David Ross (trampolinist), Date of Birth
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Canadian trampolining coach and manufacturer
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About David Ross (trampolinist)
- David Ross (born April 30, 1950) is a Canadian trampolining coach and manufacturer of trampolines and trampoline equipment.
- Ross is probably the person most responsible for Canadian trampolinists becoming competitive on the international scene. As a physics student at Queen's University, Canada, David Ross became interested in competitive trampolining.
- He finished 2nd in his first Canadian National Trampoline Championship in 1972.
- He also became interested in manufacturing high performance trampolines and spent years in researching the design and construction of woven trampoline beds and has his own business Rebound Products Inc.
- Ross hand woven trampoline beds, are now used in many competitions around the world.
- He has also produced custom trampolines and other rebound equipment for Cirque du Soleil and similar shows.He opened Skyriders Trampoline Place, the first custom built Canadian trampolining facility, in 1990.
- It is located in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto, Ontario, many Canadian National Team athletes train there. Ross has been the Canadian National Team coach for a number of years.
- He has coached four of the five Canadian Olympic trampolinists at Skyriders, Karen Cockburn, Mathieu Turgeon and Rosannagh MacLennan and Jason Burnett.
- His coaching style focuses on increasing the technical difficulty of the optional routine.
- Athletes (Burnett, Cockburn and MacLennan) coached by Ross hold the FIG world records for highest difficulty in the Men's Individual and Women's Synchronized trampoline events.
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