The journey to become an Olympic sport was no easy task. Before the Federation of International Trampoline joined forces with the Federation of International Gymnastics to become an Olympic sport, the only path was to increase member nations. And, in the early days, George Nissen, the founder of Nissen Trampoline Company, did his best to [...]
Frivolten Cup Results
The open events at the 2013 Frivolten Cup in Herrljunga, Sweden were dominated by athletes from Russia last weekend. Ekaterina Zhigalova prevailed in both the Women’s Open Trampoline and DMT events. Countryman Alexei Yashenko took the Men’s Open Trampoline event. Breaking a sweep by Russians was Portugal’s André Fernandes who won the Men’s Open DMT [...]
Livestreaming 30th International Frivolten Cup
Teams from Sweden, Russia, Hungary, Portugal, Kazakstan, Denmark, Nederlands, Latvia, and Estonia are competing in the 30th International Frivolten Cup in Herrjunga, Sweden for Jr. and Open Trampoline and DMT titles. Training begins tomorrow and competition begins Saturday for the 266 competitors — AND IT IS ALL LIVESTREAMED! Athletes can warm-up starting at 8:00 AM [...]
The Hard Way to Success: The Götschin Twins
Set aside fifteen minutes to watch the latest episode of The Hard Way to Success. It features brothers who compete against each other in the individual trampoline event and as partners in synchronized trampoline. The Götshcin twins from the Netherlands have an exceptional and special bond that makes them a distinctive synchronized team. They share a [...]
Meet the US World Games Team
The US Elite Challenge for Trampoline and Tumbling wrapped up yesterday in Frisco, Texas. The US National World Games Team was selected. They are: Men’s Synchro: Logan Dooley and Neil Gulati Women’s Synchro: Savannah Vinsant and Dakota Earnest, Charlotte Drury and Shaylee Dunavin Men’s Tumbling: Kalon Ludvigson Women’s Tumling: Yuliya Brown Men’s DMT: Austin White, [...]
US Synchro Teams Going to Cali
Day One of the Elite Challenge in Frisco, Texas is over and the synchronized trampoline teams have been selected for the World Games in Cali, Colombia this summer. According to USAG’s website: Three pairs of athletes – World Elite’s Logan Dooley of Lake Forest, Calif., and Neil Gulati of Irvine, Calif., Charlotte Drury of Laguna [...]
TrampCast: Episode 3
Sorry it took so long, but TrampCast: Episode 3 has finally been posted! There was a lot of ground to cover since the last podcast. International competitions, national trial competitions, newsworthy events, special events, calendar updates, Guest Pundit posts and more are covered in this episode of TrampCast. Take a listen. Your interest is greatly [...]
Inspirational Women of Trampoline
There are loads of great blogs and websites on the worldwide web about gymnastics. One that I particularly like is a Tumblr called “Let’s Talk About Gymnastics!” I’m biased because it also covers Trampolining with the link: “Let’s Talk About Trampolining!” On January 9th this year, a terrific piece about inspirational women of trampolining was [...]
US Coach featured in National Commercial
The AARP – American Association of Retired Persons – realizes that the Baby Boomers have finally arrived! They have reached retirement age. So, the AARP created a very thoughtful, stylish and inspiring advertising campaign designed to target them in the US called “Real Possibilities.” Their most recent ad features US Trampoline and Gymnastics Coach, Dr. [...]
2013 U.S. Elite Challenge
America’s best will be competing in the 2013 US Elite Challenge for Trampoline, Synchronized, DMT and Tumbling next weekend, May 3-5 in Frisco, Texas at the Dr. Pepper Arena. The prestigious annual competition carries additional importance this year. It is the second and final US Trial to select the national team for the World Games [...]
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