I’m not advocating that all the ladies out there propose to their boyfriends today. There are other pursuits. Here’s a list of accomplishments that have happened on a Leap Day: Athletes born on Leap Day (after 1950):
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Spaceball
In yesterday’s post I listed a variety of trampoline sports: Individual Trampoline, Synchronized Trampoline, Double Mini-tramp, Single Mini-tramp and possibly a new sport called Wall Trampoline. But I forgot a favorite! How could I forget Spaceball? Spaceball is another of George Nissen’s creations, where two play a sort-of volleyball match on an expanded trampoline (see [...]
Guess Who?
This is just a quick one: You might be really surprised at who the diver is in both of the pictures (see both in the full post view). Take a wild guess. :-)
The Great Haul of China
The Chinese make a grand splash each time they enter a new team of athletes on to the trampoline and tumbling international stage. In seems that their winning strategy is to wow the competition when they unleash their secret weapons. My final retirement (retired twice) from international competition was in the mid 90s. There were no [...]
ABC Wide World of Sports
The photo used in the header of this blog comes from this picture. It was taken in Lafayette, LA at the 3rd World Trampoline Championships in 1966. The massively popular sports show, ABC Wide World of Sports, covered it for the national television market. Jeff Hennessy, US National Coach and FIT Technical Committee Member, was [...]
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