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… Scott Burns from California Sports Centers shows how to develop strength for the Azarian on rings.

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An interview with one of the hardest working gymnasts in Hollywood:

Heidi Moneymaker attended the University of California, where she joined the gymnastics group and became uneven bars and vault team champion in 1997 and 2000 and individual champion in 1998 and 1999.

… Heidi competed in the 1999 World University Games and received two Honda Award nominations. With this skilled background, she made the step and has worked as a stuntwoman and stunt actress on television series and films since 2002.

24, Hancock, Mission Impossible III, My Name Is Earl, Serenity, Spider-Man 3 and Star Trek are just a few of the many well known and high profile movies and TV shows that Heidi has done stunt work for and I was lucky enough to be able to get in touch with her recently to ask her about some of her latest projects including being Scarlett Johansson’s stunt double in Marvel Studios‘ Iron Man 2! …

read Heidi’s interview

This will be good. July 15-18, 2010.

Directors are Bruin assistant coaches Jim Foody and Chris Waller.

Anna Li is one of the coaches.

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Has Nastia officially retired yet?

… “I haven’t given up,” Liukin says of her commitment to competing once again …

The first one I ever saw was at University of Georgia.

Fantastic.

It was invented by coach Tom Forster at Colorado Aerials.

Gymnastics Crossing interviewed Tom about how he came up with the idea:

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There’s much more on Gymnastics Crossing – Aerials Gymnastics in Colorado Springs

You can buy your own Forster platform from Gibson for $400 each.

Recall that the USAIGC / NACGC College Bound Invitational Competition was discontinued after 2008.

Instead, Region 3 gymnasts looking for a College scholarship could come to a camp hosted by WOGA in Frisco, TX, Jun, 26-27, 2010.

Anne Phillips was there for Gymnastike.

Here are a couple of her videos.

Click PLAY or watch Mack Brannan 1/1-in, 1/2-out on Floor on Gymnastike.

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Click PLAY or watch Alyssa Kaschak Working An Onodi on Gymnastike.

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Note Alyssa starts with her left foot forward for a right twisting Onodi. This would seem to be easiest. Some girls do start with the opposite foot, however, finding it keeps them “squarer”.

More photos and videos on the Gymnastike Region 3 College Bound Camp page.

Happy Canada Day, July 1st.

I just toured the venue for next year with one of the key organizers, Jim Rand.

As Canada’s largest annual celebration of gymnastics, the Canadian Gymnastics Championships will bring over 900 participants from across the country. …

The Championships will be co-hosted at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre and the CARI Complex – MacLauchlan Arenas, located on the University of Prince Edward Island campus from May 23rd-28th, 2011.

Sport PEI

via Gym Score Depot.

Artistic MAG and WAG. Trampoline Sports: Tramp, Double-mini and Tumbling.

Artistic is hosted in a 21,000 sq ft gymnasium, the same venue used for Nationals 1994. Expect Marshalls to be strictly limiting access to the Floor as space is tight.

Trampoline and Tumbling will be happy, I think, in a big hockey arena. Lights will need to be raised for trampoline. The VIP area is in this building.

Awards have a nice space with a modern look.

The judging will be transparent as 3 courts will be made available for officials.

Though Charlottetown has a population of only about 33,000, everyone is confident that Jim and Lea Rand will put together an excellent Nationals.

Hotels will be at a premium, obviously. Book early.

High resolution version on GymnasticsTrainingTips.com.

Shout out for the 20 or more artistic and trampoline athletes from the Beausejour Gymnos Gymnastics club in Moncton, NB in the opening and closing ceremonies of the International Association of Athletics Federations World Junior Championships which are being hosted in their home town this summer.

Open ceremonies are July 19th with closing ceremonies on Sunday July 25th.

Don Anweiler in Georgia is looking for advice on what replacement bed to buy for their 7 x 14 foot trampoline.

Leave a comment if you have advice.

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Full Twist in the U.K. linked to a very interesting story:

The BBC is lining up boxing and gymnastics as its lead sports for a 2012 Olympics showcasing 3D and Super HD TV. …

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