| Walrus skins - It has been said that the first type of | | | | Thus |
| trampolining was done by the Eskimos who used to | | | | were the beginnings of a new sport.World War |
| toss each | | | | 2During World War 2, the United States Navy Flight |
| other up into the air on a Walrus skin; something like | | | | School |
| the | | | | developed the use of the trampoline in its training of |
| sheet used by firemen to catch people jumping out of | | | | pilots and navigators, giving them concentrated |
| the | | | | practice in |
| windows of houses which were on fire. In Anchorage | | | | orientation such as had never been possible before. |
| Airport, | | | | After |
| Alaska, there are postcards depicting the Eskimos | | | | the war, the development of the Space Flight |
| being | | | | programme |
| tossed up in a Walrus skin.There also is some | | | | again brought the trampoline into use to help train both |
| evidence of people in England being | | | | American and Soviet Astronauts, giving them |
| tossed up into the air by a number of people holding a | | | | experience of |
| blanket. These may or may not be the true origins of | | | | variable body positions in flight.The nature of the |
| the | | | | activity is natural, easy and rhythmical, |
| sport of trampolining but it is certain that in the early | | | | and the power of the bed enables participants to |
| years of the 20th century there were stage acts | | | | have fun |
| which used | | | | and excitement by jumping higher than they would |
| a "bouncing bed" on the stage to amuse audiences. | | | | normally |
| The | | | | be able and to perform many skills landing on the feet, |
| bouncing bed was in reality a form of small trampoline | | | | seat, front and back and also to take off from those |
| covered by bedclothes on which the acrobats | | | | varied |
| performed | | | | landing positions.Jeb Taylor is a fitness guru. He works |
| mostly comedy routines.Trapeze artistsThe trampoline | | | | out on all exercise |
| itself, according to circus lore, was first | | | | equipment he thinks will help him. Along with bikes and |
| developed by an artist called Du Trampolin who saw | | | | jogging, Jeb loves bouncing on a trampoline as a fun |
| the | | | | way to |
| possibility of using the trapeze safety net as a form | | | | fitness.Find out all you need to know about |
| of | | | | trampolines. How to |
| propulsion and landing device and experimented with | | | | use them for best exercise results, and which models |
| different systems of suspension, eventually reducing | | | | to |
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| net to a practical size for separate performance.In the | | | | Attn Ezine editors / Site Owners ** Feel free to |
| early 1930s, one George Nissen made a trampoline in | | | | reprint |
| his garage and used it to help with his diving and | | | | this article in its entirety in your ezine or on your site |
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| activities. He then felt that he could entertain | | | | the |
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| and also let them participate in his demonstrations. | | | | |