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The biggest story for me at X Games 12 got little attention.

Fabiola da Silva is the leading female medal-winner in X Games history, a seven-time in-line skating gold medalist, but she won’t even be in California when the games are contested …

… women’s in-line skating was dropped two years ago after organizers said the sport was no longer popular enough to be included.

… When the games debuted in 1995, six of 29 events were specifically designed for women and another, the Eco Challenge, paired a man and woman. Of this year’s 16 events, there are only two — skateboard vert and skateboard street — for women. …

“I really don’t understand why they don’t have more women’s sports at the X Games,” Da Silva said. “It’s really a bummer. They have the opportunity to help women, but it seems like they just keep cutting us off.”

“We’re committed to having women at the X Games in a meaningful way,” Skipper said. “By no means do we have a gender-driven agenda here. I think we just hit a little bit of a blip, but it is our intention to have more events with women in the coming years.”

For Women, It’s Nearly Ex Games – Los Angeles Times

I want X Games to succeed. I have more faith in ESPN than I do in the IOC when it comes to running an international sports event.

But they are bungling this. ESPN needs to return skating to the line-up. It’s my favourite event. And Fabiola should be prized as one of their brightest stars.

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Just off to the first competitive session.

Championships includes Artistic, Rhythmic & Acrobatic disciplines.

details on the USA Championships website

Gymnastics and trampoline training is ideal for divers.

Olympic and World 10m women’s platform champion Laura Wilkinson was a Level 8 gymnast.

Here’s a great photo of another gymnast / diver posted by “CoachCashMoney” on Flickr.

larger, original, high resolution version

Little video clips that actually PLAY in most computers are the best thing to come to the internet in a long time.

We have YouTube.com to thank.

Of course their site is DOWN right now. But I want to cut YouTube some slack — what they do and what they have brought to acrobatics coaches is fantastic.

Mismo Gymnastics purchased a bar attachment for their Tumblng Trampoline.

Personally I have never been a huge fan of tramp bars — but many coaches swear by them.

Click PLAY on the video below or watch the clip on YouTube.com

TumblTrak has a video clip showing more uses for the bar attachment.

UPDATE: Robinson won the new BMX Big Air event with a backflip tuck no-hander to no-handed flair. If you have no idea what this means, check the video clip on EXPN.com

Crazy, crazy.

A new cycling event closed X Games 12, Sunday Aug. 6th, in Los Angeles.

Riders’ goal: Big Air — New event added to BMX competition

Only a few world class riders were willing to roll-in from 60-80ft to jump a 60+ft gap.

American-Gymnast.com posted 3 excellent conditioning articles: Upper-body Circuit, Leg Circuit and Mid-Section Circuit.

International gymnasts Jay Thornton & Stephen McCain put it together.

To see the artices you need to join American-Gymnast.com (free membership for now) and click on the TRAINING TIPS link.

I question why Dominique wants to compete at USA Championships 2006.

In any case, she has been disallowed.

Moceanu denied entry into nationals

The reaction from Dominique-Moceanu.com, her official website:

For those that are confused about me being blocked from the U.S. Nationals and my appeal being rejected by USAG, the bottom line is that I simply wanted to be given a chance to compete.

Never did the Women’s Athlete Selection Committee convey to me or my coach, Michael Canales, that the scores at the US Classic competition had any bearing on qualifying to the Nationals. My coach and I had been notified that two specific criteria needed to be achieved to enable me to compete at Nationals.

1. Attend a National Team Training Camp at my own expense. (ACCOMPLISHED)

2. Compete at the U.S. Classic on at least one event (competed on two events). (ACCOMPLISHED)

I completed both of these criteria.

I was not seeking any special favors — I just requested what I believe I rightfully earned — a chance to compete fairly at Nationals.

I’m in California right now. This pic inspires me to do some gymnastics on the beach.

Rick McCharles

I love gymnastics games. In fact, I have an unpublished book of gymnastics games based on the work of Keith Russell and Gene Schembri. One day I hope to do a video website resource database of great games.

Here’s one led by Dave Adlard.

Click PLAY on the video below or watch the clip on YouTube.com

Funtastics Gymnastics in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.