Monday, January 31, 2011

Serious Skill

Once upon a time, I taught gymnastics. For many years, in fact -- 10 years. Which, I think, is a long time to do anything when it isn't your profession. But anyway...

I taught non-competitive gymnastics, for little ones in parent child classes all the way up to grade school girls. While I am not flexible by any stretch of the imagination (we can all remember the bag game, right?), I am fairly strong. Which means that, while not incredibly graceful, I am not too bad at tumbling.

But even I wouldn't dare to try and do things over concrete. At least not if I wanted to survive without a head injury...

LA Vacation - July 2010 (127 of 198)



LA Vacation - July 2010 (125 of 198)



LA Vacation - July 2010 (114 of 198)



LA Vacation - July 2010 (110 of 198)



LA Vacation - July 2010 (109 of 198)



LA Vacation - July 2010 (108 of 198)


These were some of the street performers at Venice Beach. And while I am not a huge fan of crowds (do you SEE all of those people?!) and tend not to be attracted to the incredibly strange eclectic individuals to be found around Venice Beach, these tumblers were not only incredibly entertaining but seriously skilled.

Not to mention nuts brave...do you have any idea how much it would HURT to fall on that concrete?!

3 comments:

Arizaphale said...

Awesome captures! They must be lunatics!!!! but clever ones....

Jen said...

Wow. Those are some incredible shots. They do indeed look nuts!!!

Kimberly said...

I didn't know that about you! Learn something new everyday I guess. :) Those are incredible shots you got Maggie, of some really incredible people!