Airbaby, or airbaby freeze, freeze, position supported by the arms with the knee resting on the elbow on the same side.

The airbaby was developed by Ken Swift [2]. It arose from his concept of a "vertical" baby freeze. It was also done by Frosty Rock in 1985 [3].

The airbaby resembles a yoga asana [4,5], and a one-hand airbaby was part of a routine of Soviet clown Leonid Yengibarov in 1963 [6,5].

Cross Airbaby

Airbaby with opposite knee resting on the elbow.

Cross Foot Airbaby

Airbaby with the foot on the side of the non-supporting arm resting between the opposite arm and knee. Done by Dirty in 2001 [9,10].

Diamond Airbaby

Airbaby with feet together and forming a diamond shape with the legs.

Elbow Airbaby

v. elbow freeze

Lotus Airbaby

Airbaby with legs in the lotus position.

Low Airbaby

Also low baby. Airbaby with the knee resting on the forearm.

One-Hand Airbaby

Also one-arm airbaby. Airbaby supported by one arm.

Reverse Airbaby

v. air step

• Taisuke ends with an airbaby

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2. Sirviö, J. 2018, "Dig into the evolution of freezes," redbull.com/in-en/the-evolution-of-freezes-in-breaking (retrieved 12 September 2019)
3. Moreno, J. 2019, instagram.com/p/BsLxD1pnyNo (retrieved 16 September 2019)
4. Iyengar, B. K. S. 1966, Light on Yoga, London: Allen & Unwin
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6. Isahakyan, L. & Malyan, H. 1963, Путь на арену, USSR, Hayfilm Studio
7. Yudin, A. 2016, instagram.com/p/BMtwjDvB5Xn (retrieved 16 September 2019)
8. Alba, K. 2019, instagram.com/p/BySmZaOhFk9 (retrieved 13 September 2019)
9. Larry Ham. 2018, "Bboy Jin (JiVe Turkeys - JVT) discusses "press style"/ circus style/ transfer style," youtube.com/watch?v=9qy954b9AOE (retrieved 15 September 2019)
10. CommonGroundArts. 2019, "bboy Deadly Mike vs Dirty (08/2001 @ B2DU Toronto)," youtube.com/watch?v=qSMCDiC1gv8 (retrieved 16 October 2019)