The controlled end of a stunt. In a cradle the bases catch the flyer in their arms; in a pop-off the flyer lands on their own feet.
The dismount is where the forces actually land. Measured on German level-6 cheerleaders, pop-off dismounts produced an average of roughly six times body weight in vertical ground reaction force, with individual values ranging from just over two to nearly fifteen. Drop height pushes that number up sharply — but at comparable heights the flyer's landing technique decides the peak, not how well the bases catch. The typical mistake is mental: the flyer files the stunt away as finished while still in the air and drops the tension before feet or the bases' arms have contact. Stay tight until you are genuinely standing or lying, and come down on a count that was called beforehand, not when it happens to feel right. And note: cradle and pop-off are not interchangeable — which dismount is allowed depends on level and supervision, and it is never decided on the spot.