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In this episode you will get to know Felix Bender who is chairman of the german association "Der Voltigierzirkel", who also distributes a vaulting magazine that is sended out 4 times a year. The magazine is in german and does cover everything from basic vaulting to an international level. Everything captured in a beautiful colored paperback magazine. A range of different professions are contributing to this high quality magazine to show the debth of our sport. The people interviewd or writing for the magazine are though not always Germans. Throughout the years people from all around the world have contributed with their knowledge to it. Competetative vaulting as it is today has it's roots in Germany and with over 400 active clubs Germany is considered as the Mecca of vaulting which makes it easy to understand that there is a market for this kind of magazine entirely in german. Besides the production of the magazine the association does get involved with active vaulters through supporting them with different rewards and through their activity in social media. This they do through their instragram- and facebook account, but also through their own vaulting podcast in german called "Volticast". To receive the magazine and make use of all the other advantages you need to be a member of the association. And they do send the magazine to other countries then Germany as well. Besides the magazine and supporting the vauting community in various ways members can find a lot of recorded videos from vaulting competitons on the homepage. All for only 46€/year. 

About Felix: he has his background in the vaulting scene in Germany and has also a widely spread network in the community. He has been a vaulter and a vaulting trainer himself, bit nowadays he contributes his voluntary work in his freetime to the association. Not only as a chairman, but also as a producer of the magazine. His "real" job is working as a speech therapist. In this episode we talk about everything in between having heavy metal or teddybears as a theme for a freestyle.

You can find more information about "Der Voltigierzirkel" at: https://www.voltigierzirkel.de

The interview was recorded in december 2021.


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Nienke de Wolff is a well know lunger in the vaulting world and runs her own vaulting business in the Netherlands. In this episode you will get to know here better and how she runs her vaulting buisness. Nienke does not only lunge horses for vaulting. She also engages with competetative vaulters from over the world, runs her own vaulting club, sells vaulting horses and gives vaulting inspired riding lessons to riders who have a fear for riding. This woman has a lot of different ideas about vaulting and isn't afraid of making them becoming reality. If you'd like to know more about Nienkes business or want to get in touch with her, visit her homepage:

https://dewolffvaulting.com/en/



The interview was recorded in september 2021.


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In this episode of The Vaulting Pod you will get to know more about the adult figure skating community in Sweden and how supportive it is to make it possible to skate regardless of age. Helen is 47 years old and has been both competing and participating in Holiday on Ice - a huge and impressive figure skating show that travels around the world. Today Helen skates on a daily basis and has been participating at the Winter World Masters Games in Innsbruck in 2020 which is a competition for 30+ Year Olds. The inspiration Helen brings with her participation in the sport is something the vaulting community could take a look at to support the sport amongst adults and develop it further. Get ready to be inspired in this episode!

The interview was recorded in august 2021.


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In this interview you will get to know more about Kim af Schulthén, the swedish vaulting costume maker who designs and sews dresses for vaulters and other sports like figure skating, gymnastics and body building. Kim is not only running her own business by designing and making glamorous dresses for vaulter. She is also a vaulting judge in Sweden and internationally and has her heart in the sport since she was a vaulter herself as a child. In this episode we talk about the process of making a vaulting dresse, vaulting competitions, horses and the sport in general. If you want to find Kim and here work go and visit: www.kim-couture.se You can also find her in Instagram and TikTok under the name Costumes made by Kim. This interview was recorded in august of 2021.


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This is the second part of the interview with Kylynn Ghfouri who is a former gymnast that started vaulting in the middle of her gymnastics career. Within three years she managed to get to the youth world championships in Le Mans in 2021. Find out what makes her laugh, how it is to travel with your own equipment over the pacific ocean to compete on other than your own horses and what a stalker had to do with her recent freestyle theme. Kylynn is currently competing in CVIJ2* individual female and lives the life of a competitive vaulter while home schooling.


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Kylynn Ghfouri is a former gymnast that started vaulting in the middle of her gymnastics career. Within three years she managed to get to the youth world championships in Le Mans in 2021. Find out what makes her laugh, how it is to travel with your own equipment over the pacific ocean to compete on other than your own horses and what a stalker had to do with her recent freestyle theme. Kylynn is currently competing in CVIJ2* individual female and lives the life of a competitive vaulter while home schooling. 


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