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what’s new with Nastia

A modeling gig she did for Signature Direct LA.

She’s also picking a different tribute video each month. Here’s the most recent.

… montage of Super Girl herself Nastia Liukin featuring music and clips from Britney Spears’ video of Circus. …

Something tells me that Nastia Liukin will still be a big celebrity once the general public has forgotten about Shawn Johnson.

Click through to her official website for more.

University of Georgia now twittering

Courtney K. just returned from shooting her stunt work in California. New ABC Family series.

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Related post: Make it or Break it – gymnastics TV show June 22nd

NCAA Coaches on twitter

From InsideGym on Twitter:

With college coaches & teams turning up on Twitter, NCAA has adopted formal guidelines for use, mostly forbidding ANY recruiting contact.

interesting core body strength drill

Here is a video gymnastic tip from Tammy Biggs to develop core strength.

Click PLAY or watch it on Tom’s News.

Follow GymSmarts on twitter at @gymsmarts.

The Gymnastics Minute is a new series of free introductory video tips produced by GymSmarts.

Gymnastics Camps Montana, North Idaho

We are well into Gym Camp season where I live.

Normally this time of year I’m getting ready for the annual High Performance Gymnastics Camp in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. In 2009, however, co-owner of the host Funtastics club Lisa Rennebaum-Adlard decided to have a baby instead. (Delaney was born a week ago!)

We hoped to reschedule the June camp for August. But – so far – that’s not happening.

There are at least 2 good alternatives in the region:

LakeShores Gym and Cheer Camp – Coeur d’Alene, Idaho – Aug. 16-21, 2009 – phone Head Coach Donnie Gardiner or email him at diver_don@hotmail.com

Mismo Dream Team Gymnastics Camp – Missoula, Montana – June 28 – July 2 – Competitive Girls L4 and up. Phone 406 728-0908 or email via their website. Details on camp. (PDF)

Mismo-Gym

Shawn Johnson movie star?

UPDATE: Now RAJ wants to be a movie star:

“I would like to be an action hero in some Bollywood movie. I have all the qualities needed to be one,” …

Times of India

Shawn Rumour … from Marc Malkin:

“I got an offer for a movie,” Johnson, 17, told me yesterday at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation’s A Time for Heroes Celebrity Carnival in L.A. “If I take them up on it, it’ll be very exciting.”

She didn’t want to give too much away, but she revealed that it’s a starring role in a kids flick.

Filmmakers have given her about a month to decide. “It’s nerve-racking,” she said. “I have a lot of decisions to make.” …

Also, ~~she broke her~~ the disco ball trophy from Dancing With the Stars was accidentally broken.

Check the dirt – Shawn Johnson May Star in Kids Flick!

backyard trampolines booming in England

… trampoline sales are buoyant. “They’re not cheap, but they’re cheaper than foreign holidays and that’s why everybody’s buying trampolines for the garden during these harsh economic times,” says a spokeswoman for the Stockport-based Trampoline Sales Ltd. … John Lewis trampoline sales went up 55% last year and it expects them to rise even more this summer. …

An unexpected consequence of the very serious recession in the United Kingdom.

Needless to say, with trampolines of this dubious quality, injuries are booming too.

… Latest figures from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) show 11,500 hospital admissions a year after trampoline accidents. Some 80% of the injuries are caused by more than one person bouncing at the same time. …

read the article – Guardian – The big bounce: why Britain’s going mad for trampolines

Beth Tweddle NOT retiring

Good news.

One of our favourite gymnasts will try to hang on until 2012 in her home country.

The 24-year-old City of Liverpool gymnast had contemplated bowing out this year but is now targeting a glorious finale at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Tweddle has bounced back from the disappointment of just missing out on an Olympic medal in Beijing last year with a string of impressive performances.

In April she won both the floor and bars competitions at the European Championships in Milan. Last month she repeated the trick with two golds in the same events at the Glasgow Grand Prix and recently led her club to the British Team Championships title at Guildford.

“It’s been a successful year for me so far and I just hope I can keep it going,” she said. “I’ve got the World University Games in Serbia next month and then the World Championships in London in October so it’s an exciting time.

“I thought I would retire this year but then I was so close in Beijing that there is still some unfinished business. Now I don’t really know when I’ll stop. …

Retirement plans on hold as Liverpool’s Beth Tweddle eyes dream 2012 finale