This is video of USA Jump Rope All Star team member Mike Fry demonstrating how to do a trick called the Toad. As you can see from this video, Mike is an excellent teacher. This August Mike will be returning to Tanzania and Kenya on a fellowship from Oberlin College. You can follow his work at jumpropeinafrica.blogspot.com.
Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication to promoting the sport Mike! Keep up the great work!
This video was submitted by Japanese Jump Rope Performer Sadatoshi Watanabe. His nickname is SADA. SADA is clearly a very talented jumper and performer. Much of his single rope style reminds me of watching Dr. Ken Solis with his focus on rope manipulation type skills.
This is Nick being Nick. The guy is amazing to watch. He starts this video by jumping a human jump rope and then launches into his single rope freestyle. Awesome stuff.
Sebastian Deeg is back with a new series of videos. This time he is providing us with a glimpse into the evolution of some the tricks that he has created. I really like the way he has broken down the tricks into some of their basic components. It’s funny that I just used the word “basic” because there is actually nothing basic about these tricks. These are very clearly Masters level tricks. Even seeing them broken down like this, they are going to take me a very long time to land. That’s the great thing about this sport… there’s always a new challenge waiting for you. I’ll post more of Sebastian’s trick evolution videos in the future to help round out the tricks category on JRV.
BTW, if you aren’t familiar with Sebastian’s previous work… do yourself a favor and check out his “Go Hard or Go Home” video. It’s still one of my favorites from the first two years of JRV and I’m sure it will be one of yours too. Sebastian is a great athlete and true innovator in the sport. It’s always fun to see what guys like him will come up with next.
Here is another video from the 2008 World Championships. This is Robbie Csontos from the Heartbeats doing his freestyle for the Masters competition. Robbie placed 2nd in Freestyle and ranked 7th overall. This is nothing short of an amazing routine. This is a ridiculously difficult routine that is perfectly executed. The whole routine just looks smooth and flows from one trick to the next. Robbie seems to have a knack for making the insanely difficult look surprisingly easy. Those of us that struggle through these tricks are very jealous…
While you wait for the official airing, here is a sneak preview of one of the routines you are sure to see. This is 2008 Grand National Champion Shane Winsor doing his award winning single rope freestyle.
This video was submitted by Wittman Au-Yeung. This is from the Hong Kong Rope Skipping Championships. This is Hong Kong Skipper “Yip Suet Bun” performing another Master Freestyle with zero mistakes. He is in the 15-17 age Male group. He won the gold medal in 30 sec speed, Triples, Freestyle and the over all champion with the highest freestyle score among all the age groups in this Championships. He is preparing for the World Championships that will be held in South Africa in July of 2008. Wish him luck by leaving a comment on this video.
Lee Reisig recently posted the second installment of “The Rope Show”. In this episode, Lee shares video of Nick Woodard landing a trick called the “Death Wish”. This is a new trick that Nick let us know about last year when we interviewed him about landing the Money Maker. Lee thought of the trick, and Nick has become the first to land it. It’s a Triple Under AS landing in a Frog. This is a very scary trick. If you snag your rope while your arms are behind your knees, you will be in serious trouble. Your face will be the closest thing to the ground and your arms will be stuck behind your knees and therefore unable to break your fall when you land. Landing on your face is *NOT* part of the trick.
Thanks to Lee for sharing another cool moment in Jump Rope history!
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