Ruggeri – Vault – STICK

Love his weird round-off.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

NCAA reduced the start score of each vault by 1.0 to bring that apparatus more in line with the rest.

(via The Gymnast Life)

Men’s NCAA Championships

April 19-21, 2012, Norman, Okla.

Bookmark the Oklahoma competition page for links to LIVE stream and scoring.

That’s the same weekend as Women’s NCAA Championships.

Thanks Ono.

Oakville Gymnastics

I arranged for Chris and James from Tumbl Trak to visit Oakville Gymnastics in Toronto.

They did interviews on the theme of “positive coaching” with coaches Kelly & Sue Manjak, and Tumbling / Acrobatic Gymnastics Head Coach Don Holmes.


Don

They also interviewed (potential) Olympians Peng Peng Lee, Jessica Savona and Mikaela Gerber. The Oakville girls are going for it. They’ll need everything they’ve got to qualify for the Canadian Team to London. No playing safe. Peng showed major upgrades on all 4 apparatus since Pacific Rim.

Tumbl Trak brought in some equipment for testing, including these “Fitness Wheels“, not yet available for sale.

Jordyn Pedersen

Thanks Kelly, Sue, Lorne, Don, Greg and everyone else at the club for making us feel so welcome.

Tumbl Trak will be posting video from our visit. I’ll link from here once that’s available.

More photos.

GK Elite signs Raisman

Congratulations.

… As a GK Endorsed Athlete, Raisman joins a select group of gymnastic champions, past and present, who choose GK. Raisman will beautifully sport GK gymnastics apparel at events, grace GK catalogs, and will promote GK across social media and advertising campaigns. …

GK Elite blog

RIP Annie Nissen

Dian Nissen Ramirez on Facebook:

It is with great sadness that I must share with you the passing of my mom, Annie Nissen. She passed away peacefully in her home in San Diego on April 3, 2012. She led an incredible life beginning as a Dutch acrobat in Amsterdam Netherlands, eventually joining with my dad, George Nissen. Together they brought the sport of trampolining to the world. They were married 59 years until his passing April 7, 2010. I miss you Mom and Dad.

children ruining your fitness?

Don’t tell me you’re one of those parents who blame their lack of a fitness regime on their children.

Be like this Dad. Resistance is useful.

See original on Facebook.

most difficult handstand ever

I can’t think of any more difficult handstands than those done on a swaying slack rope.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

… Is this guy now in Cirque du Soleil’s OVO?

(via Niclaes Jerkeholt on Facebook)

elevated pit – Renmore Gymnastics

Renmore in Ireland posted a graphic showing their proposed new above ground pits.

comment on the Facebook photo

This was a set-up, take-down gym just a couple of years ago. Now they have their first gymnast representing Ireland — Ellen Hynes at the Celtic Cup 2012. Congratulations.