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.

Teamwork is key

For those of you not familiar with The Sinner Team out of Moscow, they’re a suspension team that is continually trying to push the envelope of what can be accomplished through suspensions.  They’ve recently sent in photos from a number of different suspensions, so expect to see them pop up over the next little bit.

As for today, we’re going to take a look at a couple of their recent tandem suspensions.  To start with, we have what appears to be a tandem superman suspension, although the placement of the three hooks on the lower suspension leads me to believe that it’s called something else.

There’s another photo after the break, as well as a video from one of the Sinner Team’s most dangerous suspensions.

Next up is a triple suspension, primarily consisting of suicide suspensions, but with added knees for the middle suspendee.

Finally there’s a video that has been making the rounds for a little while now, featuring an extremely dangerous suspension.  Before watching it, please keep in mind that this is NOT a typical set up, and the level of risk involved is astronomical.

As with all suspensions, these are not something to be attempted without the supervision of a team of experienced practitioners.  Even then, there is always room for improvement, which is why the suspension community hosts Suscons all over, to keep practitioners up to date in all the latest developments in practicing safe suspensions.

Comments

64 responses to “Teamwork is key”

  1. Lucas Avatar
    Lucas

    That by far, is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen

  2. Lucas Avatar
    Lucas

    That by far, is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen

  3. Lucas Avatar
    Lucas

    That by far, is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen

  4. Lucas Avatar
    Lucas

    That by far, is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen

  5. Bob Avatar
    Bob

    Creative and nice to look at, but from a technical/health standpoint, seems like a bad idea to not have barriers between eachother in terms of blood exposure from one another.

  6. Bob Avatar
    Bob

    Creative and nice to look at, but from a technical/health standpoint, seems like a bad idea to not have barriers between eachother in terms of blood exposure from one another.

  7. Bob Avatar
    Bob

    Creative and nice to look at, but from a technical/health standpoint, seems like a bad idea to not have barriers between eachother in terms of blood exposure from one another.

  8. Bob Avatar
    Bob

    Creative and nice to look at, but from a technical/health standpoint, seems like a bad idea to not have barriers between eachother in terms of blood exposure from one another.

  9. Stormchaser Avatar

    wow… simply… wow…

  10. Stormchaser Avatar

    wow… simply… wow…

  11. Stormchaser Avatar

    wow… simply… wow…

  12. Stormchaser Avatar

    wow… simply… wow…

  13. Delia_was_ill Avatar
    Delia_was_ill

    Absolutely amazing. Like whoaaaa.

  14. Delia_was_ill Avatar
    Delia_was_ill

    Absolutely amazing. Like whoaaaa.

  15. Delia_was_ill Avatar
    Delia_was_ill

    Absolutely amazing. Like whoaaaa.

  16. Delia_was_ill Avatar
    Delia_was_ill

    Absolutely amazing. Like whoaaaa.

  17. Lars Avatar
    Lars

    I just… I don’t even… Holy shit.

  18. Lars Avatar
    Lars

    I just… I don’t even… Holy shit.

  19. Lars Avatar
    Lars

    I just… I don’t even… Holy shit.

  20. Lars Avatar
    Lars

    I just… I don’t even… Holy shit.

  21. Jesse Star Avatar

    That’s pretty sweet!

  22. Jesse Star Avatar

    That’s pretty sweet!

  23. Jesse Star Avatar

    That’s pretty sweet!

  24. Jesse Star Avatar

    That’s pretty sweet!

  25. JakeMindsnared Avatar

    fucking epic freefall! ahhh i want this!!!!!!!!!

  26. JakeMindsnared Avatar

    fucking epic freefall! ahhh i want this!!!!!!!!!

  27. JakeMindsnared Avatar

    fucking epic freefall! ahhh i want this!!!!!!!!!

  28. JakeMindsnared Avatar

    fucking epic freefall! ahhh i want this!!!!!!!!!

  29. Tobias Avatar

    The freefall actually looks rather safe, he’s wearing a backup harness.

  30. Tobias Avatar

    The freefall actually looks rather safe, he’s wearing a backup harness.

  31. Tobias Avatar

    The freefall actually looks rather safe, he’s wearing a backup harness.

  32. Tobias Avatar

    The freefall actually looks rather safe, he’s wearing a backup harness.

  33. velo Avatar
    velo

    fuck me sideways batman, that is all kinds of insanity

  34. velo Avatar
    velo

    fuck me sideways batman, that is all kinds of insanity

  35. velo Avatar
    velo

    fuck me sideways batman, that is all kinds of insanity

  36. velo Avatar
    velo

    fuck me sideways batman, that is all kinds of insanity

  37. hulld Avatar
    hulld

    @ 8. Tobias
    I should recheck, but from what I remember, the harness is connect to the same block so there is multiple SPOF’s “single points of failure”. There is not nearly enough redundancy, especially considering more redundancy could be added quite easily.
    This is not a static suspension, with the forces and the angles of those forces involved, he could slip out of that harness (if the suspension rigging were to fail in some way, but not the harness rigging).
    They seem to have the the impact force (handy graph here http://www.suspension.org/hooklife/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/stopping-distance-small.jpg ) worked out fine here, but if someone were to it mess up not only could the hooks rip through the skin (which shouldn’t be a huge deal in itself) but the harness could do some serious damage to the pelvis and back or the rigging could all out fail and let them plummet.
    There also seem to be some hygiene/cross contamination issues, this is relatively minor.

    I am not condemning them for this, But this is not safe. No, not safe at all.
    I do have respect for them for pulling this off. It is pretty impressive.

  38. hulld Avatar
    hulld

    @ 8. Tobias
    I should recheck, but from what I remember, the harness is connect to the same block so there is multiple SPOF’s “single points of failure”. There is not nearly enough redundancy, especially considering more redundancy could be added quite easily.
    This is not a static suspension, with the forces and the angles of those forces involved, he could slip out of that harness (if the suspension rigging were to fail in some way, but not the harness rigging).
    They seem to have the the impact force (handy graph here http://www.suspension.org/hooklife/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/stopping-distance-small.jpg ) worked out fine here, but if someone were to it mess up not only could the hooks rip through the skin (which shouldn’t be a huge deal in itself) but the harness could do some serious damage to the pelvis and back or the rigging could all out fail and let them plummet.
    There also seem to be some hygiene/cross contamination issues, this is relatively minor.

    I am not condemning them for this, But this is not safe. No, not safe at all.
    I do have respect for them for pulling this off. It is pretty impressive.

  39. hulld Avatar
    hulld

    @ 8. Tobias
    I should recheck, but from what I remember, the harness is connect to the same block so there is multiple SPOF’s “single points of failure”. There is not nearly enough redundancy, especially considering more redundancy could be added quite easily.
    This is not a static suspension, with the forces and the angles of those forces involved, he could slip out of that harness (if the suspension rigging were to fail in some way, but not the harness rigging).
    They seem to have the the impact force (handy graph here http://www.suspension.org/hooklife/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/stopping-distance-small.jpg ) worked out fine here, but if someone were to it mess up not only could the hooks rip through the skin (which shouldn’t be a huge deal in itself) but the harness could do some serious damage to the pelvis and back or the rigging could all out fail and let them plummet.
    There also seem to be some hygiene/cross contamination issues, this is relatively minor.

    I am not condemning them for this, But this is not safe. No, not safe at all.
    I do have respect for them for pulling this off. It is pretty impressive.

  40. hulld Avatar
    hulld

    @ 8. Tobias
    I should recheck, but from what I remember, the harness is connect to the same block so there is multiple SPOF’s “single points of failure”. There is not nearly enough redundancy, especially considering more redundancy could be added quite easily.
    This is not a static suspension, with the forces and the angles of those forces involved, he could slip out of that harness (if the suspension rigging were to fail in some way, but not the harness rigging).
    They seem to have the the impact force (handy graph here http://www.suspension.org/hooklife/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/stopping-distance-small.jpg ) worked out fine here, but if someone were to it mess up not only could the hooks rip through the skin (which shouldn’t be a huge deal in itself) but the harness could do some serious damage to the pelvis and back or the rigging could all out fail and let them plummet.
    There also seem to be some hygiene/cross contamination issues, this is relatively minor.

    I am not condemning them for this, But this is not safe. No, not safe at all.
    I do have respect for them for pulling this off. It is pretty impressive.

  41. CoryVictorious Avatar

    Loving the freefall video. Seems so thrilling

  42. CoryVictorious Avatar

    Loving the freefall video. Seems so thrilling

  43. CoryVictorious Avatar

    Loving the freefall video. Seems so thrilling

  44. CoryVictorious Avatar

    Loving the freefall video. Seems so thrilling

  45. sik Avatar
    sik

    OMG the whole first 30 seconds of the video my jaw was dropped!

    That had to be the most incredible feeling in the world.

    Beautiful!

  46. sik Avatar
    sik

    OMG the whole first 30 seconds of the video my jaw was dropped!

    That had to be the most incredible feeling in the world.

    Beautiful!

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