Cheer Apparel

• Special Order Cheer Uniforms - Your team. Your look. Your Way. Design in your fabrics and colors.
• SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS - GK uses the highest quality crystals - the best in the world!
• New for 2012 - Special Order Headbands!
• Product Partners: Bowdacious Cheer Bows and Wink Performance Cosmetics
• In-Stock Uniforms, Spirit Wear and Warm-Ups
• Infinite embellishment possibilities with sequinz™, embroidery or imprinting

• Made in the USA - all manufacturing is done under one roof at GK to maximize quality control.  And, what is better than having our products made under one roof?  Products that are Made in the USA, of course.
• Z Stitch - what is so special about Z Stitch?  Our sewing technology enables us to create more creative and intricate designs that are stitched on using a precise Z Stitch application.
• DryTech - DryTech is GK's performance fabric with moisture wicking and anti-microbial characteristics.  Stay cool and dry with special order and in-stock garments made of DryTech.  When you feel better, you perform better.
• GK uses SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS exclusively, the premium brand for the finest crystal elements.  Austrian made, SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS can be added to your apparel for maximum sparkle.  The MADE WITH SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS label on products serves as a sign of authenticity and the highest standards of crystal design.

Melody Macklen of Lexington, SC says she is so proud to be part of the GK Elite team because the quality, look, and feel of GK Cheerleading Uniforms are second to none.  Her goal is to give South Carolina cheer teams, gyms, and dance companies a product that everyone will love.

Melody is a mother of two beautiful children and co-owner of Palmetto Athletic Center, home of the Twistarz All-Star Cheerleading program.  She has a big passion for empowering her coaches and athletes to be the best they can be and feels that part of empowering her athletes to perform their best is for them to look their best.

Please contact Melody at 803-261-3519 or mmacklen@cheergk.com so that she can help you give your athletes the apparel that is "engineered for cheer"!  Contact information for other GK Cheer Territory Account Managers in other parts of the US can be found at http://www.gkelite.com/Pages/Information.aspx?keyword=GKS-SR_USREP&pagegroup=GKSalesRepresentatives.

I’m sure by now you’ve heard that GK’s cheerleading apparel has no zippers EVER and fits like no other brand – but what’s so special about our fabric?  At GK, we pride ourselves on having thousands of fabric, color, and print combinations to choose from.  When shopping for a cheerleading uniform, it’s important to consider performance fabrics to help you look and feel your best while you're performing. Here are just a few more reasons keep GK performance fabrics in mind for your next cheerleading uniform purchase:

• GK works directly with select fabric mills to develop four-way super-stretch fabrics which adhere to our stringent specifications.
  
  
• GK’s DryTech fabric has technical properties that help keep you cool and dry. Choose the fabric that works as hard as you do! You can use DryTech in your cheerleading uniform or check out In Stock practice & cheer camp styles that incorporate DryTech fabric with fierce prints and team colors!
  
  
• When you look and feel great, you perform better!

All About Kids Sports Center in Louisville, KY has used GK for their Champion Gymnastics competitive gymnastics apparel for many years, and this year, they decided to check out GK for their Power Cheer All-Stars Cheerleading Uniforms as well. They couldn’t be happier with their custom design sample, saying it was “exactly what they envisioned.” Pauline Haynes from All About Kids went on to say, “The quality and fit is superior to any cheer uniform company we have used in the past.  We are anxious to place our All Star cheer uniforms order from GK.” 

When Power Cheer received their Uniform Sample, their All Star Cheer Director Mecha Sachini couldn’t wait to see it and be the first to try it on! Mecha says she still, “has it!” We agree, Mecha! Best of Luck to Power Cheer! Can’t wait to see your GK’s on the competition floor!

If you like these custom design cheer top, you might also like our GK Double Cross Star Cheer Uniform Top U145L. It’s a full length halter-style cheerleading uniform top with long sleeves, strappy double criss-cross back and star detail on the upper arms.

As Maryland Twisters F5’s point flyer, our new GK Cheer website cover girl Val Rubenstein has been gaining a lot of attention from the cheer world this year. Her amazing showmanship in both stunts and tumbling has really displayed her remarkable cheerleading abilities!

Val discusses cheerleading and NCA All-Star Nationals with GK:

What is your favorite part of being an All-Star Cheerleader?
 “My favorite part of being an All-Star Cheerleader is meeting people! I've met some of my very best friends and amazing coaches through the sport and I don't know what I would do without them!”

So NCA is this weekend! How are you feeling going into it?
“I'm so excited! All I can say is I'm ready! My team is working so hard to prepare for this nationals event and we want to win so badly! I'm ready to show the world what we're made of!”

What have you been doing to prepare yourself?
“I've been eating right and working out to make sure I can endure this routine flawlessly! At practices I make sure to do everything that's asked of me so that when the time comes to perform I'm prepared!”

What is your favorite part of F5's routine this year?
“My favorite part of F5's routine this year is the stunt sequence because when we hit it at competition the thrill of hearing the crowd roar is an indescribable feeling!

Do you have any pre-performance rituals/superstitions?
“I hate splitting poles! Before we take the floor we pray and have a team talk on the floor. I also have handshakes with a few girls on the team that we do right before the music starts!”

What do you think of your GK competition cheer apparel?
“Our custom GK uniforms are amazing! Not only are they gorgeous, they are so comfortable! The crystals make them so unique from any other brand and when the lights hit them on the floor the sparkle is breathtaking!”

Her advice to other cheerleaders:
“There are no excuses for anything! When you think you have reached your absolute limits push harder and you'd be amazed at what you can do! An amazing person once told me to hope for the best and expect the worst because whatever can go wrong will and you need to be prepared to fight for every last bit of it.”

This month, the Competitive Cheer Squad from the University of Maryland hosted Fairmont State at a National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA) meet.   The undefeated Terps, the former NCA All-Girl National Champions, now compete exclusively under NCATA, which sanctions meet-style competitions in which the squads are judged not only on their routine, but also on individual stunt groups, tumbling passes, basket tosses, and separate pyramids.

UMD’s Tricia Fitzgerald gives her take on the Terps and the new type of competition: 

Favorite part of NCATA:

  "I'd say my favorite part of NCATA meets is the back and forth interaction with the other team. It’s great to be able to make a comeback and be able to emphasize each team's strengths. "

Hardest part about NCATA, compared to a traditional college cheerleading competition:

   "I think the hardest part about the meets is that it really levels the playing field because we send our best out against their best. It makes it more exciting and challenging; it keeps us on our toes throughout the whole meet. "

How had you been preparing for the meet against Fairmont?

   "In preparation to compete against Fairmont we spent a lot of time working on all of the events and improving in difficulty and execution from our previous meets. "

Terps’ Biggest Strength:

 "I think our biggest strengths are the tumbling and team routine events. One of the things that’s great about UMD is the depth we have on our team. "

Thoughts on your GK Cheer Apparel:

 "The GK cheerleading outfits are great! We really love our new black and yellow uniforms this year, and enjoy coming out to the song "Black and Yellow" when we wear them!"

In the end, it was a victory for the Terps, who received a final score of 275.846, ahead of Fairmont’s 270.178. Congrats on your win, UMD! You girls looked fierce!!

FINALLY!!! Your chance to meet GK Cheer Cover Models Kiara Nowlin and Bucky O’Leary! Not to mention get your picture taken with them at NCA and appear in The Cheer Leader Magazine.

Winning is easy! Just email the answers to the following five GK Cheer Trivia Challenge questions to cheercontest@gkelite.com and win one of 50 Kiara Nowlin & Bucky O’Leary autographed 8x10 photos.

If you’re planning to attend NCA, answer the BONUS QUESTION for a chance to win our GRAND PRIZE: A photo of you with Bucky O’Leary and Kiara Nowlin featured in The Cheer Leader Magazine, a $100 GK gift certificate, a Bucky O’Leary and Kiara Nowlin autographed 2011 GK Cheer Catalog and Cheerleading is my Sport Tee shirt, and a subscription to The Cheer Leader Magazine!

Submit your answers along with your name, mailing address, phone number, date of birth and full name of the cheerleading team you are currently on via email to cheercontest@gkelite.com by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 11:59pm Eastern. The lucky winner will be announced on the GK Cheer Facebook page on Monday, February 21, 2011.

Click here to view official Contest Rules.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

HINT:

All of these answers can be found at www.facebook.com/GKCheer and http://shop.gkelite.com. 

Question 1

What famous US Speed Skater is Kiara Nowlin pictured with in our Facebook Photo Album posted on 10/14/2010?

Question 2

What is the Style Number of the In Stock Practice Wear Crop Top with WESTSIDE lettering on the front that Kiara is wearing in our 2011 Cheer Catalog?

Question 3

For what professional Cheerleading team does GK offer their Official Audition Apparel?

Question 4

Name one of the Woodward XCC Cheerleaders that were profiled on the GK Cheer Facebook page in January 2010.

Question 5

What colors is the Crop Top that Shawn Johnson models in our 2011 print and online catalogs for her 2011 Signature Cheer Collection?

BONUS QUESTION

Will you be attending NCA?