chemgoddess1
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Watch the vids from this past years LA Pole Show. Even at 18 feet and reinforced the poles have bent in the middle from use.
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Poledanzer.
X and PS make poles that will handle the height but you have to let them know it HAS to be reinforced. They both have been on here in the past and said they do not recommend anything at that height without the perm mount. PD is going to be the same. At that height it just is not safe.
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Church
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As always, a call to XPole is always your best bet. I am pretty sure you can order a shorter B piece instead of getting the standard section.
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If you cannot do it on both sides than I wonder if you are inverting correctly in the first place. You should stand with your hips in front of the pole and arms tucked tight with your hands no higher than your head. Bring your knees to your chest STILL KEEPING YOUR ARMS TUCKED TIGHT TO YOUR BODY (I have this capped because this is usually where people just let go with their arms). Lean your head back and straighten your arms trying to bring your hips to the pole….keep tucked in a ball. Once your body is in position straighten your legs. If your arms are not tucked when you go to lean back there is no more extension and you will fail.
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Some really good info here:
http://poleskivvies.com/pole-dancing-clothing/2010/08/pole-dance-mats/
Also if you search crash mats on this site you will find more infor than you could imagine. I want to say the standard is 2-3 inches.
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Granted that Karol is not terribly tall, but her she is on X's (both styles). They have a TON of usable pole (standard issue as I understand you can order extensions for the SSA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKZlv9j9Q54
If you look for MIchigan Pole Showcase you can see different people compared to the pole. I even think Veena has some older videos of her on hers outside.
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Those look like they were specially made for that event. Those are fairly tall stages they are on, the poles look white and they also look like a really small diameter.
9'8" is pretty tall! Even on an original I can wear heels, invert and have room to reverse climb, and I am 5'8". The original SSA as soon as I inverted my feet were taller than the top of the pole. I think their poles are only 6 feet, so the X is almost 4 feet taller!
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Where are you located? XPole has their lites that are only a few inches off the ground and RPole in the UK makes a freestanding pole too. Not sure of any others that make tall and freestanding.
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Organic, did you get the Playsport? I have a Kodak Playsport that videos underwater and takes pictures. I have the Zx5 which takes an sd card, which I like. If you look at the videos of me playing on a rope in the river that was taken on my Kodak. Unfortunately Kodak is getting out of the camera business so these may not be easy to find. I got mine on sale for about $140.
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https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/4f05fa05-1c28-454c-bedb-3c3e0ac37250
Vado and Flip are the most recommended. Converting video from a camera is a pain in the butt. Anything that can video in HD is going to be a good bet.
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It is but if you were a studio that was within a few hours of one of the largest pole conventions wouldn't you attend?? If you look at their schedule they cancelled a bunch of classes on Friday and Saturday.
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Make sure that you have plenty of room on whatever camera you are bringing or buy a back up memory card. I have made the mistake of taking my card out to transfer/edit photos and have forgotten to put it back in and then had to pay 2-3 x what I normally pay for a card.
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On a side note, I have heard of girls buying ski bags to travel with their poles.
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Might still be under warranty….call XPole.