A rarely used transition, and a key element of the washing machine called Rubicon. If you’re looking for a challenge, give it a try!
The flyer brings their extended leg down across the body, this is the first stetp. From this point, two paths are possible: (1) either the flyer continues to turn backward, opening into a straddle, and the base steps into the other knee pit from behind. (2) Or the flyer turns forward, and the base enters the knee pit that way
(1) This is the first variation, where the flyer brings the leg back to the base
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In the second variation, after the cross step, the flyer extends the leg forward, hooks onto the base’s leg, and then turns backward
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Used Poses
Reverse Star
This is also a shoulderstand on feet pose, but here the flyer is positioned reversed on the base’s foot, facing backward. For the flyer to …
Reverse Straddle Throne
The flyer sits on the base’s legs, facing away, with their legs locked around the base’s legs from behind. It’s a beginner pose, simple and …
Referenced Videos
Rubicon
The Rubicon is a transition between two poses, going there and back in the opposite direction. This creates a loop …
Same Transition Opposit Direction
From Reverse Straddle Throne to Reverse Star
A rarely used transition, and a key element of the washing machine called Rubicon. If you’re looking for a challenge, …

