She had many students compete at the national level, and Gage would teach her students gymnastics if they needed it. She was a nationally competitive featured baton twirler at Oregon State University and then a coach for 25 years. He and Millard started dating and married in 1984. Gage gained more than a cheer shoe first at Nike. “No crazy soles to tear up shoulders and hands,” Gage says. Gage wrote a report to Nike and, in the spring, the first Nike Spirit and Glacier shoes hit the stores. Nike crafted about 20 shoe samples and shipped them to Gage at WSU, where the cheerleaders wear-tested them during the fall season. He eagerly joined the Nike team and helped them come up with a variety of sole and upper designs to accommodate stunts and cheerleader lifts.
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“She stated they had a design team that was working on a cheerleading shoe and would I mind being part of that group.” “I explained to Juli that Nike’s shoe was not a very good shoe, and did they have anything else,” Gage says. It was an opportunity to bring up the cheer shoe problem. He was asked to contact Nike for the shoe order, and he worked with Nike rep Juli Millard.
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“At WSU games, the cheerleaders would go ahead of the football team and I would tumble down the field and find myself on about the 10- or 15-yard line, then wander off the field because I’m so dizzy.”Īfter graduation, Gage was student teaching and working with WSU Athletics. “I just love football and sports,” Gage says. He joined the cheer squad his junior year and says it must have been destiny: Central Kitsap has the same fight song and mascot as the Cougs. Their sister Melissa joined WSU cheer the year after Gage. Gage followed his brothers Scott and Kevin to WSU. He became the first male cheerleader at Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale. Gage didn’t catch the cheerleading bug at WSU.
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He asked men’s basketball coach George Raveling to connect him with Nike, but Nike didn’t have cheer shoes…yet. As cocaptain of the cheer team, along with Susan McKenna (’80 Comm.), Gage wanted to get some better shoes for the increasingly athletic cheerleading team. Gage was one of six men and six women on the cheer squad from 1978–80. The tread of the Nike low-top Senorita Cortez shoes might be great for walking, but they didn’t work for holding up other cheerleaders. Ed.), a cheerleader at Washington State University, knew his team had the wrong shoes for doing stunts and rousing the Cougar faithful. We stock the entire Nfinity range of cheer shoes in the UK with worldwide shipping available.Kim Gage felt like razor blades were digging into his shoulders and hands. Our Nfinity girls and boys cheerleading shoes are available in both children and adults sizes so no matter your age, you can ensure you're wearing superior footwear for your cheer activities. Nfinity produce a number of styles of cheer trainers to suit the individual, sporting a non-slip sole, which provides the grip required when performing, whilst the mid and high top cheer shoes support the ankle throughout training. The Nfinity cheerleading shoes are suitable for flyers, spotters and bases alike, with their lightweight construction and attention to comfort making them a favourite amongst cheerleaders across the glove.
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