John and John became best friends through their training and travels with gymnastics. They have combined their passion for the sport and their desire to give back to younger gymnasts by joining forces for Flip Fest.
Whats up Campers? What a long but fun weekend! I started out flying from Knoxville to Columbus Ohio. I got all set up in Columbus, hung out with some Flip Fest Friends and the next morning I got on a plane to Chicago to host the 2009 Tyson American Cup. John R was holding down the same schedule except he was in Indianapolis at Circle of Stars. He started there with Randy and then left Saturday to drive to Chicago and work for NBC. The competition was awesome, considering it was the year after the Olympics, and a lot of athletes are a little rusty from taking a little time off. However, “a little rusty” was not the case for team USA. Both the men and the women looked great. Germany’s Fabian Hambüchen just edged out USA’s David Sender and 13-year-old Jordan Wieber from team USA won her first major international meet.
After the meet John and I immediately hit the road and headed back to our meets. I flew back to Columbus and John R drove back to Indianapolis. We hung out some more and spoke at some awards ceremonies and then we will head back home tonight.
So as you can see it was a long but very eventful weekend. We got to see some of this year’s special guests like Blaine Wilson and Nastia Liukin who both can’t wait to come to Flip Fest this year.
Keep working hard and if you happen to see us at a meet make sure you come say hello.