Members of SubZero All-Stars’ Freeze team from Buffalo, NY, keep things moving on the mat with this five-skill sequence.
By Craig Callaway; All Photos by Curtis Callaway
American Cheerleader December 2008
This pyramid sequence is legal for USASF Levels 3 and up.
1. LOAD: On counts 5, 6, 7, 8, the stunt group sets into a load position for a single-leg stunt.
2. TORCH SCALE: On counts 1, 2, the group goes up to a Torch and hits a Scale on 5, 6. Note: The left side base has her left hand on the front of the top girl’s leg for extra balance and support.
3. LIB POST: On counts 1, 2, the group dips and pops on 3, 4, up into a Liberty in a Post position. NOTE: The left base uses her left hand to pop and then moves it under the top girl’s foot.
4. SCORPION: On counts 5, 6, 7, 8, the top girl pulls into a Scorpion.
5. SPONGE: On counts 1, 2, the group dips, pops and brings the top girl down to a Sponge position.
6. LEFT STRETCH: Bouncing on counts 3, 4, 5, 6, the group goes back up into a left leg Heel Stretch.
7. BOW & ARROW: The top girl then pulls a Bow-N-Arrow on count 5.
8. SPONGE: The group dips on counts 1, 2 for another Sponge…
9. EXTENSION:…and goes back up into an Extension on counts 5, 6.
10. FULL DOWN: Dipping on counts 1, 2, the group pops the top girl into a full twisting dismount.
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avery Feb 23, 2010 at 1:40 am
we tried this (with me flying) and it went fine but why do they do the scale in prep its easier in exstention
cameron Apr 18, 2010 at 11:54 pm
The first time i looked at this i thought it was great. When my team did thia we did great.
lauren May 15, 2010 at 6:27 pm
wow that looks like fun!!!!!!!!!! i’ll have to pitch it to my squad!!
devon Jun 17, 2010 at 1:06 am
ill have to try this with my team
April Jul 27, 2010 at 1:46 am
this is soo easy!!! it is a ton of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love flying
chrissy and trinadee Aug 16, 2010 at 11:31 pm
love your scorpion
monique Oct 11, 2010 at 9:07 pm
that so easy i love flying my team is the best because we always win top gun rocks
**Jasmine:)** Oct 21, 2010 at 9:19 pm
on step nine, i’m not judging, but the cheerleader on the left need to not bend her knees because they might go out from underneath her and hurt more than herself. don’t get me wrong. i’ve learned the hard way! no worries:) no one but me got hurt:) first year. haha! but this is a waaay cool stunt! my stunt group and i tried and it looked AMAZING!!
Juliana Nov 6, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Wow…thats awesome! My squad would totally love doing that!
MiKaela Nov 13, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Jasmine – I understand you gettin hurt and your constructive critism, BUT… the left base is only bending her legs because her arms are longer than the base on the right. If she had fully stood up the top girls feet would have been uneven and that could cause the stunt to fail and the top firl to fall.
I am a base and I’m the shortest on my squad, so most of the other bases have to bend their legs a little bit so our arm’s reach is the same height, because, like I said before, if we were uneven then the top girl is uneven and she could fall. 
Aris Dec 11, 2010 at 12:44 am
To Jasmine, i would agree with you about that but i have to do that 2. And no i have never got hurt and well i am one of the tall pple on my squad and so i have to do the same thing. We go to competion all the time and never get points takin off from it. So i have to dissagree with u so ya…
My squad rocked at this!!!!! (im a base and flyer)
Lauren Dec 13, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Some of the stunt groups on my team do that . But my stunt group doesn’t do that though .but when we pop her to do a cradle we pop her so hight I mean really high. Also nice scorpian
Fallon Jan 9, 2011 at 4:21 pm
I somewhat agree with jasmine on this, it would be easy for the base’s knees to give out. I’m a base/flyer and what we do on our squad is spread our legs so we do not bend. that way it’s completely safe, and we look good too!!
go cubs!!
Amelia Mar 16, 2011 at 11:00 pm
when my team tried it, we did awesome and i loved being the flyer doing it
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