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1st pit Rounders in Canada

I believe Gymtastics in Calgary is the first Canadian club to replace their pit foam with Rounders.

Rounders™ are the only pit foam available with a flame retardant cover. A unique conical shape.

Club Founder Dar Fedyna is well pleased with the investment.

Cost is perhaps double regular pit cubes. But the lifespan of Rounders should be 2-3 times regular cubes.

For a higher initial cost you have a much cleaner gym. With lower risk of allergic reaction to dust.

Ideal for Recreation programs.

Downside?

The cubes are slippery. Kids get buried deeper than in regular foam. Adults have trouble climbing out. … I learned that by jumping in myself.

You might want to ready a throw rope for self-rescuing Adult Rec gymnasts. 🙂

I’m convinced.

Any future gym of mine will not have regular (filthy) foam cubes. It’s Rounders or resi-pit.

related – Darlene “The Bean” Fedyna is the Rec guru behind Gymtastics Gym Tools. She’ll be presenting for the first time at USA Congress 2013. I’ll be at those sessions, for sure.

Pro Gymnastics Challenge May 10-11

Update from Inside Gymnastics:

Among the athletes slated to participate are Jacob Dalton, Jonathan Horton, Marcel Nguyen, Oksana Chusovitina and Anna Pavlova, just to name a few!

Here’s how you make Artistic Gymnastics exciting.

Professional Gymnastics Challenge on Facebook:

It’s official!

The Professional Gymnastics Challenge is coming to the Lehigh Valley’s Stabler Arena on May 10 & 11, and airs on ESPN2 on May 21, 22 and 23! Check it out at ProfessionalGymnastics.com

Click PLAY or watch Promo 2 on YouTube.

Those clips are from last year’s inaugural.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 15th.

Allentown is the closest airport. Newark is about 90min away.

what inspires Nastia?

Ten Tree Apparel posted a great new video on the theme – what inspires great athletes?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

details on InspireContest.com

(via WOGymnastike)

Silvia Colussi – sideways to Beam aerial

The future Gator competed for Spain at Gymnix.

Click PLAY or watch the very cool skill at 48sec on YouTube.

(via International Gymnast Magazine on Facebook)

4 x Aly Raisman

Watch this one FULL screen. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Arabian Punch Front tumblr)

Elijah Thompson – Right to Play

Once again, the Kyle Shewfelt Gym Fest will be raising money for Right to Play. That’s an international humanitarian organization promoting sport and play to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world.

Inspired by Kyle, young Elijah Thompson decided to do his own fundraiser for the charity last year. And raised $2,245.00. So far. 🙂

For his efforts, Right to Play awarded Elijah a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Elijah had been following the rehabilitation of paralyzed trampolinist Brett Babcock. While in Toronto, he visited Brett. And ended up doing a rehab workout alongside him.