Year: 2011

Cheer Extreme from North Carolina founded and coached by Courtney Smith Pope.

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There’s no easier way to start a flame war in the comments of this site than by putting Cheer and Olympics in the same sentence.

(avoid the comments on this site, if you can)

Artistic gymnastics people are (in general) very negative about Cheer.

I was too back in the ’90s when UNcertified, UNknowledgeable ‘coaches‘ were dropping unfit girls on their heads doing handsprings.

But this is 2011. The top Cheer coaches and athletes are excellent.

Contest for of members of the USAG.

Nastia Liukin and Supergirl are offering a chance for a dedicated gymnast to meet Nastia and get a private lesson from her.

Gymnasts can also enter their USAG Gym to win $10,000 in equipment.

The Artistic competition has concluded. Congratulations to everyone in Halifax.

All results.

More Grace Chiu photos.

Finals are underway.

AA Champion Simon Porter scheduled to compete all 6 apparatus.

results

all of Grace’s photos from CWGs will be posted here.

Hey. I like this routine.

Victoria Moors (Cambridge Kips, Ont., Canada) debuts a double-double on floor exercise at the 2011 Nadia Comaneci International, held Feb. 12 in Oklahoma City

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She’s coached by Elvira Saadi.

(via International Gymnast Magazine on Facebook)

Most Decorated: Mikaela Gerber, ON collects 3 more medals in apparatus finals to bring her total haul to 5: Gold Team, Silver Floor, Bronze AA, Vault & Beam

all of Grace’s photos from CWGs will be posted here.

Mikaela’s big sister at UCLA will be proud.

Canada Winter Games Finals (results)

Feb 17 – Most Golden: Sabrina Gill, ON – 4 Gold medals in Team, AA, Bars, & Beam

High res photos at GraceClick

… I’m glad she hit Bars. Coach Kelly Manjak was happy, too.

Sabrina’s best quality as a gymnast is consistency. She hits under pressure. Reminds me of another Canadian gymnast …

Apparatus finals has finished in Halifax, Nova Scotia for MAG and WAG.

Full results here.

This is Team Newfoundland, lying down on the job.

photo c/o Lukas Stritt.

In progress.

Results are being posted here.

WAG VAULT

Who are Gym Crew?

USA Team member Chris Brooks and friends. Trying to make gymnastics and parkour cool, with cool clothing.

Gym Crew began with a promise among friends that when we were done with our competitive gymnastics careers, we would start a company that would impact the free running and gymnastics world in a positive way. We all came from different backgrounds, but what we all had in common was the love of gymnastics and a great respect for each other. In 2008 GymCrew was founded by Mubarak Abdullah, Taqiy Abdullah, Cody Trobaugh, Kerry Adderly, David & Jamie Henderson. Gym Crew was a way for us to stay involved with the sport and to create a gymnastics and free running apparel company.

I’ll never forget Taqiy Abdullah winning NCAA Championships in 2007. I wasn’t even watching him for the all-around. That was one fantastic meet for him.

In the beginning there was no premeditated business plan, just a goal of building a brand. We would travel around the world, trying to sell our apparel, meeting with club owners and getting to know them. Currently we are providing club owners and retail stores with new products to sell in their shops.

Check them out – gym-crew.com

And check out the Gym Crew Foundation, which focuses on supporting programs that support kids and education. That’s linked via the COMMUNITY tab.