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Generally most photos seen on suspension.org should have an unsaid rule of, “Don’t try this at home.” In the case of this blog entry, that statement is definitely true.

Form Neil, “As you may or may not know, as part of my 30th birthday celebration, I was going to be one of four people attempting 31 different suspensions through 30 transitions this year in South Florida. This project is a baby of Spliff’s, so obviously it has been postponed until he can see it through.” (Arwen aka Spliff was seriously injured in a car wreck last month.  For more information visit this blog entry) Read more

When Loki left for Madrid earlier this year to learn Spanish, she planned to immerse herself in the culture. As it turned out her travels led her to the crew of A Sangre Fria.  Immersion became ascension as the team helped her to do her second resurrection.  Please enjoy the beautiful images below that were captured by Sandra Rodríguez Díaz.

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This next set of photos are actually behind the scenes shots from an episode of Secret Lives of Women that originally aired August 8th of 2008.  Kristy’s simplified crucifixion with cheek spear, facilitated by Ephemme Suspension Performance (ESP), was performed as a part of a segment on extreme body modification.

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July 25th 2010, the crew from Skindependent put together an event they dubbed Open Suspension Day.  To date, this is largest suspension gathering to happen in New Zealand with 14 people suspending.  Although this team might be fairly new compared to some of the old timers, it’s obvious by their passion and attention to detail, this group is well on their way to becoming an influential and important part of the suspension community.

From Eden Thompson – “The day started around 9am and went through till about 5pm. Most people suspending it was their first time and others who had done it before wanted to try more elaborate suspensions giving us a chance to test our rigging skill. Everyone there had an amazing time and we hope to continue to do them monthly and eventually host the first ever New Zealand SusCon. A big thank you goes out to the crew, all the helpers and of course the support from the suspension community overseas. With this continued support we hope to be ever evolving to be the best we can be within our community.”

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Over the years there has been a lot of discussion on how to minimize cross contamination while rigging a suspension.  The main problem we found is that each team had a slightly different protocol.  Some were better than others, but in the end we thought it was best to have one universal system.

People have asked for a nice printable version. So, we have made a letter size pdf that is print ready.  Feel free to click on the image below to download the file.

As most of you know on July 15th there was a terrible car accident that seriously injured some members of our family.  If you are in the Houston area, or can travel, there will be fundraiser at the Next Door Bar, Saturday August 7th.

If you cannot make it out, please help spread the word.  Also if you would like to donate directly.  Please visit the main page of suspension.org and follow the paypal link.

Thank you in advance and we hope to see yall there.

If there’s one suspension everyone seems to love it’s the spinning beam, but most people don’t know the story behind it.

In 1998 TSD (Traumatic Stress Discipline) was hired by Keith Alexander for the opening party of Dee Snider’s film Strangeland held at Webster Hall in New York City. Night of 1000 Scars, as the event was named, was supposed to showcase a 3 man human mobile. Do to a technical error the beams were rigged too low allowing the three men (Pat, Xeon and Allen) to touch the stage. The outcome was the accidental invention of the spinning beam suspension.

What is the hardest suspension? Well I guess it all depends on you point of view. For some it’s all about pain and endurance. For others it has more to do with rigging complexity or possibly skill level. For me personally, I think Jussi aka Dr Zacharias Snake solving of a Rubik’s Cube in less than 2 minutes while swinging, spinning and hanging from his knees has got to be one of the most impressive feats I’ve seen in a while.

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It’s tough to single the most impressive suspension from the 2010 Oslo Suscon, but this beautiful piece was definitely up on the list. Håvve and Christiane did an amazing job rigging this suspension that is reminiscent of Stelarc‘s 1977 Event for Stretched Skin No. 4.

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The word for today: Suspension Fan Dance

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