Isaac's Dr. Pepper Trampoline "Commercial"

LASG uniforms are a requirement at the School. Since Isaac forgot his t-shirt, he improvised.

It's weird how one finds usage for footage that you had no idea what you'd eventually use them for. In this case, it's Isaac drinking Dr. Pepper. The idea came to me when I was actually filming his makeshift LASG t-shirt and he was sipping his soda; went through my archives, and found a few other clips of him holding a can of Pepper (if I had known I'd be doing this, I could have had the camera linger longer on Thea when she was drinking the same).

When I was growing up, my mom loved Dr. Pepper and I remember the catchy commercial jingles.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Erin, one of Al's jr. advanced girls who moved over into my Thursday advanced/pre-team class made this card for me. Thank you, Erin!

I passed out some origami beating hearts on Thursday, and gave one to Isaac; for some oddball reason, he just couldn't stop laughing and making it beat....

Thea, his sister, knows how to make it now; she's made it to origami library meetings about 3 months in a row, and is getting better and better at folding and flipping.

Isaac a week ago....

...revving up for his competition, which is today. Good luck Isaac!

Here's a clip from last Saturday's practice:

Isaac Obrist in the 21st Century ~Special Edition~

This is a very minor update of Isaac's video from last Christmas. Meant to do it a long time ago. Better late than never, I suppose.

LASG Summer Camp Open House

Last Sunday, LASG had an open house to drum up interest in summer camp. World Wide Acts was there, with their Circus Art; and Donna was there to promote her Fame Performing Arts program, which includes dance and acting.

Her daughter Nika is training level 7 at Gymnastics Olympica. I taught Nika her first backhandspring when she was around 5 or 6 years old. I've stayed friends with her and her mom over the succeeding years.

I've always felt she and Thea, who is also training level 7, would be perfect teammates for one another. Sure enough, they hit it off and were inseparable. A really good match.

Isaac Obrist in the 21st Century

Merry Christmas!

I've been meaning to make a video on Thea's brother, Isaac, for a long, long time. Wasn't sure what kind of a story to tell and what music to use. Meanwhile, he just kept getting better and better, making much of my footage "obsolete".

The clips used in this video span 2 years. Aside from the Tom Petty song, the intro and closing credit song are "cheesy", as is much that came out of the 70's (Hey! Nothing wrong with cheesiness! Click here for those too young to remember). I've just always wanted to use that opening sequence, with special effects footage of the dates going by...but how to tie it into gymnastics? Well, the answer is to not worry whether it fits like a glove or not, and just make the video.

Isaac is coached by Dan McCann; and in the last couple of years, Dan's focused the boys program almost exclusively to trampoline. Since we do not have anyone who is committed to training more than 4 hours a week, Dan decided to get them good on one thing, rather than worry about teaching them all 6 competitive men's events.




I haven't kept my files as perfectly organized as I would like. I just found this clip in a summer file, dated August 18, 2007. I think it's important to post up, since I don't recall Isaac setting his double backs with his arms up; but here, he clearly can set:







I'm sure I have more "lost" footage, floating around in some folder. There's sure to be enough for another video in the future.