| Walrus skins - It has been said that the first type | | | | entertain audiencesand also let them participate in his |
| oftrampolining was done by the Eskimos who used to | | | | demonstrations. Thuswere the beginnings of a new |
| toss eachother up into the air on a Walrus skin; | | | | sport. |
| something like thesheet used by firemen to catch | | | | World War 2 |
| people jumping out of thewindows of houses which | | | | During World War 2, the United States Navy Flight |
| were on fire. In Anchorage Airport, | | | | Schooldeveloped the use of the trampoline in its |
| Alaska, there are postcards depicting the Eskimos | | | | training ofpilots and navigators, giving them |
| beingtossed up in a Walrus skin. | | | | concentrated practice inorientation such as had never |
| There also is some evidence of people in England | | | | been possible before. Afterthe war, the development |
| beingtossed up into the air by a number of people | | | | of the Space Flight programmeagain brought the |
| holding ablanket. These may or may not be the true | | | | trampoline into use to help train both |
| origins of thesport of trampolining but it is certain that in | | | | American and Soviet Astronauts, giving them |
| the earlyyears of the 20th century there were stage | | | | experience ofvariable body positions in flight. |
| acts which useda "bouncing bed" on the stage to | | | | The nature of the activity is natural, easy and |
| amuse audiences. Thebouncing bed was in reality a | | | | rhythmical,and the power of the bed enables |
| form of small trampolinecovered by bedclothes on | | | | participants to have funand excitement by jumping |
| which the acrobats performedmostly comedy routines. | | | | higher than they would normallybe able and to perform |
| Trapeze artists | | | | many skills landing on the feet,seat, front and back and |
| The trampoline itself, according to circus lore, was | | | | also to take off from those variedlanding positions. |
| firstdeveloped by an artist called Du Trampolin who | | | | Find out all you need to know about trampolines. How |
| saw thepossibility of using the trapeze safety net as a | | | | touse them for best exercise results, and which |
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| experimented withdifferent systems of suspension, | | | | Click |
| eventually reducing thenet to a practical size for | | | | ** Attn Ezine editors / Site Owners ** Feel free to |
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| In the early 1930s, one George Nissen made a | | | | siteso long as you leave all links in place, do not modify |
| trampoline inhis garage and used it to help with his | | | | thecontent and include my resource box as listed |
| diving and tumblingactivities. He then felt that he could | | | | above. |