CONGRATULATIONS to Air Bears Charmi Patel and Chaz Robinson on being selected for the 2009-2011 USA National Jump Rope All Star team. What a great honor for you and for our team! We're very proud of you both.
CONGRATULATIONS to all those ribbon winners at our 4th annual BEARS' BLAST tournament for beginning jumpers. Thanks to Avon Aerial Orioles, Comet Skippers, Jumpin' Jaguars, Ramblin' Ropers, Jumping Jax, and Jammin' Jumpers for joining us for a fun day of jumping. A big thank you to all our volunteer judges as well.
CONGRATULATIONS to the FC Girls CROSS COUNTRY team (including Carolyn Talhelm, Jessica Evinger, and Alex Green) and coach Jack Spence on their 3rd place in the STATE FINALS!
Be sure to come see and jump with the Air Bears at GIRL POWER sponsored by Clarian Health at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on November 14 from 9am to 3pm. It's a great way to celebrate being a girl! Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever will be the keynote speaker. Check it out at www.clarian.org/girlpower/
The Air Bears are looking forward to their upcoming halftime shows. On December 12 we will perform at the Butler University men's game vs. Ohio State at Hinkle Fieldhouse at noon (ESPN). On December 19th, the Bears will jump at the halftime of the Purdue-Ball State game in the Wooden Classic at Conseco Fielhouse. 4pm game time. Come and see our show...and also catch some basketball action!
JUMP KIDS JUMP MOVEMENT...the Air Bears continue to partner with Clarian in this great initiative to help promote physical fitness and healthy life styles by jumping rope. You can join at www.jumpkidsjump.org and get jumpin'!
We are also extremely excited to have JKJ jump ropes on their way to the children of Tanzania and Kenya via Heartbeat Mike Fry on his great year-long adventure in Africa. You can see what he is up to with his One World-One Rope project on his blog at www.jumpropeinafrica.blogspot.com We wish you the best, Mike!
AIR BEAR PERFORMANCES for this coming school year are now being scheduled. Please continue to check our SCHEDULE PAGE for shows in your area. If you are interested in having the Air Bears perform at your event, please contact us by email at Indyairbears@aol.com
AIR BEARS are traveling around the country this fall to teach at many workshops and camps. Chaz and Charmi recently returned from teaching at a Canadian Camp. Danielle J, Hannah A., Danielle F. and Charmi are looking forward to traveling to Wisconsin in October to teach at the Wizards annual workshop and Chaz (and maybe Becca) will be in Michigan teaching at the Jumpin All Stars workshop. Nicole and Chaz are also heading to Tennessee to work with the Hotshot team in October. Chaz will also be teaching at the Bulldogs workshop in North Carolina in November.
Preparation for the BEARS' BLAST tournament for beginner jumpers is now underway. We look forward to a day of fun contests on October 17 as we have jumpers joining us from Avon Aerial Orioles, Comet Skippers from Ohio, Alpha Omega Jumpers from Missouri, and Jumpin' Jaguars from Kentucky. Let us know if you would like to bring your new jumpers to this 'beary' fun event!
NEWS from the 2009 US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS...
ANOTHER AMAZING COMPETITION YEAR FOR THE BEARS!
CONGRATULATIONS to Air Bears Ronne Surface and Becca Stocker on their GRAND NATIONAL 1st place trophies in single rope pairs freestyle! They executed an amazing performance in Galveston. Becca also earned a GRAND NATIONAL 3rd place plaque for her awesome single freestyle routine. In addition, Air Bears Charmi Patel and Felicia Hutchison won the GOLD MEDAL in their respective age divisions for their single rope freestyle. Becca earned a BRONZE MEDAL in her age division for her single freestyle routine as well.
Danielle Jacquin, Carolyn Talhelm, and Jessica Evinger took the GOLD MEDAL again this year for their age division in Double Dutch single freestyle and Becca, Ronne, Carolyn, and Danielle also took the GOLD MEDAL in their age division for Double Dutch pairs freestyle.
The Air Bears team placed 5th OVERALL in freestyle points this year! WOW!
In speed jumping, the single rope speed relay team of Chaz Robinson, Hannah Nuthak, Ronne Surface, and Becca Stocker represented the Air Bears in Grand Nationals and broke the previous Air Bear record with a score of 348. Congratulations also to ALL Air Bears who placed in the top 10 in their events. You can see all the Air Bear award winners from Nationals and their pictures on our competition page coming soon.
Congratulations also to Chaz on his fantastic performance of the National Anthem at Grand Nationals! What an honor for Chaz and our team. Many thanks to Becky Jaggers, Valerie Rice, Felicia Hutchison, Tracy Nuthak, Randi Stocker, and Judy Foltz for representing the Air Bears on the judges' panels this year. Galveston was fun, hot, exciting, and a welcome change from the past 13 years at Disney. We look forward to seeing the tournament on TV on FOXSPORTS sometime later this summer!
