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Top 10 All-Around

1. Jake Dalton
2. Adrian De Los Angeles
3. Danell Leyva
4. Eddie Penev
5. Sean Melton
6. Akash Modi
7. Glen Ishino
8. Paul Ruggieri
9. Matthew Felleman
10. Marvin Kimble

I was most impressed with Adrian De Los Angeles. He has competed the past couple of weekends during the NCAA season just as he did here: clean, consistent and strong. … could be a surprise dark horse this quad.

Another gymnast I was super impressed with was Sean Melton. This being his big senior elite debut, he proved he is ready to hang with the big boys. …

Using this competition as the first step of the bigger picture, World Championships, I will use a ranking of the Top 6 guys for a shot at a spot on this team …

1. Jake Dalton.
2. Danell Leyva.
3. Adrian De Los Angeles.
4. Alex Naddour. Only because of pommel horse.
5. Paul Ruggeri.
6. Sam Mikulak.

Brian Taylor for Couch Gymnast

Uncle Tim was there too.

Here’s his funny post on the current state of Men’s Floor Exercise. Still a mess. But not quite as bad nor dangerous as the last quadrennial.

Near compulsory elements:

• Arabian varations
• Twisting series
• wide arm handstand
• layout Thomas
• triple twist dismount

Epic Speed Pong

Damien Walters & Tim Shieff are back with ‘Epic Speed Pong’ – episode three of Walters and Shieff, the BRAND NEW series … Don’t miss future episodes – Subscribe!

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Jed Mildon has absolutely stunned the BMX and action sports world by landing the first ever double backflip tailwhip – a trick that many thought impossible before Saturday night.

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He did the 1st triple back May 28th, 2011.

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(via Michael Jacki on Facebook.)

GYMNAST CROSSING:

Christy Linder was a former Michigan State University gymnast who I worked with at Broadway Gymnastics School.

She now has a gig as a professional photographer with a floor pass at Bruin meets. Last Sunday, her musician boyfriend Jason Sharp was also on floor at Pauley Pavilion, filming some of the sights in HD video. He’s since edited and added original music …

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UCLA hosts Championships April 19-21, 2013.

Episode 20 is really a treat. With Uncle Tim away at Winter Cup, this edition has much banter between Spanny and Jessica O’Beirne.

Jenni’s a charmer. 🙂

British Olympian Jenni Pinches … talks to us about butt glue, working on-air with Olga Korbut for the BBC, life at the Lilleshall national training center, being coached by Amanda Reddin alongside living legend Beth Tweddle, and living a purposeful NerdFighter life.

If you don’t know her, watch this short British Gymnastics intro.

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related – JenniferPinches.com

NCAA Week Seven Preview and Schedule

Many were surprised and impressed with the difficulty and height of tumbling on the Olympic tour.

For example, check Chellsie Memmel going out-of-frame on this double pike.

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Chellsie:

… I’m really glad there was an Air Floor throughout the tour- it allowed me to be able to throw my big passes every night. When I tumble, I tumble hard, and I don’t think I would have been able to do it all if there was no Air Floor beneath the floor. 40 cities, 40 shows, plus practice, rehearsals, warm-ups and workouts… and that’s forgetting that we traveled across the country by bus.

Learning the dances in the hotel the first few days before the tour began to hurt a little, being on the hard floor, but otherwise I felt totally fine and really strong throughout the whole tour. Actually, I felt pretty great! …

Tumbl Talk – A Day in the Life: On Tour

An Air Floor was cut into the diagonal of that competition floor. Hidden under the carpet.

Our little secret. 🙂

Enrique Trabanino, owner of Perfection Gymnastics shows us a conditioning drill using parallettes that helps to increase strength …

Using this drill, the gymnast will improve press handstands and develop the late drop technique for toe circling on bars.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MzY4NjkzMDk3?related=1

Watch more video of Technique Tuesday on gymnastike.org

Great for piked Stalders, as well.

Gymnastics Canada on Facebook:

Victoria Moors ready to build on Olympic success

Reeva Steenkamp, South African model with a law degree, who campaigned against rape and violence, died of gunshot wounds in the home of her boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius.

… Recent media interviews with Pistorius revealed that he kept an assortment of weapons in his home. “Cricket and baseball bats lay behind the door, a pistol by his bed and a machine gun by a window,” Britain’s Daily Mail noted in a profile. …

Oscar Pistorius to face murder charge over girlfriend’s shooting

One Billion Rising is a global campaign …

On February 14, 2013, a one-day event will be held, a call for one billion women around the world to walk away from their homes, businesses, and jobs, and join together to dance in a show of collective strength.

The event will be held on the 15th anniversary of the V-Day movement. The word “billion” refers to the one billion women who are survivors of abuse. …