WWW.AMERICANVAULTING.ORG SPRING 2019 EQUESTRIANOfficial Publication of the American Vaulting Association VAULTING GET READY TO PRINCE & KNEEL PHOTO CONTEST COMPETE! RESULTS Vaulter Fitness Horse Fitness TIPS for Parents Give the Gift of EQUESTRIAN VAULTING SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Kristina Boe World Cup Champion 2018 3 issues, published Spring, Summer and Winter Add-on for current AVA Vaulting Fan and Recreational Members US only: $12 | US non-members: $18 Annual Multi-pack Pricing for All Current AVA Members and Clubs: • 5-pack EV Magazine Bundles: $50 Manufacturer of vaulting, driving, and 15% off single subscription pricing! . • 10-pack EV Magazine Bundles: $90 riding equipment 25% off single subscription pricing! Ekkert und Tanja Meinecke GbR • 20-pack EV Magazine Bundles: $140 Braunschweiger Str. 41 s 29358 - Germany 40% off single subscription pricing! [email protected] s www.sattlerei-meinecke.de 2 EQUESTRIANVAULTING | Spring 2019 EQUESTRIAN SPRING 2019 VAULTING VOLUME 51, ISSUE 1 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO EVM We welcome your participation GET READY TO COMPETE! in the magazine. We are happy to consider your story ideas and are FEATURES also looking for members of the vaulting or horse community to take 8 FITNESS FOR THE VAULTING HORSE on writing or photography assign- Establish a goal for your horse, then ments. If you are interested, please follow through with a 3-month plan contact Andrea Selch, DirectorMem- By Carolyn Bland [email protected]. 12 CIRCUIT TRAINING FOR VAULTERS OUR NEXT PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST There’s something for everyone WILL BE ARABESQUES (free or holding) in this series of exercises Submissions should be high- By Debbie Rodriguez and Natalie Defee Mendik resolution jpeg files (at least 300 dpi) labeled with the technique 16 HOW TO BE A GOOD VAULTING PARENT and photographer name, e.g., Tips for new vaulting parents Arabesque-ChrisPhotographer.jpg. By Anita Mills Do not email these submissions to the magazine. Instead, contact 22 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST: Andrea Selch or check the AVA PRINCE AND KNEEL Facebook page for a link to upload Top ten images directly to our dropbox. Deadline: Selected by Anthony Bro-Petit May 15, 2019. ERRATA DEPARTMENTS AND COLUMNS We apologize for the misattribution 2 Letter from the Editor of some photographs in the Winter 3 US Equestrian News Tessa Divita named Vaulter of the Year 2018 issue. They should be as follows: On page 14, Emma Seely, 6 Judge’s Corner Kendel Edmunds on Competition, credit: Blue Heron; page 16, B-Team, General Impression, Rule Changes credit: Tim Sutherland; page 19, 20 In Our Own Words Bronze Women, credit: Blue Heron; Bianca Herres Page 30, “Team Blagen,” credit: 24 Competition Calendar Bernd Thierolf Fotograf; pages 30 and 32, Squad on bay horse, credit: ON OUR COVER MALLORY BRAZZELL Tom Hogye; page 13, Squad on ON CHIMERA AT REGION IX CHAMPIONSHIPS. chestnut horse, credit: Primo Ponies. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEX THOMAS. ANDREA SELCH EQUESTRIAN VAULTING MAGAZINE IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION. 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Pasadena, CA 91104 Copyright by American Vaulting Association 2019. 323-654-0800 AMERICANVAULTING.ORG 1 AVA VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM THE EDITOR Effective January 1, 2019 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS ince that freezing winter day when I brought my daugh- PRESIDENT Katherine Ray ter to her first vaulting lesson, the sport has taken me on [email protected] quite a journey. I have been to competitions or classes EXECUTIVE VP Kelley Holly at clubs all over Region IX (where we live) and also in [email protected] California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas and Utah, as well GENERAL SECRETARY Jen Williams as in Canada, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. I’ve [email protected] TREASURER Jill Hobby been to trainings at local clinics, national conferences, [email protected] and completed the FEI Level-One Vaulting Coaches course. As S VP COMPETITIONS Katherine Ray a lunger, I have been coached by some of the best trainers in the [email protected] United States and Europe. I ride or lunge a 17-hand Draft Cross VP DEVELOPMENT Mikhail Proctor and an 18-hand Dutch Warmblood daily. For a person as “verti- [email protected] cally-challenged” as myself, this is an amazing development. I feel VP EDUCATION Carolyn Bland lucky to have happened into a sport that would allow me to grow [email protected] VP MEMBERSHIP Linda Bibbler as a horsewoman, and to build a relationship with my child that [email protected] focuses on horses. With this issue of Equestrian Vaulting Magazine, I am step- DIRECTORS ping into a new role: Editor. I am not new to publishing, having COMPETITIONS DIRECTOR Emma Seely [email protected] managed Carolina Wren Press, a small literary publishing house, FUNDRAISING DIRECTOR Robin Bowman for 12 years, and having worked with book designers and news- [email protected] weeklies before that. I interned last year while the magazine was INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR Kristian Roberts being managed by E-Squared Editorial Services. I also hold a [email protected] Ph.D. in English, so that should help … in case any sentences JUDGES PROGRAM/TECHNICAL COMMITTEE DIRECTOR need diagramming! Kendel Edmunds [email protected] I’m looking forward to this new challenge of providing a mag- MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Gibran Stout azine that celebrates and educates. Equestrian Vaulting Magazine, [email protected] I hope, will magnify the activities and successes of our vaulters, MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Andrea Selch coaches, lungers, and horses, and share knowledge within our [email protected] community. I hope to present a broad view of vaulting— SAFETY & INSURANCE DIRECTOR Dena Madden recreational, competitive, and adaptive—as it exists in the United [email protected] States. I will also continue to offer the regional profiles series— VAULTING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Makayla Clyne the next one will be in the summer issue—the judge’s column, [email protected] VOLUNTEERISM DIRECTOR Barb Brooks and the photograph contests, along with features on fitness, [email protected] coaching, horsemanship, and competition. Appropriately, for the EDUCATION DIRECTOR Michelle McLean first issue of 2019, the theme isGet Ready to Compete. Enjoy! [email protected] Sincerely, REGIONAL SUPERVISORS Region I Brian Winther REGION IV Nicole Collins [email protected] [email protected] AndreaAndrea Selch Region II Sue Smith Region V Beth Whillock [email protected] [email protected] Region III Jayne Beebe Region IX Sarah Phelps [email protected] [email protected] Region X Jane Egger [email protected] FEI VAULTING COMMITTEE Member Suzanne Detol [email protected] USEF VAULTING SPORT COMMITTEE Linda Bibbler Craig Coburn [email protected] [email protected] EDITORIAL BOARD CHAIR Andrea Selch [email protected] EDUCATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS Carolyn Bland [email protected] AVA HISTORY Linda Bibbler [email protected] TECHNICAL Kendel Edmunds [email protected] AVA VISION Katherine Ray TODD TINKHAM TODD [email protected] 2 EQUESTRIANVAULTING | Spring 2019 US EQUESTRIAN NEWS TAYLOR PENCE TAYLOR US EQUESTRIAN’S 2019 ANNUAL MEETING THE TAKE-HOME POINTS BY US EQUESTRIAN COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT N JANUARY, US STEP 1: IMPROVE CORE PROCESSES US Equestrian continues to reach out to the Equestrian members grassroots level of the sport and to alliance AND CAPABILITIES partners to grow this program. gathered in West Palm • US Equestrian’s new headquarters, sched- • The USEF Disaster Relief Fund passed the Beach, Fla., for the uled to open in 2019, will save over $300,000 $1 million mark in total funds raised. annually. organization’s Annual • Outsourcing the USEF lab to the STEP 3: PROVIDE A SUFFICIENT PATHWAY FOR Meeting. President Murray University of Kentucky. ATHLETES TO WIN AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS IKessler had good news to • Other initiatives, including creation of a Calendar-Management Task Force, compe- AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION report and paid glowing tition-management training, staff training • Top-tier leadership for the U.S. team, compliments to US Equestrian’s for professionalism, and new rule-change which includes Isabelle Bibbler Parker, communications and deadlines. Vaulting Director of Performance. many members and volunteers. • New sport-development initiatives are During his General Session bringing growth to the