David Ross (born April 30, 1950) is a Canadian

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coach and manufacturer of

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s and trampoline equipment. Ross is probably the person most responsible for Canadian trampolinists becoming competitive on the international scene. As a

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student at

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, 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 busines
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

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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

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. 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.Canadian Olympic Committee website
His coaching style focuses on increasing the technical difficulty of the optional routine. Athletes (Burnett, Cockburn and MacLennan) coached by Ross hold the

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world records for highest difficulty in the Men's Individual and Women's Synchronized trampoline events.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, David Canadian male trampolinists Living people 1950 births Queen's University at Kingston alumni 20th-century Canadian people