Double Dutch Is Now A High School Varsity Sport in New York!

Today's New York Times reports DOUBLE DUTCH GETS STATUS IN THE SCHOOLS!

JUMP! on Joost -- next gen TV

We are the featured story on Joost.com today:

"Not your kid sister's jump rope. These kids take it to a whole new level." Watch HERE.

Update on jumpers in the movie

The 2008 USA National Championship took place last weekend. Congratulations to all the jumpers who qualified!

Here is a partial list of the 1st place trophies won by kids featured in the movie JUMP!:

• TORI (West Virginia) - Female Single Rope Freestyle, 1-Minute Speed, 3-Minute Speed, Triples
• NICK, JEFF, KATRINA and their team (Texas) - Large Team Show
  (note: this was the first time these guys competed in this event!)
• SHANE (Idaho) - Male Single Rope Freestyle
• LEE, SHANE and Bryan (Idaho) - Double Dutch Singles Freestyle
• LEE and his new all-male Worlds Team - Double Dutch Pairs Freestyle
• STYLE, JAZ and Shakinah - Double Dutch Singles Speed Relay
  

For a full list of competition results, visit usajumprope.org.

Good luck to Team USA at Worlds in South Africa next month!

Other updates:

• For more on all the jumpers, scan entries below. And definitely see this entry about Tori.
• Special congratulations to Kelsy (Idaho), who just got married! Coach Hay recently retired from her job as a PE teacher at Summerwind Elementary School; Kelsy, who earned her degree in Phys Ed, was hired to fill her shoes.