Backend Gazelle

Trick ID: 162

Also known as: Single Knee Hang

Hook one knee on the bar

#Gazelle

Explanation

Swing out and back. At the backend, hook one knee onto the bar and keep your other leg straight with your head back. As you reach the frontend, release your hands and lift your head to make the catch. A variation of this trick involves opening into a Split position just before making the catch.

Trick Info

Regular Grip Regular Lines Find Possible Catches

Video

Notes: First trick on this video is a Gazelle

Additional Video 1
Gazelle with a Splits Opening

Read More

You can find out more about this trick in following books:

Discovering Flying Trapeze

Full explanation, step by step diagrams and common problems. The Fundamentals of Flying Trapeze

Step by step diagram. Flying Trapeze Logbook

Trick listed in the logbook.

Related Items

This trick is a variation of the following trick:

Gazelle

Other similar tricks are:

Gazelle Somersault

Split Roll Gazelle

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