This Week in Suspension
So much is going on in the world of suspension right now. First of all, I finally made an announcement that the Dallas Suscon will happen again in 2010. It is scheduled for April 2-4 of 2010. The event will be similar to last year, including the big Freaks and Fetish opening party that will feature some amazing acts that Dallas has never seen.
In more recent news. Emrys and Bella from Rites of Passage just appeared on the National Geographic network last weekend. The show was entitled Humanly Impossible. The segment was short, but the science they describe pretty much hits the nail on the head when it comes to the biology and brain chemistry that surrounds suspension:
Those of you that keep up with this blog know that I’ve been promoting the Hellzapoppin sideshow coming to Dallas Thursday December 17th. Presently I’ve been focusing on the Lizardman and his book that he will be selling at the show, but I wanted to make a special shout out for another Hellzapoppin performer, the World Famous Penguin Boy. This last Monday I had the honor of hanging him for his first suspension. Photos never really show the how well people suspend, but I can assure you he hung like a pro:
And speaking about someone that hangs like a champ. Holy shit! Two days ago I opened my email to find a link to this video of Neil from the Houston AGRO team. This, my friends, is in my opinion one of the most impressive suspensions to date. Trust my folks, this is definitely one of those DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME moments:
From Neil: “This would not have happened without the help of so many of my close friends. Arwen Rosa, Joe Amato, Tim Taylor, Kenny Hughes, Kieran Diedrich, Jill Coudray, Nicola Sands, Rick Pierceall, Miss Ouch, Roel Moreno, CoRE, AGRO, DHS, SMS, everyone who hung from me, and several others who I’m sure I forgot to mention. I couldn’t have done this shit without help from all of them.”
People have asked if this was the first one point resurrection. Actually the first to my knowledge was done by Alice from Constant Elevation at the 2008 Oslo Suscon photo below:
Update 09/12/11: I can’t believe I forgot about Damien who was hung by Hanged Man Suspension Team in Australia. He did a single point resurrection back in early 2009, I believe.
This next video is also Damien suspending from his forearms, doing some VERY impressive aerial flips. The clip is from a show entitled “Live Bait. ” Interesting side note, there are some old TSD button work shirts out there, circa 1998, with graphic of a doctor performing surgery holding a hook. The caption on the shirt is “Live Bait”
He may not have been the first to pull of the one point resurrection, but the tandem seen below is, I believe was a first. Yes, that’s Neil again doing a superman with 3 people hanging off him from their knees. Think that’s impressive? What you may not know is that not only was this after the one point suspension you see in the video, he also had several other people hang from him as well this day. I’m not even sure how many in total.
Man I love the suspension community …you guys never cease to amaze me!!
Tags: AGRO, Constant Elevation, Dallas Suscon, Hellzapoppin, knee suspension, Lizardman, National Geographic, Oslo Suscon, Penguin Boy, resurrection suspension, Rites of Passage, superman suspension
December 10th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Those are pretty amazing suspensions. I love the last picture. The National Geographic show was good. It’s nice to see suspension viewed in a positive light.
December 10th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
That was really impressive, I’m blown away by that stomach suspension! Wow.. amazing stuff going on!
December 10th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Hey allen, just wanted to let you know that the single point resurection was neil’s first suspension of the day, After that, he hung superman and picked up Nicola from sms from a 6 point resurection. then came the three ladies hanging from their knees (the one in the middle is my girlfriend) and after the three came down he had a four point suicide hang from him. This truely was an amazing agro that will not be forgotten!!!! I wish you were there!!!
December 11th, 2009 at 9:32 am
This Leonidis looking dude is fucking impressive.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Hey Allen,
That video was dead on. It’s a small price to pay with the small amount of pain that is felt with the overall pleasure gathered from doing something that is beyond anything the normal mind can comprehend.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:56 am
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December 11th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Thanks for the props everyone. I try not to get a big head about shit b/c this would not have happened without the help of so many of my close friends. Arwen Rosa, Joe Amato, Tim Taylor, Kenny Hughes, Kieran Diedrich, Jill Coudray, Rick Pierceall, Miss Ouch, Roel Moreno,Daniel Ritchey, Brenton Colombel, Kenneth Minshew, Jonathan White, CoRE, AGRO, Disgraceland Hook Squad, Skin Mechanics, the 5 people who hung from me that night (Nicola Sands, Vivian Smith, Opal Keith, Aimee, and Ribble), and several others who I’m sure I forgot to mention. I couldn’t have done this shit without help from all of them.
April 11th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Swallow one & hang on it.