Mom's Help
As a child, Angela Rice's mother worried that cheerleading classes were too expensive. But with a lot of motivation and perseverance, she became a viral sensation, thanks to an outstanding video that appeared on Youtube. Now, people can't seem to get enough of her.
Angela Rice can be described as an incredible talent. The Atlanta-based social media sensation began her journey to success when she was very young, and along the way has set records and gained recognition for her achievements. Her story will impress and inspire you.
Rice took up tumbling at the young age of three as a hobby. It turned out that she had a knack for the sport, but she wasn't enrolled in official lessons at the start. Instead, her mother assumed the role of coach. It was too expensive to sign up both of her daughters to tumbling classes, and so that is why Rice's mom decided to become a teacher herself.
Training Begins
Rice's older sister was receiving lessons from a tumbling coach, and by watching the classes, Rice's mom learned all the teaching techniques. Rice told NBC News in May 2016 that, "She would just watch and try to do what the tumbling teachers did." But then, her mom got a job at an athletic center, allowing Rice to start cheerleading herself. By the age of five she was competing in cheer competitions. By the time she reached 12 years old, Rice had immersed herself in the world of tumbling.
Rice went on to train at a gym called Flip City South, where she fine-tuned her tumbling skills to get ready for competitions. Before long, Rice was on her way to becoming a world-renowned tumbling sensation. She soon became World Cheerleading Champion not just once, but twice.
The Video
However, her heart was set on tumbling, and that's the field in which she flourished the most. In fact, she was ranked ninth in the whole world in 2015.
Rice starred in a YouTube video doing something that nearly broke the internet. It was so incredible to watch that the footage went totally viral. The video begins with Rice standing at the end of a mat, ready to perform an utterly spectacular tumbling routine. During the video, her fellow cheerleaders line the gym mat, ready for the show. She explodes into a series of round-offs and flips that impress the viewers and the people surrounding her.
Viral Status
Right when you think she's tired, she finds the energy to launch herself back into more flips. It's not surprising that the crowd loses their mind when she's done. In total, she performs five double twists, and she makes it look easy. The YouTube community was stunned by the video.
The video did so well online that it gained an enormous view count. It's been watched more than 10 million times and has more than 9,000 likes and hundreds of comments underneath. There's no doubt that the video put Rice on the map, and since then she's been taking advantage of the exposure.
Her goal? To raise awareness of power tumbling as a competitive sport so that it might one day feature as an Olympic event.