Firestorm Freerunning and Acrobatics

Brought my daughters in last weekend to check things out. Signed them up for a 1 hour session. We are now signing them up for a weekly class. It’s all they have been talking about. They can hardly wait for the next class.
The staff is super friendly and encouraging and class prices are fair.
I highly recommend this place.

I have been looking for a parkour class for my son! I like the skills and discipline he is learning. The staff is all nice and helpful. I definitely recommend this gym to anyone looking for a parkour class!

Great location and awesome place for my daughter to prepare for her Cheer experience at High School! Last week was my daughter’s first experience and the coaches had nothing but patience with her.

My son enjoys the trampoline class. Instructors are knowledgeable and enjoy what they teach.

This is a passionate group of people. I didn’t get a sense of «ego» in this environment, but make no mistake, these are talented people. The feeling of personal growth is strong here. Everyone from parents dropping off their kids to Cirque du Soleil performers can be found here.
I’m sincerely happy I found this place. And Justin, thank you again for building this gym, it means a lot.
Ryan

Both my kids (boy and girl) had a fabulous time. Instructors were fantastic and made it challenging and fun for all skills and ages

This is an adult playground, great for kids, even better for adults especially if you are going for American Ninja Warrior. Good training and nice big facility

My son did an introductory trial today, loved it, and wanted me to sign him up right away. The coaches were young, energetic and worked well with the kids.

I’m already in love with this place! This gym has a great environment with happy and courageous people. The coaches are all super friendly and down to earth. I took a tumbling class and the coaches know exactly when to push their students and when to take it easier. Adult open gym is also such a treat! I walked into this place and felt like a kid in a candy store. It feels like hard work and success when you walk in. I highly recommend this place, especially because the coaches instruct proper technique and form. I have never felt so safe flipping in the air!

My 5 year old daughter took a trail class here and loved it. She said it was «way more fun than karate and gymnastics». Everyone we’ve come in contact so far has been great and amazing with my daughter. We’re so excited for her to start her weekly classes!

Great place with great people. Sterling is super cool and I love how well-​trained the athletes are who come here!
Great place to do aerial silks, or bounce on an air trampoline that will fling you 20 feet in the air. WARNING: This place is not for those who have no experience unless you’re taking a class. I came for the open gym with some friends who have been in the circus business so I was okay.
Great place to do calisthenics, acrobats, aerial silks, and freerunning most of all. They have an open floor, along with 3 hooks for aerial silks, a trampoline, and a freerunning bar obstacle course. Very cool.
Open gym is $ 10 or $ 5 if you come at the halfway mark and stay till the end.

I have a few bruises but definitely had fun and learned a thing or two about climbing walls.
COACHES: The coaches were good. We had Coach Freelove and he was a perfect mix of challenging, encouraging, and entertaining. He explained concepts and actions clearly and simply and then demoed it so we could see what he was talking about. He made it comfortable to ask questions, mess up and try again. I’m in the education field and I appreciated the clarity, engagement and reinforcement of parkour basics from our coach (No knees, feet first, don’t slouch).
ENVIRONMENT: The gym itself is old and is not as clean as I would have preferred. But the equipment and set up there is pretty cool. It did get pretty hot and stuffy in there, especially when we were warming up and more fans would have been awesome. I would definitely recommend bringing a water bottle.
CLASS: We dropped in for a parkour class on Sat at 11am. We had signed up, paid and signed the waiver beforehand online so all we had to do was show up. There were about six of us in our late 20s/​early 30s and the rest were kids and teenagers. We did a warm-​up together, which could be fairly intense if you’re not used to working out regularly. The exercises changed up every few minutes and you definitely felt the burn.
The coaches split us up into two groups after the warm-​up, kids in one and the older ones in another. We worked on specific skills, first on the mat and using foam blocks and walls and then ended up actually trying what we were learning in a real-​world simulation of wood walls, blocks and concrete floors. We ended with strength training.
Overall, we had a great time and we see walls differently now!

Firestorm is great — my kids love it and always have a great time, and every time they come home from FFA they have great stories to tell. They do a fantastic job of instruction, top notch safety, overall just a great facility.
But Jason, you ask, why did you give them a 1 star review if you like them so much?
Because in 2015, the below waiver has no place in a facility that handles children. At it’s best, it’s disturbing, and at worst it’s downright nefarious. Have a read:
«10) As an adult participant, and/​or as the Parent/​Legal Guardian of a minor participant, and in consideration of being permitted to participate at FFA, I herby (sic) grant FFA and any related or affiliated entities, officers (sic), amanagers (sic), directors, partners, employees, agents, successors and assigns, the irrevocable right and permission to photograph and/​or record me or my child (ren)/ward (s) in connection with FFA, and to use the photograph and/​or recording for all purposes, including advertising and promotion purposes, in any manner and all media and hereafter known, in perpetuity throughout the world, without restriction as to alteration. I waive any right to inspect or approve the use of any photograph and/​or recording, and acknowledge and agree that the rights granted by this release are without compensation of any kind. All photographs and/​or recordings are exclusive to FFA.»
So essentially what they are saying is that they can take pictures and videos of my kids while they are at their facility, and alter them in any way they see fit, and use them for anything they desire, anywhere on earth, forever. And not just FFA, but just about anyone in any way associated with them.
Why would FFA think that is an acceptable fair-​use policy for images of little kids?
I love FFA. But they need to change that waiver immediately. It’s got to go. It’s inappropriate, offensive, and disturbing. You want to use pictures of my kids for advertising purposes? That’s fine — and you can make a waiver that says that and I’ll happily sign it. But this policy gives them (and just about anyone associated with them) WAY TOO MUCH flexibility to use images of my children for whatever they want.
Fix the policy. I’m assuming you cut and pasted it from somewhere else as a way to protect yourself from people suing you for using pictures of visitors in your advertising. But instead what you got was a policy that disturbed me enough to spend 30 minutes writing this review.
I hate giving 1 star reviews. If not for this policy, this review would be a 4 or 5 star. But honestly that waiver scares me.

Honestly, I had high expectations for my 11 year old son. I thought this would be a fun experience for him and he was excited to give this a try. It was the exact opposite experience. My son has zero athletic background, which was explained beforehand but was expected to perform at a higher level. He was turned off in the first five minutes, with the threat of 10 push-​ups for every mistake. He had 90 push-​ups due by the end of class. For an 11 year old, with zero athletic background and who was crying during said push-​ups, I don’t believe this to be a way to introduce something new. As a parent, I don’t like to interfere with teaching/​coaching style and I understand they have a philosophy and a way of doing things but to keep kids interest and excitement level up, there has to be a more reasonable learning curve.

When I first arrived at Firestorm I was a bit over whelmed by the coaches. They are some seriously talent people. I never thought I would hit the «easy» button. But with guidance and great attention to detail from the staff I was able to accomplish my goal. I have been coming to this gym since the first week they open. They truly do make the training exciting and fun. Thanks for creating a safe enjoyable way to push myself to achieving greatness.

Had my sons 10^th birthday party here and was very impressed. The coaches were very attentive to the needs of all guests and the kids had a blast. Dont let the weird location be a deterrent they do parties very well. I received great reviews from not only the kids but the parents as well. Good party at a reasonable rate. Lots of fun.

Owners and coaches are super cool. Great strength and agility training for the kids. Much more fun than gymnastics.

I’ve gone 2x done the tumbling class and a private session. The staff is great… They really enjoy their job and bring a lot of value to helping you learn. Efficient and no time wasted. I am definitely returning for more private sessions.

My son has been training here for 2 weeks now and he loves it. The instructors are professional and they care about their students. They make sure that the little ones are safe. I recommend you check them out.

I was interested in parkour and freerunning so I decided to check this place out for my amazement and what I found was truly spectacular. This place has it all for parkour, it’s so amazing. The staff is really friendly and the instructors are really great. I just started taking classes with them and I am definitely going to continue to come here to train.