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S02E09 Felix Bender - Chairman and former vaulter from the vaulting magazine Der Voltigierzirkel
In this episode you will get to know Felix Bender who is chairman of the german association "Der Voltigierzirkel", who also distributes a vaulting magazine that is sended out 4 times a year. The magazine is in german and does cover everything from basic vaulting to an international level. Everything captured in a beautiful colored paperback magazine. A range of different professions are contributing to this high quality magazine to show the debth of our sport. The people interviewd or writing for the magazine are though not always Germans. Throughout the years people from all around the world have contributed with their knowledge to it. Competetative vaulting as it is today has it's roots in Germany and with over 400 active clubs Germany is considered as the Mecca of vaulting which makes it easy to understand that there is a market for this kind of magazine entirely in german. Besides the production of the magazine the association does get involved with active vaulters through supporting them with different rewards and through their activity in social media. This they do through their instragram- and facebook account, but also through their own vaulting podcast in german called "Volticast". To receive the magazine and make use of all the other advantages you need to be a member of the association. And they do send the magazine to other countries then Germany as well. Besides the magazine and supporting the vauting community in various ways members can find a lot of recorded videos from vaulting competitons on the homepage. All for only 46€/year.
About Felix: he has his background in the vaulting scene in Germany and has also a widely spread network in the community. He has been a vaulter and a vaulting trainer himself, bit nowadays he contributes his voluntary work in his freetime to the association. Not only as a chairman, but also as a producer of the magazine. His "real" job is working as a speech therapist. In this episode we talk about everything in between having heavy metal or teddybears as a theme for a freestyle.
You can find more information about "Der Voltigierzirkel" at: https://www.voltigierzirkel.de
The interview was recorded in december 2021.
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By The Vaulting BlogIn this episode you will get to know Felix Bender who is chairman of the german association "Der Voltigierzirkel", who also distributes a vaulting magazine that is sended out 4 times a year. The magazine is in german and does cover everything from basic vaulting to an international level. Everything captured in a beautiful colored paperback magazine. A range of different professions are contributing to this high quality magazine to show the debth of our sport. The people interviewd or writing for the magazine are though not always Germans. Throughout the years people from all around the world have contributed with their knowledge to it. Competetative vaulting as it is today has it's roots in Germany and with over 400 active clubs Germany is considered as the Mecca of vaulting which makes it easy to understand that there is a market for this kind of magazine entirely in german. Besides the production of the magazine the association does get involved with active vaulters through supporting them with different rewards and through their activity in social media. This they do through their instragram- and facebook account, but also through their own vaulting podcast in german called "Volticast". To receive the magazine and make use of all the other advantages you need to be a member of the association. And they do send the magazine to other countries then Germany as well. Besides the magazine and supporting the vauting community in various ways members can find a lot of recorded videos from vaulting competitons on the homepage. All for only 46€/year.
About Felix: he has his background in the vaulting scene in Germany and has also a widely spread network in the community. He has been a vaulter and a vaulting trainer himself, bit nowadays he contributes his voluntary work in his freetime to the association. Not only as a chairman, but also as a producer of the magazine. His "real" job is working as a speech therapist. In this episode we talk about everything in between having heavy metal or teddybears as a theme for a freestyle.
You can find more information about "Der Voltigierzirkel" at: https://www.voltigierzirkel.de
The interview was recorded in december 2021.