BLACKSBURG - Craig Kafura and Ling Beisecker look as comfortable standing on the back of a moving horse as they would on the ground. In that regard, they're not unlike the rest of their counterparts ...

The sport is called vaulting, and a major competition will be held at the World Equestrian Festival this weekend in Aachen, Germany. By Hannah Wulkan Dancing requires memorizing intricate choreography ...

When you say the word “vaulting,” most people think about Olympic gymnasts flying through the air over an apparatus and sticking their landing. For the members of the Technique Equestrian Vaulting ...

Veteran equestrian vaulter Max Andrews guided us through moves with names that sound like menu items at an acrobatic café: ...

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of Marlee on the Move, a new series airing in the 4 p.m. hour in which News 8 sports reporter Marlee Wierda tries out various sports. You can send ideas ...

The horse trots in a tight circle, straining at its lead, as 8-year-old Kaitlyn Bergen sits calmly atop. Slowly she swings both outstretched legs to one side of the horse and then the other. Then, ...

When the young members of the Flying Star Vaulting Team tell their friends they do gymnastics on horseback, the response is … skeptical. “They’re like, you’re lying,” said Haley Haberger, 11. “When ...

Paityn Phillips practices on horse Clair De Lune during equestrian vaulting practice at Oak Hills Vaulting in Salem on Friday, July 7, 2023. The team will represent the USA at the FEI Vaulting World ...