Splits

i met many bar aerialists at necca and felt inspired at how passionate everyone was about aerial, and felt quite validated at being able to showcase my strengths (though obviously i learned a lot from this very talented group of aerialists). i was not very well-conditioned when i arrived so i held back a bunch, but was able to perform a small improv on day 3. i also tried swinging trapeze for the first time. definitely had a bit of fear here but it was potentially the most fun i’ve had with momentum outside of spinning (by contrast, i’ve never really been into tumbling, beats on static, or drops). ...

i’m usually underwhelmed by shots of aerialists from below, so when there happened to be an aerial point at this venue in santa cruz, i took some wide-angle video from below to scope out problems and possibilities from this angle. i tried a few things and settled on this split in s-wrap, which looks a lot more interesting from below than it does from the side; it adds visual interest other than unintentional-seeming foreshortening. other considerations were the positioning of the tail (if i’d had someone to pull it out of frame and show the foot, i think that would make this image perfect). ...

was feeling wistful for dad rock when i did this flow after training. very happy with having found this single-arm handstand split with sable’s help: it is one of the few things i’ve discovered myself on the apparatus rather than seen someone else do and so feels very much “me”.