{"id":1156,"date":"2024-11-05T19:55:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T19:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/arizona\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:04:41","slug":"recap-welding-thunder-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/arizona\/2024\/11\/05\/recap-welding-thunder-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Welding Thunder 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1156\" class=\"elementor elementor-1156\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0b8f52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0b8f52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c64c72a\" data-id=\"c64c72a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c5b1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2c5b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 11\/05\/2024<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>West-MEC<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 100+<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Sam Colton &#8211; Welders Without Boarder&#8217;s. Please have published in the WJ please. Thank you.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary: <\/strong>As we reflect on last year\u2019s exciting two-day Welding Thunder competition, we\u2019re reminded of the incredible energy, talent, and teamwork that made the event such a success. 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