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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>AMSTERDAM — Amnesty International gave former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick its \u003ca href=\"https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/04/colin-kaepernick-ambassador-of-conscience/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ambassador of Conscience Award\u003c/a> on Saturday for his kneeling protest of racial injustice that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101856486/49ers-kaepernick-sits-during-anthem-stirs-debate-over-sports-patriotism-and-protest\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched a sports movement\u003c/a> and might have cost him his job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Onetime 49ers teammate Eric Reid presented Kaepernick with the award during a ceremony in Amsterdam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his acceptance speech, the award-winner described police killings of African Americans and Latinos in the United States as lawful lynchings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Racialized oppression and dehumanization is woven into the very fabric of our nation — the effects of which can be seen in the lawful lynching of black and brown people by the police, and the mass incarceration of black and brown lives in the prison industrial complex,\" Kaepernick said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaepernick first took a knee during the pre-game playing of the American national anthem when he was with the 49ers in 2016 to protest police brutality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In response to the player demonstrations, the NFL agreed to commit $90 million over the next seven years to social justice causes in a plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaepernick wasn't signed for the 2017 season following his release in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reid, a safety who is now a free agent, continued Kaepernick's protests by kneeling during the anthem last season. Reid has said he will take a different approach in 2018. Kaepernick paid tribute to his friend for his own role in the protest movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Eric introducing me for this prestigious award brings me great joy,\" Kaepernick said. \"But I am also pained by the fact that his taking a knee, and demonstrating courage to protect the rights of black and brown people in America, has also led to his ostracization from the NFL when he is widely recognized as one of the best competitors in the game and in the prime of his career.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amnesty hands its award each year to a person or organization, \"dedicated to fighting injustice and using their talents to inspire others.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty called Kaepernick \"an athlete who is now widely recognized for his activism because of his refusal to ignore or accept racial discrimination.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous recipients of the award include anti-apartheid campaigner and South African President Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who campaigned for girls' right to education even after surviving being shot by Taliban militants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In truth, this is an award that I share with all of the countless people throughout the world combating the human rights violations of police officers, and their uses of oppressive and excessive force,\" Kaepernick said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Pole dancing has gotten a bad rap over the years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the sport has shed its strip-club stigma and spiked in popularity in the fitness world due to its challenging acrobatics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pole dancing is more than just a tough workout. On this week’s \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Report Magazine\u003c/a>, we \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11660626/finding-empowerment-through-pole-dancing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">caught up with MaKayla Keating\u003c/a>, a recent transplant from Indiana who found an unlikely new home in the sport’s diverse community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This February, Keating and hundreds of athletes showed off their best moves at the Golden Gate Pole Championships in San Bruno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating, right, and her partner, Cynthia Younes, wait in the wings before their first competitive pole performance. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>MaKayla Keating, 22, transplanted herself from Indiana to San Francisco looking for a fresh start. But she found a new passion instead — for pole dancing. The sport combines high-intensity fitness with artistic expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661600 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many are intimidated from starting pole because of the steep learning curve and potential danger of aerial acrobatics. But through practice, participants quickly experience new confidence in themselves and their body’s capabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the people who come in looking for the pole — they wanna look sexy, maybe they weren’t feeling that way before, they had low self-esteem,” says MaKayla. “It’s a bit of self-love, I think. We’re all going in there to fall in love with ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661595 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For five weeks, MaKayla and her partner, Cynthia Younes, prepared for their first pole dance competition, the Golden Gate Pole Championships in San Bruno, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla and Cynthia stretch before their dress rehearsal with Amy Bond, owner of San Francisco Pole and Dance. They represented the studio by competing in the group category. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Participants squared off solo, in pairs or in groups of up to six. The highly choreographed routines were matched with carefully curated music and costumes. Each performance was sorted by category, ranging from dramatic, where participants added artistic elements like performing to spoken word or embodying animals or demons, to exotic, where performing in 6-inch platform heels is encouraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661605 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1180x786.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-960x640.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-520x347.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661592 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 5760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661606 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109.jpg 5760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After being split into five groups according to skill level, each competitor’s performance was judged based on the difficulty of individual moves, a variety of tricks and spins, and the difficulty of transitions and combinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661591 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More advanced athletes utilized both poles and “low-flow” floor work, and aerials alternated between static and spinning poles for their routines to add additional challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661597 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Backstage, athletes of all abilities stretched, joked and caught up with friends in the hours before show time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 4838px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4838\" height=\"3225\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1.jpg 4838w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4838px) 100vw, 4838px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661601 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661599 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661594 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amy Bond, owner of San Francisco Pole and Dance, located in SoMa, teaches a variety of pole classes to serve a community of people of different shapes, sizes, gender, ages and backgrounds. Her students’ motivations for taking pole classes are equally as varied. One student was seeking a challenging fitness option, and another lost a bet to his friends. This inclusive environment is a core value of San Francisco Pole and Dance, and Amy’s mission for the pole community is to be for “every body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661603 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Bond, left, took second place at the Golden Gate Pole Championships. Instead of music, Amy performed to spoken word. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pole athletes still endure the negative stigma associated with the sport due to its traditional ties to stripping and gentlemen’s clubs. But the pole scene continues to embrace new members and provide a crossroads for both beginning and advanced athletes to connect, learn and grow together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Pole dancing has gotten a bad rap over the years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the sport has shed its strip-club stigma and spiked in popularity in the fitness world due to its challenging acrobatics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pole dancing is more than just a tough workout. On this week’s \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Report Magazine\u003c/a>, we \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11660626/finding-empowerment-through-pole-dancing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">caught up with MaKayla Keating\u003c/a>, a recent transplant from Indiana who found an unlikely new home in the sport’s diverse community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This February, Keating and hundreds of athletes showed off their best moves at the Golden Gate Pole Championships in San Bruno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating, right, and her partner, Cynthia Younes, wait in the wings before their first competitive pole performance. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>MaKayla Keating, 22, transplanted herself from Indiana to San Francisco looking for a fresh start. But she found a new passion instead — for pole dancing. The sport combines high-intensity fitness with artistic expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661600 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many are intimidated from starting pole because of the steep learning curve and potential danger of aerial acrobatics. But through practice, participants quickly experience new confidence in themselves and their body’s capabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the people who come in looking for the pole — they wanna look sexy, maybe they weren’t feeling that way before, they had low self-esteem,” says MaKayla. “It’s a bit of self-love, I think. We’re all going in there to fall in love with ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661595 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For five weeks, MaKayla and her partner, Cynthia Younes, prepared for their first pole dance competition, the Golden Gate Pole Championships in San Bruno, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla and Cynthia stretch before their dress rehearsal with Amy Bond, owner of San Francisco Pole and Dance. They represented the studio by competing in the group category. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Participants squared off solo, in pairs or in groups of up to six. The highly choreographed routines were matched with carefully curated music and costumes. Each performance was sorted by category, ranging from dramatic, where participants added artistic elements like performing to spoken word or embodying animals or demons, to exotic, where performing in 6-inch platform heels is encouraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661605 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1180x786.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-960x640.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-520x347.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661592 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 5760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661606 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109.jpg 5760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After being split into five groups according to skill level, each competitor’s performance was judged based on the difficulty of individual moves, a variety of tricks and spins, and the difficulty of transitions and combinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661591 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More advanced athletes utilized both poles and “low-flow” floor work, and aerials alternated between static and spinning poles for their routines to add additional challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661597 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Backstage, athletes of all abilities stretched, joked and caught up with friends in the hours before show time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 4838px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4838\" height=\"3225\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1.jpg 4838w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4838px) 100vw, 4838px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661601 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661599 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661594 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amy Bond, owner of San Francisco Pole and Dance, located in SoMa, teaches a variety of pole classes to serve a community of people of different shapes, sizes, gender, ages and backgrounds. Her students’ motivations for taking pole classes are equally as varied. One student was seeking a challenging fitness option, and another lost a bet to his friends. This inclusive environment is a core value of San Francisco Pole and Dance, and Amy’s mission for the pole community is to be for “every body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661603 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Bond, left, took second place at the Golden Gate Pole Championships. Instead of music, Amy performed to spoken word. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pole athletes still endure the negative stigma associated with the sport due to its traditional ties to stripping and gentlemen’s clubs. But the pole scene continues to embrace new members and provide a crossroads for both beginning and advanced athletes to connect, learn and grow together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MaKayla Keating, 22, emerges from the wings of the stage wearing a skintight halter top and skirt — both almost blinding with sequins. She walks up to a vertical metal pole anchored to the ground, just like you’d see in a strip club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not where we are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Next up in event 401,” an announcer exclaims, “please welcome Team SF Pole representing San Francisco Pole and Dance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a pole dancing competition. And it’s Keating’s first. When she approaches the pole, Keating starts with a staple move called “the dip spin.” In this move, Keating grabs the pole with one hand and then twirls around the pole with one leg extended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pole dancing can be sensual, and for some, it’s hypersexualized. And that’s a bit tricky these days at a time when there’s so much discussion about sexual harassment and unwanted attention to women’s bodies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when Keating discovered pole dancing, she found power and confidence in herself despite the stigma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661497 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating in San Francisco. She started taking pole dancing classes seven months ago. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Keating grew up in rural Indiana in a family of conservative Baptist Christians. Every Sunday, she was obligated to go to church with her family. “I’d just sit there,” she says, “and I was always the one getting in trouble for questioning the Bible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Christmas Day, when Keating was 10 years old, her uncle asked her if she believed in Jesus. She said no. And her aunt, who overhead Keating’s response, told her she was going to hell. “That was pretty traumatizing,” she recalls. “I always felt kinda like the black sheep.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11661532/photos-an-inside-look-at-san-franciscos-pole-dancing-scene\">PHOTOS: An Inside Look at San Francisco’s Pole Dancing Scene\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11661532/photos-an-inside-look-at-san-franciscos-pole-dancing-scene\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30412_pole-10-qut-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And things weren’t much better at school either. Keating was an artistic kid with a big imagination. “It would turn the other kids off from me,” she says, “so there was some isolation and a bit of bullying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many young teenagers, Keating also struggled with her self-image. “I was just an awkward chubby girl who was deemed weird from an early age.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After getting into an argument with her family, Keating decided she was done with Indiana. She moved to San Francisco and started going to college. She saw San Francisco as a place where everyone was free to be themselves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during her freshman year, Keating’s insecurities about herself — both physically and mentally — began to creep up on her. One day, she went to a doctor who wrote in his chart that she was overweight. It devastated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Self confidence-wise, I just didn’t want to go out,” Keating says. “I didn’t want to do anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating struggled with what she was going to do. So she started going to the gym every day — sometimes twice a day — and within a year lost 70 pounds. But something was missing. “I lost all the weight but still mentally I did not feel great about myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660632\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating showing a before-and-after photo of herself after she lost 70 pounds. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About seven months ago, one of her classmates started raving about a pole dancing class she’d taken. Like a lot of people, Keating thought pole dancing was mostly just for strippers. But she was curious, so she checked it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it was a revelation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re up in the air,” Keating says, “it’s kinda like flying.” On the pole, she discovered she was stronger than she ever knew. Keating says she remembers when doing a pullup seemed impossible. “Now I can just pull myself up no problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating ditched her gym membership and now devotes most of her free time to pole dancing at a studio in San Francisco. One of the most challenging tricks she has learned is called the “Hey Girl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To start, MaKayla climbs the pole. She then sandwiches the pole into her bicep and squeezes as hard as she can. “I usually get a big bruise after this one,” she says. Then using her arm and abdominal muscles, Keating swings her hips around the pole and spreads her legs open into a straddle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hurts so bad,” she says, “but it looks really cool so it’s worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating is using her skin as a kind of friction brake on the pole. It’s why pole dancers always wear a minimal amount of clothing. It’s not just about sexuality. It’s about technique and safety. A pole dancer’s body is in a constant battle with gravity. You want to climb up. Gravity pushes you down. You want to flip yourself upside-down? Gravity wants to keep you right-side-up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660633\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (R) and her dance partner practice their routine at San Francisco Pole and Dance. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But when Keating calls her family back in Indiana, she doesn’t talk about pole dancing. “If you were in my shoes, would you tell your mother?” she asks. “If I were just to say, ‘Oh, I’m pole dancing,’ she’s thinking stripper in the club, booty twerking, dollar bills being thrown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pole dancing didn’t become synonymous with sensuality until the 1920s. Dancing with, on or around a pole has been part of many cultures. It actually began hundreds of years earlier, and has roots in 12th century Chinese acrobatics. Poles were covered with rubber instead of metal and performers would do tricks fully clothed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, pole dancing is just one more growing fitness trend — like yoga or pilates — with over 70 studios in California alone. And yes, you can take a “sensual” or “exotic” pole dancing class in a studio. Or you can dance to Broadway show tunes and Disney songs. One San Francisco teacher has even built a routine around a poem about sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSAYPVCupuc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating’s first competition is at a small college in San Bruno. She and her dance partner, Cynthia Younes, practice in front of the mirror. Men and women of all sizes and different levels of pole dancing experience are stretching, putting on their costumes and laughing with their pole mates on the couch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a welcoming environment, despite the anxiety and tension of the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660635\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (R) and her dance partner Cynthia Younes rehearse their routine backstage at Skyline College in San Bruno. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After they stretch and warm up, Keating and Younes head backstage. “We’re just going to go out there and do our best,” she says. “I’m sure it’ll be great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women begin the routine away from the pole with their backs to the crowd. The song “Slice of Heaven” by Melody Sweets begins as the dancers raise their arm over their heads, one at a time, and then they turn to the audience. After a sensual floor sequence, they move to the pole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating says the routine is about the power of sisterhood. They begin the routine together, but eventually each dancer lets the other have the spotlight. So Keating will do her “Hey Girl” spin while Younes does some basic twirls around them both. At the end, the dancers come together. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two girls. One pole,” Keating says. “It’s a super combination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The performance ends with big applause. The duo doesn’t win anything, but Keating doesn’t care. “We didn’t really know what to expect going out there,” she says, “but we just had fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (L) and her dance partner Cynthia Younes walk on stage for their first pole dancing competition at Skyline College in San Bruno. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A couple of weeks later, MaKayla Keating came out to her mother. As a pole dancer. And it wasn’t as bad as she feared. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her mother was initially concerned about its association with strip clubs. But Keating showed her pole dancing videos from class and her mother accepted her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is just the happiest I’ve been in like so long because of the confidence that pole gives you,” MaKayla says. She added that she’s definitely going to compete again. But next time, she’ll tell her mother about it.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pole dancing can be sensual, and for some, it’s hypersexualized. And that’s a bit tricky these days at a time when there’s so much discussion about sexual harassment and unwanted attention to women’s bodies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when Keating discovered pole dancing, she found power and confidence in herself despite the stigma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661497 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating in San Francisco. She started taking pole dancing classes seven months ago. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Keating grew up in rural Indiana in a family of conservative Baptist Christians. Every Sunday, she was obligated to go to church with her family. “I’d just sit there,” she says, “and I was always the one getting in trouble for questioning the Bible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Christmas Day, when Keating was 10 years old, her uncle asked her if she believed in Jesus. She said no. And her aunt, who overhead Keating’s response, told her she was going to hell. “That was pretty traumatizing,” she recalls. “I always felt kinda like the black sheep.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11661532/photos-an-inside-look-at-san-franciscos-pole-dancing-scene\">PHOTOS: An Inside Look at San Francisco’s Pole Dancing Scene\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11661532/photos-an-inside-look-at-san-franciscos-pole-dancing-scene\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30412_pole-10-qut-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And things weren’t much better at school either. Keating was an artistic kid with a big imagination. “It would turn the other kids off from me,” she says, “so there was some isolation and a bit of bullying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many young teenagers, Keating also struggled with her self-image. “I was just an awkward chubby girl who was deemed weird from an early age.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After getting into an argument with her family, Keating decided she was done with Indiana. She moved to San Francisco and started going to college. She saw San Francisco as a place where everyone was free to be themselves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during her freshman year, Keating’s insecurities about herself — both physically and mentally — began to creep up on her. One day, she went to a doctor who wrote in his chart that she was overweight. It devastated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Self confidence-wise, I just didn’t want to go out,” Keating says. “I didn’t want to do anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating struggled with what she was going to do. So she started going to the gym every day — sometimes twice a day — and within a year lost 70 pounds. But something was missing. “I lost all the weight but still mentally I did not feel great about myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660632\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating showing a before-and-after photo of herself after she lost 70 pounds. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About seven months ago, one of her classmates started raving about a pole dancing class she’d taken. Like a lot of people, Keating thought pole dancing was mostly just for strippers. But she was curious, so she checked it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it was a revelation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re up in the air,” Keating says, “it’s kinda like flying.” On the pole, she discovered she was stronger than she ever knew. Keating says she remembers when doing a pullup seemed impossible. “Now I can just pull myself up no problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating ditched her gym membership and now devotes most of her free time to pole dancing at a studio in San Francisco. One of the most challenging tricks she has learned is called the “Hey Girl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To start, MaKayla climbs the pole. She then sandwiches the pole into her bicep and squeezes as hard as she can. “I usually get a big bruise after this one,” she says. Then using her arm and abdominal muscles, Keating swings her hips around the pole and spreads her legs open into a straddle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hurts so bad,” she says, “but it looks really cool so it’s worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating is using her skin as a kind of friction brake on the pole. It’s why pole dancers always wear a minimal amount of clothing. It’s not just about sexuality. It’s about technique and safety. A pole dancer’s body is in a constant battle with gravity. You want to climb up. Gravity pushes you down. You want to flip yourself upside-down? Gravity wants to keep you right-side-up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660633\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (R) and her dance partner practice their routine at San Francisco Pole and Dance. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But when Keating calls her family back in Indiana, she doesn’t talk about pole dancing. “If you were in my shoes, would you tell your mother?” she asks. “If I were just to say, ‘Oh, I’m pole dancing,’ she’s thinking stripper in the club, booty twerking, dollar bills being thrown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pole dancing didn’t become synonymous with sensuality until the 1920s. Dancing with, on or around a pole has been part of many cultures. It actually began hundreds of years earlier, and has roots in 12th century Chinese acrobatics. Poles were covered with rubber instead of metal and performers would do tricks fully clothed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, pole dancing is just one more growing fitness trend — like yoga or pilates — with over 70 studios in California alone. And yes, you can take a “sensual” or “exotic” pole dancing class in a studio. Or you can dance to Broadway show tunes and Disney songs. One San Francisco teacher has even built a routine around a poem about sexual assault.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/MSAYPVCupuc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/MSAYPVCupuc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Keating’s first competition is at a small college in San Bruno. She and her dance partner, Cynthia Younes, practice in front of the mirror. Men and women of all sizes and different levels of pole dancing experience are stretching, putting on their costumes and laughing with their pole mates on the couch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a welcoming environment, despite the anxiety and tension of the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660635\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (R) and her dance partner Cynthia Younes rehearse their routine backstage at Skyline College in San Bruno. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After they stretch and warm up, Keating and Younes head backstage. “We’re just going to go out there and do our best,” she says. “I’m sure it’ll be great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women begin the routine away from the pole with their backs to the crowd. The song “Slice of Heaven” by Melody Sweets begins as the dancers raise their arm over their heads, one at a time, and then they turn to the audience. After a sensual floor sequence, they move to the pole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating says the routine is about the power of sisterhood. They begin the routine together, but eventually each dancer lets the other have the spotlight. So Keating will do her “Hey Girl” spin while Younes does some basic twirls around them both. At the end, the dancers come together. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two girls. One pole,” Keating says. “It’s a super combination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The performance ends with big applause. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you enjoy watching judo in the Olympics, there’s a local hero you have to thank: a coach who’s inspired several generations of judo champions for over \u003ci>70 years\u003c/i> at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sjsujudo.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose State University\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Coach Yoshihiro Uchida’s direction, San Jose State has dominated judo since the early 1950s. “Yosh,” as San Jose Spartans call him, coached the first team the US sent to the Olympics in 1964, and he’s been to more than ten Olympics since then, helping students bring back four medals, including the most recent, the bronze \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhClqgbYpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marti Malloy won\u003c/a> in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Uchida doesn’t mince words, so if you’re doing something wrong, he’s going to walk across the room, straight up to you and say ‘You’re doing it wrong. Why are you doing it that way? Do it this way and fix it.’ And the people who take what he says every time he tells them something are the ones who end up improving,” Malloy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she goes on to say something you hear from just about everyone you talk to about Uchida. The 98-year-old sees judo primarily as a path to personal success off the mat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-800x639.jpg\" alt=\"Yoshihiro Uchida at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with George Lee Harris, Jim Bregman, Paul Maruyama and Ben Nighthorse Campbell.\" width=\"800\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-800x639.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-1020x815.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-1920x1533.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-1180x942.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-960x767.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-240x192.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-375x299.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30330_1964OlympicJudoTeam-520x415.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yoshihiro Uchida at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with George Lee Harris, Jim Bregman, Paul Maruyama and Ben Nighthorse Campbell. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Bruno Carmeni's Judo Blog)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Despite all of the successes and the Olympians and world champions that have come out of the program, it’s the facilitation of something coming later, which is a career, and a life, and probably a family,” says Malloy, who retired from competitive judo last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter how many Olympian titles you have, that’s not going to put money on the table, and Mr. Uchida recognized that 70 years ago. He’s been pushing people to be educated, intelligent, and impact [the world] outside the sport. I think that’s the thing that makes San Jose State stand out the most from any other training center.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At San Jose State’s Faculty Service Recognition and Awards Luncheon this past week, a delighted Uchida acknowledged a raucous standing ovation. “Thank you! Thank you!” he said, before retiring from the stage to chat with eager fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, Uchida has garnered a long list of awards, including the Order of the Sacred Treasure from the emperor of Japan. He has a building named after him on campus, Yoshihiro Uchida Hall, the athletic complex that includes his dojo. Now, there’s also a bench outside bearing his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660491\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut-800x494.jpg\" alt='Coach Yoshihiro \"Yosh\" Uchida gets a standing ovation at the 2018 San Jose State Faculty Service Recognition and Awards Luncheon, with SJSU President Mary Papazian standing by his side.' width=\"800\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut-800x494.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut-1020x630.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut-1180x729.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut-960x593.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut-375x232.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30335_5D3_9168-qut-520x321.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Yoshihiro “Yosh” Uchida gets a standing ovation at the 2018 San Jose State Faculty Service Recognition and Awards Luncheon, with SJSU President Mary Papazian standing by his side. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of David Schmitz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uchida was born in 1920, in Calexico. He grew up in Garden Grove, and he says his enthusiasm for American culture made his parents nervous he was out of touch with his heritage. “I was not learning any Japanese culture. They said ‘We gotta change that!'” So they introduced him to judo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1940, as a freshman at San Jose State, Uchida was asked to teach judo as a student coach. He taught for two years before being drafted into the Army during World War II — during which his own family was separated and sent to internment camps across the American West.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ironically, San Jose State was one of several processing centers in the Bay Area where Japanese-Americans were sorted and sent away to camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Uchida returned from the war in 1947, he picked up where he left off — and then some. Over the years, he helped establish judo in the US. As a result of his advocacy, San Jose State sponsored the first nationwide Amateur Athletic Union championship in 1953. Since then, San Jose State has dominated the sport nationally, winning more competitions than university clubs in the rest of the country combined. Twenty-two San Jose Spartans have gone to the Olympics and four won medals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Uchida hasn’t just created a judo dynasty coaching at San Jose State. He’s responsible for judo becoming a competitive sport in America,” says ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi in this profile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vVKVSySLjo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Talking about his long career to reporters at the luncheon, Uchida mentioned Malloy’s win in London as a “recent” highlight. Then he immediately launched into distinctly fatherly praise for her new career in technology as a social media manager for 30 brands. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They came looking for someone like her,” Uchida says, explaining his long-term conviction about the powerful appeal of demonstrated excellence in sports and academics, starting with its effect on students’ self-confidence. “As students work out and get better and better, it gives confidence to push forward,” the coach says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s his joy in life, first of all, his belief in people to achieve and to challenge themselves, and his commitment to helping each and every person do that. It’s genuine, it’s authentic and it’s inspiring,” says San Jose State President Mary Papazian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-800x329.jpg\" alt=\"Another practice begins with San Jose State Coach Uchida at the helm.\" width=\"800\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-800x329.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-160x66.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-1020x420.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-1180x486.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-960x395.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-240x99.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-375x154.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-520x214.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another practice begins with San Jose State Coach Uchida at the helm. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of San Jose State University)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today, Eitan Gelber is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.stanfordsportsmedicine.com/athletic-training/bio-eitan-gelber/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Director of Athletic Training\u003c/a> at Stanford. In 1999, he was a freshman at San Jose State. Having taken up judo as a child in Israel, Gelber came to San Jose specifically to train with the top judo program in the US, which helped lead him to where he is today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the beginning of the year, he usually takes all the students and gives a famous speech about how you should focus on school and judo, don’t have a girlfriend, and stay out of trouble. I want good athletes, but I want better students,” Gelber says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uchida was not just emotionally invested in his students. He also supported some of them with financial loans, including to Gelber. He explains that students are often juggling judo, school and a job or two to cover their expenses. “[Uchida] understood that, and he was able to help, and willing to help,” Gelber says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has shaped the lives of many individuals. A lot of times, people can’t see that until they look backwards and see the opportunity that he has given by creating that program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can still find Yosh most nights at the campus dojo, keeping his students on their toes — with an eye to seeing his charges compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Yosh plans to be there, too, even though he’ll be 100 by then.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter how many Olympian titles you have, that’s not going to put money on the table, and Mr. Uchida recognized that 70 years ago. He’s been pushing people to be educated, intelligent, and impact [the world] outside the sport. I think that’s the thing that makes San Jose State stand out the most from any other training center.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At San Jose State’s Faculty Service Recognition and Awards Luncheon this past week, a delighted Uchida acknowledged a raucous standing ovation. “Thank you! Thank you!” he said, before retiring from the stage to chat with eager fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, Uchida has garnered a long list of awards, including the Order of the Sacred Treasure from the emperor of Japan. He has a building named after him on campus, Yoshihiro Uchida Hall, the athletic complex that includes his dojo. 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He grew up in Garden Grove, and he says his enthusiasm for American culture made his parents nervous he was out of touch with his heritage. “I was not learning any Japanese culture. They said ‘We gotta change that!'” So they introduced him to judo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1940, as a freshman at San Jose State, Uchida was asked to teach judo as a student coach. He taught for two years before being drafted into the Army during World War II — during which his own family was separated and sent to internment camps across the American West.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ironically, San Jose State was one of several processing centers in the Bay Area where Japanese-Americans were sorted and sent away to camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Uchida returned from the war in 1947, he picked up where he left off — and then some. Over the years, he helped establish judo in the US. As a result of his advocacy, San Jose State sponsored the first nationwide Amateur Athletic Union championship in 1953. Since then, San Jose State has dominated the sport nationally, winning more competitions than university clubs in the rest of the country combined. Twenty-two San Jose Spartans have gone to the Olympics and four won medals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Uchida hasn’t just created a judo dynasty coaching at San Jose State. He’s responsible for judo becoming a competitive sport in America,” says ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi in this profile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/6vVKVSySLjo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/6vVKVSySLjo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Talking about his long career to reporters at the luncheon, Uchida mentioned Malloy’s win in London as a “recent” highlight. Then he immediately launched into distinctly fatherly praise for her new career in technology as a social media manager for 30 brands. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They came looking for someone like her,” Uchida says, explaining his long-term conviction about the powerful appeal of demonstrated excellence in sports and academics, starting with its effect on students’ self-confidence. “As students work out and get better and better, it gives confidence to push forward,” the coach says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s his joy in life, first of all, his belief in people to achieve and to challenge themselves, and his commitment to helping each and every person do that. It’s genuine, it’s authentic and it’s inspiring,” says San Jose State President Mary Papazian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-800x329.jpg\" alt=\"Another practice begins with San Jose State Coach Uchida at the helm.\" width=\"800\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-800x329.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-160x66.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-1020x420.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-1180x486.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-960x395.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-240x99.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-375x154.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut-520x214.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30331_Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-4.52.42-PM-qut.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another practice begins with San Jose State Coach Uchida at the helm. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of San Jose State University)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today, Eitan Gelber is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.stanfordsportsmedicine.com/athletic-training/bio-eitan-gelber/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Director of Athletic Training\u003c/a> at Stanford. In 1999, he was a freshman at San Jose State. Having taken up judo as a child in Israel, Gelber came to San Jose specifically to train with the top judo program in the US, which helped lead him to where he is today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the beginning of the year, he usually takes all the students and gives a famous speech about how you should focus on school and judo, don’t have a girlfriend, and stay out of trouble. I want good athletes, but I want better students,” Gelber says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uchida was not just emotionally invested in his students. He also supported some of them with financial loans, including to Gelber. He explains that students are often juggling judo, school and a job or two to cover their expenses. “[Uchida] understood that, and he was able to help, and willing to help,” Gelber says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has shaped the lives of many individuals. 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"content": "\u003cp>Giants ace Madison Bumgarner is expected to miss at least the first two months of the season after undergoing surgery Saturday to have three pins inserted into the broken pinkie on his pitching hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 28-year-old lefty was injured Friday when he was hit by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City's Whit Merrifield in a spring training game. The outing was supposed to be the final tuneup for Bumgarner before starting on opening day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're looking at a couple months, give or take,\" manager Bruce Bochy said before San Francisco's exhibition game against its Triple-A club in Sacramento. \"It's going to take a while. I guess the good news we got this morning is they really felt good about the surgery.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bumgarner will have the pins in his pinkie for a month, according to Bochy. It will take another two weeks after that before the 2014 World Series MVP can resume throwing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're hoping by early June he'll be pitching for us,\" Bochy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bumgarner had a 3.43 ERA with 30 strikeouts in 21 innings this spring. Bochy said the left-hander was in peak form before getting hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's saying a lot because he's been so good, but he was really locked in with his delivery. He made a couple little adjustments and was throwing the ball beautifully,\" Bochy said. \"That's the thing that makes me sick about this. We're losing our No. 1 guy, but also where he was as we were starting the season.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco already had to juggle its rotation plans after No. 3 starter Jeff Samardzija went down with a strained pectoral muscle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Bochy is scrambling to replace Bumgarner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the skipper declined to announce a replacement for opening day, Ty Blach seems the logical choice. Blach filled in for Bumgarner last season when he missed nearly three months with a shoulder injury after a dirt bike accident on April 20 during an off day in Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnny Cueto, Derek Holland and Chris Stratton are the other likely starters while Bumgarner and Samardzija rehab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're having to call an audible on a couple things, one with Samardzija but of course now with Bumgarner,\" Bochy said. \"We have a good idea but we're just checking off all the boxes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Giants have some time on their side. They won't need a fifth starter until April 10 and it's possible Samardzija could be back shortly after that, although Bochy said that was an optimistic outlook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With Samardzija's situation, we don't have a definite date when he's going to be back,\" Bochy said. \"We have to be prepared in case it is a little bit longer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With an improved lineup bolstered by a pair of offseason trades, Bochy and several Giants players believe they are in a better position to handle the loss of two starters than they were last season when Bumgarner got hurt. Cueto, San Francisco's No. 2 starter in 2017, also missed more than a month last year with blisters and a forearm strain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Giants made deals for third baseman Evan Longoria and outfielder Andrew McCutchen this offseason with the hopes of improving an offense that ranked last in the majors in homers and slugging percentage and 29th in runs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think without question we're better equipped to deal with this than what we were last year,\" Bochy said. \"Again, it's something we'll find out here real soon. I feel good about this club and their ability to handle something like this and show how resilient they are.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford called Bumgarner irreplaceable, while outfielder Hunter Pence echoed Bochy's feelings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a lot of great position players, we have a good defense out here,\" Pence said. \"We just have to pull our weight until he gets back. You're not going to be able to replace (Bumgarner). He's one of the best in the world. It's going to be tough but we just have to get out there and play with what we got.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It could have been a lot worse. He's got a rehab program he has to go through. We'll be getting him back and that's exciting.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>What’s in a name? Or, more specifically, a sports team name?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, we’re answering questions from two Bay Curious listeners about how a couple of our Bay Area sports teams got their names.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11648034/how-san-diego-helped-name-the-golden-state-warriors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why aren’t they the Oakland Warriors?\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656860\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903-800x669.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Chazaro has been a Golden State Warriors fan his entire life, and it bugs him that the team isn't more connected to Oakland in its name.\" width=\"800\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11656860\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903-800x669.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903-160x134.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903-1020x853.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903-1180x987.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903-960x803.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903-240x201.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903-375x314.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29244_AlanProfile-qut-1-e1521577808903-520x435.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Chazaro has been a Golden State Warriors fan his entire life, and it bugs him that the team isn’t more connected to Oakland in its name. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener Alan Chazaro is a lifelong Golden State Warriors basketball fan. He lives in the East Bay, and he’s always thought it was weird that even though the Warriors have played their home games in Oakland since the 1970s, they’re called the Golden State Warriors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve always kind of taken it as an insult that they were never known as the Oakland Warriors,” Alan said. The Warriors are the only team in the NBA — and one of the few in all of U.S. professional sports — not to be named after a city or state. They’re not the \u003cem>Oakland Warriors\u003c/em> or the \u003cem>California Warriors\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It dates back to 1971 when then-owner Franklin Mieuli planned on splitting the team’s home games between the Bay Area and San Diego. He thought the “California Warriors” sounded too much like the Cal Bears of UC Berkeley, so he went with Golden State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It was just too hard to live in both worlds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11653059\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-160x159.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-240x239.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-520x518.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unity founder Jeffrey Cheung is also an artist. He paints skateboard decks with inclusive images of genders and sexualities. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Unity Skateboard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gabriel Ramirez grew up in Southern California, but he also lived in those two worlds. In high school he \u003ci>wanted\u003c/i> to try skateboarding, but says he was “too afraid to experience what would happen” if anyone found out he was gay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez remembers the day he met Cheung at UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Finding out that he was gay and skateboarded, my mind was blown!” Ramirez laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez and Cheung started dating. They moved to Oakland, where they skated, played music and made ‘zines. At the end of 2016, their worlds were rocked: first by the presidential election. And then they lost a friend in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire. As their queer and artist communities grieved, they felt pushed to act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheung pulled out a sharpie and made a flyer for a queer skateboarding meetup at a parking lot. It was low-tech and low-expectations, just bring your board and show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 586px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11653056\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer.png 586w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-160x164.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-240x246.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-375x384.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-520x532.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flyer for one of Unity’s queer skate days. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Unity Skateboards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The first one was just amazing, so many people came,” Cheung recalls. “And it was just a space where everyone could just feel welcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It went so well, they decided to do them monthly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, a year later, this monthly meetup has a name: Unity Skateboards. Ramirez and Cheung continue to organize queer skate days in the Bay Area and up to 60 people show up each month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 599px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11653042 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut.jpg 599w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-160x146.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-240x218.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-375x341.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-520x473.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unity’s queer skate days draw up to 60 people each month. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Unity Skateboards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cheung stresses how unique the Unity atmosphere is compared to other places he has skated. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes it’s just like ridiculous how positive and supporting it is. I’ve never been in a place where everyone is just so happy and just supportive. People are like bringing food, like ‘here’s water’, and…it’s unbelievable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What started as a casual meetup in a parking lot is now a community of people — skaters and non-skaters, queer and straight — who all want to shred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BWqPkXYDwUp/?taken-by=unityskateboarding\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, they actually have a place to come together indoors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With money earned from their full-time jobs, Jeffrey and Gabriel are renting the top floor of a bookstore downtown Oakland. Jeffrey says it’s important to have a permanent safe space for their community. The walls of the wooden loft are covered with skateboards and artwork. There’s a printing press in one corner, a couch in the other. It reminds me of a clubhouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653052\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People crowd into Unity Skateboards’ new loft space for the opening party. \u003ccite>(Nadine Sebai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The tiny shop is packed for the opening party. Louise Alban has been skating with Unity for almost two years, and she says it has helped her learn to love all of her identities: “I’m a skateboarder and I’m a queer, and then I’m also female and… I can do all of those things and there’s other people like me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alban started skating when she was 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom like hated it,” she says. “She thought girls shouldn’t be skating and I was like that young defiant little kid, and I was like ‘I’m going to skate anyway.’ So I did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653053\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louise Alban started skating she was 11. Her mom didn’t think that girls should skate. \u003ccite>(Nadine Sebai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alban found out about Unity Skateboards on Instagram. She sent Cheung a video of herself skating. He mailed her back a skateboard, an invitation to come skate with them. Louise moved from her home in Yucaipa a few months later to attend her first queer skate day, and she’s been in Oakland ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unity’s founder, Jeffrey Cheung, says now, he has the most queer friends he’s ever had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also says that if there was something like this when he was younger, it would have changed his life entirely. He wouldn’t have felt so alone and ashamed of being gay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, with Unity Skateboards, Cheung says he hopes he’s making it a little easier for the next generation of young people to find acceptance — at school, at home, and at the skatepark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>On March 4, 2017 Jeffrey Cheung and Unity Press will be hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/event/riso-printing-unity-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zine making workshop\u003c/a> at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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