Gold Over America Tour 2024

[irichluck21]

Poor Whittenburg. I think he would have had a strong chance at 2025 Worlds.

 

[Passion]

I just briefly clicked around a bit through that video but landed on the part where they introduce the Olympic teams. I didn’t realize Asher Hong and Suni Lee both skipped the tour?

 

[MaryClare]

Oh god. It’s terrible. Even worse than the 2 hours I spent in the Viner arena watching the Averinas interpret Swan Lake

 

[Kara]

Oh god. It’s terrible. Even worse than the 2 hours I spent in the Viner arena watching the Averinas interpret Swan Lake

I told you it was awful.

 

[RedBirdie]

I haven't even made it through the introductions. It's so try-hard yet so cringe. not sure it's much, if any, better than the old cheesy USAG tours.

 

[Passion]

Imagine if instead of this, the tour was like a traveling Reese's Cup-type competition. Have everyone pair up in teams and compete watered down themed routines with costumes, but instead of judges put something in the seats (or they could use their phones) to let the audience score/rank them and decide the winners. At the end do some big group number culminating in awarding the winners with some goofy goat trophy. Then just do it all again and keep re-awarding the trophy to whoever wins at the next stop.

 

[Bob]

its just for kids. I bet they love it

 

[JaJa]

aside from the paycheck of course.

Right. There is that. Don't feel sorry for them . . . . .

 

[JaJa]

Oh god. It’s terrible. Even worse than the 2 hours I spent in the Viner arena watching the Averinas interpret Swan Lake

I could only watch 30 seconds of it here and there. Truly just awful. But I think kids like it and that's the audience they are gearing it towards.

 

[mle]

its just for kids. I bet they love it

Sample size of one, but my friend's kid loved it and she's 10.

 

[Sasha]

I'm not even going to try, I've got better things to waste my time on.

Speaking of which, weren't we going to rewatch some old competitions this fall? It's officially fall now!

 

[irichluck21]

start a thread @Sasha !!!

 

[Big_rock_show]

I'm not even going to try, I've got better things to waste my time on.

Speaking of which, weren't we going to rewatch some old competitions this fall? It's officially fall now!

Make a Watch Party thread for the competitions you want to watch so we can all watch with you and discuss!

 

[Hatsumomo]

Given the conversation in one of the other threads, maybe Barcelona?

 

[rlayt]

I guess that answers my questions about watching it.

 

[RedBirdie]

Break out a bottle of your favorite adult beverage before watching.

 

[Sasha]

start a thread @Sasha !!!

I'm on it! I'll put it in the Gymnastics Nostalgia section - that's what that section is for, right?

If not, feel free to relocate the thread.

 

[MaryClare]

I'm not even going to try, I've got better things to waste my time on.

Speaking of which, weren't we going to rewatch some old competitions this fall? It's officially fall now!

YES!

 

[RedBirdie]

the tour made an appearance on America's Got Talent; of course my mother sent the video to me. I had to see if they wore those cringey faux airline pilot outfits on tour. Yes, and OMG, the sideline dancers (I don't know what else to call them) pretending to be directing airplanes. I hope they're all getting paid a metric shit ton of money to embarrass themselves like this night after night. Starts at 41:20 if anyone is interested in watching it.

 

[rlayt]

Uuuuugh I can’t watch. It sounds too terrible.