I didn't know this existed until we put the oldest into Skating Summer Camp. You can find personal…read moreskate trainers and group classes throughout the year if you look online. The last time I took the kids it looked like so much fun I borrowed my kids tiny board and rode in a skatepark for the first time in 25 years! The park is a perfect mix for beginners and pros, with easy roll ins and gentle humps all the way to bowls, stairs, and gaps. We've been to some other skateparks that have steeper ramps and feel much more closed in, we end up coming back to this one because it's more spacious with plenty of room for everyone. The snake run is really fun for beginners and you can learn to roll in here and ride some banks. The negatives of this skatepark are sometimes people that live in their cars will park out here, there used to be a lady with a full on garden outside of her car and sometimes people will hang out in the grass nearby and smoke weed. Haven't seen it in awhile but we started coming early morning. The closest bathrooms are at the park so a pretty far walk if you need to use them. There is also no shade don't gets hot during summer.

Amazing park, I ride BMX, and have been a Bay Area local my entire life. I promote the youth no…read morematter their sport of choice. Imma and my friends were attacked, and harassed by the park ranger (also a skateboarder) the ranger kicked my friends car, a dad got furious with rage and ensisted on fighting until we left the park. I don't understand where this hate comes from, we had common skatepark etiquette, as we always do, I was even giving the angry dads son props prior that day. The ranger here is out of control. I was completely dumbfounded by his behavior. As sloppy and unprofessional as it gets. This was over a year ago, and I hear he still works here. FIRE THE RANGER!!!!! 2017*

Choosing Castle Rock Climbing School for a half-day climbing adventure was a great decision. I had…read morea few days off during a business trip and wanted to do some outdoor climbing. When I booked my trip, everything was simple and clear. The climbing instructor and guide, Rick, who also runs the school, was very professional and knowledgeable about the area and the rock. He was both directive and encouraging. Safety was the number one priority, with the second being having a great experience. I was definitely challenged and felt really accomplished at the end of my half-day. Getting one-on-one instruction was the best way to improve and climb on rock I had never climbed before. Thank you! Leslie

Found the school online as I looked for an adventure to couple with my daughter's birthday-vacation…read moreto NorCal. This was her first outdoor rock climbing adventure. Met up with Rick (owner/operator) and Matt (guide) at Castle Rock state park as instructed. Pretty easy drive from downtown SF to get there by 8am on a Saturday. Rick was great. We showed up somewhat less than prepared, no snacks, limited water, forgot the waivers and no bug spray. Between Rick and Matt, they patched us together and we had a blast. We're from IL, so clearly Novice level, but the location offered a variety of climbs to broaden skills while keeping it fun. Excited to get to Bend, OR and look Rick up again as he has a new location that just opened there!

We found this ping pong summer camp through ActivityHero and signed up our 5yo son, who had…read moreabsolutely no prior ping pong experience. We were amazed by how much he learned in just one week morning program! More importantly, he had a great time there. The coaches were patient, kind, and encouraging, creating a positive environment where kids could learn while having fun. Our son gained new skills, confidence, and a genuine interest in the sport. We are very grateful to all the coaches and staff for making it such a wonderful experience. We would definitely return in the future and highly recommend this camp to other families!

My middle-school aged kids participated in a week-long summer camp and had a great time. Shashin…read moreand the other two coaches were excellent in teaching the kids fundamental skills and techniques for forehand and backhand, and providing adjustments to improve wrist angle, elbow and hip position, posture and foot movement etc. Good warm-up exercises in the morning, and fun games knocking down towers of cups to improve precision in the afternoon. Highly recommended!

This is a great table tennis facility with a large number of tables and good air conditioning. The…read morecoaches are professional and well qualified. I got some private coaching for my kid and it seems to be going great. The coaching area is separated from the open playing area and each table has lot of room. There is ample waiting/sitting area if you want to stay and watch. The parking lot large and parking never seems to be an issue. On the weekend they have league with a large number of participants so that your kid (or yourself) can play with players of comparable skill level. There are some seriously good national ranked players who belong to this club and no matter your skill level, you are going to improve your game while having a lot of fun.

Great facility with great service! We tried drop-ins, $10 per person - without time limit. Tons of…read moretables, not too crowded, well air circulated. The owner is very responsive to any questions, she's very patient. I highly recommend this facility. Oh, there's summer camp going on right now, we took a look at those kids and dropped our jaws...

By far the worst and most unprofessional experience I've ever had with a coach…read more As a fitness coach who has worked with many coaches over the years, I have high standards for professionalism, but Coach Daniel failed on every level. I was randomly assigned to Coach Daniel after the intro class with Coach Mark. Not too long after I worked with him, I realized his punctuality and communication were a total mess. He was late to our very first session and kept showing up late after that. (Screenshot #2) Other than his constant tardiness, he was frequently distracted and disengaged while training me. It got to the point where he completely no-showed on me once without any heads-up (Screenshot #3）. After I brought up my concerns about his punctuality, hoping things would change, he even explicitly admitted in text messages that the business has no formal policy for coach no-shows or severe delays, and unpunctuality and missed lessons are a regular issue among the coaches at this gym (Screenshot #1 & #3）. For our latest session he claimed at the last minute he would be 45 minutes late again and even unilaterally decided to hand me off to another coach without my permission (Screenshot #5）. When I reached out to discuss his professional attitude, he literally ghosted me for days with zero response. When he finally got back to me, there was no apology or explanation, just "I think it's best moving forward that you work with a different coach" or offered a refund(Screenshot #6）. On top of being constantly late and ghosting me, Coach Daniel went out of his way in our texts to poison my view of the entire coaching team. He constantly talked trash about his colleagues behind their backs, mocked other coaches' client progress (Screenshot #4), bragged about poaching clients from his coworkers (Screenshot #7), and tried to stir up random drama by claiming other trainers were creeping around his clients (Screenshot #8). Rather than just doing his job, he was busy gossiping, throwing people under the bus, and creating a toxic environment. I have formally reported to the Better Business Bureau (BBB Case #25170416) with full text and message record evidence. Loopkicks is honestly too good of a facility to have a coach like this. It's a pity that a quality gym like Loopkicks allows such unprofessional behavior from a coach. If you value your time and money, stay away from Daniel Nguyen.

My girlfriend and I took a class with Coach Mark, and it was a dangerous experience. I nearly broke…read moremy neck practicing flips, and my girlfriend injured her shoulder due to his poor instruction. As young adults, it shouldn't have taken us months to heal from a single class. Mark lacks basic knowledge regarding client safety and clearly cares more about collecting fees than protecting his students. Furthermore, he and his staff lack formal training; they started as a group of friends meeting at a park before turning it into a business. I highly advise against taking classes here. I am seriously concerned for the safety of others, especially children. "Only one coach seems to care about teaching. The rest just socialize--for example, one coach only seemed interested in chatting with young girls--while others simply ignore students during open gym, despite the promised professional guidance." Protect Your Safety and Your Hard-Earned Cash!

Coach Soloman is my daughter skateboard teacher. Coach…read moreSoloman is very professional and patient. we like his systematic approach on teaching beginners how to do skateboarding. He explains each step in his instructions why he wants students practice certain move; meanwhile, he also encourages students to challenge some advance techniques making sure students won't get injured while do so. As parent watching the lesson aside, I also learned how to skateboard a bit by watching Coach Soloman teaching my daughter. Lol My daughter loves to go to Coach Soloman's skateboard class. She said she learned a lot from him.

Soloman is a fantastic skateboard teacher, I highly recommend him if you want to learn fast and…read morebuild confidence quickly, regardless of your current skill level. I was already comfortable on a longboard on a flat surface with 4 wheels on the ground, but never skateboarded/ollied etc. In the first lesson, Soloman has put me at ease, demoed some moves and shared several tips so I could learn fast with different perspectives and build confidence towards taking more controlled risks. Quickly I could do my first kick turns, drop into light banks and do wide turns into quarter pipes. Then I got into steep banks & some transitions, and worked on my ollies, fakies, perfecting balance and polishing steep turns. Along the way Soloman was super encouraging and shared constructive feedback, and we were able to easily coordinate to meet at several skateparks in San Jose/Sunnyvale. You rock Soloman!

Coach CJ is a great instructor and knows how to teach children. Our kids are able to understand…read morehis instructions and feel encouraged to keep trying. CJ is extremely patient, but is also able to push them to progress. In addition to skateboarding, he has taught our kids (and us) skate park etiquette, equipment care, and safety, like how to fall properly. When it comes to scheduling, CJ is responsive and has worked with us to coordinate lesson times. He is an awesome instructor!

CJ is teaching skateboarding to our two kids, age 6 n 8. Both of them had no interest in…read moreskateboarding and in about 4 classes, they have started loving it. They are progressing every class and learning more tricks. CJ is very patient but still pushes them gently, allowing them to build self confidence and make moves. I think it helps that his own two kids, age 3 n 5 are excellent skateboarders. We got to know about him through other parents and every parent was full of praises for him.

As with any Brazen event this was a great course to run. Beautiful views of the bay, a few hills,…read moremainly trail and with lot's of aid stations along the way. I hadn't ran this course before and seeing other reviewers mention the hills I was quite excited at some hill running but then looking at the course map the hills really are not all that big, at least for someone like myself who is an incline Runner. That said they were enjoyable and should you not be experienced at these sorts of inclines then yes, they will slow you. The Half Marathon course took you around the same loop twice, good in a way because this let's you know exactly what you're in for the second time around so that you're prepared. The start of the trail took you though the marshes on paved track which then gave way to gravel, rocks and sand so my advice is make sure you have the correct shoes. Road shoes will not fare well here! As I said, the course was very scenic and the volunteers at the aid stations were great with having Water and GU gels ready while also guiding runners in the right direction. As with any other Brazen event this also had a 5k and 10k option too which at one point had us all running together in both directions of the trail, please please please adhere to the ''Runners code'' - stick to the right and be courteous to those who wish to pass. There were many photographers all along the course which are not by some expensive company that will then charge you ridiculous amounts per image after the event, Photo's are FREE!! I lost count of how many photographers I saw but there were at least 5 in various stages around the course. Post race also has lot's going on - A huge spread of food with everything from Potato chips and Cookies to Pie, Bagels, Fruit and even It's It! Ice Cream sandwiches. Medals are given to every finisher and additional medals for those who place in their age group (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/coyote-hills-half-marathon-fremont#bhr5Rw041gAb3txd2gvL7g) Engraving of medals can be done in site for a $10 fee. The parking situation was a bit of a bummer. I didn't know until after I signed up that there was no parking at the park itself. Brazen provide shuttles from the local University a couple of miles away. They had 8 shuttles and as my Husband comes with me I didn't know if they would let him on the shuttle too seeing as he wasn't running. With that in mind we decided to take out bicycles along and Cycle into the event and back. This worked out very well for us in the end as after the run the lines to get back were huge! Something to keep in mind for future years. So how did I do? With my Knee injury still a little funky I amazingly PR'd! On a trail! I was running in 2nd place female for a while until the damn downhill got me and I ended up finishing 4th overall female and 2nd in my age group. Yay! The lady that finished before me was just a minute faster and the same age. Broke my 1st place streak but with a new PR under my belt and a few awesome photo bomb pictures (sorry I ruined your pictures fellow runners) I can't be mad, I had a great run and chatted with some cool people along the course.

I brain farted badly for this race…read more Signing up, I thought the "Coyote Hills" part of the name was just to be cute. I doubted there would be coyotes, so I doubted there would be hills. Couldn't have been more wrong! There were definitely hills. Short ones, long ones, gradual ones, steep ones. Towards the end of the half marathon course, there was a short steep upwards climb. I nearly had to put my hands on the ground to lift myself up this climb, but I resisted in favor of keeping my hands clean. After this, the home stretch was another steep downhill slope that had me and other runners slowing down to finish safely. Since this is a trail run, much of the course was on unpaved dirt roads meandering along the coast. My once-black now-brown shoes can attest to this. The path was often rocky and sometimes uneven. The course was well-marked with bright pink ribbons and signs to follow. There's about a two-mile switchback halfway through the course, and the half marathon is two laps of the same course. Though the landscape was dry and barren this time of year, I could still see the beauty in the bay and hills. I especially appreciated the serenity of the park, even choosing to run my second half without music to enjoy the peace in nature. Race photography is provided by volunteers. Downside is that none of the photos are tagged or organized. Upside is that you get free high res photos. Just need to browse through them to find yours! Parking is at Devry University two miles away. Shuttle buses transport runners between parking and the event. Lines for the shuttle are long, so be sure to arrive early to make it to the start in time! An abundance of rewards await at the finish. The finisher's medal is the biggest and heaviest one I've gotten thus far, and the food spread is the best I've seen at any race. On top of the usual bagels and bananas, there's a variety of fruits, baked goods, cakes, pies, and ice cream bars. Higher effort can often lead to greater pleasure. That was definitely the case here, as this was one of the most grueling yet rewarding races I've done. This is not for people looking to set a PR or run a flat course, but I would recommend it to those looking to deviate from road runs and challenge themselves with a difficult but doable trail run.