I'm going to throw an Active People products jam in San Francisco from Thursday, August 9th to Sunday, August 12th, and we'll also be in Los Angeles the next weekend, Friday, August 17th to Sunday, August 19th.  (There are a limited number of seats available for the van ride from San Francisco to LA in the intervening days, and there will be some events on the trip south along the coast as well.  We might even make it to San Diego that week.)  The focus is on Astrojax but we'll also be kiwidoing, yo-yoing, paddle balling, etc. Let's get together, meet in person those whom we've only met on the internet, teach, learn, play, see some sights, and just have a lot of fun.  In San Francisco, we'll jax on Sunday at the rollerblade dance area in Golden Gate Park, we'll have a party at Cool Neon (one of the main suppliers of light toys for Burning Man), we'll demo at the Exploratorium (the best science museum in the world in my, and many other people's, opinion), and we'll have a performance evening where everyone will have a chance to show what they've got.  In Los Angeles we'll hit the Venice Beach Boardwalk (where last year we found that people *flip* over Blue Diamonds), we'll have an event at Huntington Beach, and we'll hit a flow toys gathering. 

If you're planning on coming you will need to finance for your own travel and lodging and will need to have money for meals.  This is hosted by me, not Active People or USAstrojax.com, so it is a relatively simple, low-budget affair.  You'll be staying mainly in youth hostels, which are very reasonably priced.  For instance, dormitory rooms at the Fort Mason Youth Hostel and the Green Tortoise start as low as $28 per night.