Raunchy wrote: Gee, sure wish she could train in Des Moines. It's two hours from Fairfield and super expensive. The only way to train there is to live there.
Hi Raunchy, I've noticed that these sattvic kids have incredible support of nature. Anything is possible for them. I know of one FF family whose daughter loved Irish step dancing. There was a famous teacher of it in Chicago. But somehow it all worked out and the daughter ended up training with that teacher on a weekly basis. Anything is possible. Share ________________________________ From: raunchydog <raunchy...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2012 9:25 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus God, these horses just kill me --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.dressage-news.com/?p=17028 > > > > > > Carl Hester rode the top scoring ride today for Britain. Fabulous Dutch > > > horse. Wish I had the video to post, but alas. > > > > > > > Here ya go, Ann. NBC has videos of many events as well as live streaming. > > Hester is masterful, Uthopia is a gorgeous horse from head to tail. > > http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/equestrian/highlights-carl-hesters-individual-dressage-ride.html > > > > I'm on vacation in Michigan, just north of Oscoda on Lake Huron, haven't > > posted much. I've been taking long walks on the shore, toes in sugar sand, > > enjoying a nice breeze coming off the lake, just relaxing and visiting > > family. In the evening I've had eyes glued to the Olympics, women's > > gymnastics, swimming and beach volleyball. > > > > All glory to gymnast, Gabby Douglas! Fabulous! Only 4'11, just a little bit > > of a thing, but, oh what a powerhouse. She won gold for Women's All Round. > > Number one and best in the world. Gabby trains in West Des Moines, Iowa. My > > granddaughter, a budding gymnast, love-love-loves her! > > > > Here's Gabby's winning Floor Exercise: > > http://www.nbcolympics.com/wthr/video/gymnastics/highlight-gabby-douglas-floor-exercise-in-all-around-final.html > > > > > > The precision and years of training required of a gymnast is every bit as > > demanding as it is for dressage, both exquisitely beautiful and thrilling > > to watch. > > Dear Raunchydog, > > So glad there is some FFL poster who is watching the Olympics and saw the > glorious performance of the irreisistible and celestially bouncing Gabby > Douglas--what a beautiful creature she is. There is no form of athletics > which asks so much as does gymnastics does--not even the Decathlon. > > I like that someone in the world felt the sensations that I did in watching > Gabby's individual performance--and would communicate this on FFL. > > Does this mean that your granddaughter knows and trains in the same facility > as does Gabby Douglas? > Gee, sure wish she could train in Des Moines. It's two hours from Fairfield and super expensive. The only way to train there is to live there. Gabby moved there from her family in Virginia Beach when she was only 14 years old. Juliette isn't at that level of performance yet, someday maybe. She's currently training four days a week in Fairfield. It's quite enough for now. Gymnastics has been a wonderful self-confidence builder for her. She works hard and is progressing nicely. We just hope she stays motivated enough to get a collage scholarship. Her first intra-team competition was two weeks ago. She won 1st All Around, 1st Uneven Bars, 1st Beam, 2nd Vault and 2nd Floor Exercise. Beam video: http://youtu.be/lNdWwl4oYpo As you can see the Fairfield Parks and Rec gym where she trains is way too small. Considering the limitations of the facility, I give her coach a lot of credit for starting from scratch with just a few beginners and developing their skills as well as he has. Links to more videos and team pictures are on Facebook: Gymnastics Fans of Fairfield Iowa. > Well, I will remember you tonight, Raunchydog, when I watch the NBC coverage. > Bob Costas, the Jesus Christ of sports announcers, I figure. But all the NBC > colour commentators--for swimming, for gymnastics, for volleyball--they are > all superb. > > We might, here on FFL, have the basis of a water polo team--you know: all > that blood in the water left after the Hungary and Soviet Union match in 1956. > > But Share refuses to pull anyone under the water and smash at them with her > fists. The rest of us know the rules of water polo and play the game as hard > as it has to be played here in the FFL pool. > > To be an Olympian, might be the best experience anyone can have of physical > achievement--and something well beyond that.. Did you see those US women > eights row to victory yesterday? > > The Olympics in London, there has never been anything like it. And the > highlight for me is the performance of the US Fab Five--and Gabby especially. > > Enough. Enjoy Lake Huron. > > Robin >
