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Definitely the most evolved apparatus. I miss some of the old school tricks.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (Mostly pre-2000)

The editor, comaneci1 is a fan of the old school, … yet plans to update this video.

Seems the Keanu Reeves gymnastics film Flying (1986) (Dream to Believe and / or Teenage Dream) may have even been worse than the worst gymnastics movie of all time, Gymkata.

… feel good story about a teenage gymnast aiming for the championship despite an abusive stepfather, an ailing mother, and injury. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Gymnastics Meets.

Beam – Russian Championship, 2009.

Click PLAY or watch the goodness on YouTube.

(via The All Around)

From the recent Elite Canada competition where she won the High Performance Novice division.

She’s a very tiny age-10 making her age eligible for some Olympics the host not yet even determined Rio, 2016.

Click PLAY or watch those routines on YouTube.

She vaulted a shockingly good Yurchenko 1/1.

(via Chalk Bucket)

This is the popular children’s entertainment team “Flying Superkids” from Denmark. They’ve performed in 35+ countries.

Some very good physical preparation and trampoline work.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Nice edit.

… University of North Carolina’s Women’s Gymnastics team is preparing for the fast approaching 2011 NCAA season. …

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymastike.

http://videoplayer.flocasts.org/player.swf

From Albert in Barcelona:

Royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics… has a new president: Jesús Carballo (Jr) Martínez. …

Jesús was the favourite to obtain the precidency after Antonio Esteban, the last president, resigned when irregularities in the budget spending were found. His legacy is a debt of over 1000000€ and one of most humiliating images in the history when the Rhythmic delegation was kicked out from their hotel in Moscow during World Championships for not paying the accommodation. His first decision will be to hire a new Rhythmic national coach after Esteban fired Bulgarian Efrossina Angelova; Carballo will not change Álvaro Montesinos (men’s coach) and Jesús Carballo (women). …

details on THE ALL AROUND

His Dad is the women’s coach.

Today Tony Smith, U of Calgary Men’s Head Coach, confirmed that China will be sending a men’s team to compete against Canada. That “friendly” meet will go FRIDAY MARCH 25TH, 6:30pm – 9:00pm.

Kyle updated the SCHEDULE today too. Download the most recent version, dated Dec. 19th.

Recall that China sent girls last year to compete at Wild Rose in nearby Edmonton. This year Turkey has confirmed Wild Rose. Discussions ongoing with AUS, USA, GBR and CHN.

Each of these online communication platforms is useful for different things.

Fastest and dirtiest is twitter. But my stream is mostly mundane trivia, cryptic comments, product promotion, and other assorted crap.

Facebook is probably best for most people. Fast, easy, friendly. … But realize that only friends, or friends of friends, will likely see what you post.

Personally I like blogs. If you can find the best ones in your areas of interest, they are the best source of information on the WWW.

For example, I follow these blogs religiously:

• Apple news – Daring Fireball
• Outdoor excitement – The Adventure Blog
• Internet & social media – Mashable

But writing and reading blogs like those and this one are time consuming. And you need to find the perfect blogs for your own interests.

The hippest blogging platform as we enter 2011 is tumblr, a micro blog. … more advanced than twitter or Facebook, but with far fewer features than normal blogs. … I often link to Amy’s tumblr blog – The All Around.

Forums are the ultimate. The only platform good for conversation. But being active in a forum is the most time consuming of all. And you sometimes need to wade through a lot of dreck to find the rare gem.

Lifehacker (a terrific blog) in June 2010 picked their 5 favourite platforms: Blogger, Tumblr, WordPress, SquareSpace & Posterous.

 

Leave a comment if I missed listing an equally good option.

Are you a blogger?

If you use Facebook, I’d say you are. … A micro-blogger.

Update:

Kristal S. Boulden (@ksboulden) just started a new blog – Double Front – choosing WordPress.com. Her niche will be gymnastics vis-a-vis digital culture and social media. (blogs, Twitter, YouTube, etc.)

Thanks Full Twist for the introduction. I’ve subscribed.

At Top Flyte gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

This is the first time I’ve seen a playground swing used IN the gym. Better, though, is a trapeze. Best swinging rings.