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The latest in a series of video tutorials from Jay Thornton.

… These Protec Gymnastics Grips actually have a palm that is made up of 2 pieces of leather with a Kevlar bond sandwiched in-between.

Because of this chemical bond, the grips are stronger than some other styles and they don’t stretch as much as normal grips. Since they stretch less than other dowel grips, it can take a little bit of time to get used to the way that they feel.

We generally recommend this style of grips to higher level optional girls (Levels 9, 10 & Elite) that are breaking other styles of grips more frequently than they should. We sell a lot of the Protec grips to womens collegiate gymnastics teams. …

Click PLAY or watch it on American Gymnast.

The previous 2 videos in this series – choosing handguards for gymnasts

I’ve not bought Protecs. Leave a comment if you have an opinion on them.

Solid routine from one of the 2008 Olympic Team members, Deng Linlin.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Guan Wenli competed aerial walkover to Arabian front. (big wobble)

(via About.com Gymnastics)

Deng Linlin is the AA Champion for 2009, as well.

A truly superb edit from 17yr-old gymnastdory.

Highlights of the 2008 Olympics, it brought tears to my eyes.

If you have a high speed internet connection, it’s well worth clicking through to watch it on YouTube, a larger version than what’s embedded below.

Thanks Faith.

Pro-jump (UK) and Poweriser (USA) are two brands of spring-loaded stilts used for the extreme sport of Powerbocking. (Alexander Böck from Germany first patented the idea in 1999.)

You might also see them called Kangaroo Boots.

Click PLAY or watch Pro-jump action on YouTube.

There are a number of other brands, of course.

They’ve been used in circus performances. Yet I feel there’s much potential left in this invention.

Perhaps Poweriser basketball.

Thanks Sally. … Check out her The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Leotards blog.

I’ve yet to see the Cirque BUG show. But it looks fun.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It’s playing Toronto right now. Then touring the USA.

official website

Thanks Marceline.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She performs as a solo artist under the name Feist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. …

The choreography, by dancer Noemi Lafrance, owes something to the brilliant Here It Goes Again video by OK Go. That was choreographed by Trish Sie.

… Because her father is American, Feist has dual Canadian-American citizenship, though she joked in a televised interview on The Colbert Report that she was given American citizenship as part of a deal with Apple …

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About.com Gymnastics linked to some highlights from the recent meet in China: Preview to Worlds: Chinese National Games

Olympic Bars Champion He Kexin looks great. The favourite for World’s, if she is named to the team. She had the top Bar score by 1.25. … He Kexin 15.950 (7.1, 8.850)

A simplistic YouTube video has already garnered 335,000 views.

It hits the nail on the head, I think, regarding what’s wrong with Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. But why we love it anyway.

Click PLAY or watch Do You Remember When? on YouTube.

Sam showed me this video.

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==== Update:

MissEducated tells us that Jordan Ramos, a British tumbler, has already slammed from further. He’s an athlete sponsored by Milano Sport.