Over 600 LES MILLS™ agents, sales staff and trainers from all over the world have traveled to Auckland, New Zealand – the birth place of Les Mills – for the 2008 Global Summit. And it is going off!
The summit was officially opened on Sunday February 10 by New Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clark. It was a cultural celebration with a new LES MILLS™ haka revealed, the LES MILLS™ promo song Kotahitanga performed by its composer Hinewehi Mohi and the LES MILLS™ handshake (the hongi), shared by all.
After this spectacular event, the room at SKYCITY Convention Centre was transformed into an amazing racing track where 100 RPM™ trainers rode to the rhythm of RPM™ 39 set by their presenting team of Program Directors Dan McDonogh and Glen Ostergaard, International Master Trainer Pete Manual, Sarah Ostergaard (NZ), Chris Richardson (NZ) and Meg Chalker (Aust).
The BODYCOMBAT™ 36 presenting team consisting of Program Directors Dan Cohen and Rachael Newsham, Hernan Lopez (Mexico/Argentina), Thomas Cerboneschi (France), Oscar Fernandez (Spain) and Haruka Tamura (Japan) then took to the stage with a fusion of many of the world’s finest martial arts – karate, boxing, capoeira, kung fu, muay thai, taekwondo and kick boxing. And wait until you see their outfits!
BODYATTACK™ 61 brought the house down with a hugely energetic release by a world class team. Program Director Lisa Osborne was joined by Will Brereton (NZ/UK), Fabio Abrantes (Portugal), Bevan James Eyles (NZ), Kendall Kimball (USA), Mark Sinclair (NZ) and Robinson Kennedy (Brazil).
BODYBALANCE™ 41 finished off the first huge day of filming – providing the calm in the storm – so to speak! Program Director Jackie Mills was joined by Corey Baird (NZ), Dr David McKenzie (NZ), Kylie Gates (Australia) and Laurence Klares (France).
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