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Here’s a news story by Voice of America on the Kangaroo Kids. The story includes interviews with coach Jim McCleary and USA Jump Rope All Star Scott Simpson. Good luck in South Africa guys!!

CBS Evening News visited Harlem to report on the Double Dutch Holiday Classic. It’s great that Jump Rope is getting some exposure at the national level, but unfortunately their coverage is a little misleading.

CBS reports that the event “amounts to Rope Skipping’s World Championships.” Real jumpers know that Worlds will be held in Cape Town, South Africa in July 2008. The US trials for selecting Team USA will be held in Mason, Ohio in late January. The Double Dutch Holiday Classic is certainly a high profile event, but it is definitely not the world championships of rope skipping.

CBS also reports that Japanese teams “took first, second, and third.” That’s accurate, but only for one event. The Advanced Fusion event is what they are referring to. And yes, Japanese teams took the top three spots with the Bouncing Bulldogs coming in fourth. However that doesn’t give a complete picture of the results. The Bulldogs actually dominated the competition. They won 8 out of 10 events and actually won the Novice Fusion event. Very impressive.

That being said, it’s great to see the popularity of our sport continue to grow. Here’s the report from CBS:

The Bouncing Bulldogs appeared on the CBS Evening News this week. The Bulldogs will compete this Sunday (Dec. 2nd) in the Double Dutch Holiday Classic at the world famous Apollo Theater in NYC. The stars of the documentary Doubletime will go up against some of the toughest double dutch teams from around the world. The highlight of the competition is the Fusion event that we’ve seen explode in popularity over the last few years. The Bulldogs’ primary goal is to take the title back from the Japanese teams that have dominated the event 9 out of the last 11 years. Regardless of who wins, it will be an amazing show and an awesome display of talent.

Good luck jumpers!

Earlier this year I was interviewed for an article on Jump Rope that appeared in NC State Magazine. The article is excellent and focuses on several NC State students that are among the most elite jumpers in the sport. It’s an amazing group of jumpers: Kristen Bailey, Suzanne Cash, Joe Edney, Anna Holdaway, Ted Lehman, Timothy Martin, Tyler Perez and Lauren Perdue. If Jump Rope were a college sport, NC State would be extremely tough to beat. It might be a toss up between NC State and Boise State (Kelsy Moe, Shane Winsor, Lee Reisig, Calli Wold) but it’s safe to say both schools are loaded with talent. At any rate, go check out the article, it does a great job of capturing the excitement of jump rope and talking about how it is ready to bust wide open into the mainstream. It’s great to see the sport treated with the respect it deserves. They also have an accompanying web feature on Jump Rope with some exclusive videos. There is even a page dedicated to JRV.

The 2007 USA Jump Rope National Championship results have been posted to the USA Jump Rope website.
2007 National Jump Rope Championship Results

If I read the results correctly, it looks like Tori Boggs went home with a lot of new hardware to put on display. She won the Female Triple Unders, Female Single Rope Speed, Female Three Minute Speed, and Female Single Rope Freestyle events. That basically amounts to a sweep of the individual single rope events which is absolutely amazing! She is clearly one of the top athletes our sport has ever seen.

Here is some video from a team that made it “on Stage” at Nationals. This is an all male team from Hot Dog USA performing their Double Dutch Pairs Freestyle on stage during the Grand National Championship. This is a great routine with some very innovative tricks. The Double Leap Frog that they start the routine with is a really cool trick. This routine was good enough to earn them 2nd place, which is an amazing accomplishment in today’s hyper-competitive field.

This year’s USA Jump Rope National Tournament will be held this coming weekend at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. June 22-23 will be the National Age Division Championships followed by the Grand Masters National Championship on June 24th. If you are attending, please be sure to take lots-o’-video and share it with the rest of us by submitting your videos to JRV.

Will Adam Pang repeat as Single Rope Freestyle Champion?

What sort of crazy and innovative Double Dutch tricks will the Summerwind Skippers have cooked up?

Will Justin Meier break any national speed records?

Can Tori Boggs break her own records in single rope speed? If she can maintain her top speed with no misses, we might even see some world records broken! If you’ve never had a chance to see her jump speed you’re missing out. Here is some video of her doing 30 second speed. The girl is crazy fast.

Good luck to everyone!

30 sec speed

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Fresh Look On Life: Jump Rope Team Just Jumpin’ - This is a nice story from KUTV in Salt Lake City about Just Jumpin’, a team that will be performing with Corbin Bleu (star of Disney’s Jump In!) on July 3rd and 4th.

Double Dutch Forces head to Big Apple - This is an article about Double Dutch Forces, one of the two teams featured in the new jump rope documentary “Doubletime.” Look for Double Dutch Forces on TV this Friday.
From the AikenStandard.com:

“[Double Dutch Forces] will perform on the “Today Show” Friday at the tentative time at 9 a.m., followed by an appearance on “Cold Pizza,” an ESPN2 program that airs from 10 a.m. to noon.

The team members also will see the documentary, “Doubletime,” for the first time Saturday. It’s the first of four showings as part of the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival. The Discovery Channel will also air “Doubletime” later this spring or early summer.”

Jump Ropers Go to Regionals - This is a brief article about the Palpitating Panthers Jump Rope Team competing at regionals.
From La Cañada Valley Sun:

“The Panthers had a successful showing including a first place finish for Ethan Angold in both the one-minute and three-minute speed categories in the male 10-and under age group.”

Fueled by movie, double Dutch makes a comeback - This is an article about the surge in the popularity of Double Dutch we are currently experiencing.

Indy Air Bears take home gold at regionals - An article about the Indy Air Bears competing at Regionals and advancing to Nationals.

Today’s Jump Rope News Roundup is in celebration of The Disney movie Jump In! being released on DVD. The DVD will be available Tuesday, April 3rd. There are several reviews of the new DVD. Also, be sure to check out the article from the Contra Costa Times which features interviews with members of Jumping For Joy.

People flocking to learn the ropes: Sport’s popularity is jumping - CONTRA COSTA TIMES

“This is competitive jump-rope — a jaw-dropping, high- speed athletic event that’s suddenly all the rage, thanks to the new Disney movie “Jump In!”
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The Disney movie’s January premiere drew a record 8.2 million viewers; millions more have tuned in with each repeated showing. And with Tuesday’s release of the DVD, loaded with “how to double Dutch” extras, more converts will likely be wooed.”

Jump In!: Freestyle Edition DVD Reviews:

• CONTEST: Win Jump In! on DVD! - MovieWeb
• DVD Review : Jump In! - MovieVine
• Jump In!: Freestyle Edition DVD Review - UltimateDisney

Apparently the Bouncing Bulldogs put on an pretty amazing display at the USA Jump Rope Region 2 tournament last weekend.

From The Chapel Hill News:

“The Bulldogs won a total of 48 of 66 possible gold medals, 35 silver medals, 24 bronze medals and 21 fourth-place ribbons — as well as first place in both the large and small Team Show. The top four finishers in each event qualify to advance to the next level, and 43 Bulldog team members won the right to compete in the USA Jump Rope National Championships in Orlando, Fla., June 22-24.”

The article is accompanied by a couple of pictures from the tournament. One picture is of All-Stars Tim Martin and Mary Hunter Benton doing a frog during the pairs single rope freestyle event in which they won a gold medal. The other picture is of Suzanne Cash of SkipSations as she prepares to start her single rope freestyle routine.

There has been a lot of good press for the sport of Jump Rope recently. It seems appropriate to share some of it with you here.

Rope-skippers hop to top of new sport - Features an interview with Tyler Perez of Impact Tri-Force and Anna Schimmelfing of the SkipSations at their AAU District Championship.

Jump Rope’s Big Leap - Quotes from Marcus Taylor (Corbin Bleu’s stunt double in the Disney movie “Jump In”) of the Cincinnati Ropin Rockets, Kelsy Moe of The Summerwind Skippers, Coach Ray Frederick Jr. of the Bouncing Bulldogs, Mary Hunter Benton of the Bouncing Bulldogs, and Krishinda Lee of the Bouncing Bulldogs.

SXSW News & Notes: Jumping for doc - A review of the new jump rope documentary “Doubletime” by director Stephanie Johnes.

SXSW Film Reviews - Doubletime - A review of Doubletime, mentions the Bouncing Bulldogs.

If you know of any good articles in the news about Jump Rope, please let me know.