Category: Trampoline

CAN Olympic Teams for Paris

1st travelling alternates:

  • Rose Woo (Montreal, Que.) – WAG Alternate Athlete
  • Ioannis Chronopoulos (Milton, Ont.) – MAG Alternate Athlete

outdoor inflatable “bouncers” in Iceland

Tourists in Iceland are raving about the FREE outdoor ‘trampolines‘.

They originated in the 1980s in Denmark, more specifically in Fårup.

They’re called Ærlsabelgur (sing.) / Ærslabelgir (pl.).

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Tramp Worlds 2024 highlights

Most Olympic nation qualifications are complete.

trampoline in the sky

Actor, model, and adventurer Jay Alvarrez thought it would be cool to take some friends up in a hot air balloon with a trampoline suspended underneath.

… skydivers, and they are all equipped with parachutes …

Neato

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2024 USAG Hall of Fame

  • Alexander “Sasha” Artemev – Men’s artistic Olympic team bronze medalist, two-time World Championships bronze medalist, five-time U.S. champion
  • Jana Bieger – 2008 Olympic alternate, three-time World Championships silver medalist in women’s artistic
  • Ivana Hong – 2008 Olympic alternate, World bronze medalist in women’s artistic
  • Dr. William “Bill” Sands – longtime professor and sports scientist, former Director of Research and Development for USAG, Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Savannah Vinsant – 2012 Olympian, three-time U.S. trampoline champion
  • Youri Vorobyev – Coach of multiple World champions and medalists, six-time USAG Acrobatic Coach of the Year honoree

USA Gymnastics announces 2024 Hall of Fame class

Bryony Page – Paris Olympics

Page was roared to victory … in front of a home crowd in Birmingham as she repeated her 2021 title and is now eyeing a gold medal at next year’s Paris Olympics.

The 32-year-old has been bouncing on trampolines most of her life and she makes soaring 10 metres into the air to complete complex moves look as natural as walking.

But it has not always been so.

The Sheffield-based athlete’s trampoline career almost fizzled out in her teenaged years as she suffered “lost move syndrome” and became frightened to try a basic front somersault. …

“It doesn’t happen very often but when it does it’s really scary. Everything started to spiral down. Instead of being just scared of that one skill I then got scared of another skill.

Page, who likens the syndrome to the “twisties” experienced by American gymnast Simone Biles, became depressed and could have walked away but eventually she overcame her demons. …

read more on Reuters

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