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This is not traditional jump roping – the kind where school children loop the rope around their head and under their feet in a school gym. Jumpers have taken it to a whole different place – dance moves, music, choreography.

“The sport has evolved so much,” said Colleen McCary, a 17 year member of the Kirkland based Hot Dog USA jump rope team. McCary said when she first started jumping, after attending a summer camp before the third grade, the focus was more on speed and endurance. Today she’s part of the six person team which just finished performing their fusion routine at the World Competition in Washington D.C.