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Tag: Suspension

  • Six-Hour Suspension

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    It’s not infrequent that we touch on the subject of how difficult it is to do something in the arena of suspension that’s truly unique, which says more about the popularity of the act than the creativity of the people involved in it, but nonetheless. Well, Chris Glunt (who, we should mention, is very experienced with suspension) recently undertook a suspension that was low on theatrics, but which relied on a rare sort of dedication. On his blog, Allen Falkner writes:

    Believe it or not, his goal was not to tie, or even break the record. Although he did, his real goal was to attain a new experience. Prior to hanging he did a week long fast and then deprived himself of sleep for a night. Chris did fall asleep for 45 minutes 3 hours before suspending and really I’m not sure what effect that may have had on his whole experience.

    I know one of his goals was to pass out, sleep or possibly leave his normal mental state. Did he accomplish it? By his own account, no. However, I feel that he is still processing the whole experience. As someone that has done both fasting and sleep deprivation experiments, I can honestly say that it takes a bit of time to put it all in perspective. The experiences are exhausting and draining by themselves. Combine a 6+-hour suspension in with that and the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual change can and will take some time to fully comprehend.

    A few more shots, after the jump.


    Chris Glunt’s Six Hour Suspension [Hooker Life]

  • I’ve Got the Bones on the Mast

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    As ubiquitous as some find suspensions these days, one thing that typically stands out to me is, to a person, how calm those suspending always seem, and how peaceful the process always comes across as being — with the one exception being coma suspensions. Which isn’t a knock on them; aesthetically, coma suspensions are some of my favorites, but they just seem inherently more chaotic in photos, don’t they? Either way, I really love this series of Robin suspending with the help of Concrete Jungle Tribe in Malmo, Sweden. More shots, after the jump.

    See more in “Concrete Jungle Tribe“ (Suspension Teams and Bonus Galleries)

  • They Throw Themselves

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    How do you add to the beauty of majestic Patagonia? You have La Negra do a resurrection suspension in its midst, of course.

    See more in “Ressurection Suspension“ (Ritual)

  • The Hipbones That Launched a Thousand Ships

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    And here we have Neek, hands tied behind his head and about to be cast off Mt. Olympus by the gods, for the grave transgression of, um, washboard abs, mostly. Hera wanted to keep him around because she so fancied the fine stippling work being done by Alice Newstead in his armpits, but was sadly outvoted. After the jump, startling video of his earthly punishment, which involves hanging by hooks in his forearms, for eternity. Terrible.

  • And That’d be a Single-Point Resurrection Suspension

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    As suspensions become increasingly popular, almost ubiquitous, it’s becoming more difficult to execute a performance involving an act that involves something that has never been seen before. Now, I don’t know if this is the first time a single-point resurrection suspension has been done successfully, but hot holy damn, it is awfully impressive nonetheless. More shots of Damien, after the jump.

    (Suspension performance by Hanged Man Team in Melbourne, Australia. Video of the suspension can be found on Hanged Man’s Facebook page, as well as on Piercing Pete’s IAM page.)

    See more in “The Hanged Man Suspension Team“ (Suspension Teams and Bonus Galleries)

  • Arms Laid Upon Me

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Bodyboard enthusiasts will be delighted to note than Tiff is observing proper safety technique and keeping her leash fastened at an appropriate length. They may be dismayed, however, to see that she is nowhere near the water, which even a novice will tell you could result in rugburn, splinters, and hurt feelings.

    (Suspension facilitated by Constant Elevation in Brighton, UK.)

    See more in “Other Suspensions“ (Ritual)

  • Two Points, One Calf

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    This horrific, poop-covered beautiful landscape shot featuring Mike hanging, indeed, from two hooks in his calf, comes of courtesy of the wizards at Swastika Freakshop in Radolfzell, Germany, who literally cannot get out of goddamned bed without creating something visually stunning.

    (More from Swastika Freakshop on ModBlog here, including this previously featured and equally gorgeous suspension shot.)

  • The Very Same Pit Still Yawns

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Mike writes in about some scrotum-tightening guerilla suspension antics in Toronto’s High Park last week:

    We threw hooks in my living room and headed out via car to High Park. I drove with the hooks in my back already attached to the rig. We hiked into High Park at about 8 p.m. or so and found our spot with the nice tree. Jon had to rig it all by himself while I helped him with the gear. We wanted to rig it so as not to have any footprints in the snow under where I would hang. We got it all rigged, I hooked the rig up to the rope system and shimmied out across the rope system so as not to mark the snow and dropped off. I wore basically all the warm clothes I own so that i could stay warm long enough to get off the ground on the hooks, and then I stripped it all off down to my “short shorts.” The hang was only a minute or two long — my fingers went numb first and then my toes — and then I dropped down and got dressed real quick. It was snowing and around -5 degrees Celsius and maybe -9 or -10 with the windchill.

    More photos, all by Chris, after the jump.

  • Freshwater Shannon

    Written by

    RooRaaah Crumbs

     

    That’d be Shannon (more) on the zipline, suspending at the last ROP BBQ, with photos by Robin (1,2, Zee).

  • It’s Trauma, Jim, but not as we know it!

    Written by

    RooRaaah Crumbs

    Dave “The Piercer” Kelso sent over this footage of a recent performance by OnlyFlesh (more) @ Trauma, Columbus, Ohio.

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    DivX download link for BME members: Extreme2 or Full members

    See more in “Suicide Suspension” (Ritual) and
    “Only Flesh” (Suspension Teams and Bonus Galleries)

    That’s a giant PVC dome by the way, kinky sods..

    “By the way Edie is doing the knee suspension and I’m there somewhere doing a two point suicide, oh and Erin is taking part in the flesh pulls :)”

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