Here’s a good news story. Mail Online: ‘I was determined to walk down the aisle’: Trampolinist left paralysed fulfills her wedding dream thanks to her own tenacity and support of fiance Natalie Burr, 30, from Maidstone, Kent was an Olympic hopeful Was training for World Championships when she fell in 2007 Fireman fiancé Shane helped […]...
Arabian Punch Front posted a partial list of injured Artistic gymnasts. A bit of good news, however from FIG: - At the close of the three world championships held in 2013, the Medical Commission informed that in terms of accidents, this year showed the lowest number of accidents over the past twenty years … - […]...
s July 1963 issue (blog posted on 11/16/2013), the Nissen Trampoline Company's newsletter, "The Bounce" dropped out of existence for the next nine months, finally starting back up again in May of 1964. This was however, not due to a lack of news during those months! For during the first months of 1964, exciting events continued to take place in the world of gymnastics and trampoline....
Canadian National Team member Greg Roe does 20 foot high back flip and plants his feet on the 20′ ceiling! Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube....
I was forced to withdraw from the 2013 Trampoline and Tumbling World Championships due to injury. I will have to leave the spectators and judges with this final performance from the 2013 Loule World Cup. I am well on my way to recovery and I will be strong and healthy for next year. Can’t wait [...]...
s remarks that he will present at the Stockholder's Meeting scheduled later in the month. He's feeling pretty positive - - Read on; the following pages cover a few of the activities and new products that kept George Nissen smiling! It was a bit of a stretch for the Nissen Trampoline Company to move into the arena of modular fixtures that could be used for convention and trade show...
s most unique experience however, was running the Air House jumping center owned by Roy Gaddis. The Air House was located just south of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at the intersection of Sixth Street, S.W., and Highway 218. The jumping center shared the location with several of Roy Gaddis' other businesses; a truck stop/restaurant and a sales lot for used trucks! In addition, Larry remembers that, "the...
t mistake this for lack of information! New products, promotion, a bigger factory and big sales took priority over newsletters. Since the factory boasted the largest electroplating (chrome) process in the Midwest, it made good business sense to find more products to chrome than just trampolines! So, everything from chinning bars to volleyball standards were dunked into the chemical...
Several hundred gymnasts and coaches from across the nation spent their holidays in "sun & fun" attending the gymnastic clinics that were held in Florida and Arizona. Plus, everyone got to work out on brand new Nissen-Medart apparatus, compliments of the Nissen Trampoline Company! In Tucson, the 2nd Annual Western Gymnastics Clinic hosted by the University of Arizona,...
1962 - The year that Spaceball made its first public appearance... It was an immediate success for George Nissen and the Nissen Corporation! In May of 1962, my father filed an application to patent Spaceball, but within three months the design changed dramatically. The original design was for a six-legged, rigid framed trampoline...
ll have a hint at just how well sales are going. The 1960s marked the decade when new schools were being build across America, in response to increasing enrollments thanks to the Baby Boom generation. Of course, every Physical Education instructor wanted a trampoline in their new gymnasium! Glen Sundby, editor of the Modern Gymnast magazine accompanied my father...
s employee Christmas party...a tradition at Nissen...
ve included a few examples of print ads below the page. Don't miss Bob Bevenour's special tongue-in-cheek recognition of George Nissen's hand in conceiving many if not all of the new innovations... To quote: "This past year we have seen the most startling changes in the history of gymnastic apparatus come off of the backs of envelopes from his desk." Earlier in the month Eddie Cole accompanied...
t travel back in time to assure everyone involved that not only would the new designs be well accepted but the Nissen reputation for quality and durability created a loyal fan base around the world. Even now over fifty years later, original Nissen equipment is still in use! Note:...
Canada Cup was the last of three national team trials that decide the World Cup and World Championship teams. I struggled a bit in prelims, but came back strong in the finals. I placed 2nd behind one of the Japanese athletes who was invited to the competition....
Just do a little research on the topic of TRAMPOLINE and you’re bound to bump into the term REBOUND TUMBLING . As in, “…the trampoline, also known as rebound tumbling.” Well, nobody I know calls their trampoline a rebound tumbler , so what gives? Back in 1959, a legal battle took place between the Nissen Trampoline Company and the American...
ll fill in with a few highlights. My father successfully staged a photo session of himself bouncing on a trampoline with a kangaroo! The photo not only appeared in newspapers around the world, it also became THE iconic photo used forever to capture the image of "George Nissen." (If you want to read the funny back story of how he found a kangaroo and trained it to bounce...it's...
x 10' trampoline had become too cumbersome for overseas travel. George Nissen's solution? He produced a frame that could be broken down into 14 separate pieces, and could fit into 7 suitcases to be shipped anywhere and...quickly rebuilt by Dick before each show! (Dick wrote a great book about his life as a trampoline performer LINK HERE to read more...) A growing business needs more employees...and...
I was getting a little bored of doing the same old routines every day at training so I decided to switch it up. Here are a few BIG TRICKS I’ve been playing around with. Half full full, full full full, full in andy out, randi our trif, and full full rudi in SLOW MOTION! [...]...
I was getting a little bored of doing the same old routines every day at training so I decided to switch it up. Here are a few BIG TRICKS I’ve been playing around with. Half full full, full full full, full in andy out, randi our trif, and full full rudi. Thanks for filming Sammy!...