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My favourite “gymnastics” sport to watch in 2007 is Sports Acrobatics. It’s the epitome of flexibility, strength, somersaulting and twisting.
Yeesh, they are even doing bar “release moves”.
It’s well worth watching a 9min highlights clip from Worlds 2006 in Coimbra, Portugal.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I spent many happy years coaching at Emma Lake Gymnastics Camp in the wilds of the Canadian Shield in Saskatchewan.
That camp lapsed after Taiso Head Coach Kelly Thompson headed East with his family. (No one else had Kelly’s energy putting the camp together.)
Happily Randy McMullen, Head coach of the club in Prince Albert, has resurrected the Emma Lake Camp. Call Randy at (306) 922-4812 if you want to know more.
Rick McCharles.
I think NOT.
In evidence I took a bike ride around an upper middle class Canadian neighbourhood and took anonymous photos of home trampolines.
Does this look safe to you?
Manufacturers claim the trampolines are safe when set-up properly and supervised.
Fact is they are rarely set-up properly and even more rarely supervised.
Backyard trampolines should be outlawed.
more backyard trampoline photos – flickr
UPDATE – Olympic torch burned well on the highest mountain in the world.
(via The Adventure Blog)
==== original post Nov. 5, 2006:
Beijing is planning to take the Olympic Flame to Mount Everest as a stage on the Olympic Torch Relay to Beijing, an event of major symbolic importance starting by March, 2008. CTMA stated there will be a trial run of the torch ceremony on the mountain next spring.
Everest – Mount Everest by climbers, news
This is a gutsy move for China considering the amount of world media HEAT they will be taking over their invasion of Tibet in 1951.
And especially in light of the defenseless Tibetan refugees shot by the Chinese army recently, close to Everest.
Beijing had best plan for some good publicity, as well. Perhaps have goodwill envoy Jackie Chan carry it to base camp.
(via The Adventure Blog)
2007 Induction Ceremony, May 11, 2007, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
… We will conduct our 11th annual induction dinner. The Class of 2007 all represent the highest possible achievement in our sport, and are so deserving of this recognition. The Board is pleased to announce the names of those to be honored:
The Class of 2007:
• Simona Amanar (Romania)
• Eberhard Gienger (Germany)
• Yelena Davydova (Russia)
• Shigeru Kasamatsu (Japan)Gymbrooke Sports News » International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
Eberhard Gienger, Nadia Comaneci, Simona Amanar, and Yelena Davydova 
ESPN
The names of Gienger and Kasamatsu are particularly well-remembered for important skills named after them.
Eberhard Gienger has had a most eventful life, eventually becoming a member of the German Parliament (CDU).
Statue in downtown Salt Lake City.
Leave a comment if you know of other good acrobatic statues we might post on this site.
I wonder how secure the cable anchors on the cliff edge were attached.
And who is this nut?
Click PLAY or watch the mad man do a hecht dismount from horizontal bar into the abyss on YouTube.
(via Chalk Bucket)
We’ve all seen kids who can put their knees into extreme flexion.
No damage done.
I still don’t like it. And try not to let the other kids encourage them to “practice” it.
larger original – flickr
larger original – flickr
Tungalag wrote:
I am interested to find a job as a contortion coach. I have experience since 1978. Used to work together with Angelic from the “O” show coach.
I am now in Las Vegas.
Peace, Tunga
mongoliancontortion @ yahoo.com
Karen Habegger posted on the Chalk Bucket forum. Here’s her company:
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Leave a comment if you have other sites you like for gymnastics music.
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