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If you have the chance to try out other poles I highly suggest that you do before buying. It may be an issue with the metal or it may be that you would be better on a 45. There is no way anyone can tell you which metal is going to work best for you.
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One competition tried voting from the audience thing and it was a mess. Same with voting to get people into a competiton…..it turns into a popularity contest and not a skills contest.
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She had posted this on FB:
“Ok my peeps! So here’s what happened – I had a very bad accident. Ambulance, hospital, surgery, broken bones – the whole kit and caboodle. So this is why I have been on the DL for a small section of time. I will be off the pole for at least 3 months. I have good news – much to the doctors and witnesses’ amazement I AM ALIVE! I should make a full recovery. So thank you all for your patience with me and for those of you who knew before thank you for your kind love and support. Healing is slow but after a spectacular crash and burn there ain’t nothing quite as sweet as a kickass comeback which I fully intend to make.”- Felix Cane
Rigging is pretty much what is used to secure any of the aerial equipment, lights, etc. If anyt of you have seen the competitions where the pole fell down on a Russian dancer, that is a rigging accident. I am not sure if it was officailly announced what exactly happened or if it ever will be announced.
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I do not know all of the details, just bits and pieces that I saw on FB at different times. There was talk of it here, a little over half way down the comments (starting around Oct 13)
https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Felix_Cane_instructional_videos_20110702020420
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She is fully recovered and performing again in Cirque.
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Which incident? She slipped out of a spatchcock during a performance a while ago but last year while preparing for Cirque there was a pretty bad rigging accident which left her hospitalized and off the pole for about 6 months.
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Here is teh link to her blog. For some reason when I clicked on it in the thread it said that user was not longer valid but when I searched her I found her. Huh…
https://www.studioveena.com/blogs/view/World-Pole-championship-valuation-
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Here is the thread; unfortunately EvaRut is no longer here so I cannot link her blog where she put all of the scoring guidelines that she received from the competition. https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/4754
The part I was referring to was this:
Personality, on and off the stage during the length of the whole competition with judges, spectators, friends and other contestants.
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costumes,
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keex- I am not just referring to USPDF. I am summarizing many of the things I ahve read regarding competiotns that have been going on and issues that have come up. Go back through and read all of the threads regarding competitons (there is even some in this thread regarding the Australiand and Argentinian competitions).
And the comment regarding scoring is for Worlds. I am trying to find where I had originally linked the scoring parameters as I cannot seem to find it on their site any more. I want to say 10-20% of your scvore is based on how you represent yourself and how you represent pole.
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keex, this bias has been addressed here and on facebook. One bias is letting people in who were late and did not follow the rules for their video. This shows bias that they "wanted" certain epople in the competition for one reason or another. The second bias comes from who they actually want to represent their organization for the next year. If you ahve 2 very similar scores and perfromance presence but you have one person who is more outgoing than the other you would favor the more outgoing person to be your representative. This is actually part of your score in some of the international competitons. As soon as you step on site they start judging how you are dressed, how you act in public, even as far as swearing. This was also the reason that APFC put a rule regarding exotic dancers basically not being able to work while they held the crown.
I am pretty positive that there are girls in the competition who train at NYPD. Do you not think there would be bias as to training or to even scoring that person higher even if they slip up because you know their potential?
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Oxygen Magazine is an EXCELLENT resource.
http://oxygenmag.com/Training/Articles.aspx?category=Workouts
If you can get back copies, they always start out the new year with 3 months of workouts that are geared to get you into shape by summer.
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I do not use the ball but I use a product called Liquid Grip. Awesome stuff!
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Parts of this discussion I think NEED to get out there. WE are the ones who are the supporters of competitions. Yes, it is the competitors who make the competition but it is the pole community that is buying tickets and merchandise and pumping money into NY. This is a competition that is supposed to be showing THE WORLD what the US has to offer when it comes to Pole Dance. If there indeed is favoritism and bending of rules and incorrect scoring then these issues need to be brought up and we need to stand united as we face the people who put these competitions on. We need to let them know that their name alone is no longer good enough, they need to back their name with their actions.
As for the anonomyous messages, there are people who have competed in the past who have behind the scenes knowledge of things that have happened. They do not want to speak ill of any organization (so as not to be black listed) but at the same time they want to be heard. Amy stated that she would do something and even though she did not necessarily agree with a standpoint, she made a promise and kept that promise…..see what she did there? She gave her word and kept it.
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Mary Ellyn, I want to thank you again for all of the hard work you are putting into this and for taking concerns that competitors had and finding solutions for them.