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More students than ever are turning to the University’s trampoline
classes as a way to stay fit and relieve stress
By Caron Alarab
for the Emerald
((•■ne, two, three!” Throw
[■shoulders back, keep chest
■•broad, hold chin down,
pull knees in, grab calves and kick
feet out to land in a stance. That’s
a lot to remember in the second
following “three!” when a person
is trying to jump and balance in a
harness around the torso.
And with a background of blar
ing techno music, the clatter and
slam of dropped skis and snow
boards, and the incessant squeak
ing of more than a hundred
springs, it’s no wonder that time
just flies by in B-50 Gerlinger An
nex during one of the University’s
many trampoline classes.
The trampoline program at the
University has grown dramatically
over the past 10 years. With seven
classes offered this year — com
pared to only one course offered in
1992 — and the demand continu
ously exceeding the available class
spots, the program is a favorite
among students as it revives the
sleep-deprived, offers release for
the frustrated and provides a fun
workout for all, said trampoline in
structor Lani Loken-Dahle.
Junior Jeff Harding is an avid
wake boarder. Last term he en
rolled in Aerial Maneuvers, his
first class in the trampoline pro
gram, and he said he loved every
minute of it.
“As soon as you take one of
them, you can’t get out of it,”
Harding said. “Some people take it
every term.”
Harding sees each class as an
eye-opener. “It’s a fantastic break
from classes, and it wakes me up a
lot,” he said. “I have one class after
this one, and I’m always wide
awake for it.”
According to Loken-Dahle, most
of the Aerial Maneuvers class time
is focused on learning jumping
and flipping techniques with skis
and boards that ideally can be
used outside the classroom. Hard
ing has used a couple of the moves
he’s learned in the class on the
waves, but the majority of his
skills have been applied on his
trampoline at home, he said.
This term Harding decided to re
peat Aerial Maneuvers, but next
term he says he’s going to try
Trampoline I.
One noticeable aspect of the
Aerial Maneuvers class is its
male majority.
“It’s more of a type of person,”
sophomore Chelsea Dangler said
about whether the class composi
tion is really a gender issue. “It’s
the type of person who likes to go
for things, kinda doesn’t really care
about getting hurt and likes being
in the air. I’m stoked because
we’ve got about six girls in here,
and you can totally tell that they
are all hard-asses.”
Dangler said she loves the at
mosphere. “I like being around a
lot of guys,” she said.
She took gymnastics for eight
years and appreciates Loken
Dahle’s breadth of experience.
“Lani does a really good job in
teaching the basics of how to do a
Adam Amato Emerald
Junior Ryan Salerno straps a snowboard on in aerial maneuvers and goes big. Salerno has
been involved in the trampoline program for eight terms at the University.
flip correctly,” she said. “She
shows you a diversity of moves
you can do.”
Loken-Dahle has been teaching
trampoline at the University since
“It’s the type of person who
likes to go for things, kinda
doesn’t really care about
getting hurt and likes being
in the air. I’m stoked
because we’ve got about six
girls in here, and you can
totally tell that they are all
hard-asses.”
Chelsea Dangler
sophomore
1979. Winter term she taught all
seven classes in the trampoline
program, and on Mondays and
Wednesdays, she taught Plass for
five hours straight.
“I love to work with people and
sometimes it just brings tears to my
eyes to see all of my students in
class,” she said.
Loken-Dahle said seniors and
even graduate students have told
her, “I could not have made it
through the past four years with
out the trampoline program.”
A graduate of Arizona State
University writh a master’s degree
in physical education, Loken
Dahle tells her students on the
first day of class that she was
“born on a trampoline.” Her fa
ther, Newt Loken, was a trampo
line “legend” in his day, an
NCAA all-around gymnastics
champion, and one of the first
and strongest promoters of tram
poline, both for fitness and sport,
she said.
“When he was a lieutenant in
the Navy, my father was a fitness
director on an aircraft carrier, and
he insisted on bringing his trampo
line on board,” Loken-Dahle said.
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