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World Champion Kohei Uchimura dominates the sport at (seemingly) 70% effort, 70% of the difficulty he can do in the gym.

Click PLAY or watch his Japan Cup Pipe on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/ODQ2NDk5MDY1?related=1

A healthy Paul Hamm might challenge him in the AA.

19yr-old Danell Leyva is trying to catch him:

What kind of goals have you set for Worlds?

I definitely want to win, but it’s going to be really hard with Kohei Uchimura. My main goal is to shake him. To make him think, ‘Oh man, this guy is really close to me now.’

Why do many consider Uchimura unbeatable?

It has to do a lot with his form. He’s really really clean in everything he does. The thing that makes us different – he does his job really well, but I feel like I can bring a little more flair. Bring a little more of that artistic part back into artistic gymnastics. When he goes, everyone is like, ‘Wow, that was beautiful.’ When I go, I want to make people say, “Ohh, oh my gosh, did you see that. That was impressive!’

Read the entire interview with brashly confident Danell on Universal – Leyva to world: “I’m coming”

It ain’t bragging if you can do it.

Gymnova Canada on Facebook posted a series of photos showing the construction of this trampoline.

… Needless to endlessly repeat, Gymnastics Coaching believes backyard trampolines should be banned. Kids, instead, should be practicing at clubs with qualified coaches.

Ya, right.

How much longer do we have to live this lie?

… For now, the 2008 Olympic individual all-around champion is focused on the 2012 Games. But while in England, she does plan to sneak over to Buckingham Palace for a peek at Kate Middleton’s wedding dress, which is on display there.

“Oh, that’s on my list,” she says. “That’s my No. 1.”

Inside Gymnastics

She’s focused on Team USA: Britain Bound, not getting her Bar routine back together.

Getting babies started on this very technical skill can be challenging.

Mary Lee Tracy shows one approach.

Click PLAY or watch some drills on YouTube.

Cool.

At some fuzzy time in the near future you’ll be able to shift gears on a bike merely by thinking UP or DOWN in your bike helmet.

Click PLAY or watch the (painfully) Toyota sponsored video on YouTube.

What uses of this technology could we dream up for coaching?

(via Mashable – Bicycle Of The Future Shifts Gears Via Brain Waves)

Jayd Lukenchuk from (my old gym) Taiso, Saskatoon invents a new release move.

Click PLAY or watch it YouTube.

Try that, Charlie Tamayo. 🙂

related – video of Jayd training

(via All Things Gym)

Update: Matthew Sparks, head coach of the Cirque show in Orlando, notes that many circus artists have done this skill on Rope (Spanish Web/Cordes Lisse)… including another Canadian Gymnast, Jonathan Morin, who did it in training.

I’ve seen a few scarifying trailers for the upcoming Red Bull snowboard movie The Art of FLIGHT. Here’s one.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I honestly don’t think I could watch that film.

I’ve attended the USAG Acrobatic Gymnastics Nationals a couple of times over the years. A small event with surprisingly few competitors.

That’s all changed. The sport is now booming

Following the conclusion of the 2011 Acro Nationals elite competition, all of the elite competitors got together to perform this spectacular group routine.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thank Louis for the link.

The 425-acre camp in Haines Township, and its offshoots in Wisconsin and California, along with its brand name and licensing rights, was sold last week to Powdr Corp., an investment group that owns nine ski resorts across the country.

Powdr CFO Jennifer Botter said her company is looking to build more camps both inside the U.S. and in as many as 30 foreign countries. …

Powdr’s interest in the camp was sparked by its purchase of Colorado’s Copper Mountain ski resort, where a Camp Woodward-licensed facility, dedicated to winter sports instruction for youth, opened in 2009.

“We became quite enamored of the people — Gary Ream in particular — and really became aware of what the camp was doing for the action sports industry,” Botter said.

Ream is the co-owner of Camp Woodward and the man behind its transition from a gymnastics-centered camp into an action sports mecca. …

Botter said Powdr agreed last month to purchase a majority stake in Camp Woodward from Ream and a few other co-owners, including Ream’s family members. Care was taken during the acquisition not to disrupt Camp Woodward’s summer season, she said.

Botter did not disclose the purchase price, but said Ream will remain president and his executive team will be retained. …

Firm buys Camp Woodward, vows to expand name

What does this mean for Gymnastics and Cheer?

Leave a comment if you’ve heard anything.

(via College Gymnastics Board)

Links from FIG Communications Manager Meike Behrensen via email:

A total of 505 Chinese athletes from 110 universities will arrive in Shenzhen on August 5 to compete in the 26th World University Games …

China vowed to maintain domination in the Universiade …

More than 12,000 athletes and officials from 180 countries and regions will compete in the Universiade from August 12-23 …

China Daily

For the first time in Universiade history, FISU, the governing body of international university sport, will have live streaming on its TV website www.fisu.tv.

related – Rome, Madrid and Tokyo have announced they will bid for the 2020 Olympics. The deadline is September for any other cities to join the race.