Jason Burnett takes aim at fifth straight trampoline title

For Jason Burnett, day one at the Canadian trampoline championships was business as usual. One compulsory routine and one optional routine completed with cool efficiency and the expected result.
Jason easily topped the field, scoring 106.010 points, to set himself up nicely for a fifth straight Canadian men’s title.

One bounce too far for Jason

It looked like Jason Burnett had locked up a spot in the men’s trampoline final until his very last trick in the men’s qualification until he bounced to far on the landing, hit the mat, and knew instantly that any chance of making the eight-man final had literally bounced away.
Everyone watching no doubt was asking, [...]

Canadians gear up for start of world trampoline championships

On a wintery day in Saint Petersburg, Russia the Canadian trampoline and tumbling team was gearing up for the start of the world championships on Wednesday.
Leading the charge for the trampoline team were Beijing Olympic team members Karen Cockburn, Rosannagh MacLennan and Jason Burnett.
Take a look!

More in store for Rosannagh MacLennan

With Karen Cockburn just getting back into the “bounce” of things, her longtime teammate at the Skyriders Trampoline Place in Richmond Hill, Ont., moved into the top spot at the just finished Canadian trampoline championships held in Hamilton.
Rosie won the senior title with essentially the same optional routine that carried her to a 7th-place finish [...]

Jason wows the crowd and chalks up his fourth Canadian title

Jason Burnett came to this year’s Canadian championships expecting to win his fourth straight men’s trampoline title and the high flying Olympic medal winner from Beijing didn’t disappoint.
Jason jumped to an early lead in the prelims and threw three triples into his final routine on Monday to take the gold.
Here’s his final routine followed by [...]

Jason looks ahead to finals on Monday and worlds later this year

In pursuit of his fourth straight Canadian men’s trampoline title, Jason looks ahead to the finals on Monday at the David Braley Athletic Centre at McMaster University in Hamilton.

Jason comments on the addition of more triples to his routines this year and his goals at World Cup meets and world championships later this summer and [...]

Jason Burnett gets off to a flying start at Canadian gymnastics championships

Jason Burnett may be nursing a sprained ankle, but it didn’t seem to affect Canada’s high flying Olympic silver medallist in the least in Saturday’s qualifying round for the men’s individual trampoline competition at the Canadian gymnastics championships in Hamilton.
Jason got off to a flying start and was well on his way to his fourth [...]

An Easy Decision For Bryan Milonja

When Bryan Milonja returned from the Beijing Olympics last summer, it didn’t take long for the Canadian trampoline team veteran to realize that his 15-year love affair with the sport was about to take a new direction.

“I kind of knew I wanted to retire after the Olympics,’’says Milonja, who backed up [...]

Ashley Speed captures bronze at tumbling World Cup

Ashley Speed won a bronze medal Saturday in women’s tumbling at the Astronaut Alexandrov World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Here’s Ashley talking about her medal winning performance.

Kylie Petrie, who finished right behind Ashley in fourth spot, had this to say after her impressive World Cup debut.

Canadian tumbling coach Denis Vachon had this to say in [...]

Jason takes the lead after prelims at trampoline World Cup in Sofia

Jason Burnett lived up to his number-one world ranking on the first day of competition Friday at the season-opening World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria, placing first on both his compulsory and optional routines.
Here’s what Jason had to say about his performance.

And a few more comments from Canadian coach Dave Ross.

Charles Thibault also had a [...]