Saving yourself

Today marks the 3rd out of my 7 days this week I get to fly, and today the Cotton Candy Club was visited by my dear friends, Adriana & Daniel. We all flew together last year in May for our found raiser and they both had been gone (work & school) and were visiting for the winter break.
Daniel had been catching up in Oakland, and Adrian's was ready to go to catch with him out of safety lines.
It was a great day with a lot of firsts: first catch knee hang & splits for Daniel & first time I had to go to the net with my splits out of lines (except for the time I took it OOL to the net without attempting to catch).
I am already "not tight/confident" in going to catch to this new catcher with a trick I don't take to the net but I am very happy and proud of how I saved myself.
Here is a video.

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Dowel grips and how they change the sweepback

Ok, I have been flying with regular palm protective grips for 13 years or so.
I don't like change but I heard that dowel grips makes your hands stick to the bar so I decided to try it.
I always had a non-existent sweep back off the board, (but only on the first one) mainly cause I had a traumatic experience while sweeping back (I peeled of the bar) so I figured if the dowel grips can give me any help in my sweep back, I will use them.
So here is a picture of me practicing sweeping back in dowel grips and without. Which one do you think is with dowels?






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Weighing more

Good morning everybody.
I've been wanting to continue writing on my flying trapeze blog but unfortunately I haven't been doing much flying these last couple of weeks. We had a whole week (a week and a half) with bad winds, so bad that we had to cancel catching. Before the wind, we had rains so I spent a lot of time indoors, watching trapeze videos & eating up the pounds of Swedish Candy I brought with me.
Unfortunately, I gained 20 pounds since May. I'm about 5'9" and weight 128 lbs & now 148lbs.
Trust me, no flying for weeks & then yesterday I went up to swing.
I never felt so out of shape!
It didn't help that I had a cold, even if it was almost gone.

FLYING IS SO MUCH EASIER WHEN YOU WEIGHT LESS!!!

It's gonna take a New Years resolution to change this road.
From today I will start doing static trapeze & cardio.
Cause I can't work on any of the things I was going to work on and write about: like my progression of my swing, new tricks OOL & more catches/returns.
So today, I will start on my journey to get back in shape. Follow it, if you will.
I'll post a video of my progression on the static, starting today
And if anybody knows any specific exercises for the flying trapeze, please let me know.





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Addicted to flying trapeze

Hello world!
I decided to start a blog about my flying trapeze addiction, which has led me through a 14 year journey and has ended up with me owing my own flying trapeze rig. And it's pink! Yes, fluorescent pink powder coated over steel. She is beautiful and her name is Venus.
As I live on 20 acres I could put up Venus outside of my dwellings.
So the Cotton Candy Club was born; a place to train & practice with fellow flying trapeze enthusiasts.
The reason for this blog is that I am constantly talking about flying trapeze and figured I needed an outlet.
I will write about everything under the sun in regards to flying trapeze & flying on the trapeze, or anything else that flying trapeze inspires.



Isn't she pretty?


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