I just wanted to say how proud I am at how far cheerleading is coming in turns as in International Sport. I've been a All Star cheerleader, since I was a little girl and it was always my dream for their to be a National Cheer Team, World Cheer Team, and hopefully an Olympic Cheer Team. I just wanted to say thank you and praise the All Star Federation, the International All Star Federation, USA Federation of Cheer Sport, and of course the International Cheer Union for having the first Cheerleading World Cup and forming the National Teams. Anyway I just wanted to thank all the federations and such for trying to get cheerleading the respect it DESERVES and helping it get the international exporse it DESERVES and won't stop til it does just that. I've seen international cheerleading teams compete with the USA and their good. The Vanocuver All Stars from Canada got 4th at the 2008 Cheerleading Worlds. Their National Teams got GOLD the Cheerleading World Cup in Coed Elite and All Girl Elite. The U.K National Team got Bronze in All Girl Premier. I think a serious rival for the USA would be the Asian Cheerleading National Teams : Thailand, China, and Japan. At the CWC Thailand got the SILVER behind the USA in Coed Premier, China got FIRST in group partner stunt and Japan just has an amazzing team overall. In my opinion the Asian National Teams have some of the best stunting I have seen. The only thing they could work on would probably be their tumbling. It just makes me smile from ear to ear when I think about how far cheerleading has come and how far it's  going to keep going. It makes me feel really good to know that cheerleading is going to be in the 2012 olmypics as an Exhibition Sport. And hopefully in 2016 it will be an offical Olympic sport. It just takes my breath away.  I also wanted to say THANK YOU TO ALL MY FELLOW AMAZZING CHEERLEADERS, COACHES, AND ALSO THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD WHO SHARE THE SAME LOVE AND PASSION FOR CHEERLEADING AS I DO.   Jade S.
P.S There are also videos posted at the bottom so that everyone can view the amazzing international cheerleading teams =] Also the amazzing USA teams. Hopefully you guys will view them and let me know what you think !

Videos

Team Thailand

Team China

Team Chinese Taipei


Team Australia ( coed elite )
 
Team Finland ( coed)

Team Thailand ( Partner Stunt )

[video= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MsQLJ2wUfU&feature=related] Team Slovenia ( Partner Stunt )

[video= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LpK-H6T2q0] Team Slovenia Group Stunt

Japasnese Love Cheerleading

USA Nationals in Japan 2008

[video= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXj_PsuR1-k&feature=related] Team Japan

[video= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSKDcUvoSGk&feature=related] Team Thailand ( Group Stunt )

[video=: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXNsC_SJk2A&feature=related] Team Thailand Group Stunt

[video=video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH1jpDaejP4&feature=related] ] Team Japan

-- Edited by Jtsmith1 on Saturday 2nd of January 2010 12:42:19 PM