There is beauty in the darkness

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Rachel

Anna is no stranger to Modblog and she continues to be strikingly gorgeous. She’s one of a few girls that serve as an inspiration to make a BMEGirls/BMEboys calendar. If I want to get it done in time though I’ll need to act fast. Send your submissions to [email protected] to be included for consideration. Everyone who is included in the calendar will receive a couple in trade!

I also wanted to remind everyone that the end of the year is coming. Submissions will be cut off on December 20th as far as counting towards the year end awards. So check the leaderboards to see where you are. The top 20 contributors for photos and experiences will receive a limited edition 2009 Year End Award Contributor shirt. We will also be taking off for the holidays and may or may not be able to update Modblog during that time as we’ll be spending the last week of December and the first two weeks of January converting to the new platform. The last day to make orders from BMEshop will also be on the 20th as well. You can continue to place orders during the holidays but they won’t be shipped out until the 28th if you place them after the 20th. If you’re making purchases internationally, please consider making them as soon as possible as the USPS will not guarantee their international delivery times during the holidays.

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The dark is nice

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Rachel

This is a shot from an upcoming suspension documentary. The lovely lady all curled up for us is Star and apparently the folks who helped get get there were Circle23, Philly Chris, John j, Danelle j, and Pyrogen. Hopefully they’ll keep us updated on when the documentary is released and then we’ll pass that info on to you.

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Upside down, you’ve got me.

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Rachel

Joao is contributing to my new found love and fascination with Brasil. This shot is from Petropolis, if I’m reading that right because google is being a jerk and telling me it doesn’t exist.

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High Wire

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Rachel

Constant Elevation just played a pretty damn good trick on my eyes. I was like, “OMG! Norm come check this out!” and then he pointed out that he’s just holding a bike with no front tire, not riding a unicycle on a tight wire. Either way, I’m going to keep telling myself it’s a high wire act!

Click through for the shot that broke my hopes into pieces.

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Tokyo heros

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Rachel

louis fleischauer and aesthetic meat front did a suspension at Samar Studio in Tokyo. I’d love to see this in person. The costumes in the photo look absolutely stunning.

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Is it me or does this suspension make me look skinny?

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Rachel

Jared sent in pictures of his apprentice suspending. There are tons more in the gallery worth looking through.

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Horrifying but true!

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Rachel

Kaz sends in photos of their suspension performance at Theatre Bizarre in Detroit, Mi. I don’t recall seeing this theatre the last time I was in Detroit. I love seeing suspension groups that put on a great show complete with makeup and performances, other than just the whole “look at me I’m doing a suspension”. Next time, let’s hope they send in some video!

More photos after the jump. What else would be after it?

Photos courtesy of Diana Price, Trever Long and Sam Seizert.

Been hanging around this town too long.

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Rachel

You might recall when we last posted the Russian Sinner Suspension team, we certainly do. They’ve gone and sent us more images of couples suspending and they’ve let us know we don’t need to send them spanish fly in order to get more photos like these.

More after the jump!

As We Two Are One

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

And finally, fair ModBloggers, let’s end on this single-point forearm suspension courtesy of Brian Wood at Liberty Tattoo Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who last submitted this handsome scarification piece. We suspect this was not a particularly lengthy suspension, but hey, this gentleman stayed up long enough to get a picture off at least, potentially impending arm-related doom notwithstanding. And while you all go off to bed, just remember that there are folks out there risking life and limb not just for their edification, but for yours, too.

Until tomorrow, folks.

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A Rising Tide

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Hey, would you look at that? Another day, another picture too good for which to not offer an embiggening click-through. This glorious shot is courtesy of Hangman Suspensions (the Hawaii- and Oregon-based one, that is, not to be confused with Pete Sheringham‘s Hanged Man Team in Melbourne, Australia), from their end-of-summer suspension convention held recently at Cape Kiwanda on the Oregon coast. Lovely stuff. And, of course, more, more, more…after the jump.