Eileen Langsley on sport photography

The great U.K. photographer posted 12 of her favourite shots of the year on her blog Where Sport Meets Art – A year end tradition

Click through to see those and her tips for zoom images.

Her official site is langsleysports.com.

Touchdown back flip FAIL

Jerome Simpson is getting Play of the Week love for his front somersault touchdown Christmas Eve. (VIDEO)

Marion Barber’s TD salto didn’t go quite so well. 🙂

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Scott Weller linked to this on Facebook.

insane street tumbling

Next time your kids tell you the Floor is too hard, show them this compilation.

at 1min – standing step in to triple twist … or double?

at 2:25 – ff quad twist … or triple?

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Thanks Allison Hack for the link.

inspirational skier Josh Dueck

On March 8, 2004 aspiring freeskier and coach, Josh Dueck, awoke from a ski crash to realize life would never be the same. Paralyzed from the waist down, Josh made a decision to make the best of a horrible situation. The result is one of the most inspiring stories we’ve ever seen. …

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I saw that on Science of Sport’s list of the best sports videos of the year.

Josh Dueck won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in the men’s slalom sit-ski event. …

Georgia GymDogs – On a Mission

Montage / mashup. New video link — livegymnastics15’s YouTube channel.

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I love their training gym. It’s absolutely perfect.

straddle cast handstand drill

Mary Lee Tracy. A good drill for the cast is even better for pirouette in handstand.

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Mary Lee has many more videos like that on her YouTube channel.

(posted via gymmomentum)

last dangerous Parkour post

I don’t link on this site to every free running video I see. They need to have something unique over and above all the rest I’ve seen.

This 13min edit has plenty of unique and interesting stunts. But it nearly gave me a heart attack. Be warned.

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Announcement: Hence forth I’ll no longer link to any edit showing hard landings from extreme height. Or even simple skills on high rooftops where even a minor mistake would mean certain death.

… you have to draw the line somewhere.

(via Jerry Blakley on YouTube)