Okay, this thread has been making me curious for weeks now. I have been around gym for years, I have never heard of an aussie string tramp, which I assume translates to Australian String Trampoline. Please enlighten me, I also assume that we have one and call it something else.
Here is a quote from one website:
Offering the greatest bounce for the performer. The string used is made of hand woven double terlyne and is rubberized to offer extended life and protection from external elements, indoors or out. This mat includes extra nylon reinforced safety edging and conforms to F.I.T. World specifications.
An Australian Tramp is the most powerful and most difficult to control of all trampolines. When compared to a black poly bed, a gymnasts will be able to bounce about 3 times as high on a aussie bed. They are similar to a eurotramp with less control.
The bed is woven out of string, this allows air to pass straight through the bed like a tennis racket. I have included a picture of the exact tramp we have.
There is a sticker on it that says "Made in Australia".
Here is a Eurotramp video (very similar in height of bounce as aussie tramp)
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Here is what I am trying to avoid (this is not at my club):
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