A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Personally I prefer just doing the math.

First, let me show you how they test their suspension rigs in Australia. This is care of Piercing Pete at The Piercing Urge in Melbourne (as a point of trivia, one of the older shops around, having opened in 1991). It’s a hardwood rig by the way, which presents some contamination worries (many groups are slowly shifting over to autoclavable rigs), but certainly isn’t lacking in the strength department.

In Britain however, even though they’re the punitive parents of Australia, they do things a little differently due to being corrupted by demons from the North. These photos, care of Al Overdrive, give you a sneak peak at how the Psycho Cyborgs test their gear.

Comments

19 responses to “Personally I prefer just doing the math.”

  1. leslie Avatar
    leslie

    I find this one cruel.Humans can say whether they want this done or not but non humans have no say here.I am very upset with this picture.Did you really have to post this?

  2. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Honestly, I’m really not too stressed out about motorcycles and stuffed animals getting injured.

  3. fre_k Avatar

    I am, that poor, poor bike.

  4. super ninny Avatar
    super ninny

    hahahahahahhhaha!

  5. warg Avatar

    oh what’s hapened in your head it’s a animal!!!
    he can’t said if he’s ok
    oh YOU ok??
    REALLY

  6. Meg Avatar

    This is not cool, AT ALL.
    Animals are defenceless, if you were peiced and hung
    up by them with out ur permision, not only would it hurt
    more because ur scared, you’d kick who evers ass did it to you.
    That little guy cant even fight back.
    evil and sadistic are words that come to mind that
    just dont quite cover how i feel about this pic.
    I hope ur site doesnt promote animal cruelty….

  7. Jess Avatar
    Jess

    That’s a stuffed animal. Good grief. Try reading and looking at the pics before you just spout off and make youselves look dumb.

    P.S. “ur” isn’t a word.

  8. gord Avatar
    gord

    if that a real animal you should go to jail
    fucking crackhead!

  9. What everrrr Avatar
    What everrrr

    “if that a real animal you should go to jail
    fucking crackhead!”

    and my i add… i hate you so bad!!!!!!!!

  10. Dizzy Chair Time Avatar

    So if you posted a picture of a plant being suspended, would all the carnivores cry about how plants are defenseless and can’t speak up for themselves? Stupid fucking vegans. Everything is fine in moderation.

  11. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    Doh that last comment made me alittle Dizzy .Lol moderation for some is extreme for others so Dizzy Chair Time lets say we grabbed maybe ur mom, or grandmother or maybe u have an infant child and dragged them out of bed in the middle of the night striped thier clothese off and just hung them from some hooks for a couple of hours then it’d be cool and in moderation? Lol stupid punk bitch mother fucker one day u’ll see the light until then. ~OM~ Lol Dizzy chair time ur music on ur myspace account blows,,but maybe thats the sound you are shooting for then cool job well done signed stuffed g.Pig

  12. Meeruh Avatar
    Meeruh

    Everyone in here needs to grow up ^o)

  13. Furcifur Avatar

    That doesn’t look real. Isn’t that like a stuffed animal?

  14. jeremy Avatar
    jeremy

    hahaha its a stuffed animal,PETA freaks

  15. Arynn Avatar
    Arynn

    I’m a vegetarian.
    ..and I have no problem with the picture?
    Why?
    Because I pay enough attention to detail, et cetera, to notice that the animal is -stuffed-.
    Some people look for an excuse to cause a riot about anything.

    Oh, well.

    As far as the suspensions go..neat? I don’t know. I prefer simple, artistic displays.:)
    I suppose it can all be artistic, in some form, in someone’s opinion.

  16. mr. alc. Avatar
    mr. alc.

    your fuckin nasty wtf is wrong with you? why the fuck would u post a fuckin animal like that?

  17. Amras Avatar

    because your a idiot its stuffed

    the two suspensions are cool

  18. ingusjinx Avatar
    ingusjinx

    Hey this is sick stuffed animals cant defend themselves and that poor bike i bet he doesnt like it!!!!

  19. vegas Avatar

    you guys are terrible. what if the fluff falls out? and the bike! the oil might leak!!!!

    self centered bastards 😛

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