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cliff handstand on 3 chairs

Balancing on three chairs and performing a handstand on the edge of this cliff face, extreme artist Eskil Ronningsbakken takes his balancing feat to the limit.

Pictured here almost 1,000ft above the ground at the edge of the Flydalsjuvet cliff in Geiranger, Norway, the daredevil faces certain death with one wrong move. …

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(via BeastSkills.com on Facebook)

Canadian handstands – 2PM Saturday

Gymnasts of all ages from coast to coast will getting an upside-down look at the world on Saturday, January 23rd, when they share the experience of performing a handstand at precisely 2 PM, wherever they live in Canada, as part National Gymnastics Week which runs from January 18-24.

Many other activities are planned at clubs across the country in a combined effort including Gymnastics Canada, 12-provincial/territorial federations and over 700 hundred clubs …

details – Gymnastics Canada

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introducing Handstand

From coach Troy Wright.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

Perfect drills. I’d keep doing them until the kids can touch only nose and toes on the wall.

More drills on Troy’s new YouTube channel.

Or check out the original (very popular) post – Basics, Basics, Basics!!!—The Training of a Handstand.

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Point your feet, guy.

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handstand … call the Sambulance

Gymnasts I coached a number of years ago in New Zealand made their first trip to North American this summer.

And had a great time!

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photo from Sam’s facebook

handstand on a BIG cliff

ManicTrader posted a handstand on The Nose of Half Dome.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube

leaning tower of Pisa handstand

Thanks to British coach Nick Blanton for sending this.

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larger version – flickr – beth alderson

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National Handstand Day pics

Added by Tom Bertrand to the event “National Handstand Day” on Facebook.

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Leane Grant plans to make this an annual event.

I was happy to see that gymnasts from my club participated. (They were in a shopping mall.)

happy National Handstand Day

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larger version – flickr – Kruggg6

National Handstand Day

Cirque du Soleil talent scout Stacy Clark pointed me to an “event” on Facebook tomorrow, Saturday, February 14, 2009.

Do a handstand at 2PM your time. And post the photo to the Facebook group.

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Haruna-chan – Tsukahara Gymnastics Club 2005

Facebook – National Handstand Day

Valentine’s Day fun.

handstand crash on Parallel Bars

Learning handstand on Parallel Bars can be dangerous. Especially falling over on to the bars.

Typically it happens as in this video posted by the gymnast’s Mom.

… Nothing but bruises and damaged pride. Took me a couple of minutes to get my heart started again, but I survived, too. 5 minutes later he tried again, without mishap.

Mom – Chalk Bucket

It does seem most boys crash once or twice before finally learning how to save the handstand by pirouetting out.

We train handstands on the end of the parallel bars, finishing with a handspring. Safety on that skill is our highest priority with beginners. (Boys and girls train swing and press handstand.)

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handbalancing trio NY City

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