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Suspension Competition Entry #26 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: Designed by architect Frank Gehry, Walt Disney Concert Hall, new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is designed to be one of the most acoustically sophisticated concert halls in the world, providing both visual and aural intimacy for an unparalleled musical experience. From the stainless steel curves of its striking exterior to the state-of-the-art acoustics of the hardwood-paneled main auditorium, the 3.6-acre architectural landmark embodies the unique energy and creative spirit of the city of Los Angeles. Construction began in 1999 and was completed in October of 2003. On Christmas Day 2011, members of CoRE rigged from a tree across the street at the Los Angeles Supreme Court Building and suspended Natalie Smith in a four point resurrection. Neither waiting for the buses at the light to stop blocking the shot or the foot traffic on the sidewalk that was oblivious to what was going on could stop Natalie from suspending from four blacksheeps when the light went from red to green. Photography by Damon Pierce.

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Suspension Competition Entry #25 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: This is Lucky Hell, part of Helsinki’s Supersankari Suspension Team, suspending from a 200 year old beam that was used to hoist ammunition to the cannons, on the island/old military fortress, Suomenlinna.  The island is a very important historical place in Finland, occupied for almost 200 years and included as a world heritage site in 1991.

We had planned this location for some time.  We waited until the very last day of the year. December 31st 2011, to see if the snow would come, but amazingly no real snow has fallen yet in southern Finland.  But don’t let the lack of snow fool you, it is minus degrees in Helsinki right now, and the wind on Suomenlinna has quite a nasty bite to it, due to its location in the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea).

There is less than six hours of sunlight during the winter so we started early, piercing in the city at Paradise Tattoo & Piercing, walked to the harbor and took a 20min ferry to the island, walked to the last corner of the fortress area and got straight to it.

The shot was hard to get as there were so many tourists walking in and out of our pictures, obviously not prepared for a naked suspension in the icy wind.  We chose a suicide because we were outdoors and in Finland at this time of year it’s so cold, you don’t really have the luxury to spend time on beautiful rigging

Crew:

Jussi Paradise – piercing/rigging
Lucky Hell – suspendee
Tinttu Hentonen – photographer
Joona – assistant

www.supersankari.fi
www.luckyhell.fi
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www.paradise.fi

Suspension Competition Entry #24 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: After the first successful run doing this suspension (with Opal Colombel in a lotus position) we soon discovered it was too late in the evening for any decent photographs. It would be to our benefit to try yet again during the day time. The next day being New years, the park was a bit more crowded adding to the excitement and struggle to be unseen.  Jill Coudray came to town with the idea of suspending somebody on the Diving Bell Ferris wheel.  The Diving Bell is 100 feet high and located amongst downtown buildings, next to a major freeway at the Houston Aquarium.

Kieran Diedrich came up with the rigging ideas and overall organization of both suspensions, with Jill’s help. Britt Laird did an awesome job rigging both lotus suspensions in a very minimal time frame, risking possible jail to be in the cart.  Completing Jill’s idea was Jess Allbright suspending for our final attempt and submission photo. Hope you enjoy the photo as much as we enjoyed the experience.

Suspension Competition Entry #23 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: This suspension was performed at the corner of Allen Parkway and Montrose Blvd in Houston, TX.  Neil decided to suspend between Jaume Plensa‘s septuplet of “Tolerance” sculptures.  The sculptures are in a kneeling position and are meant to inspire the citizens of Houston to consider the city’s diverse culture.  That being said, Neil wanted to suspend amongst them so people can look at what we do in a little more positive light.  He suspended from an SMS Tambourine drop rig in a kneeling position with two 4g Gilsons in his back, two 4g gilsons in his thighs, and two 8g blacksheep hooks in the bottoms of his feet. A.G.R.O. and WasteLanD are officially dubbing this suspension “The KNeil”.

Suspension Competition Entry #22 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: This suspension took place on December 28, 2011 in Colosseum in Pula, Croatia. My first idea was to go up in 2 point resurrection+single point chest, a sort of a triangle suspension. It was just too hard to breathe and I couldn’t really take my time to adjust the rigging so I just detached the chest hook and went up pretty easy in a 2 point resurrection. It was all done pretty quick; we threw a 60 meter sling over a volt with a bottle of water tied to the end of it. That was our main concern: will we be able to throw it so high and far. And of course not to get caught. Harder then suspending was picking the photo for this contest. There were just too many beautiful pictures and I have to thank Teddy Lee for that. I picked the one where you can see the true beauty of the place where I hanged.

Suspension Competition Entry #21 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: December 19th 2011, featured is Carli D from team WasteLanD of DisGraceLanD Family Entertainment doing a modified crucifixion rebirth suspension. She is rigged to the fire escape outside of the Chicago bar, Exit. This was her 2nd suspension for the night at the 2nd Location in the beautiful 36 degree Midwest weather, and at this point she had hooks in for about 2½ hours.  We scoped out the Exit knowing it was the night of the staff Christmas party and a large, random audience would be in place. When we got there we gained access to the closed 2nd floor which gave us access to the fire escape. We were rigged and had her up within minutes of securing the spot. As she was lifted in the air, patrons and staff of the bar rushed out to see what was happening outside.  In the photo you can see the Bar Manger (Grey Hair) with his camera phone along with other bystanders capturing the random moment. WasteLanD managed to shock, at a place where nothing is shocking, and to top off a successful night…Our rope never touched the ground.

D-I-S-GR-ACE…. LAND!

Photo by Dj Scatter / WasteLanD

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Suspension Competition Entry #20 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: December 19th 2011, featured is Carli D from DisGraceLanD Family Entertainment’s newest chapter, WasteLanD. She is doing a modified crucifixion/rebirth suspension.  Just 2 days before, Ribble received a call from JiJi Disgrace telling of the competition and that WasteLanD needs to be in it. Within minutes, a team was being assembled and planning had started. We picked Monday night knowing there was a punk show happening in Chicago and that there would be a good amount of people in town for the upcoming holiday.  Access to a private green room was arranged and this allowed us the ability to have a clean spot to prep and pierce. Hook selection was four 7g Black Sheeps in her back, and two 8g Mustads in her arms. 4mm black accessory cord was used for the primary support line and pink paracord was used to accent the rigging in a stylized pattern.  We rigged to a fire escape outside of Cobra Lounge’s front door. We had crazy responses from this as people from the show and bystanders took notice.  Passing cars swerved to a stop to take a look at what was happening and crowd comments of, “Oh my god, does that hurt?!! …..Quiet! She’s mediating….” And, “She’s like a pretty, pierced fairy!” were heard from patrons that came out to see the commotion caused by WasteLanD.

*Gloves seen in photo were clean and were not used for contaminated items.

Photo by Jo Ko / WasteLanD

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Suspension Competition Entry #19 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: 2 point resurrection in a chain link catwalk over HW 75 in Sherman TX.

Suspension Competition Entry #18 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: A single point suspension on the main square of Tel-Aviv, Rabin Square.  This square is a place where located a city-hall. We had chosen for suspension the Holocaust Monument by Yigal Tumarkin – the idea was to make a painfull suspension on the monument of pain. A single point lower back suspension for Elena Aksenova made a huge blast of emotions – like she said everything happening was unforgettable. For not to hurt anyone’s feelings we had made this suspension in 4 o’clock in the morning, but becaurse this is the main square of the city (the place for parades, with monuments and it is located in the center of the city) even at 4 all the cafes around was full of people so we had to do everything fast and well-planed (Israel polica will be really angry if they saw this). Read more

Suspension Competition Entry #17 with the information provided by the submitter:

Information about the entry: Our second location on October 22nd is a Municipal building. Along the front wall there’s four big hooks sticking out of the wall. Back in 2000 trough 2002, Pain Solution was situated in a venue in the same complex, and at this very address Wings of Desire was founded. It’s been nearly a decade having this location in my mind for a guerrilla suspension, finally we got around to do it!

To our surprise we found that a friend was having a birthday party in the bar at the corner, and as it happened several friends passed by during the time we had Morten and Tom Erik pinned on the wall. A group of 3 adults and a child, were the adults did what they could to shield the child from watching (and the kid really wanted to look), and pretending nothing was happening, was the only non positive reaction. Read more