The latest video by Senior Tenaya West explains the benefits of being a student athlete.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Music by Alex Buscaglia of the Men’s team.
Of course academic requirements to get into this school are sky high.
a gymnastics meet called Bumbo?
MAG, WAG, Rhythmic, Trampoline and Tumbling
Dec. 2-4 in South Africa
WAG Start List:
ROM: Irina Alexandra Paun, Maria Rauta
RSA: Kristen Beckett, Claudia Cummins, Ashleigh Heldsinger, Jennifer Khwela, Chanel Parsons, Makeeda Phekani, Nicole Szabo
USA: Katelyn Ohashi, Madison Kocian, McKenzie Wofford
WALES: Ramaea Angel, Kiera Brennan, Jessica Hogg, Raer Theaker, Ramaea Venus
Valeri is going as coach of USA.
I’m surprised to see Dragalescu there.
(via IG forum)
the return of Peng Peng Lee
Having missed the past 2 seasons with injury, I was looking forward to seeing how the wonderkind looks growed up.
Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube.
Still the same old aggressive approach. Let’s give her a couple of meets to remember what it’s like to compete.
She’s going to be a star at UCLA, that’s for sure.
(via Gymn.ca)
blind gymnast Lola Walters
We just posted the blind World Champion archer Im Dong-Hyun.
Meet a legally blind competitive gymnast.
Click PLAY to watch here (30sec commercial) or click through to here to watch it without the commercial.
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(via Sports Girls Play)
Australian government gymnastics funding
Couch Gymnast is cheering on Facebook.
In Olympic host England, the government is slashing spending.
But some sports in Australia got bumped up in base funding:
Football ($700,000), hockey ($500,000), surfing ($500,000) and basketball ($500,000) …
… And the success of world gymnastics champion Lauren Mitchell, has been reflected in a rise of almost $400,000 in funding with netball also benefiting to the tune of $700,000.
Gymnastics Australia chief executive Catherine Clark said the increased funding would allow a range of participation programs and new initiatives to be rolled out nationally.
“Gymnastics is much more than just the elite end and we have over 500 clubs who are ready to open their doors to increased participation opportunities across our Gymnastics for all program,” Clark said.
“And importantly this will include strategies and resources to engage schools and school-aged participants.” …
Australia is one of the few nations where the general public approves of their tax dollars being spent on sport.
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There’s an interesting post on Couch Gymnast right now – Rotterdam Fashion Police: The Leotards
Brigid compares notes with Blythe, the Gymnastics Examiner; Mez of The Australian Gymnastics Blog; and Spanny Tampson of Big Fake Smile
Nitro Circus – sky diving
Nitro Circus was was an American television series that featured Travis Pastrana and his friends traveling around the world riding dirtbikes, base jumping, and performing reckless stunts. …
This is fun. Sky diving with wheelchairs, tricycles, boogie boards. And more.
Click PLAY or watch a New Zealand News feature on YouTube.
The reality TV show was canceled after 2 seasons, but there’s still talk of a Nitro Circus 3D Movie. Since Johnny Knoxville is involved, and since Jackass 3D made $50 million on opening weekend, I could see that getting greenlighted.
Russian freerunner Gisych Alexandr
A lot of creative outdoor Bar combinations.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Hilary asks, What’s the twisting Jaeger variation bar skill at 2min 5sec?
gymnast Bondarenko is back
Recall Alexei Bondarenko from Sydney and Athens?
He retired after not qualifying for the Russian team to Beijing.
Now a sponsor is paying for his comeback. He moved to Round Lake (where he lives with his cat Briton) and is planning how to challenge the likes of Uchimura, 10yrs-younger.
Two-time Olympic medalist Alexei Bondarenko: I’m back!
Sovietski Sport Interview (Google Translate)
Traces – Hoop Diving
Check out a clip from TRACES, a show by Les 7 doigts de la main from Montreal, (also called 7 Fingers in USA).
Love the Chinese Hoop Diving acts. … (OK, Wikipedia doesn’t have a listing for it, as yet. YOU should write one.)
Click PLAY or watch this troupe on YouTube.
(via kinesthesist)
Kyle Shewfelt Festival Registration
The registration package was just posted. Entries are being accepted starting Nov. 29th.
Kyle’s been staying up all night working on it.
photo – Phil Crozier
Kyle Shewfelt Gymnastics Festival, hosted at the University of Calgary, the weekend of March 25-27th, 2011.
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