Jump Rope Videos

Here is DDF performing on the very popular French tv show “Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde”. They look great as always. Thanks to our good friend Maarten Goodme from Belgium for sharing this very cool video with us. In two weeks Maarten and the gang will be hosting their 2nd annual Double Dutch Contest in Belgium. For more info check out ddcb.be.

Here is the latest video by the Martial Skippers from Hong Kong. I love watching these guys jump!

Here is another series of insane double dutch tricks for you to watch. I really like the way the video is edited to show us the same tricks several times in a row from different angles. Not to mention the tricks are spectacular. These guys do a basket toss over the turner and actually land it in the ropes like you’re supposed to. Very nicely done. I also really love the toe-pitch over the subway. That’s got to be a really scary (and dangerous) trick. Finally, they do an amazing variation on the subway. I know from experience how tough a standard subway can be to complete. They take a much harder version and make it look pretty easy. The jumpers do an excellent job, but if you want to know the real secret to landing the trick… watch the turners. They are excellent. You can’t do much in Double Dutch without good turners.

This is a video of the Ropeworks performance troupe at the Seattle Folklife festival 2007. It is a very professional jump rope demonstration. You can definitely see Rene Bibaud’s influence on their jumping style. It feels like this is straight out of one of her Cirque Du Soleil performances which is quite an accomplishment. It’s always great to see a show that successfully blends multiple styles. In this video we get to see single rope, double dutch, traveler, and chinese wheel.

Here is a great performance by the staff of the 2007 Rope Skipping camp in Aarhus, Denmark. They are clearly a high caliber group of jumpers. They attempt a lot of tricks with an extremely high level of difficulty. I like how they mix up the show with a lot of Double Dutch, Chinese Wheel, and Single Rope freestyle.

This is a performance by some Russian gymnasts in Moscow from 2004. They do some nice work with long ropes. Long ropes are great for performances where the audience is seated far back from the action, like at a basketball halftime show. It’s big and easy to see from far away. One of the nice things about long rope tricks is that they don’t have to be overly difficult to look really cool and make a good impression on an audience. Tricks like the rainbow and the umbrella are good examples of long rope tricks that aren’t very difficult, but make a nice visual spectacle for the audience.

Happy jumping!

Here is video of “The World’s Strongest Jumper”, James Brewster Thompson. James Thompson is a motivational speaker and performer that delivers a great message on the value of hard work and the importance of staying drug-free. His demonstrations combine jump rope with feats of strength that border on super-human. James is a very entertaining performer. He certainly knows how to ham it up. I had a chance to watch him perform many years ago at an IRSO camp in Colorado. He has a larger than life personality that the kids at camp loved. One of his most popular tricks is jumping rope while supporting the weight of three other people that are hanging on to him as seen in this video.

Here is a great video of pro rope skipper Rene Bibaud. Rene is a lot of fun to watch. Her movements are very crisp and graceful. She’s so smooth and quick that it is difficult to tell when she misses. Rene is one of a handful of pros in the world. She is an amazing performer. Rene is a 5-time world champion. She does commentary for the USAJR Nationals on ESPN. She has even coached and performed with Cirque Du Soleil. You can contact Rene through her website at jumpropenet.com.

Here is another cool performance from Tokyo University in Japan. This is Double Dutch team Chaba.

This is Japanese Double Dutch team Noroshi’s performance at Tokyo University in Japan. This is what is known as a Fusion routine. Once again, this is an expertly crafted routine. Everything is in constant motion and everyone gets involved. These routines are just plain fun to watch. Sometimes it takes watching routines like this several times to catch all of the intricacies. I challenge you to just focus on just one jumper and follow only that jumper for the entire routine. It’s extremely difficult to do. Make sure you don’t just focus on the jumpers, watch the turners too. There is some great turner involvement going on in this routine. In particular pay attention to what the turners do on the final speed step. That’s some pretty cool stuff.