It’s one thing to do a suspension outdoors in winter. It’s a completely different thing to do a tandem suspension outdoors in the middle of a Russian winter at night.
Of course it’s The Sinner Team! This is just one of a number of winter suspensions that they’ve sent in photos of over the past week. Check out their BME gallery to see more of their winter fun.
Every time we see photos from The Sinner Team, there’s always a smiling dread-locked man somewhere in the background. Well that man is Stanislav, the leader of the team, and guinea pig for some of their riskiest suspensions (like the free-fall suspension we saw a few months ago).
Today he’s somewhere in Russia, deep underground, setting up the rigging for what could possibly be a sensory deprivation suspension. Hopefully we’ll see some photos of the suspension itself, but for now, here’s the handsome devil himself, in all his night-vision glory.
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Some people take 20 minutes for a power nap during the day. When members of The Sinner Team take a nap, they take 20 hooks instead.
What’s better than three gorgeous women standing in a row? How about three gorgeous women suspending on a spinning bar.
If you recognize the room, it’s because that’s the same room in Moscow The Sinner Team used for their last tandem suspension.
This particular suspension consisted of a 4pt elbow suspension, and two 2pt knee suspensions. There are a lot more photos in the Sinner Team’s gallery, so just click on the picture above to check them out.
In an effort to keep trying new and different things, The Sinner Team put together this triple tandem suspension.
Here’s the breakdown of the hook placements. On top is an 8 point knee(?) suspension, although the hooks start at his knees and move up his thigh. From there he has 6 hooks in his chest, and another 6 in his back to hold up the square rigging plate. On the bottom is a single point chest, and a 4 point resurrection. According to the description given, the extra hooks on the top were there to relieve the pressure on the spine, which was an issue with earlier tandem suspensions.
And here is the team that put it all together.
As always, The Sinner Team documented everything, and you can check out all the steps involved in the team portfolio gallery.
When one thinks of a lotus suspension, the immediate image that comes to mind is that of meditation. The position itself leads to the connection between suspension and personal meditation, really showing off the spiritual side of the suspension ritual.
Lately we’ve been seeing images from the Sinner Team that show them pushing the limits of suspension, with suicide suspensions 700ft in the air, triple tandem suspensions, or a 50 point lotus suspension. Below you can see sometimes they just stick to the basics and work with someone not necessarily for show, but for the spiritual growth that can come from being in the air. Or course, it is the Sinner Team, so a traditional lotus now becomes an inverted lotus.
Just like their other suspensions, this inverted lotus was well documented, and you can see all of the photos in the lotus suspension gallery.
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Well when you’re friends with the Sinner Team, and your birthday rolls around, you know you’re going to be in for something special.
That young man up there is Serge, and he just turned 28. So, in honor of his birthday he got to have a superman suspension, Sinner Team style.
Keep reading to see what happened next.
Well, seeing as how this was Serge’s 28th birthday, the Sinner Team threw 28 hooks into him, and suspended him for 28 minutes.
Of course, no birthday is complete without a birthday cake, so with 28 candles all lit and ready to go, Serge got to make a wish.
There are a lot more photos from the suspension, and you can check them out in the superman suspension gallery.
So when they’re not suspending someone 700 feet in the air, the Moscow based Sinner Team likes to use their down time to participate in suspensions that you probably won’t need an air sickness bag to watch. Of course, that doesn’t mean they’re going to make things simple.
For a recent lotus suspension, the team used 50 hooks to bring one of their members up in the air.
As you can see above, this isn’t going to be a normal lotus suspension by any stretch of the imagination. Keep on reading to check out just a sampling of the photos from the day.
From this view, you can see just how the rigging was set up. Using 50 8 gauge hooks tied off to a custom built frame, they set about rigging up this complex suspension.
Of course, once in the air minor adjustments needed to be made, which is a common occurrence for most suspensions. Of course, with 50 points to work with, that was a lot of adjustments.
Finally up in the air, you can see just how incredible of an experience this must have been for him.
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to photos from this suspension. All told there are almost 40 shots documenting the entire process from the initial hooks being thrown to the time they are removed. Head on over to the lotus suspension gallery to see the rest of them.
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.
The Sinner Team is for lovers! God, these kids and their adorable suspension photos, right? The last time we checked in with these folks, Anna was hanging from Stanislav, and there were many awws. This time around, this group of longhairs is being just as cute, except now it’s Pavel and Kate giving each other the lovers’ stare while some folks mill around in the back. We liked this photo so much, we decided it deserved a click-through, so enjoy a higher-res shot as well. As for The Sinner Team, we don’t know how many more couples you count among your ranks, but we are very ready to send some Spanish Fly up Russia way if it means more pictures like this. Just a thought, you know?
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