Practicing Figure 8 Flips Underwater

Courtney Mermaid and Mermaid Bjossa practicing figure 8 flips underwater.

I don't know about you, but I have thoroughly been enjoying my mermaid experience on and offline over the last little while!

​Swimming in leggings with my friends, doing tricks, practicing new moves, it's been a blast!

I have taken all of the pressure off of myself and have finally been able to focus back in on what actually matters to me when it comes to mermaiding: creating mermaid magic through my shop, my mermaid experience underwater, and time spent with my mer friends. 💖

On this particular swim I asked Mermaid Bjossa to help me with my figure 8 flips (something I've been struggling a bit with recently). Without a doubt, Mermaid Bjossa does the most appealing figure 8 flips and so I was really excited when she agreed to help a fish out!

​Mermaid figure 8 flips with a surface are hard to do! Mermaid Bjossa gives me some serious pointers and helps me get back on track! 💖

Arm placement seems to be a large part of my issue and why I seem to "stall" when I get to the arc of my flip. I can also see, after reviewing the footage WAY TOO MANY TIMES HAHA, that I'm missing a kick between my two turns. So! The next time I hit the pool, I will try that out since I hadn't noticed it last time I went. This is honestly why it can be very beneficial to film yourself, even if you never share the footage.

We were also tinkering with a few back flips and at the tail-end of the video (pun totally intended) Bjossa actually does a really epic vertical infinity flip!

​Now it's something I really want to try!

Courtney Mermaid gets the "zoomies" and tries to swim through Bjossa's beautiful backflip.

I feel so blessed to have such a supportive fish to swim with! She never makes me feel badly when my physical limitations get in the way and any time I have a breakthrough with something (even something as small as touching the bottom of the pool) she cheers me on and it makes all the difference! 💖

I'm very excited for our next swim session to see what other new moves we can come up with and to see if I can finally nail an EPIC figure 8 flip!

Happy Swimming!
​Courtney Mermaid