The Guide of Where to Buy Cheerleading, Gymnastics and Dance Shorts!

You know what is stupidly hard to find? Active wear shorts. Not even cute ones, just shorts in general seem to have disappeared in the wake of the lululemon/tna pants era. I love my stretchy black pants but I can't do cheerleading, gymnstics, dance or a lot of intense workouts in them. I thought since mall searching wasn't working for me, I would find tons and tons online to choose from. I thought wrong. To try and save the world time, I've compiled a list of places, online and off that might help your search! Please Feel free to tell me where you get your shorts in the comments so I can build this list up!

Triple Flip

Triple Flip is a small start up chain slowly growing in Canada. I came across their store in Oakville and I was super impressed. It's like this place understands the need for actual shorts! They sell a few body suits as well but they mainly focus on general active wear. In a move I find rather confusing, the line is marketed towards younger girls but the sizes go all the way up to about a M-L adult. The pictures on the website may through you off but they do fit accurate to size. I'm wearing a 5 and it fits great. I would suggest ordering from them for sure. I'm wearing the super shorts I bought from them today (which inspired this post!) and I'm super happy with my purchase. They are made with the same lulu lemon material, the perfect short length for cheer shorts and priced extremly well. These shorts will last working out two times a week for a few years. The only problem I have with this company besides the marketing focus towards younger girls is some of the fabric prints are a bit tacky but its nice to see them add some different styles in the mix. I want to pick up a pair of pink plaid shorts for sure, workout clothes should be fun. Bonus points for selling sparkly spankies. Also, encourage them to make some cute bra tops! P.S. stretch wear is 15% off right now.



Jagwear
Jagwear is a website that offers tons and tons of great shorts. They have a bunch of sparkly ones as well as plain colors with rhinestones. I totally plan on making an order here for sure once I have some money! I'm super surprised I haven't heard of them until now. Bonus, they have a Halloween sale on right for 30% off some stuff.
They also get a shout out for making a superhero bodysuit. Just another reason I want to do actual gymnastics.

Gk Elite
Gk Elite is a great website for cheer and gymnastics related workout gear. They set trends in the cheer world and follow them. They also have a wide selection of bra tops and shorts. They also have cool features like a cheer line by Shawn Johnson. I could honestly buy over $1000 worth of things on this site! I'm going to crack soon and probly do that. If only I wasn't paying more then I make on cheer... The websites really large so make sure to look around in every section before ordering. The one thing that stopped me from ordering on this site before was how exensive shipping was to Canada. I think it was 14-20 something for a pair of shorts? If your only ordering one thing that really sucks. If you can find some friends to order with though this site could totally be worth it.

allaboutdance.com
All About Dance has a small but affordable selection of shorts on their site. The website also promises cheap and quick shipping to Canada so that's a bonus! The site looks like a good place to get some great basics for a low price.

Pink by Victoria's Secret
In the summer I could not find shorts. I got desperate and bought the cute capri pants from pink and cut them! Yes, it was expensive for shorts but they are super cute and I cut them to the length I wanted. I didn't hem them as I've been to lazy but they've been fine. I hate that I had to resort to this but I do love pinks designs. MAKE MORE SHORTS PINK!

Titika ActiveWear
This is a local line that is super cute! They don't have many shorts but they do offer a few cute ones. The line offers great things like pockets for credit cards and ipods and the cutest bra tops!

And of course...

Tna
The last few times I've checked out TNA I haven't seen any shorts. Whenever they do get some in though they are sure to be on the pricer side. Its still a good place to check as it can be fairly easy to track down in a mall in Canada. Minus more points for not having a webshop though

Lulu Lemon
This is the most obvious choice. They will be over priced and don't usually have the best fits for cheer but they are wildly available.

Willow Smith is Seriously FEIRCE!

Seriously, If you haven't seen this you NEED to.
I never thought a 9 year old could be so damn cool. She has some serious Asian inspiration going on (gal nails!) and i LOVEE it!

I feel. So gross.
This was my sat morning workout attire. I seriously wore sunglasses the whole time in the gym.

Question, do you think before something new and big happens in your life you can feel the change?

my whole summer

I SUCK.
SO BAD!
I'M SO SORRY!
Yes, I've been having a midlife crisis. I do however have a job! I'M BEING PRODUCTIVE! It's seasonal though. I love it. When Halloweens over I will cry. I've also been working on new music yay!! I'm on two cheerleading teams! I'm miserable on them of course! (As I will never top :( I worked all summer on a back handspring then I severely messed up my arm! YAYYY! I'm now nowhere near my handspring because my arms are so weak from it! Nooo!!

ANYWAYS! As for some stuff I did this summer...

I went to the Down With Webster End of Summer Party! My friends were there! I was happy!
I missed the last day of driving school for it though, I will probably never finish it now.

This is the most epic red carpet picture ever.

On the way there, a mother on the shuttle bus to the party kept telling me and my friend about her medical weed card. She wouldn't shut up. She was insane. So I did what any normal person would in that situation, moved up a few seats and did gymnastics on a moving bus!

I went to summer rush with my friend Chris from grade 6-8! SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS ME! THE ME BEFORE ALL THIS DRAMA! Had a ton of fun hanging with him. I ALSO MADE BURLINGTON FRIENDS! WHO WERE AT THE DOWN WITH WEBSTER PARTY! I love them but then left for school being the productive people they are. Summer rush was the only day I made it to Wonderland. I went on a total of one ride. Super disappointed by this. B.O.B is awesome live though.


I did however high five a dinosaur while there, so that ALMOST makes up for it.

One of the only people I can stand in the world, Sarah had a going away party. She is in England for school. I am pissed and miss her. I took out my anger by drinking more then I had ever drank. Nothing comes remotly close to how much I drank that night. My friend who picked me up said I talked about Hello Project for 15 minuets without taking a breath. Yep, when I'm drunk I rant about Japanese pop stars.

The kid beside me was obsessed with Justin Beiber. It was awesome. I kept telling him to stay in school.
AND I SNUCK INTO A CLUB! UNDERAGE! BECUASE IT WAS KPOP NIGHT AND LIKE I'D MISS THAT?
So what did you do this summer?!