Lesson 1: Pick a point and stick your gaze there. The horizon is the best for this. I will show you a transition without looking at the horizon.

Here is a transition looking at the horizon. You can barely tell that I transitioned in the video, until Ladd flies above me. This is much improved transition, just because I had a static point of reference. The back-to-belly isn’t that good, more practice.

Again, no horizon, no static point of reference.

But wait, here is looking at the horizon. This was transition #8 (that I’ve been tracking in the last 3wks) so it sucks more than that other horizon one. Honestly, the horizon looking was probably a fluke at this point because Joe Webb just happened to be flying near the horizon.

Lesson 2: When transitioning, the body position at the end of the transition is important, because now you’re back-flying. This was a bad transition all around. Body position is important for finishing the transition strong. This position is the same as belly-to-earth flying. There is not much of a change in how the body is held throughout the transition, and in the back-fly.

Lesson 3: Commit to the transition. This is an illustration of a half-ass attempt at the transition. The commitment is not there, and I bounce back from the attempt. As you seen, I flop half-way over, and then I get kicked back.

Lesson 4: Work through the suck. If you never try to do it, you will never be able to do. Stick it, and back-fly the damn thing! This was transition #32, an arduous road indeed and just a beginning. Candidly, this was an emotional moment of excitement and that kind of deed satisfaction to see the work pay off.