Life of a Gymnast

This....is just......simply......A-W-E-S-O-M-E.

SUU's Michaela Chernoch:



Parker Walbeck:

I have spent the last few months capturing Michaela's final year of her gymnastic career. This video represents a lifetime of dedication and hard work towards a lifelong passion. Aside from her talent, Michaela is one of the sweetest, most amazing people I've ever met in my life and I'm so glad to have been a part of her last year of gymnastics. Hope you enjoy :)

Shot over the past 5 months with a Canon T3i, Mark II, Mark III with:

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto

Also shot by her parents Wally and Debra Chernoch over the years

It makes me kind of want to purchase equipment and be a professional filmmaker.....just for the fun of it.  *Drool* and *more drool*

Part of what I find inspiring in this video, is that the home movie footage clearly shows that she wasn't trained with a perfect foundation of muscle-memory shaping and technique before being allowed to move on, and "chuck" less-than-perfect skills.  And yet she still managed to "clean it up" and develop into a solid, collegiate gymnast.

I'm now a fan of both Chernoch and Walbeck.....Actually, I think Walbeck's converted me into an SUU fan!




And I just figured out, that I filmed her unique vault, and either she or her parents swiped my video!


I'm flattered!


*UPDATE* 8/8/2013 06:38

I guess I passed this over when GymnasticsCoaching.com posted this back in June.