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Geoffrey Taucer was the internet name of an American gymnast.

He competed at the Sand Dollar / Whitlow Invitational Invite. The first person I’ve seen compete this vault. Though the landing was very under-rotated … he did get credit for the vault from the judges. That means his feet hit first.

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UPDATE: Geoffrey Taucer’s real name is Jeremy Waters. You can call it the “Waters”, not the Taucer.

These insects might be the world’s fastest jumpers and spinners.

374 flips / second.

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And now for something completely different.

Here’s a Canadian woman. Her YouTube channel is Jumping Like A horse.

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Ayala Kirstine seems to have started this fitness trend. Follow her on Instagram

To train for FIG vaults in 2018 you need spend most of your time vaulting uphill. Iarov recommends flipping only once a week. The rest of the time is used for preparation: sprint, hurdle, preflight.

Taiso Saskatoon built an ideal platform in 2014.

Head Coach Markos Baikas loves this set-up.

Decades ago Manjak and I ordered just such a vault landing table though ours was a giant block of foam. 🙂

Within weeks it was moved into the pit. ☹️ … We were back to stacking a dozen mats.

 

Floris Kaayk,  a Dutch filmmaker and animator, wanted to try to fool the general public.

It worked.

Back in 2012 his hoax video was widely shared:

This is Jarno Smeets, the “Flying Dutchman”, a mechanical engineer. Carrying out the design originally proposed by Leonardo DaVinci.

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(via Human Birdwings)

Fail.

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(via Gymnast Crossing)

Canadian National Team massage therapist Ed Louie recommended this product.

So I bought two: one softer, one stiffer. (There are many sport models to choose from.)

In the USA the distributor is Intracell.

🙂

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