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Insta-famous: Georgie
Meet Georgie, one of Gymnastics Direct Ambassadors. Georgie loves to do backflips with her air spot and conditioning at home with her wall bar while also creating awesome content for her Instagram. Read through to find out why she loves gymnastics and who are her biggest inspirations. 1. What do you love about…
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Insta-famous: The Gymnast Sisters
This week, we take a look at Miranda and Eliza, the @gymnast_sisters_au, one of our newest ambassadors. Let’s get to know why they love gymnastics, their goals, and the things that make them happy. 1. What do you love about your sport? It keeps us healthy and fit and leads to lots of…
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Club Focus: Essendon Keilor Gymnastics Academy
Located in Airport West, Victoria, EKGA is owned and operated by Christy Hemphill. From their Blind Gym program to various carefully planned curriculums, Christy takes us through the ins and outs of the club. 1. How did your club start? EKGA opened in 2006 and has been proudly operating for almost 15 years. Ekga…
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From the Vault: Kurt Thomas, World Champion Gymnast
Kurt Thomas, the first American male gymnast to win a world championship gold medal has passed away last Friday at 64. Thomas won the floor exercise in the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France during the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In 1979 Worlds Championships in Texas, he defended the floor exercise and also took…
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Insta-famous: Indiana-Rose
We are proud to support amazing athletes doing amazing things. Meet Indiana-Rose @indiana_rose_gymnast, one of our Gymnastics Direct Ambassadors! During the lockdown, she has been improving her skills at home through zoom sessions with her squad and coach whilst also doing her workouts using her equipment. Her gymnastics club has given her specialist sessions…
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Conditioning at home with Jack Riek
Australian Representative, Jack Riek talks about the importance of keeping up a base of physical conditioning at home during isolation as time off can be very detrimental to gymnast’s performance in the long run. Various exercises can be accomplished all in your own space without special equipment though equipment can help (see gymnastics direct’s…
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State Events November 28th-December 5th
As the year draws to an end, our state events are running a little thin. Make sure you let us know of any smaller local events that are happening near you-we’d love to feature them!
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State Events November 20-27th
Check out what’s happening near you this week! Don’t for get to leave a comment if we’ve missed anything or if you’re attending any of these events!
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Insta-famous: Indiana
As a brand ambassador for multiple businesses, Indiana and her mum/Insta-manager Jacinta take pride in their online presentation and constantly put effort into representing these brands to their best ability. Indi is one of Gymnastics Direct’s newest ambassadors but even before holding this official title she happily promoted GD and her favourite equipment. Scrolling…
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State Events November 14th-21st
Australian State Gymnastics November 14th-21st. Let us know if you’re attending any of these events or if we’ve missed something that you will be attending!