Worldwide jam (magazine)
Encyclopedia
Worldwide JAM or WWJ is currently an Internet based magazine
aimed mainly toward the Parkour
community. The magazine itself features a multitude of articles ranging from the appearance of parkour in the media including when members of the street team appeared on an episode of the BBC
's motoring programme Top Gear
featuring a race between James May
in a new Peugeot 207
against two traceurs (Daniel Ilabaca and Kerbie from Worldwide JAM's 'Street Team') in the city of Liverpool
on 23 July 2006. or whenever parkour is covered by even the local media and readers are generally encouraged to report & send in any newspaper or television coverage they have received. The magazine also features a number of parkour related equipment (like body building gear) or clothing evaluations to show how a traceur can increase his efficiency in the discipline by perhaps using the reviewed items, while the Worldwide Jam magazine promises to be impartial, unbiased and balanced some of these "road tests" have actually been written up by the magazines readers although it can be argued that this kind of reporting helps them achieve their goal.
Back in November 2005, Issue #1 of the magazine was set to have its printing date set and deliveries started, With the first three issues being published bi-monthly and limited to 10,000 copies only, also the magazine was originally only going to be sold via specialist retailers or by subscription. Problems arose however in getting the magazine into an actual physical format when JedRed Media lost its clientele with UK parkour team Urban Freeflow. Many members of the parkour community are still awaiting copies of the magazine or refunds after purchasing advanced subscriptions of the magazine, some even dubbing the magazine "Worldwide Scam". The WWJ website is currently displaying the following message when you click on its Magazine tab:
as of July 18, the page remains and no information has been released.
In November 2008 most of the 'Street team' walked out, and refused to work for Andrew Smith or Worldwide Jam as they were owed considerable sums of money from WWJ. To date no magazine has emerged, and no Street team remains - although Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam refuses to remove images and bios from his 'Team' page. Worldwide Jam is in debt to members of the Parkour community to the sum of thousands of pounds, and has no means of repaying. It has been recommended that the community boycott the WWJ website, and no not pay for any clothing or services from Worldwide jam.
API and displays on the map a parkour "hotspot" location, also it is possible for any traceur using the service to set their own personal location showing where they themselves are.
or gif
image which normally depicts the teams logo. Along with the banner the team must include the crew's website URL which then after admin approval gets added to the main directory on WWJ's website. All WWJ require for this service is to have the crew wishing to be added to the directory place WWJ's own banner on the crew's website.
Online magazine
An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control...
aimed mainly toward the Parkour
Parkour
Parkour is a method of movement focused on moving around obstacles with speed and efficiency. Originally developed in France, the main purpose of the discipline is to teach participants how to move through their environment by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing and jumping...
community. The magazine itself features a multitude of articles ranging from the appearance of parkour in the media including when members of the street team appeared on an episode of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's motoring programme Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)
Top Gear is a British television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style...
featuring a race between James May
James May
James Daniel May is an English television presenter, journalist and writer. He is best known for his role as co-presenter of the award-winning motoring programme Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond....
in a new Peugeot 207
Peugeot 207
The Peugeot 207 is a small family car produced by the French automaker Peugeot and unveiled in January 2006.-Launch:The 207 was launched in France, Spain and Italy during April 2006 and later on in other European, Israeli and Arabic markets....
against two traceurs (Daniel Ilabaca and Kerbie from Worldwide JAM's 'Street Team') in the city of Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
on 23 July 2006. or whenever parkour is covered by even the local media and readers are generally encouraged to report & send in any newspaper or television coverage they have received. The magazine also features a number of parkour related equipment (like body building gear) or clothing evaluations to show how a traceur can increase his efficiency in the discipline by perhaps using the reviewed items, while the Worldwide Jam magazine promises to be impartial, unbiased and balanced some of these "road tests" have actually been written up by the magazines readers although it can be argued that this kind of reporting helps them achieve their goal.
Back in November 2005, Issue #1 of the magazine was set to have its printing date set and deliveries started, With the first three issues being published bi-monthly and limited to 10,000 copies only, also the magazine was originally only going to be sold via specialist retailers or by subscription. Problems arose however in getting the magazine into an actual physical format when JedRed Media lost its clientele with UK parkour team Urban Freeflow. Many members of the parkour community are still awaiting copies of the magazine or refunds after purchasing advanced subscriptions of the magazine, some even dubbing the magazine "Worldwide Scam". The WWJ website is currently displaying the following message when you click on its Magazine tab:
23/02/07
DETAILS COMING SHORTLY
as of July 18, the page remains and no information has been released.
In November 2008 most of the 'Street team' walked out, and refused to work for Andrew Smith or Worldwide Jam as they were owed considerable sums of money from WWJ. To date no magazine has emerged, and no Street team remains - although Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam refuses to remove images and bios from his 'Team' page. Worldwide Jam is in debt to members of the Parkour community to the sum of thousands of pounds, and has no means of repaying. It has been recommended that the community boycott the WWJ website, and no not pay for any clothing or services from Worldwide jam.
Planet Parkour
Planet Parkour, is a program on the worldwide jam website that was developed by Chris Phillips and is an adaptation of the Hotspot Map found on the South Coast Parkour community website. The program itself is based on a Google mapsGoogle Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google, free , that powers many map-based services, including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit, and maps embedded on third-party websites via the Google Maps API...
API and displays on the map a parkour "hotspot" location, also it is possible for any traceur using the service to set their own personal location showing where they themselves are.
Global Connect
Global Connect or the International Crew Directory is another service offered by the magazine that enables internet communities or groups of traceurs "teams" to have a link to their own websites by sending in their "crew banner" which comprises a 185x60 pixel jpegJPEG
In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
or gif
GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
image which normally depicts the teams logo. Along with the banner the team must include the crew's website URL which then after admin approval gets added to the main directory on WWJ's website. All WWJ require for this service is to have the crew wishing to be added to the directory place WWJ's own banner on the crew's website.
Street Team
The current street team members for 2007 are:- Philli - quit as was owed money by Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam
- Andi - quit as was owed money by Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam
- Daniel Ilabaca - quit as was owed money by Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam
- Chris Harbour (Prozac)
- Drunkmonk
- Curtis Smalls
- Brad Wendes - quit as was owed money by Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam
- Luke Markey - quit as was owed money by Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam
- Bradley Moss - quit as was owed money by Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam
- Ashley Holland - quit as was owed money by Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam
- Stuart Palmer
- Rich Jones - quit as was owed money by Andrew Smith of Worldwide Jam
- Boki
External links
- http://www.worldwidejam.tv/index.htmlWorldwide JAM Website - http://www.worldwidejam.tv/index.html
- http://www.worldwidejam.tv/linkspage.jam.parkour.htmlGlobal Connect - http://www.worldwidejam.tv/linkspage.jam.parkour.html
- http://www.worldwidejam.tv/PlanetParkour.1b.htmlPlanet Parkour - http://www.worldwidejam.tv/PlanetParkour.1b.html