Here is the rig on my first day. For scale, you can see one of the employees climbing up the ladder to get everything set for us. I have to admit that when I pulled up in the parking lot the first day I was a little disappointed. I had pictured it being a lot bigger. But once I got up to the platform I realized that it was plenty big enough.
The first 3/4 of the night they have you swing by yourself in a trick called the knee-hang then dismount in a backflip. At first I thought, "I won't even do a back flip on a trampoline! How am I supposed to do one off a swinging bar?!?!" I asked all sorts of stupid questions. And after I did it for the first time I realized that all my worry was completely unprecedented. In any case, here is a video of my first time. Unfortunately, my camera gal didn't quite catch the takeoff due to technical difficulties.
Hmmm. That didn't work. Looks like it won't let me upload more than one video and the one below is way cooler than my first attempt so we'll stick with it...
Technically, you are supposed to start with one hand on the bar and then simultaneously jump off the platform while reaching your second hand from the platform cable to the bar. I had some problems with that. Freud would probably have some interesting things to say about not trusting one's self or some jargon like that. But my argument back is, how can you trust yourself to do something you've never done before? Anyway, my inability to trust myself to get my other hand to the bar midflight is why they had me start with two hands on the bar for the video below. When you do a catch, you have to have the timing right in order to successfully intercept eachother so if you hesitate you screw the whole trick up.
Below is my final swing of the night. I was able to complete the catch but couldn't quite get back to the bar.
Hmmm. That didn't work. Looks like it won't let me upload more than one video and the one below is way cooler than my first attempt so we'll stick with it...
Technically, you are supposed to start with one hand on the bar and then simultaneously jump off the platform while reaching your second hand from the platform cable to the bar. I had some problems with that. Freud would probably have some interesting things to say about not trusting one's self or some jargon like that. But my argument back is, how can you trust yourself to do something you've never done before? Anyway, my inability to trust myself to get my other hand to the bar midflight is why they had me start with two hands on the bar for the video below. When you do a catch, you have to have the timing right in order to successfully intercept eachother so if you hesitate you screw the whole trick up.
Below is my final swing of the night. I was able to complete the catch but couldn't quite get back to the bar.
When I get better I'll put more videos up. :)
Have a great day!
Have a great day!
