Tricking Battle Results
Which trickers won? These are the results of the Regeneration Tricking Gathering battles from Friday, November 5th, 2021.
The Little Cup
Dylan Berry was the winner of The “Little Cup” Tournament.
“Little Cup” is a Regeneration Gathering battle format for beginners. Athletes are not allowed to rotate twice in the air; so that means no dubs! This forces trickers to get more creative with their battle tactics and gives beginners a fighting chance to win.
Although Dylan is known for his power-based style, regularly throwing singles, doubles, triples and even QUADS, he was able to get creative and use his endurance to come out on top. Against another of our very own: Matthew Carrol.
The prize for winning the tournament was a three-month membership to Kojo’s Trick Lab, supplied by Kojo himself. Dylan decided to give the winning prize to Matthew since he already has a membership to KTL.
Shapes Live Battles
Competitions were set to a two-minute limit for the Shapes Live Battles. Individuals registered for the one-on-ones and teams for the two versus two. Each battle was streamed live via the @shapesmag instagram for an online voting to declare the champion. Everyone battled amazingly! There were some intense heats as each tricker brought their A-game to the floor. The battles are archived at @shapesmag if you’d like to see all the athletes go head to head!
Shapes Live Battle #01
Saúl Aguirre vs Matthew Carroll
Champion: Saúl Aguirre
Shapes Live Battle #02
Parker Trzebunia & Liam Trzebunia vs Bader Kharbat & Samuel Lincoln
Champion: Bader Kharbat & Samuel Lincoln
Shapes Live Battle #03
Alex Batts vs Fenton McKown
Champion: Alex Batts
Shapes Live Battle #04
Liam Burch & Linkin Orth vs Jacobie Burton & Saúl Aguirre
Champion: Jacobie Burton & Saúl Aguirre
Shapes Live Battle #05
Dante Currie vs Xavier Williams
Champion: Xavier Williams
Shapes Live Battle #06
Parker Trzebunia vs Liam Trzebunia
Champion: Liam Trzebunia
Shapes Live Battle #07
Dylan Berry & Dante Currie vs Alex Batts & Matthew Carroll
Champion: Dylan Berry & Dante Currie
Shapes Live Battle #08
Dylan Berry vs Jacobie Burton
Champion: Dylan Berry
Thank You
We’d like to extend our appreciation to the support shared by our event team and guest coaches. A special thanks to our support team including Max Bobrowski, Mitch Buynitzky, and Tegan Kelleher.
Event partners and tour affiliates include US Tricking, Vertigo, Loopkicks, California Tricking, Battle of Fury, Trick Dynamix, Tricktoberfest, Joining All Movement (JAM), Euphoria, Trickstrong, NOLA Gathering, SHAPES, and Pikes Peak.
For social interactions, please use #regenerationtricking or tag @regenerationtricking
About US Tricking
US Tricking’s mission is to honor the sport’s roots in its inclusive and community-driven culture. US Tricking aims to make tricking more accessible to athletes in the United States, at all levels, through growing events, fostering community interactions, and building resources for the community to expand and flourish.
Members include Vertigo Tricking, Loopkicks, Trick Dynamix, and more.
About The Tour 2021
Remember those moments, where a newbie meets a veteran on the floor for the first time? Remember the energy of someone stomping their first trick? How about the roar of cheer erupting from the crowds letting you know a banger has been landed or the sore muscles Sunday morning? A clear signifier of a good gathering. Well, if you don’t, let us jog your memory.
The US Tricking Tour 2021 brings a national team of elite tricking coaches, specialized seminars, and energetic tricking battles through seven events across the eastern United States.