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.

“Just for fun”

They’re surface bars, but I have to admit that the first thing that comes to mind is backyard-wrestling where someone gets tossed onto a bed of thumbtacks!

Comments

16 responses to ““Just for fun””

  1. gillian gamine Avatar

    you know getting tossed into a bed of thumbtacks is never the first thing that comes to mind for me. maybe i didn’t have a weird enough childhood.

  2. Campbell Avatar

    Are those smartie beads on them rather than discs? I’ve not been able to find any in a large size in Australia, only discs 🙁

  3. Berto Avatar
    Berto

    thats insane =)

  4. meg Avatar

    lol thats awkward

  5. wlcm2t3hmachine Avatar

    I can’t imagine seeing this healed in public.
    Like… walking down the street and being like “hey cool arm thingie”

  6. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    made me think of elevator buttons . .

  7. an0nymous_vamp1re Avatar

    Wow, really cool.

    Campbell – Smartie beads?!??!??

  8. Campbell Avatar

    I think there’s a BME Wiki article on them.

    Think of normal discs, but wider and slightly curved.

    http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Smartie_Beads

  9. melsgam Avatar

    i thought they were thumbtacks, glad i wasn’t alone when i read the caption, lol

  10. Chaq Avatar
    Chaq

    Oooh, I just want to reach out and run my hand along them, VERY cool!

  11. an0nymous_vamp1re Avatar

    Cool, never heard of those before.

  12. Sunshine Avatar
    Sunshine

    That looks like it would be awful to heal.
    Amazing though.

  13. viscioN Avatar
    viscioN

    Are they fresh? Despite image quality they look very well done…

  14. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    They are fresh as far as I know, but in theory they’re totally heal-able…

  15. dazy Avatar

    i so thought thumb tacks before i read more into it

  16. LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen Avatar
    LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen

    Seriously Shannon…. i don’t know what kind of backyard wrestling you’ve done, but a bed of thumbtacks were never included in my backyard wrestling matches!
    haha.. couldn’t be a better person running bme…

    I’m not sure I like the LOOK of it… there’s a sort of design in there, obviously.. but is it supposed to look like something specific? I don’t know.. I think in th end the scars that they will leave behind will look the neatest!

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