Year: 2011

Jerome Simpson is getting Play of the Week love for his front somersault touchdown Christmas Eve. (VIDEO)

Marion Barber’s TD salto didn’t go quite so well. 🙂

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Scott Weller linked to this on Facebook.

Next time your kids tell you the Floor is too hard, show them this compilation.

at 1min – standing step in to triple twist … or double?

at 2:25 – ff quad twist … or triple?

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Thanks Allison Hack for the link.

On March 8, 2004 aspiring freeskier and coach, Josh Dueck, awoke from a ski crash to realize life would never be the same. Paralyzed from the waist down, Josh made a decision to make the best of a horrible situation. The result is one of the most inspiring stories we’ve ever seen. …

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I saw that on Science of Sport’s list of the best sports videos of the year.

Josh Dueck won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in the men’s slalom sit-ski event. …

She was the first.

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That’s Spanny, as if you couldn’t guess.

Montage / mashup. New video link — livegymnastics15’s YouTube channel.

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I love their training gym. It’s absolutely perfect.

Mary Lee Tracy. A good drill for the cast is even better for pirouette in handstand.

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Mary Lee has many more videos like that on her YouTube channel.

(posted via gymmomentum)

I don’t link on this site to every free running video I see. They need to have something unique over and above all the rest I’ve seen.

This 13min edit has plenty of unique and interesting stunts. But it nearly gave me a heart attack. Be warned.

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Announcement: Hence forth I’ll no longer link to any edit showing hard landings from extreme height. Or even simple skills on high rooftops where even a minor mistake would mean certain death.

… you have to draw the line somewhere.

(via Jerry Blakley on YouTube)

Most AMAZING young athletes I know are gymnasts. But this is no small achievement.

… “The kid and team summit with all fingers and toes. Descent still to come. Then we celebrate.”

Those were the brief words this past weekend transmitted from Antarctica to a Facebook account and then out to the world foretelling the success of a 15-year-old kid, Jordan Romero, as he reached the 16,050-foot summit of Vinson Massif, the highest peak on the continent, at noon on December 24th.

The Christmastime summit was twice as sweet for Jordan, who has climbed around the world for the past six years with his father, including a successful ascent of Mount Everest at age 13, and who now holds the title of the youngest person ever to reach the top of the fabled “Seven Summits.” …

Gear Junkie

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Inspiring. Touching.

ESPN Short Feature: The Finish Line (Short Version)
Produced by Kory Kozak, ESPN
Filmed and edited by Evolve Digital Cinema / IMG.

Holland Reynolds and the San Francisco University High School cross country team rallied together to get their coach Jim Tracy, who had been diagnosed with ALS, his eighth state championship.

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Skallagromsson is looking for advice on the best, most cost efficient ways to build an above ground safety pit.

That one’s at Pacific Gymnastics Training Center.

A club I visited in the Philippines is researching that project, as well, so if you’ve got plans or photos, I’d love to share them. Leave a comment.