Ouch! I like the aesthetic of chains over ropes, but wouldn’t recommend it — be careful how you adjust them because it’s not going to be easy to get the tension equal between hooks… These are care of Dorian at Beneath the Skin in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Also earlier this month I mentioned how in the early days of iWasCured (our Toronto hooker crew) we suspended someone in a prom dress… Amusingly, it actually happened earlier in the day of the irresponsible suspension I just posted! In the picture below you can see her suspending (in the rain) with her parents smiling in the background. It was really a wonderful experience that made us all feel very happy about what we were involved with.
August 2001, Toronto
When I look at these pictures I sure miss living in that little dive of an apartment and the suspesion tower we built in the back yard. Eventually some property developers came and forced us to tear it down… Gentrification has replaced our monument to the past living in the future with cheap townhomes for yuppies with over-extended credit.
Earlier in the month I mentioned my old and dear friend Marty suspending while drinking, smoking, and eating pizza. Oh, and I think that the girl in the photos might be underage as well, but I’m not sure. Anyway, these photos are nearly five years old at this point so I think Phil‘s fears that they could kill our little suspension team are past their statute of limitations?
Sincere apologies to Marty for posting these. Not because of the pizza, beer, smokes, and sodomy violations, but because they’re bad photos of him — ladies, I assure you that he looks much better than these photos from August 2001 reflect!
Thanks to my friends over at Circle 23 for sending me this wonderful suspension photo.
Welcome to the thunderdome (photo: circle23).
Thanks to IAM:SavageChild for sending me this combination flesh hook pull and suicide suspension out in the water off Hawaii. Credit goes to Dani, Jim, and Kelly at Paragon in Honolulu, HI.
Really, if you don’t cut it into your skin, is your angst just crying wolf?
Hope is a razed shrine — totally! — love, love, love…
These very nice shots are from my friend IAM:bananaxxx and Extigma Tattoo and Piercing in Copiago, Chile. They are titled “volando sobre el infinito mar” (“flying over the infinite sea”).
I wish more people would take the time to do their hair and make-up and dress up formally when pulling and suspending… I remember once suspending someone in my back yard (with their parents incidentally) that wore a wonderful formal dress during it — their theory was that this was at least as important to them as the prom, so why shouldn’t they wear something they thought looked great? Anyway, this particular picture is from Toddy and Pandemonia with Circus Carnis.
Note: To be clear, I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with suspending in street, clothes, nude, in PJs or sweats, or anything… People should wear what makes them comfortable in order to get the best experience…
