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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)

Click PLAY or watch her Floor from 2002 2000 on YouTube.

(via The All Around)

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.

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.

A compilation of awesome people doing incredible things.

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

13 million hits since October.

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

Svetlana Khorkina gets a lot of flack for her many faults.

Yet she’s innovated more skills than anyone else. Eight skills in the Code are named after her.

Somehow they missed this one.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Camelia Voinea did it tucked (VIDEO) in 1985.

I know Jordan Jovtchev is a busy man, President of the Bulgarian Gymnastics Federation.

But this is ridiculous.

(via Facebook)

How is this possible. She actually has room to spare on a 6 element line.

Ro, bhs, whip, bhs, arabian double front, punch front, by Viktoria Karpenko circa 1997.

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Bronwyn loves the girl with big bangs.