Quadrobics is the sport of the decade, having only finally qualified as a professional sport in may 2014. Our mission is to create a strong and valid foundation for the sport to grow on.
Quadrobics consists of many different sports, including in industries like dance, diving, track and field, cross country, agility racing, dressage, tournament games, barrel racing and show jumping.
Check out the 'What Is Quadrobics' Article for a longer synopsis.
Quadrobics was originally and still is used as an artform, often to mimic the natural movements of animals, as seen in many ancient cultures, though the artistic values are still shown in the sport today, especially in dance and hunting.
Image: "Tonkawa wolf dance"
Quadrobists and adjacent communities are known for their gentle and welcoming nature, especially due to the creative and artistic expressions of the culture. This can take on many forms, especially in decorative equipment such as vision training masks shaped like animal faces, decorative or taxidermy tails for height and balance measurement, protective gloves decorated like paws, and many others.
This culture extends for hundreds of years, and is only now being recognized for what it is. People are finally able to express their appreciation for nature outside of the circus. Not only has the artform been carried for years as the skills have become more advanced, but the community has also strengthened exponentially, especially now that it has grown its media presence.
Even the sports show how connected the community is, as seen in the Co-paw role, a person who follows, supports and guides an athlete through courses. As well as the Den Meet, a mandatory 45-80 minutes before a competition where the athletes and copaws gather to get ready together. Its also an opportunity for spectators, mentors and sponsors to mingle before the competition. This time is used for welcoming new people to community as well as share food, conversation and resources.
Both of these roles come from deep roots in the community that we hope to recreate and upkeep to ensure that every person can experience the best part of every gathering; which is understanding the collective, and creating a welcoming atmosphere between everyone.
This sport has always been about more than the competition, which is why we try our best to cultivate into something amazing, and show more people the joys and beauty of our sport. We hope to share our skils, art, and culture with anyone interested, starting with athletics!
Image: Kenichi Ito's world record, 2015
Traditional quadrobics is one of the two focuses of quadrobics. It included more natural movements, designed for efficiency, safety, and adaptability. It is usually taught to all students first, before they learn recreational skills. Traditional quadrobics has more techniques and a more 'crude' form, which can be good for open feild sports such as hunting, agility coursing, and cross country.
Image: ANIMAL dance - Hanna Satterlee
Recreational quadrobics is called such because the skills are not required to do quadrobics, since the form is more 'refined' and controlled, focusing in showy, consistent movements. It has a lot more skills and teachings, and includes itself in all levels higher than 4. Two fields that are dedicated to Rec are Diving and dance, but it is also most useful in show gaiting or dressage, and show jumping.
Image: Sirmaur's Sinhatoo dance - Hindustan Times
"Becoming With Animal" Onassis Foundation
An outdoor sport on a grass field, with plastic hurdles and markers for obstacles. Its an individual and semi-professional sport.
Based on equine dressage, this sport takes place indoors. It is a formal sport that takes place in the winter. it includes showing off a variety of high level gaits and skills with little to no equipment.
An indoor high level sport that includes a course of consistent, well formed jumps. The score is based on speed and form. It is a winter sport that is one of the most well known in quadrobics.
Individual, semi-professional sports that include 100 meter dash, high jump, long jump, mile runs, marathon, 4x100 gait track, weight pulling, and trot races. These can be done at home and are usually used to set a record and standard for an athletes Student Assesment Form, which dictates their skill level and weather or they they can compete in certain high level sports.
The quadrobics dance industry is separate from the main sport, and includes dance, synchronized dance, circus, acting, performance art, ballet, musical theatre, and many more. Only a short introduction to dance and performing arts is taught in classes.
Diving is a small industry in quads, although it belongs to a larger category of water sports, often being grouped in with ice skating, figure skating, snow boarding, triathlon, and sometime cross country. diving is not taught at all in traditional classes.
Skateboarding
Mermaid Convention, Silver Spring Maryland
Our company is one of the first to host and sponsor quadrobics competitions, with the first public comps planning to take place in fall 2025.