Wrapped Up in Aerial Silks

Savai in the silks.

During our “ wintering” in Honolulu we have all gotten into a routine of weekly racing, going to the stables and for me, aerial silks.

Aerial silks are the big long silks you see people doing flips & drops and poses on in the circus. I like it because it’s one of those things I can climb on without getting yelled at by my dad. I first got into it when our neighbors approached my dad and asked if he knew how they could get theirs up the mast. So a couple days later they put their spinnaker pole up and somebody wrapped into the aerial silks.

Savai hanging upside down in silks.

Over the past six months I have been biking to the Still & Moving Center (https://www.stillandmovingcenter.com/ ) where I am taking classes with other students my age. And I have gathered a boatload of skills, including flips, drops, and many poses. Silks is definitely one of my new passions!

Talia photo bombing Savai in the silks at our neighbors’ boat.


One Reply to “Wrapped Up in Aerial Silks”

  1. Aunt Crystal says: Reply

    Wow! Until now, I thought the singer Pink was the only performer in mid-air silks, but now I see it’s a whole lifestyle, in Hawaii!
    How cool that you can study this while living on a dock where you can do it every day, Savai…will your bedroom in Bainbridge have a mast out the window for you??!

    Congratulations, and keep swinging!
    Love,
    Crys, Jake and Bryan

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