Matthew Oprescu Hines

Male. 36. Gay. Total gymnastics nerd and former junior elite. Do you remember The Mogilny newsletter? Were you on the AOL gymnastics message boards in the 90's? When someone says they love Simone Biles, I think it's cool, great. When someone says they remember Kerri's vault and The Mag 7 in 1996, I get excited. However, when someone talks about how Eva Ovari's front aerial is possibly the most beautiful piece of gymnastics ever? Gurrrl. I buy them dinner, lean in, and propose marriage so I can discuss what routines we would create if they brought compulsories back, and how underrated Cristina Fraguas was, and how Kathy Johnson Clarke gives us life. I also went to school at UVA and got a degree in history with a focus on genealogical trait spread and comparative monarchial history. Keeper of -Alexis Brion's double full-in pike out. -Sophia Butler's aerial cartwheel+onodi+sissone+Korbut combo. -Svetlana Boguinskaya's divinity.