Reverse tumbleweed: back bird, star, (lower feet to hands to) low foot-to-hand, (base's feet float through the flyer's legs and) back to back bird.
reverse tumbleweed makes perfect sense to me. to go from star to low foot to hand, do you have to be able to balance your star with no hands? or maybe you can keep holding hands until the last minute as the flyer lowers her feet, and then switch to feet?
I've done it hands-free in the past -- you don't quite have to be able to balance it to keep the descent slow. At the festival though, the flyer and base kept holding hands. The flyer brought the feet down to within a couple of inches of the hands, and the base's hands kind of inchwormed across from hands to feet, with no sudden moves.
Tumbleweed: star, back bird, (base grabs the feet and) stand to low foot-to-hand, (base's feet float through, flyer bends over and brings shoulders down to feet to get back up to) star.
i can't grok tumbleweed. is it a back and backwards-facing bird (so the flyer is on her back and her feet are pointing toward the base's head)? if so then it makes a lot more sense to me, although i'm confused how a star works with the flyer facing that opposite direction. if it's not a backwards-facing back bird then i have no idea.
Well, there is such a thing as reverse star... flyer just holds on to the base's legs. :) But no, this is the exact same series of poses as in reverse tumbleweed. Back bird is plain old back flying -- flyer is in a backbend, head is above the base's chest. The transition from there to LFTH (low foot-to-hand) is a bit weird but it works... as a base you grab their feet and pull them, and with your feet help them stand up. I didn't get to fly this, but I bet it feels quite strange to the flyer too.
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branchandroot
Tumbleweeds, reverse and non
Date: 2010-10-24 06:15 pm (UTC)reverse tumbleweed makes perfect sense to me. to go from star to low foot to hand, do you have to be able to balance your star with no hands? or maybe you can keep holding hands until the last minute as the flyer lowers her feet, and then switch to feet?
I've done it hands-free in the past -- you don't quite have to be able to balance it to keep the descent slow. At the festival though, the flyer and base kept holding hands. The flyer brought the feet down to within a couple of inches of the hands, and the base's hands kind of inchwormed across from hands to feet, with no sudden moves.
Tumbleweed: star, back bird, (base grabs the feet and) stand to low foot-to-hand, (base's feet float through, flyer bends over and brings shoulders down to feet to get back up to) star.
i can't grok tumbleweed. is it a back and backwards-facing bird (so the flyer is on her back and her feet are pointing toward the base's head)? if so then it makes a lot more sense to me, although i'm confused how a star works with the flyer facing that opposite direction. if it's not a backwards-facing back bird then i have no idea.
Well, there is such a thing as reverse star... flyer just holds on to the base's legs. :) But no, this is the exact same series of poses as in reverse tumbleweed. Back bird is plain old back flying -- flyer is in a backbend, head is above the base's chest. The transition from there to LFTH (low foot-to-hand) is a bit weird but it works... as a base you grab their feet and pull them, and with your feet help them stand up. I didn't get to fly this, but I bet it feels quite strange to the flyer too.