Gymnastics Chalk Eater

I saw this $1750 device at Emerald City Gymnastics.

Chalk Eater

Do they work?

DGS:

Benefits of the chalk eater unit:

Healthier environment for coaches and athletes

Extends the life of heating an air conditioning filters

Circulates the air in the gym

Reduces cleaning time and cleaning expenses

details

You replace the Chalk Eater Filters.

#1 Olympic Halfpipe – Shaun White

… the performance which gave White the incredible score of 48.4 at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. …

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Gym Club survives earthquake

This photograph of the ruined QEII complex taken in June 2011 shows the gymnastic buildings in the foreground that are OK and still in use:

QEII

I coached there for the 2001-02 season. That’s the Christchurch School of Gymnastics. 🙂

The Gymnastics Gyms are the only facilities left open in the massive QEII sports complex damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

A recent news report:

‘You’re at QEII Park? I thought that was all closed?”

People working at the Christchurch School of Gymnastics hear this a lot. …

During 2011, the gym lost about 35 per cent of its members, says school chief executive Avril Enslow. But numbers are building back up now as homes in the area are repaired and people become more confident about where they’re going to live. …

Enslow is proud of the achievements of her competitive gymnasts. Seven of the school’s members are on the long list for the Commonwealth Games so they’ll be going to trial later this year and early next for the New Zealand team. …

Gym school bouncing back

Iordache, Bragger win Arthur Gander

World bronze medalist Larisa Iordache and rising Swiss star Pablo Bragger took the titles at the 30th annual Arthur Gander Memorial Wednesday night in Morges, Switzerland. …

… a modified all-around competition. Women’s gymnasts choose their best three events, while the men compete on four. …

Arthur Gander traditionally serves as a kind of warmup to the Swiss Cup, gymnastics’ most popular mixed pairs competition, which will be held in Zurich next weekend and feature many of the same athletes. …

read more – Larisa Iordache, Pablo Bragger win 30th Arthur Gander Memorial

Bragger

Kyla Ross photos

Gymnastike:

Of the thousands of still shots taken by Gymnastike photographer Melissa Perenson during the 2013 World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, one athlete stood out to us as “most photogenic“. That athlete is the one and only Kyla Ross of Team USA. …

Kyla Beam

See more on Gymnastike.

That links to an entire Kyla gallery.

Kyla and Kohei were the most elegant. The most photogenic at Worlds.

related – Kyla’s choreography:

• Dominic Zito: Something Different Part 1

• Dominic Zito: Something Different Part 2

don’t trust your eyes

What advertisers do with Photoshop.

Make women unhappy. 😦

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This one’s gone viral on Facebook.

Dan Keatings 7.2 pommel

With Flare Hand Flare and triple Russian between the Pommels.

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GBR is the best team in the World on Horse.