Skip Around The World
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iSkip.com is the home of the worldwide skipping movement. We celebrate all things skipping.
San Francisco’s Kim Corbin created the website in the spring of 1999 when she became so inspired after skipping for the first time as an adult that she decided to invite the rest of the world to join her.
She began organizing regular group skipping events. and in July 1999 the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a feature article about her efforts called, “She’d Like to Teach the World to Skip.” That set off an unprecedented
flurry of national media attention: Time, Newsweek, People, USA Today, the BBC, CNN, and more all did stories about Kim’s efforts. She even got to skip and hold hands with Donny Osmond when she was interviewed on the Donny & Marie Show.
As skippers from around the world heard the news and began contacting Kim, she quickly realized she was not alone in her love for skipping. Free spirits from all walks of life and in all shapes and sizes began contacting her through the website. Some had been skipping for years. Others were just finding the courage to give it a go again as adults.
Much to Kim’s surprise, the fitness community also took her skipping idea quite seriously. Shape, Fitness, and Sports Illustrated for Women all told the story. Prevention Magazine researched the benefits of skipping and wrote a highly favorable article about the benefits of adding a skip to our steps. There’s no doubt about it — skipping is good for the body, mind, and soul!
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