Year: 2010

Elite Canada photos

I’ve heard exactly nothing (so far) from the Canadian women’s gymnastics competition in Quebec.

Grace Chiu just now posted some photos on Facebook.

Seems that stupid chicken found his way there.
🙂

stunt goes wrong on live TV

I saw the bad news on gymnicetic. An ex-gymnast fell while using spring-powered stilts.

A live TV game show in Dusseldorf, Germany was halted on Saturday mid-broadcast after a contestant was severely injured in a stunt.

Samuel Koch was hurt when he tried to jump over a moving car driven by his father on Wetten, Dass? (Wanna Bet?).

Canadian singer Justin Bieber was due to appear on the show after the stunt. …

Robbie Williams and Phil Collins had also been due to appear on the show, according to its website.

‘Critical stage’

Koch, 23, underwent surgery on Sunday after he suffered multiple back injuries and fractures the previous night.

Dr Wolfgang Raab of Dusseldorf Hospital told German news agency DPAD that Koch was “in an extremely critical stage”. …

Wetten, Dass? has been running for nearly 30 years and regularly draws audiences of about 10 million.

BBC

In the age of YouTube and Jackass movies, this won’t be the last spectacular public crash.

A post on CBS News asks if reality TV shows have gotten too dangerous.

Facebook: Deng Linlin, Yang Yilin

New pages for both. Not accessible in China. (Similar pages will soon be put up on Renren, a site that is not blocked.)

Like!

Facebook: Deng Linlin Online

Facebook: Yang Yilin Online

Slackline flips and tricks

If you’ve not kept up with the slacklining craze, here’s your chance to catch up.

An excellent interview for newbies with the two time “world champion” Andy Lewis.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

TumblTrak sells slacklines. They’re a very inexpensive addition to the gym.

(via FlipCatch)

unusual Yurchenko drills

Nick Blanton, coaching in the U.K., is obviously a brilliant and thoughtful coach. But his approach teaching one gymnast must be the most complicated and lengthy ever conceived.

I do like his premise, though. Critical are:

1) board strike angle
2) horse contact angle

Click PLAY or watch his commentary and drills on YouTube. (9min)

Find more of Nick’s commentaries on the amelieblanton YouTube channel.

update on Mike Outram

Here’s the official information from Gymnastics Ontario’s Ruth Simpson:

As reported to you by email message on Thursday, December 3rd, Windsor Vistas coach and NCCP Facilitator Michael Outram recently sustained serious neck injury while he was involved in a personal activity at a gymnastics club in Michigan.

Gymnastics Ontario has been in touch with Michael’s family and here is the latest update:

• Michael has been moved to Windsor’s Hotel Dieu Hospital

• CBC Windsor recently interviewed him …

• Members of Michael’s family are posting information on Facebook

• Michael’s family has opened an account in trust at TD Canada Trust if you would like to lend support: #0125 6321315

• According to his sister, Melynda, Michael has a bit of movement in one of his legs. They are very appreciative of the support they have been receiving.

• Cards can still be mailed to Michael:
c/o Windsor Vistas Gymnastics, 2996 Deziel Drive, Windsor, ON N8W 5H8

Our thoughts are with Michael and his family at this time.

Mike was interviewed again today on the A Channel at 6pm tonight.

In an article in the Windsor Star he explains exactly what happened:

… “I did a half-in, full-out, and I hit the bottom of the pit, which isn’t good, I’m about two inches shorter,” the 43-year-old with the heart of a kid joked during an interview from his bed at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital Wednesday. He said he never lost consciousness. “I didn’t even lose my gum.” …

read more – Popular Windsor gymnastics teacher, Mr. Mike, paralyzed in accident

His spirits are high. And some movement has come back in both legs. Fight on, Mike.

people are awesome

A compilation of awesome people doing incredible things.

A few of the clips were faked … but which ones?

13 million hits since October.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Miss Val on Zamarripa

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Aunt Joyce posted one of his excellent NCAA projections – UCLA Preview – predicting line-ups on each apparatus with Zam out.