A 'Men's Pair' and Other Handbalances (2023/96)

A bit of an unusual post this time - a lot of videos first of all featuring one particular pair of guys who look to be us to be heading towards world champion status before long in acrobatic gymnastics. These guys post a lot on Instagram and, although there is quite a lot of repetition of the same basic skill in these recent posts, there is much to be admired.

Then some other handbalance stuff to make up the usual size of post.

We start with one in which the 'base' combines revising for an exam with their training.

Now some professionals in training and showing off...

Now handbalancers working on their own...

Two circus boys practising now: Christiano Rujano is from Venuzuela:

More shots of Christiano - and father Sam - in performance:





 Ilya Molotov is in Russia

Others...







We finish this post off with some more shots of Christiano and Sam... not handbalancing as such but definitely logical to include here!



These are just some of the performers and amateur acrobatics lovers we follow out of 'professional interest'. There are plenty more out there and, if you want to draw our attention to any guys you particularly admire, do drop us a comment or send details to gymacrobat@gmail.com



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