Cheerleading :o)

Denmark is quite well-known for football, badminton and handball. But what I didn't know is that they are also mad into cheerleading! I attended my first cheerleading event (ever) here in Aarhus just over a week ago. My friend Linda's two girls are part of the Aarhus Tigers team - they were brilliant - one-handed cartwheels, backflips, standing on the top of a pyramid of people. When I think of cheerleading, I just think of America. But strangely enough, there is a huge following in Denmark. They have a national team that compete with the best (many American teams), but also with many countries in Europe. Once you attend a cheerleading competition, you see that there is great skill required for this sport. Often people are ridiculed for saying they are part of a cheerleading team (especially the few males that take part), but these people are real athletes - it's like gynnastics, but even scarier for the people on top of the human pyramid. Let's Go Tigers - Pink, Black, White - Let's Go Tigers :o)