Tag: pole trick
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Crafting the performance
What does it mean to craft a pole performance? For me, the task involves working backwards. In my head, I can visualize the outcome – the outfit, the audience, the flow of the tricks, transitions and spins. Feeling the music and connecting to the beat is a goal (in addition to accomplishing hard tricks successfully).…
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Pole at the Playa: My Best Discovery in Barcelona
It’s summertime and the beaches are popular places to hang out. A few summers ago I made an amazing discovery on a family trip to Spain: a pole on the beach. As a mostly indoor sport, it’s an entirely different feeling to perform tricks with some sun on your skin and a breeze in the…
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The pole trick that terrified me: An Ayesha
In your opinion, what is one of the most challenging pole tricks? Is it the Iron-X where you’re essentially balancing like a letter “X” from the side of the pole? Or, is it the seemingly inhuman flagpole? Maybe it’s a handspring or an invert, or even a chopper. Depending on where you are in your…
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