The gym facility is GREAT, but the logistics of getting powerisers inside of it, will be a bit more difficult and may involve some manual labor.  It's likely that we'll have to move all of the mats from the balance beam area, or from the springboard area for a proper runway... as all of the blue floor sections that look "soft" are sprung floor.

I think its great that this guy can compete, i gues he will have certain points deducted etc, to ballance things out,and im sure that others will follow and in a shot time ther will be games and competitions that people like him can take part in, and even compete with us all, i bet he could give us all a good competition.

in my oppinion this is just what our sport needed, this will realy put us on the map,

i would love to meet this guy, he has my full suport.

I agree highly, bill... there needs to be some standard set that won't give him a hugely unfair advantage, as we all know how instense running on sprung stilts can be.  I still think it's amazing that he's still actively running and competing in events after something so traumatic however.  That in itself is amazing.

I like the idea of playing with a giant inflatible ball better... it sounds far safer, and would probally be more interesting than basketball, there's less logistics involved.

I can't wait to come play!

I can't wait to be able to do hand plants on railings and on ledges... that's pretty awesome.

I'd also like to see that modified to a rotation and dismount, like you'd see on a pommel horse.

CB is 90ish days away at this point, i hope to be ready to flip on solid ground by then, if not... a gym meet is in order as well.  We'll be there for 6.5 ish days!

I'm going to link to some pictures of the place, get ready to drool!

I landed my first back flips tonight.  And i followed the rule and did two in a row.  I did so on a trampoline, and first started with harness, as i havent flipped in over a year.

My goal is to be able to do fronts, backs, gainers, layouts, and a few other things, in addition to handstands and splits.

I'm going to do this 2x a week, on wednesday and thursday nights for 2 hours a night, until i can do everything i want to do on a trampoline, on a sprung floor, and finally on regular ground, and on bocks.  :-)

I'm going to make the most of it.

I also got the gymnastics coach into it, and gave him 20 minutes on them, as an introduction to powerisers, and now he wants to get involved even more... so we may have a new member soon enough! :-)

Either way, that's my update for the night.  Please post with some support!

I was expecting a rabbit joke, where you were going to tell us that you thought you were a rabbit, and panicked and bought all the carrots in the grocery store... and then you woke up, and realized that you've been Bocking for too long!

What:   POWERade Pro Challenge
When:   Saturday, June 7th 2008 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Where:   Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens - near Meadow Lake Rain Date:    Sunday, June 8th - 10:00am - 4:00pm

The POWERade Pro Challenge is an interactive 3-sport challenge (football, basketball, and baseball) that will be held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park (near Meadow Lake). Each challenge will be broken into three age groups (6-10, 11-15, 16-24) with prizes being awarded to the top performers. The event is free and open to the public.

The athletic competition will have three athletic stations that will include a football combine challenge, a shooting/speed contest, and a home run derby. Other interactive activities will include an athlete photo booth, a product sampling area, games and giveaways.

In addition, one individual will win a trip to Disney's Wide World of Sports to play ball with the POWERade Pros. The lucky winner will participate in strength and tackling drills with Shawne Merriman, shooting and pick-up drills with Carmelo Anthony, and hitting and fielding practice with Ryan Howard.

For more information, please visit the POWERade Pro Challenge website. http://us.powerade.com/#/play

I'm going to take a listen to the radio station some time tomorrow, when i'm commuting.

I haven't received any word from Vanessa however, and i'd left her a detailed E-Mail.  I'll give her another 24-48 hours to contact me, before I don't bother waiting around for any more information.  There's no reason to associate ourselves with that kind of culture, if it is as bad as Bill says it is.  Bad PR is not the kind of PR that we want, however I haven't heard of that radio station ever, but I'm willing to listen to it for a little bit, to formulate my own opinion before passing judgement.

there was loads more i wanted to put in like the upsidedown bedroom.

and the drinking games.

i think this was after trip and chris went home.

and  ' Q ' doing a flip.

You're making me more and more jealous!

What was this "upside down" bedroom you speak of?  Sounds interesting... lol

Nice preformance, Bravo!! hehe

Well, if he sees this, and his stilts havent arrived yet... I'll be more than happy to loan him a set for the day. 

Vlad, Contact me if you'd like to arrange this, in case your stilts don't get here in time!

Vanessa,

I'm in as well.  I should be able to land flips by that date as well.
I'm emailing you my contact info as well. 

Bill, Get ahold of vladislav!