Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse, France — Urban Corp 40 gym in the south of France hosted a ranked session using Squared™ this Sunday, drawing athletes from across the country. Representatives from Fakaw Women, KIMEO, Volt, Valkyrie, and Parkour59 joined local gym athletes for what was expected to be a relaxed training day.
It quickly became anything but casual.
The session, livestreamed on the Quadside France Twitch channel, produced several standout moments (If you missed it, you can catch up on our YouTube channel). What began as a chance to train together turned into genuine competition, with athletes bringing intensity that surprised even the organisers.
Rather than describe every highlight, we want to focus on the athletes and moments that made us jump out of our seats.
The First Flying Dutchwoman
One clip went viral almost immediately after the broadcast ended, appearing across countless Instagram stories within hours.
As we reported in a previous article, Maïlys Blasco is back on the Quad™. Sunday afternoon removed any remaining doubt.
During the second wave of the session, Blasco faced Adrien Loues, a UBC40 coach who competed at the Dexterity Depot Chase-Off™ last week. Loues positioned himself on the Ridge, waiting for his opponent at the Starter Plate.
What happened next speaks for itself.
As you can hear, Thomas and I were genuinely shocked by the move. Earlier in the day, Clarisse Daumas from Fakaw Women had joined the chat to warn us that Blasco was dealing with hip pain.
The pain clearly was not enough to hold her back.
Blasco launched into the « Flying Dutchman, » a technique created by Joe Unruh of Team TMPST, the California-based American team, and nearly secured the tag on Loues. The execution was clean, and the recovery even cleaner.
Unruh himself reacted to the clip on social media:
« YESSSSSSSS!!! You hit that flying Dutchman so smooth and the recovery out was beautiful 👏👏👏 »
Viral Clips Aren’t Enough
This moment raises a broader question: how important are ranked sessions to the growth of Chase Tag®?
The sport still needs to grow. Part of that growth comes from creating content, exactly like what we are doing here. Viral clips play a major role in that process. We have seen it before with an Asfalt Chase-Off™ clip featuring Roland Hannigan and Orlando Devaux that reached 8.6 million views. That kind of exposure brings visibility the sport desperately needs.
However, what the community needs even more is interaction between its members. Millions of views alone will not fill an event. That is simply a fact, and we have already seen it happen.
This is where ranked sessions come in.
Simple events like these provide a solid foundation for the community. They become even more valuable when livestreamed, or at the very least filmed. From there, clips can be shared online to grow the visibility of a team or gym and attract sponsors (related: Chase Tag® doesn’t have a visibility problem. It has a content problem & Can you make a living from Chase Tag®?).
More importantly, these sessions create frequent and accessible touchpoints throughout the season. They generate excitement within the community and encourage athletes and fans to travel across a country, or even across a continent, to take part.
Consistency is key. By organising regular sessions like this, the community can steadily attract more people and keep the sport alive. Otherwise, everyone ends up waiting for the next official event, which might not come for three or even six months. In the meantime, interest risks fading away.
Ranked sessions are lighter and easier to organise than a Chase-Off™, and Squared™ is already accessible to all licensed facilities in the WCT network. They represent one of the most practical tools currently available to keep the competitive scene active.
What Comes Next
We would like to thank Urban Corp 40 for hosting this first-ever livestreamed ranked session. We also want to thank all the athletes who delivered throughout the day. It made for a fantastic show.
The full broadcast is available here: Watch on Twitch
This momentum is now being picked up by several other teams across Europe.
March 14: Parkour59, Roubaix (France) Thomas and I will be live again for another ranked session in the north of France.
March 21: Quality Movement, Sweden Our neighbours at Quality Movement will host the first stage of the WCT Academy alongside another ranked session. This time, I will be competing as a player, so I hope you will tune in to watch. I have to admit, I am a little nervous about it.
Thank you for reading.
Don’t get caught.