What can’t Jason do on a trampoline?
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Jason Burnett – garbage tricks
February 9th, 2012 — Trampoline
Pacific Rim – Mar 16-18th – Seattle
February 9th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Rhythmic, Trampoline
Athletes from 16 countries will compete in the 2012 Kellogg’s® Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships, March 16-18, Everett, Washington … near Seattle.
Friday, March 16
10 a.m. – Rhythmic Team & All-Around (Sub Div. 1)
1:30 p.m. – Women’s Team & All-Around (Sub Div. 1)
3 p.m. – Rhythmic Team & All-Around (Sub Div. 2)
7 p.m. – Women’s Team & All-Around (Sub Div. 2)Saturday, March 17
1:30 p.m. – Men’s Team & All-Around (Sub Div. 1)
3 p.m. – Rhythmic Individual Event Finals
7 p.m. – Men’s Team & All-Around (Sub Div. 2)Sunday, March 18
9 a.m. – Trampoline Junior Team Competition
11:30 a.m. – Trampoline Senior Team Competition
12 p.m. – Men’s & Women’s Junior Individual Event Finals
4 p.m. – Trampoline Individual Event Finals
6 p.m. – Men’s & Women’s Senior Individual Event Finals
7 p.m. – Synchronized Trampoline Competition
Blythe Lawrence will be there for Examiner. She’s from Seattle.
… The inclusion of six of the top eight potential Olympic teams on the women’s side and Japan, China, Russia and the U.S. going head-to-head on the men’s makes this meet a bona fide Olympic dress rehearsal. …
Lauren Hopkins will be there for The Couch Gymnast. I’ll be there, too. I’m particularly interested in this opportunity:
In conjunction with the 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships, USA Gymnastics is offering two days of coaching, judging and business educational opportunities during the event at the Tulalip Resort. To attend for free, you will need to show your Pacific Rim Championships event ticket.
Jim Jarrett, Quin Shannon, Susan Jacobson, & Linda Metheny Mulvihill are a few of the presenters.
Rick Mercer Trampoline
February 1st, 2012 — humour, Olympics, Trampoline
wall tramp to X Games?
February 1st, 2012 — Circus, Trampoline
… The marketing side of me says, “YAY! I support the effort!” It could possibly bring more attention to the sport of trampoline, increasing visibility and interest. You can never have too much attention.
Then, there’s the artist in me. She says, “Do you really want to place rules and parameters on such freedom of movement?” …
That quote’s from Trampoline Pundit linking to a NY Times article on the idea being pushed by some at the Quebec Circus School:
… “The ultimate goal is to have wall trampoline be in the X Games,” said Julien Roberge …
… Roberge, who trains with members of Canada’s Olympic trampoline team and is considered one of the country’s top bouncers, acknowledges that there must be an organized way to judge an event. He and his fellow trampolinist Ignacio Adarve have written criteria for judges to use to assign points to moves and tricks. In a typical contest, bouncers will perform a series of 10 consecutive tricks, each following a bounce on the trampoline. The highest marks will go to those who perform the most difficult acrobatics. …
read more – Defying Gravity With Creativity
I’m not against the idea either. But Wall Tramp is many years away from getting into the X Games, if ever.
Trampowall first gained popular attention at Cirque’s La Nouba in Orlando.
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Rick Mercer on Trampoline
January 27th, 2012 — humour, Trampoline
I’d rank Rick Mercer the #1 comedian on Canadian TV.
And he’s a gamer. He asked Karen Cockburn, Rosie MacLennan and Jason Burnett to teach him some Olympic Trampoline.
… I don’t think it went all that well. 
more photos – Rick Mercer Report Facebook
I’ll post video when that bit gets televised.
Trampoline Pundit
January 26th, 2012 — Blogs, Power Tumbling, Trampoline
For the second day in a row I’ve subscribed to a new Trampoline blog.
It’s by LEIGH HENNESSY ROBSON, Owner and Coach of the Acadiana Center for Trampoline Techniques in Lafayette, LA.
Leigh is a film maker and Communications professional. It shows.
Check a recent post on the American women.
flipping out TNT
January 25th, 2012 — Blogs, Olympics, Power Tumbling, Trampoline
Have you seen the new Trampoline and Tumbling blog – flipping out TNT?
Jenny links to videos from the Trampoline Olympic Test Meet, noting that the Men’s videos are better.
Women’s Prelims
Men’s Tramp
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Australian Gymnastics Championships
January 21st, 2012 — acrobatic gymnastics, Gymnastics, Olympics, Rhythmic, Trampoline
May 21st – June 12th, 2012.
Gymnastics fans are in for a treat this year, with the 2012 MG, WG, RG, TRP & ACR National Championships all combined into one massive event at Sydney Olympic Park.
Having qualified a full team at the 2011 Artistic World Championships, Australia will look to select a full women’s team to compete at the Games. …
GA – 2012 National Championships to Play a Big Role in Olympic Selection
Anyone else heard the rumour that Peggy Liddick was considering NCAA coaching opportunities after this cycle?
Test Event London a success
January 19th, 2012 — ethics, Gymnastics, Olympics, Rhythmic, Trampoline
The Rhythmic Gymnastics Finals concluded the Visa International Gymnastics, which as part of the London Prepares series functioned as Test Event for the 2012 London Olympic Games as well as the final Olympic qualifier. …
Individual All-around
Gold KONDAKOVA Daria RUS 110.450
Silver RIZATDINOVA Ganna UKR 108.750
Bronze ALYABYEVA Anna KAZ 108.075
Group All-around
Gold ESP – Spain 53.250
Silver ISR – Israel 50.525
Bronze FRA – France 50.400
Bronze GRE – Greece 50.400
Prof. Bruno Grandi:Lord Sebastian Coe, Bruno Grandi
… “I am pleased that our gymnasts now have a second chance at participation in the Games, an initiative that aims to bring greater justice to the sport. But as with all new concepts, we will need to revisit certain criteria, details, that some feel are still too complicated. …”
… the Finals in Artistic and Trampoline enjoyed spectacular audience success from a media standpoint. “This is the first time that the FIG has independently produced the signal of a Final. We have chosen to embrace a modern philosophy by live broadcasting on our “Gymnastics” You Tube channel. We have integrated social networks into our global communication package, which has proven very successful. …
I’d agree. Overall the event was excellent, especially for the YouTube Finals feed and videos.
Dwight Normile was more critical of the new system:
… The biggest losers were the Canadian men and Spanish women, both of whom would have qualified under the old rules with their 12th-place finishes in Tokyo.
It would make a lot more sense to use the test event specifically for individual qualification. And if the FIG really wants to raise the level of competition at the Olympics, then it should reduce the number of all-around berths and add more top specialists via the previous worlds apparatus finals. …
I’d say the least happy 
nations under the new scheme are:
MAG: Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Belarus
WAG: Belgium, Korea, Spain, Netherlands
I’m en route to Belgium and will survey some of the WAG coaches.
spotting on trampoline
January 18th, 2012 — safety, spotting, Trampoline
Sergio Ricardo Silva Lucas sends us this well edited series of on-bed spotting techniques.
See what you think.
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I prefer not to “catch” if not necessary, so would only use some of these for FUN or as a DEMO.
Leave a comment if you have an opinion.
Test Meet to Olympics
January 17th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Olympics, Trampoline
One of the Chinese coaches complained about the O2 venue calling the colour scheme “depressing“.
Ws van Wijk pulled up images of the Beijing Test Meet. And the venue once dressed for Olympics.
Test Meet Beijing
Olympics Beijing
Seems it’s normal procedure to save the final decorating for the BIG event.
Hopefully they’ll upgrade the couch, as well.
fix the Olympic venue?
January 17th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Olympics, Trampoline
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) executive member Brian Stocks loves the O2 arena, venue for the London Olympics.
But a Chinese coach at Test Meet complained about the red GYMNOVA matting and the depressing colour scheme. It is inferior to Beijing and Athens, but I wouldn’t call it depressing.
I heard a rumour that GYMNOVA is considering replacing the red mats with a darker colour. That would be a shame.
Photographer Eileen Langsley:
… Whilst some improvements have been made since the 02 Arena staged the 2009 World Championships, there has been a real decline in the standard of the lighting. …
Not only was there a low level of light but there were some very strange colour casts – possibly the result of the running down of the lamps as they age. They are due to be replaced for the Olympics but it was a pity that the new ones weren’t in place for this event. …
Where Sport Meets Art – Another step on the Olympic journey.
That link has a photo essay on the victorious host team.
UGLY kiss and cry couch
January 16th, 2012 — Gymnastics, humour, Olympics, Rhythmic, Trampoline
The London Test Meet has a kiss and cry area. I didn’t hear anybody in the Gymnastics world complain.
Until @KateBamberPA tweeted …
Is this the ugliest sofa in world sport? #rhythmic #gymnastics #FIGTest12
via @BBCSport_Ollie
