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Pennes Beats Pioline’s Record in France & Qualifies for London

Pennes Beats Pioline’s Record in France & Qualifies for London

By on June 4, 2012 in International Trampoline, Olympics, Personalities, Records

At the French National Championships in Rodez this weekend Gregoire Pennes (Bois Colombes) won his 7th consecutive Men’s Individual National Trampoline Championship, beating 2-time World Champion Lionel Pioline’s record of consecutive titles. This tremendous achievement also secures him a spot as France’s sole representative in the Trampoline competition at the Olympics this summer. Second in [...]

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100 Trampoline Facts

100 Trampoline Facts

By on April 25, 2012 in Olympics, Personalities

Twitter friend, James Hollands, @JamesOlympics on Twitter and Volunteer Trampoline Coach on Facebook, compiled a list on Twitter for “100TrampolineFacts” in preparation for the Olympics this summer. This is his first 50 facts. The next  50 will be available soon. If you couldn’t guess, James is from the UK.  Many of his facts feature British [...]

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A Tale of Two Triple-Twisting Triples

By on March 8, 2012 in History, News, Technical, US Trampoline and Tumbling, World Champions

  Yesterday, American trampolinist Steve Gluckstein, who recently won a spot for the US Men in the Olympic Games this summer, surprised everyone with a video he posted to FaceBook on the Trampoline Network Page. He wrote, “My new skill, hopefully will be able to stand it up soon! I’ve never seen this done .” When [...]

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