The Cuban champion of Pan-American Sports Festival 2014 is probably the best 89+ AA gymnast we’ve never heard about.
Click PLAY or watch his P Bars on YouTube. 15.570 – double front half out dismount.
Gym Blog Brazil posted all 6 apparatus videos.
Canadian L2 Technical course
For Canucks needing Level 2 Technical WAG, a course is being hosted at the new Taiso Saskatoon.
Aug 29 – Sep 1st
1,000-foot long SLIP-AND-SLIDE
On Saturday, thousands of Salt Lake residents of all ages slid down a 1,000-foot long and 22-foot wide water slide down the city’s Main Street. The plastic slide sits on a layer of foam and ends in a 75-foot long pool with 3-foot deep waters.
Tickets for the Salt Lake City event started from $15 for single slides, increasing to $25 for triple slides and $35 for unlimited access. …
Proceeds went towards Ronald McDonald House and the Utah Aids Foundation. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Joe Moravsky – Ninja Warrior
Gymnastics and Injury Seminar
Dr. Dave Tilley:
… Saturday October 18th I will be putting the “1st Annual Gymnastics and Injury Performance Seminar” at our gym in Beverly, MA. …
Presenters (so far) include my good friends Dr. Joshua Eldridge of Gymnast Care (Sports Chiropractor), Dave Picardy (Expert Weightlifting/Strength and Conditioning Coach), a local Orthopedic Surgeon (specializes in the athletic shoulder), and myself. More may be added …
… $250 for a single spot registration, with discounts offered for group registrations …
Announcing the 1st Annual Gymnastics Injury and Performance Seminar (G.I.P.S. 2014)
Yamilet PEÑA – Vault
Good news. She did not compete the (dangerous) Handspring double front at Pan-American Sports Festival 2014 Finals.
Click PLAY or watch Vault 1 on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Vault 2 on YouTube.
Marisa Dick out of Commonwealths
Marisa Dick, the Canadian gymnast who competed Worlds for Trinidad and Tobago, had to withdraw due to illness.
😦
Get well soon.
BBC reality TV show judges
Tumble is an upcoming British television show, featuring celebrities who take part in gymnastics to win the votes of the public. …
Starts LIVE Saturday, 9 August, 2014.
Say hello to our gym-credible #Tumble judges @Sebastienstella, @louissmith1989, @nadiacomaneci10 and @craigdavidheap. pic.twitter.com/RX8S4Ne22x
— BBC One (@BBCOne) July 22, 2014
mocking the Commonwealth Games
I love them.
But that Brit comedian over at Last Week Tonight put up some profane mockery.
(via Couch Gymnast)
Cirque du Soleil open audition
Good news.
Cirque is again running their open audition in Vegas, September 26th, 2014.
If you think you’ve got what it takes to work for Cirque du Soleil, start training for that audition now. You want to be at your very best that day.
